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G1 Finals- Sunday August 15th from Ryogoku Koukigan (Sumo Hall) 2 AM EDT/7 AM BST IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Title Match:Young Bucks(c) vs. reDRagon IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Match:KUSHIDA(c) vs. Ricochet G1 Climax 25 Finals:Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura remainder of card TBA I'm very new to NJPW or clicked on this thread by mistake, what's this G1 Climax thing? It's a multiple day, round robin tournament consisting of two blocks of 10 wrestlers each. The winners of each block face each other in the Finals at Sumo Hall, which is traditionally considered the second biggest NJPW show of the year. Winning the G1 is a very prestigious honor itself, but the champion also receives the opportunity to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight title at WrestleKingdom 10 in the Tokyo Dome. The format's done a little bit different this year. Instead of both blocks competing each day and a couple wreslers from each block getting an off day each show, this year's tour is split up featuring 5 matches from each Block on alternating shows and the guys from the other block as well as non G1 wrestlers are going to be in multiman matches in the prelims. This does result in the individual shows being a little less packed but will hopefully result in less strain on the wrestlers. Thauros fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Aug 15, 2015 |
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Tournament Results Night 1 (Block A) - July 20th at from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Hall Hiroyoshi Tenzan (1-0, 2 pts)beat Doc Gallows (0-1,0 pts) Togi Makabe (1-0, 2 pts) beat Toru Yano (0-1,0 pts) Tetsuya Naito(1-0, 2 pts) beat Bad Luck Fale (0-1, 0 pts) AJ Styles (1-0, 2 pts) beat Katsuyori Shibata (0-1, 0 pts) Hiroshi Tanahashi (1-0, 2 pts) vs Kota Ibushi (0-1, 0 pts) Night 2 (Block B) July 23rd from Twin Messe Hall Shizuoka Tomohiro Ishii (1-0, 2 pts) beat Satoshi Kojima (0-1,0 pts) Hirooki Goto (1-0, 2 pts) beat Yujiro Takahashi (0-1,0 pts) Yuji Nagata (1-0, 2 pts) beat Tomoaki Honma (0-1,0 pts) Kazuchika Okada (1-0, 2 pts) beat Michael Elgin (0-1,0 pts) Karl Anderson (1-0, 2 pts) beat Shinsuke Nakamura (0-1,0 pts) Night 3 (Block A) July 24th from Budo Hall Kyoto Kota Ibushi(1-1, 2 pts) beat Doc Gallows (0-0, 0pts) Bad Luck Fale (1-1, 2 pts) beat Togi Makabe (1-, 2 pts) AJ Styles (2-0, 4pts) beat Toru Yano (0-2, 0 pts) Katsuyori Shibata (1-1, 2 pts) beat Tetsuya Naito (1-1 2 pts) Hiroshi Tanahashi (2-0, 4 pts) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0-2, 0 pts) Night 4 (Block B) July 25th from Takamatsu City Gymnasium Tomohiro Ishii (2-0, 4 pts) beat Yujiro Takahashi (0-2, 0 pts) Satoshi Kojima (1-1, 2 pts) beat Michael Elgin (0-2, 0 pts) Karl Anderson (2-0, 4 pts) beat Hirooki Goto (1-1, 2 pts) Shinsuke Nakamura (1-1, 2 pts) beat Yuji Nagata (1-1, 2 pts) Kazuchika Okada (2-0, 4 pts) beat Tomoaki Honma (0-2, 0pts) Night 5 (Block A) July 26th from Hiroshima Green Arena Bad Luck Fale (2-1, 4 pts) beat Doc Gallows (0-3, 0 pts) Toru Yano (1-2, 2 pts) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (1-2, 2 pts) Katsuyori Shibata (2-1, 4 pts) bear Togi Makabe (1-2, 2 pts) Kota Ibushi (2-1, 4 pts) beat AJ Styles (2-1, 4 pts) Tetsuya Naito (2-1, 4 pts) beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (2-1, 4 pts) Night 6 (Block B) July 28th from Beppu B-Con Plaze in Oita Yujiro Takahashi (1-2, 2 pts) beat Yuji Nagata (1-2, 2 pts) Hirooki Goto (2-1, 4 pts) beat Tomoaki Honma (0-3, 0 pts) Tomohiro Ishii (3-0, 6 pts) beat Karl Anderson (2-1, 4 pts) Michael Elgin (1-2, 2 pts) won by forfeit due to Shinsuke Nakamura's (1-2, 2 pts) injury Kazuchika Okada (3-0, 6 pts) beat Satoshi Kojima (1-2, 2 pts) Night 7 (Block A) July 29th from Fukuoka Convention Center Doc Gallows (1-3, 2 pts) beat Toru Yano (1-3, 2 pts) Togi Makabe (2-2, 4 pts) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (1-3, 2 pts) Katsuyori Shibata (3-1, 6 pts) beat Kota Ibushi (2-2, 4 pts) Bad Luck Fale (3-1, 6 pts) beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (2-2, 4 pts) Tetsuya Naito (3-1, 6 pts) beat AJ Styles (2-2, 4 pts) Night 8 (Block B) 1st of August from Edion Arna Osaka Yujiro Takahashi (2-2, 4 pts) beat Satoshi Kojima (1-3, 2 pts) Karl Anderson (3-1, 6 pts) beat Yuji Nagata (1-3, 2 pts) Michael Elgin (2-2, 4 pts) beat Tomoaki Honma (0-4, 0 pts) Shinsuke Nakamura (2-2, 