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NotQuiteQuentin posted:If it weren't for Tacos, someone like Jado and Gedo would have to be the loss post of CHAOS. minoru suzuki is the job guy in his own stable
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oatgan posted:minoru suzuki is the job guy in his own stable Yeah except Suzuki loses by beating own dudes too much. Suzukigun in general usually lose because they cheat too much.
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Wrestle Kingdom 9 was the first NJPW show I've seen and I really loved it. What are GFW's plans for it going forward? I assume they aren't going to ship JR to Japan every month, and I hate to say it, but I can't really enjoy wrestling without commentary.
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Hakkesshu posted:Wrestle Kingdom 9 was the first NJPW show I've seen and I really loved it. What are GFW's plans for it going forward? I assume they aren't going to ship JR to Japan every month, and I hate to say it, but I can't really enjoy wrestling without commentary. Well it probably depends on how the show does, buyrate wise. As far as JR, I imagine they'll use him for bigger shows. Like the G-1, Wrestlekingdom, BOSJ, etc.
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Hakkesshu posted:Wrestle Kingdom 9 was the first NJPW show I've seen and I really loved it. What are GFW's plans for it going forward? I assume they aren't going to ship JR to Japan every month, and I hate to say it, but I can't really enjoy wrestling without commentary. Nothing official and everything is kind of hopeful thinking right now, which is why a lot of folks are so strongly anti-piracy on this show. More buys = higher likelyhood they'll do it again. I don't think anyone is expecting this to happen once a month though. Also Meltzer has kind of insinuated Ross might go back to WWE, which I mean... whatever, cool if that's what he wants to do, but selfishly it'd be awesome if he could do this a few times a year.
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Jan 7, 2015 05:38
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I believe Jarrett said in his F4W interview that the next show he wanted to do as a PPV if it worked out was the G1 Finals in August. If you find yourself into the product though, I'd say at least give a month of World a try next month to see how you like it. It's only $8.40ish.
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Jan 7, 2015 05:42
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Hakkesshu posted:Wrestle Kingdom 9 was the first NJPW show I've seen and I really loved it. What are GFW's plans for it going forward? I assume they aren't going to ship JR to Japan every month, and I hate to say it, but I can't really enjoy wrestling without commentary. I've found it's not as hard to get used to not understanding commentary as a lot of people think, especially for bigger matches when the japanese commentators will inevitably flip the gently caress out at stuff. I mean, I don't know what JR and Striker's reactions were to Shinsuke's entrance, but I doubt it was as dramatic as this.
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Jan 7, 2015 06:04
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Oh yeah I was going to ask this in the live thread but the forums crapped out: Is that one finisher REALLY named "One Winged Angel"?
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Jan 7, 2015 06:07
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Mukaikubo posted:Oh yeah I was going to ask this in the live thread but the forums crapped out: i mean it's technically called "Katayoku no Tenshi" but yes kenny omega loves video games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrb-XFFYXzE
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Jan 7, 2015 06:09
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The idea of JR commentating a BOSJ is a train wreck that I desperately want to see.
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Jan 7, 2015 06:23
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I have to say Kenny Omega shaving his forearm hair so he can chainsaw the stubble over someone's face is a brilliant heel move. Also that time he wrestled a 9 year old. \/\/\/That's what Striker said, so v  v
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Jan 7, 2015 06:25
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sticklefifer posted:I have to say Kenny Omega shaving his forearm hair so he can chainsaw the stubble over someone's face is a brilliant heel move. Oh is that what that was? I thought he was just loving around.
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Patrick Spens posted:Oh is that what that was? I thought he was just loving around. He was loving around.
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Patrick Spens posted:Oh is that what that was? I thought he was just loving around. KungFu Grip posted:He was loving around.
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Jan 7, 2015 06:55
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Mukaikubo posted:Oh yeah I was going to ask this in the live thread but the forums crapped out: Ah I totally didn't make that connection. Just makes me love Omega even more. As for commentary, it was very nice to hear JR and Striker calling the matches, but I've enjoyed NJPW in the past with the Japanese commentary. NJPW's commentary style actually reminds me the most of classic JR out of any modern promotion, in that they will really flip the gently caress out in spectacular fashion.
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Jan 7, 2015 07:01
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I finished the show today after picking up New Japan World for the month. I'm not sure how long I will keep it because I'm not sure what all I can do with this service or what to even look for but I loved the show and yea just...lots of love for NJPW.
