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Sorry for the half assed and late GDTs but I'm in Vegas until tomorrow. I'm taking a break in my hotel room after getting about 3 hours of sleep the night before and figured I'd dash something off quick. There's two very appropriatly named major NJPW shows these next few days. These are the first big shows since the departures of Nakamrua and Styles and it'll be very interesting to see both how the company deals with the situation creatively given their depleted rosterand how badly the loss of two major stars hurt their drawing power.  NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA February 11th 2016 at 3 AM EST / 8 AM GMT from Edion Arena #1 David Finlay vs Jay White Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. CHAOS (Kaushi Sakuraba, Gedo, and YOSHI-HASHI) TenCozy vs. Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA, and Juice Robinson vs. Los Ingobernables (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, and BUSHI) NEVER Openweight Trios Title:Toru Yano and the Briscoes(c) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro, and Tama Tonga) IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag title:Young Bucks(c) vs. reDRagon vs. Ricochet and Matt Sydal NEVER Openweight Chalmpionship: Katsuyori Shibata(c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii Hiroshi X Tanahashi and GBH vs. Bullet Club (MGKA, Doc Gallows, and Kenny Omega) IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. Hirooki Goto  NEW BEGINNING IN NIIGATA February 14th 2016 at 2 AM EST / 7 AM GMT from Nagaoka Aore Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, and Captain New Japan vs. Bullet Club (Young Bucks and Cody Hall) reDRagon vs. CHAOS (Sakuraba and Gedo) Ten-Cozy, Matt Sydal, and Ricochet vs. Nagata, Nakanishi, Taguchi, and Flinlay Michael Elgin and Jay White vs. Los Ingobernables (Naito and EVIL) Yano and Briscoes vs. Bullet Club (Fale, Yujiro, and Tonga) Goto, Shibata, and Robinson vs. CHAOS (Okada, Ishii, and YOSHI) IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship:KUSHIDA(c) vs. BUSHI IWGP Heavyweight Tag Championship:GBH(c) vs. Bullet Club(MGKA and Gallows) IWGP Intercontinental ChampionshipHiroshi X Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega
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Is this the last Gallows/Anderson show, or are they sticking around longer?
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Feb 11, 2016 02:03
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checksin posted:Is this the last Gallows/Anderson show, or are they sticking around longer? They're gonna be booked on the Honor Rising ROH crossover shows in Korakuen later in the month and Melzter said that should be their last dates
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Feb 11, 2016 02:04
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Looks like I'm gonna miss this show, unfortunately. What if I miss Goto winning the titl.... hahaha, sorry, I couldn't finish that sentence.  Please don't let this statement come back to haunt me 
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Feb 11, 2016 02:07
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Wait was it always Hiroshi X Tanahashi or is the X new?
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Feb 11, 2016 02:10
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He got the idea from Shelton Benjamin
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Feb 11, 2016 02:12
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RaceyBucket posted:Wait was it always Hiroshi X Tanahashi or is the X new? It's just a dumb joke I'm running with until this show is over. Remember when Shelton Benjamin joined Suzuki-gun as a mystery X partner in 2013 and has used it in his name ever since? https://twitter.com/SAThauros/status/695375218349441024 Thauros fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Feb 11, 2016 |
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Feb 11, 2016 02:12
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Didn't realize this was so soon. Luckily it looks like I'll be able to catch this live tonight
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Feb 11, 2016 02:59
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Oh hey, I thought it was on earlier than this, looks like I won't miss it after all, nice.
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Feb 11, 2016 08:56
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Just starting now, for those waiting.
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Feb 11, 2016 09:03
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JUSTICE LOS JUSTICE LOS
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Feb 11, 2016 09:57
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So is Bullet Club still a thing in New Japan? Takahashi is wearing the shirt but I thought they'd changed their names to The Elite now?
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Feb 11, 2016 10:21
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Jerusalem posted:So is Bullet Club still a thing in New Japan? Takahashi is wearing the shirt but I thought they'd changed their names to The Elite now? They were still definitely referring to themselves as Bullet Club at the Road to the New Beginning show where they did Nakamura's send-off. THe only reference I've seen to the Elite thing was a tweet by Kenny Omega, which I don't think was actually any kind of announcement of a new name. He was just referring to himself and the other BC members as "the elite."
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Feb 11, 2016 11:25
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unimportantguy posted:They were still definitely referring to themselves as Bullet Club at the Road to the New Beginning show where they did Nakamura's send-off. THe only reference I've seen to the Elite thing was a tweet by Kenny Omega, which I don't think was actually any kind of announcement of a new name. He was just referring to himself and the other BC members as "the elite." That said I see the Young Bucks are currently wearing an ELITE t-shirt. Given it's The Young Bucks though, they've probably got the entire dictionary represented on their many shirts.
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Feb 11, 2016 11:51
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ishii and shibata are going to kill each other in the ring like, they will both collide into each other and the entire arena will explode
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Feb 11, 2016 12:05
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Now hang on a second, Omega, that's actually unfair treatment that will give you an unearned advantage in your match in a couple of days!  Edit: Hannibal Goto once ate some liver with fava beans and some nice chianti.... then he choked on it. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Feb 11, 2016 |
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Feb 11, 2016 12:09
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Poor Goto, he's really good but I just don't think he's ever really gonna get much of a shot at either of the main belts while the likes of Okada and Tanahashi are around. Now Shibata seems to be moving up as well, where does that really leave him to go?
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Feb 11, 2016 12:51
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couldn't watch the osaka show live, trying to avoid seeing the results, what matches are worth watching? don't really give a drat about the main, def gonna watch ishii/shibata because why wouldn't you
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Feb 11, 2016 19:33
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The junior tag match was the only other one that really stood out to me. Oh, and Jay White has been looking pretty drat good lately.