4 pts) beat Tomohiro Ishii (3-1, 6 pts) Hirooki Goto (3-1, 6 pts) beat Kazuchika Okada (3-1, 6 pts) Night 9 (Block A) August 2nd from Aichi Prefectural Gym Kota Ibushi (3-2, 6 pts) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (1-4, 2 pts) Katsuyori Shibata (4-1, 8 pts) beat Bad Luck Fale (3-2, 6 pts) AJ Styles (3-2, 6 pts) beat Doc Gallows (1-4, 2 pts) Togi Makabe (3-2, 6pts) beat Tetsuya Naito (3-2, 6 pts) Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-2, 6 pts) beat Toru Yano (1-4, 2 pts) Night 10 (Block B) August 4th from Sendai Sun Plaza Hall Michael Elgin (3-2, 6 pts) beat Yujiro Takahashi (2-3, 4 pts) Satoshi Kojima (2-3, 4 pts) beat Tomoaki Honma (0-5, 0 pts) Tomohiro Ishii (4-1, 8 pts) beat Yuji Nagata (1-4, 2 pts) Kazuchika Okada (4-1, 8 pts) beat Karl Anderson (3-2, 6 pts) Shinsuke Nakamura (3-2, 6 pts) beat Hirooki Goto (3-2, 6 pts) Night 11 (Block A) August 5th from Iwate Industry Cultural Center Apip Bad Luck Fale (4-2, 8 pts) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (1-5, 2 pts) Toru Yano (2-4, 4 pts) beat Katsuyori Shibata (4-2, 8 pts) Hiroshi Tanahashi (4-2, 8 pts) beat Doc Gallows (1-5, 2 pts) AJ Styles (4-2, 8 pts) beat Togi Makabe (3-3, 6 pts) Tetsuya Naito (4-2, 8 pts) beat Kota Ibushi (3-3, 6 pts) Remaining Tournament Schedule: August 7 (Fri) 18:30 JST/5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu * Block B Match: Yuji Nagata vs. Michael Elgin * Block B Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson * Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima vs. Hirooki Goto * Block B Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yujiro Takahashi * Block B Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii August 8 (Sat) 18:30 JST/5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Kanagawa Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium * Block A Match: Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale * Block A Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano * Block A Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. AJ Styles * Block A Match: Togi Makabe vs. Doc Gallows * Block A Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata August 9 (Sun) 18:30 JST/5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Tokyo Korakuen Hall * Block B Match: Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson * Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima vs Yuji Nagata * Block B Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi * Block B Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomoaki Honma * Block B Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii August 11 (Tuesday) 18:30 JST/5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Tokyo Korakuen Hall * Block A Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Doc Gallows * Block A Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata * Block A Match: Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano * Block A Match: AJ Styles vs. Bad Luck Fale * Block A Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe August 12 (Wed.) 18:30 JST/5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Tokyo Korakuen Hall * Block B Match: Karl Anderson vs. Yujiro Takahashi * Block B Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Michael Elgin * Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura * Block B Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yuji Nagata * Block B Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii August 14 (gold) 18:30 JST/5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan * Block A Match: Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale * Block A Match: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows * Block A Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs, Tetsuya Naito * Block A Match: Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi * Block A Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs AJ Styles August 15 (Sat) 18:30 JST/5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan * Block B Match: Michael Elgin vs. Tomohiro Ishii * Block B Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi * Block B Match: Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto * Block B Match: Satoshi Kojima vs. Karl Anderson * Block B Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada August 16 (Sun) 15:00 JST/2:00 EDT/7:00 BST Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (Final) * G1 Climax 25 Final: Block A winner vs. Block B winner Thauros fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Aug 5, 2015 |