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Jan 7, 2015 07:03
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Good Listener posted:I finished the show today after picking up New Japan World for the month. I'm not sure how long I will keep it because I'm not sure what all I can do with this service or what to even look for but I loved the show and yea just...lots of love for NJPW. Look for Ishii's matches. All of them.
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Good Listener posted:I finished the show today after picking up New Japan World for the month. I'm not sure how long I will keep it because I'm not sure what all I can do with this service or what to even look for but I loved the show and yea just...lots of love for NJPW. There's some disappointment about the line ups for the Fantasticamania shows this year. But I find them in general the most pleasantly enjoyable shows of the year. They aren't are full on and intense as normal New Japan shows or US workrate indies for that matter. Just something you laze on your couch and watch.
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Jan 7, 2015 07:14
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i wonder if NJPW has any influence on who CMLL sends over because they really got a lot of mediocre guys this year. i guess it's unlikely that the NJPW front office is familiar with who the good midcard workers in CMLL are.
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Jan 7, 2015 07:23
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Good Listener posted:I finished the show today after picking up New Japan World for the month. I'm not sure how long I will keep it because I'm not sure what all I can do with this service or what to even look for but I loved the show and yea just...lots of love for NJPW. I'd say check out Wrestle Kingdom 7 and 8 if you have time as those shows were good too and you can sort of see how some angles worked out between them.
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cams posted:Before he did this, Striker did say that he talked to Omega and he said that's what he was doing. The arm hair stubble thing was brought up on commentary for one of Omega's matches at BOLA months ago, so it's either real or (more likely) a worked statement Omega's been spreading himself for a while. NienNunb posted:The idea of JR commentating a BOSJ is a train wreck that I desperately want to see. I am so into this idea, I was expecting him to be so salty during the Jr. Heavyweight tag title opener and mostly he was just barely saying anything. I want to see him commentate a Ricochet match so bad.
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If you don't think you can watch a match with Japanese commentary just give a great Tanahashi match a try. If you aren't in love by the first cry of HIGH FLY FLOW you might be right. I on the other hand can't imagine watching a Tanahashi match without that.
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MassRafTer posted:If you don't think you can watch a match with Japanese commentary just give a great Tanahashi match a try. If you aren't in love by the first cry of HIGH FLY FLOW you might be right. I on the other hand can't imagine watching a Tanahashi match without that. Or any match where Okada wins, for "UUUURAAAAAINMAKAAAAAAAAAH".
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Jan 7, 2015 11:24
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MassRafTer posted:If you don't think you can watch a match with Japanese commentary just give a great Tanahashi match a try. If you aren't in love by the first cry of HIGH FLY FLOW you might be right. I on the other hand can't imagine watching a Tanahashi match without that. It's not that I can't watch an individual match, but I don't want to sit through like another 4 hour show without being able to understand anything that's being said.
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Jan 7, 2015 12:29
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There is a certain charm to watching a show and just following the flow of the commentary when suddenl some English will burst unexpectedly from the commentators. I still laugh a lot at "Young Bucks GO HOME."
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Jan 7, 2015 13:37
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Skinty McEdger posted:There is a certain charm to watching a show and just following the flow of the commentary when suddenl some English will burst unexpectedly from the commentators. I still laugh a lot at "Young Bucks GO HOME." I just rewatched WK9 in Japanese and lost my poo poo when Shinpei used the phrase "Indytaker"
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Skinty McEdger posted:There is a certain charm to watching a show and just following the flow of the commentary when suddenl some English will burst unexpectedly from the commentators. I still laugh a lot at "Young Bucks GO HOME." I was watching an early Bullet Club match on World a few days ago, and Anderson cheap-shotted a guy, which led to Shinpei just screaming "drat YOU KARL ANDERSON" I had to pause the match because I was laughing so hard.
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Good Listener posted:I finished the show today after picking up New Japan World for the month. I'm not sure how long I will keep it because I'm not sure what all I can do with this service or what to even look for but I loved the show and yea just...lots of love for NJPW. There's lots of different stuff to choose from. If you want to see the most-talked about matches, might probably best to use Cagematch.net to see which matches have high ratings and then search for them on NJPWWorld. Or you can just randomly click on a name tag and end up watching Hulk Hogan vs Abdullah the Butcher from 1982, which was about as well-wrestled and bloody as you'd expect it to be.