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Feb 11, 2016 20:00
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Jerusalem posted:That said I see the Young Bucks are currently wearing an ELITE t-shirt. Given it's The Young Bucks though, they've probably got the entire dictionary represented on their many shirts. NJPW doesn't give the guys any royalties for bullet club merch so The Elite is something the bucks and kenny can put on t-shirts and sell on their own. It's the same reason Doc and Karl trademarked and sold Bliz Cliz mech
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Feb 11, 2016 20:39
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ParanoidInc posted:couldn't watch the osaka show live, trying to avoid seeing the results, what matches are worth watching? don't really give a drat about the main, def gonna watch ishii/shibata because why wouldn't you The last three matches are all good, though nothing really stands out as "must-see".
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Feb 11, 2016 21:41
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Los Ingobernables are my favourite thing in New Japan right now and I am almost certainly the only person who feels this way
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Feb 11, 2016 22:08
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No you're not, this is easily the best Naito's been ever, and I loving love EVIL I don't know if I'd call them the best thing in the company, but they're absolutely up there
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Feb 11, 2016 22:17
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Nothing in particular was amazing, but I loved how well the main established Okada being on a completely different level. THE new ace. Shibata and Ishii need to never wrestle each other again though. Their matches are some kind of parody of pro wrestling.
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Feb 12, 2016 01:58
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I actually hope Naito gets shifted into the main event heel role, I think he'd be really good there. He also needs to win some matches though, and I don't see Okada losing the title till at least mid-year. Naito and Okada as the heel/face top guys with Shibata taking on the role of older pissed off dude getting involved on both sides would be pretty cool. Edit: Woah, Naito is 33? I thought he was actually younger than Okada. Holy poo poo Okada is spectacularly good for a guy as young as he is.
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Feb 12, 2016 02:45
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i mean he's been wrestling for 12 years
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Feb 12, 2016 03:49
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Tonfa posted:Nothing in particular was amazing, but I loved how well the main established Okada being on a completely different level. THE new ace. i disagree, i could happily watch the never belt flit back and forth between the two for the rest of time just loving sick lariats and unexpected armbars. all i need.
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Feb 12, 2016 06:18
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Why would they do a title change at WK and then another one at the next big show? Gedo's tag division booking makes no loving sense.
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Feb 12, 2016 09:05
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Finally caught up to this show. Fun and easy to watch but nothing truly great. It's good to see Okada taking over more in the go home promos instead of letting Gedo do most of the work. Part of me wonders if they should've put the belt on Goto after putting so much focus on his choke jobs and the special outfit.
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checksin posted:Los Ingobernables are my favourite thing in New Japan right now and I am almost certainly the only person who feels this way they completely fail to catch my attention any show I watch, I don't know. Shibata's flying armbar on Ishii is the coolest move I've seen this year
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Feb 12, 2016 18:16
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They're bums. Naito is still cool though.
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Thauros posted:Finally caught up to this show. Fun and easy to watch but nothing truly great. It's good to see Okada taking over more in the go home promos instead of letting Gedo do most of the work. I feel like the match proved in and out of kayfabe why Goto is never going to be a true top guy. They did all that build and he did next to nothing to reflect the raised stakes and intensity in the match itself.
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Tonfa posted:I feel like the match proved in and out of kayfabe why Goto is never going to be a true top guy. They did all that build and he did next to nothing to reflect the raised stakes and intensity in the match itself. If were being totally honest the match was good but not great and Goto isnt in the same league in anything. Cool bodypaint though. The next champion needs to be Ibushi or Shibata. Only other person i can kind of see right now is Elgin. In any event strap in for a long Okada reign.
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sigmachiev posted:If were being totally honest the match was good but not great and Goto isnt in the same league in anything. Cool bodypaint though. I think they could do WK8 all over again with Naito as a clear heel and it could work this time.
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Feb 12, 2016 21:21
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Yeah, I could see Naito winning NJC and taking the belt at Invasion Attack. Okada won the championship at Dominion, right? Almost a year is a reasonable length for a reign before doing a switch, and I feel like finally beating Tanahashi at the dome was such a milestone for Okada that he wouldn't be hurt by not holding the top belt for a while.
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Grozz Nuy posted:Yeah, I could see Naito winning NJC and taking the belt at Invasion Attack. Okada won the championship at Dominion, right? Almost a year is a reasonable length for a reign before doing a switch, and I feel like finally beating Tanahashi at the dome was such a milestone for Okada that he wouldn't be hurt by not holding the top belt for a while. Yeah, the NJC winner's gonna be either him, Tana(would challenge Omega for IC), or Ibushi (if he can come back obv). I wouldn't mind seeing Tana take the NJC and Naito challenge at Dominion. Osaka always gave post comeback babyface Naito a rough reception and that match could have a ton of heat there.
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Feb 12, 2016 22:12
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Thauros posted:
Reminder that the Niigata show is starting in three and a half hours
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Ahahaha are they really running loving YTR/Briscoes vs BC back to back? Jesus. Maybe Briscoes will turn on Yano, but what reason is there for a back to back match like that.
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Feb 14, 2016 04:46
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KungFu Grip posted:Ahahaha are they really running loving YTR/Briscoes vs BC back to back? Jesus. Maybe Briscoes will turn on Yano, but what reason is there for a back to back match like that. It's now officially for the titles. Maybe they're doing a gimmick where it will be defended on every big show or something? There was also a match for them at New Year's Dash so this is already the fourth match for those belts.
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Skuraba and Gedo, that's a hell of a team  Edit: Gedo looks so much younger than 46! Gedo takes off bandanna Gedo looks 46! Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Feb 14, 2016 |
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