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I was going to use some info from Mike Sempervive's G1 preview here, but that would be way too much poo poo to scroll past. Check it out if you want an intro to the wrestlers and info about their history in the G1. It's pretty good other than the fact that he apparently thinks Gedo and Jado are brothers. Thauros fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jul 19, 2015 |
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free at last free at last
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 16:45 |
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If Okada wins, does he get to choose who he faces for the title?
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 16:48 |
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if okada wins can we just have 30+ minutes of him wrestling a broomstick at the tokyo dome
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 16:57 |
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Nerokerubina posted:if okada wins can we just have 30+ minutes of him wrestling a broomstick at the tokyo dome Please. If it's even half as good as Kota's match with Yoshihiko was, I'll watch it on repeat. Also it's weird looking at the brackets how much there are a few maybes there, but booking would normally dicate that the final 4 are AJ, Tanahashi, Nakamura and Okada. I look forward to seeing how they book it so this isn't the case. Wazzu fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Jul 19, 2015 |
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TUS posted:If Okada wins, does he get to choose who he faces for the title? The IWGP Champ hasn't won the G1 since the Tokyo Dome title shot became part of the prize, so no one knows. That would make sense though. My guess is if Okada makes the Finals he'd be losing to Tanahashi only to finally get revenge at the Dome.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 17:01 |
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after okada sweeps his way to the finals i think this is ibushi's year, who you got?
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oatgan posted:after okada sweeps his way to the finals i think this is ibushi's year, who you got? The cool thing about this year is that there's multiple plausible winners. I think the other big 2 who aren't champs are the favorites, but Ibushi as a dark horse can't be ruled out and neither can Okada winning as champ to really cement himself as the ace. The main problem with Ibushi winning imo is that I think Okada should retain at WK10 and Ibsuhi really needs to win his next big match after losing against Nakamura and Styles. I'd love to see him win the IC in the Domes semi-main though.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 17:19 |
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ISHII
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 17:22 |
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Amped to get to see like 10 Ishii matches this month. Amped to get to see 10 Honma matches. Amped to see 10 Shibata matches. The G1 loving rules, you guys.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 17:41 |
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let's go Naito and also Elgin's suit
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 17:43 |
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I'm getting married in September so as a last hurrah as a free man I'm going to Tokyo for the three Sumo Hall shows. I am so excited for this.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 17:58 |
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ch3cooh posted:I'm getting married in September so as a last hurrah as a free man I'm going to Tokyo for the three Sumo Hall shows. I am so excited for this. congratulations, on the wrestling i mean
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 18:02 |
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here ya gocode:
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 18:09 |
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Welp, my wife is in Japan on an archaeological dig for the entirety of this tourney, and although I have the money to visit this year and hit some shows (that was an issue last year) I don't have the vacation time. Ah well, at least NJPW World exists this year. ~80 hours of wrestling will no doubt soothe my loneliness/jealousy. Team Honma all the way!