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MassRafTer posted:If you don't think you can watch a match with Japanese commentary just give a great Tanahashi match a try. If you aren't in love by the first cry of HIGH FLY FLOW you might be right. I on the other hand can't imagine watching a Tanahashi match without that. Before I started following more regularly a lot of what I saw of relatively recent Japanese wrestling was KENTA matches, so I lament that we'll probably never hear someone scream "GOOOOOO TOOOOOO SURREEEEEEEEEEEEEEPAAAA~~~~" again.  vvv Well then! 
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Jan 7, 2015 21:11
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sticklefifer posted:Before I started following more regularly a lot of what I saw of relatively recent Japanese wrestling was KENTA matches, so I lament that we'll probably never hear someone scream "GOOOOOO TOOOOOO SURREEEEEEEEEEEEEEPAAAA~~~~" again. It's Shibata's alternate finisher, and he has a team version with Goto
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Germansimp posted:There's lots of different stuff to choose from. If you want to see the most-talked about matches, might probably best to use Cagematch.net to see which matches have high ratings and then search for them on NJPWWorld. Some insane person made a giant spreadsheet of recommended matches on NJPW World https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZsZCBTpKjHzdbCpKZ1No1KAdpmOd2OcgSMfC1-oa7pI/edit#gid=0 481 matches going back to 1973 Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Jan 7, 2015 |
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speaking of insane people and spreadsheets, I cataloged every tag while I was too doped up on cough syrup and extreme coughing to do anything else https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tbW8rozxOyDc9tY6IIgWMYgN9DjwP_Ng5Vygu9MXnls/edit?usp=sharing "anything else" includes noting vacant tags past the first one or two
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Hakkesshu posted:It's not that I can't watch an individual match, but I don't want to sit through like another 4 hour show without being able to understand anything that's being said. Yeah, try watching say, WrestleMania in Spanish (assuming you don't speak it). Will the good matches still be good? Sure. Will it be alienating and confusing if you don't remember why a certain spot is important or the backstory to a certain match? Very much so. For instance: Styles/Naito. Without JR and Striker, a newbie wouldn't necessarily know that the Styles Clash is being sold as a death move because of the recent accidents. You might know it's AJ's finish, and understand why Naito wants to escape it, but you wouldn't know that AJ's being a super-heel and basically threatening to end his career when he goes for it. That's the stuff that gets lost.
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Those are all things that are conveyed just as well by having watched the promotion previously so probably not a great analogy with Wrestlemania. as long as the commentators aren't being produced and given new, unique information - which JR and Striker weren't - they're basically not gonna tell you anything you wouldn't know by following the product
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Gaz-L posted:Yeah, try watching say, WrestleMania in Spanish (assuming you don't speak it). Will the good matches still be good? Sure. Will it be alienating and confusing if you don't remember why a certain spot is important or the backstory to a certain match? Very much so. After the introduction it should be easier. Even with AJ/Naito the reaction of the crowd and announcers should cue you in a little bit. This isn't even the case of people with no outside access to the product, if you can post about the show here you can read a few posts about what's going on. If you really don't want to watch the shows in Japanese, that is your choice. It's just that there are several good to great shows per month for the watching.
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I feel like we are constantly in this discussion. But anyway, if you just watch the shows on NJPW World and follow this thread before events you'll know more than you need to follow the storylines. If you just don't like hearing foreign announcers then that's fine, don't watch it.
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i added old archived threads to the op if you want to go back in time and read what stuff that happened at what events reminder: 
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sticklefifer posted:Before I started following more regularly a lot of what I saw of relatively recent Japanese wrestling was KENTA matches, so I lament that we'll probably never hear someone scream "GOOOOOO TOOOOOO SURREEEEEEEEEEEEEEPAAAA~~~~" again. Don't worry, he'll be back in Japan in a couple of years. And that's not meant as a slight on KENTA
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Star Ratings: Rambo - * 1/2 Junior Tag - **** Six-Man Tag - ** 1/4 Eight-Man Tag - ** MiSu vs. Saku - *** 3/4 Makabe vs. Ishii - **** 1/2 Omega vs. Taguchi - *** 3/4 Meiyu Tag vs. Biz Cliz - *** 1/2 Styles vs. Naito - **** 1/4 Nakamura vs. Ibushi - "This was an all-time classic match." ***** Tana vs. Okada - **** 3/4
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