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 18:52 |
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I've been down on Ishii th is year because he hasn't had good matches then I remember he won't be wrestling Makabe every show
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:02 |
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acai moonsault posted:I've been down on Ishii th is year because he hasn't had good matches then I remember he won't be wrestling Makabe every show his match with honma was amazing! but yeah not only has he been against makabe each match they have gets progressively more boring
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:04 |
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I'm rootin for that dirtbag Naito
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:08 |
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I'm pulling for Ibushi, with a side of ironic rooting for Elgin.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:12 |
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i think ideally ibushi wins his block and loses to nakamura again in the finals but realistically i think tanahashi vs nakamura is more likely
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:16 |
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elgins gonna beat ishii
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:17 |
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I want Elgin to win exactly zero matches
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:23 |
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triplexpac posted:I want Elgin to win exactly zero matches He's in Honma's block, so this could be problematic. August 1 is now Judgement Day.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 20:34 |
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I'm still kind of upset we got Elgin instead of Roddy. His match with Nakamura in Toronto was awesome, he would have made for great matches against like everyone in the block.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 20:36 |
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I'm so stoked for my first live G1 experience. I'm going with Nakamura to win it all to setup a Jan 4th match with Okada.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 20:46 |
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That 8/14 Sumo Hall card with the final Block A matches looks rather weak for that venue. Tanahashi vs AJ is of course a main event caliber match anywhere, but the rest of that card? Of course, it's probably smart to keep in mind that Makabe and Tenzan are more over with Japanese fans than they are with most of us.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 20:49 |
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Ticket sales were said to be slow on that one
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 21:00 |
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Semprini posted:He's in Honma's block, so this could be problematic. Double count-out.
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 21:57 |
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Block B is pretty good, Block A is mostly trash. They should have moved one or two of the upper midcard guys like Goto or Anderson to Block A so the stiffs were distributed more evenly between the two.Blast Fantasto posted:I'm still kind of upset we got Elgin instead of Roddy. His match with Nakamura in Toronto was awesome, he would have made for great matches against like everyone in the block. Roddy's too important to ROH right now to spend a month in Japan. Elgin doesn't have much going on storyline-wise at the moment so it makes sense he got sent over. I wish Cedric had gone over too, but he did just have that big heel turn and he might not be plausible as a heavyweight. Then again, Takahashi is a heavyweight for some reason so the weight classes really are that dumb and arbitrary. Grozz Nuy fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jul 19, 2015 |
# ? Jul 19, 2015 23:07 |
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Isn't G1 technically openweight anyway?
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# ? Jul 19, 2015 23:45 |
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Spermgod posted:i think ideally ibushi wins his block and loses to nakamura again in the finals but realistically i think tanahashi vs nakamura is more likely This is what I think happens. I'm pretty sure Nakamura is going to win it setting up an awesome Tokyo Dome show main event.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 01:12 |
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I want Ibushi to win because I love him, but I can't help but think Tanahashi is going to win so that Okada can finally beat him at Wrestle Kingdom and cement himself as the new Ace.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 01:48 |
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I'm terrible at figuring out Japanese show starts. Is this starting in a few hours?
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 02:38 |
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weekly font posted:I'm terrible at figuring out Japanese show starts. Is this starting in a few hours? 2 AM eastern time, 7 AM UK/IE
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 02:45 |
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I'm so happy it's the best time of the year
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 02:48 |
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Goddamn am I psyched for this tournament. Also this tournament is going to kill me. Thauros posted:2 AM eastern time, 7 AM UK/IE Oh goddammit I might actually have to miss this live
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 03:23 |
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remember when this fuckign cost $120
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 03:30 |
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shibata vs aj is a match that could easily be my personal moty so i look forward to staying up til like 3 am tonight.
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