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Spuckuk posted:Whats the deal with Makabe? He seems to still be a really popular wrestler despite being tag fodder, is he an old legend? Kinda, yeah. My understanding is he's 45 and getting into old legend status and has a lot of mainstream appeal. He does a lot of voice acting and is on Japanese TV a lot. I imagine he's a dude that someone in Japan with no knowledge of wrestling would still know because of his mainstream work, like Cena. Someone with actual knowledge of Japanese TV will probably correct me.
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Takuan posted:I heard Colt Cabana's interview with Jay White that was recorded after he found out about the Switchblade character, but before he made his debut. It sounds like he didn't have much input into the character. I'm hoping he either grows into it, or makes it his own(like Omega did with The Cleaner gimmick), because it's really not working for him at any level. Is assassin gimmick Gedo's "incest angle"?
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Byolante posted:Okada winning at WK is even more egregious seeing as he is now loving about with Sanada as the b roll to Naito and Jericho. Congrats on pissing off the fans, killing a hot storyline and devaluing the belt all in one fell swoop. Sanada gets a match that elevates him and he gets to soften up Okada for Naito's rematch. Trust Gedo, njpw books in years, not weeks, and normally does a very good job. (Unless you are a tag team).
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Byolante posted:Everything last night screamed Gedo has lost the plot aside from Suzuki killing Tanahashi. The wrestlers are great and will produce great matches regardless but every decision seems to be the wrong one. Counter-point is that you now have your champ fighting someone from the same faction of the dude he just beat and who is now going to have a chip on his shoulder. Sanada isn't as pure as Naito and it opens the match up to having dirty tactics. Sanada will 100% not win but he could do serious damage to Okada which makes him look beatable again. Sometimes he needs to look weak so that its believable that someone can win against him. You have crazy old man Jericho going around and trying to kick the rear end of every NJPW star that he thinks has a big ego. Kenny won but he was humbled in the post match interview. It's a good story for Naito who just had his big WK moment and knows he is hot poo poo. They played off each other great at New Years Dash. If they are going to have Jay White be a big deal then Kenny is a good match. Kenny is rediculously over and can get White over, Kenny losing the US title will push the bullet club split story. It also helps Kenny's slow transition to a more pure baby face. The trio titles are bad and badly booked and yeah, it was dumb. They need a gimmick, I'd love it if they are defended with tornado tag rules or lucha tag rules. Taichi is good and he also needs to go home.
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Byolante posted:
He only needs to stay over until the end of the month. Like, he can do a couple interviews and a run in. He doesn't even need the run in. The WK match raised this above being a freak show, it was a legitimately excellent match. He'll be fine with the schedule he can work.
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Except you want to watch him wreck havoc
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I'm excited for the beef on beef of goto vs EVIL
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Bigass Moth posted:So why did they go with the old retired guy to win the NJ rumble instead of using it to make a young guy look strong? Also he recently recovered from cancer. It was 100% a feel good moment.
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My roommate recently started watching with me and he very quickly went from loving yoshi-hashi because of his look to just not caring about him.
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Okada/Naito was the better match to me just for my emotional investment in it. Jericho/Omega was probably the better paced match.
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Shouldn't it be el hijo de Daryl?
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Oh yeah, all of the LIJ guys in singles matches means I'm staying up tonight. Also LIJ constantly leaving the bill for Tokyo sports is my favorite.
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I watched that golden lovers video yesterday and I still have not stopped laughing at golden freezer as a finisher name
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Baron Corbyn posted:Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay Dear god.
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Deciding if I want Naito or Sabre to face Ibushi is some Sophie's choice poo poo.
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I really didn't get the appeal of Elgin even before he was shown to be a garbage human. Yeah, he is an agile big dude but they're not really rare anymore. A lot of people do the agile big dude thing and have more charisma and ring presence then Elgin. What I'm saying is that NJPW needs to be booking Keith Lee and Jeff Cobb.
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KES matches are usually when I take my piss break but I really enjoyed Fale vs. Archer.
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Gaz-L posted:It's one of the most basic sleight-of-hand principles. Your eye naturally wants to look to where the kick/knee/whatever is going as that's the biggest movement, so you miss the subtle smack on the other side. I still can't see how Scurll does the finger bit, as a better example Once I saw how Scrull makes the noise I can't not see it. However, he does it so well and so brilliantly that it kind of makes the move better.
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That match deserves 5 stars and is the best match I've ever seen that I never want to see again. The finish is a valid complaint and felt weird to me but I have to imagine that Ospreay winning was the planned finish and they didn't have the time to bring it to something where Scrull was beat up to the same degree as Ospreay suddenly was.
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Yeah, I used to hate Marty but now I'm giving him a WOOP WOOP
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Oh no, what tweets?
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Yeah, without anything real I kind of expect that's a bad joke. It feels like something brit fans would joke around with. Who cares WOOP WOOP (Unless hard evidence of Marty being a horrible man shows up)
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ZSJ is very good, his style is just dependent on his opponent to look good. If he's putting a guy into a fake submission hold and they don't know how to sell it then it just looks like he's weakly putting someone into a fake submission hold. Which means he's going to look bored and move and do things to try to make it look better. People said it before but his match with Riddle is a good example of his style working because he's working with a guy who can sell a hold.
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Apr 9, 2018 22:48
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I feel like if NJPW cares they'll end up running Omega vs. Cody at a later date. The whole Elite/Bullet Club story feels like RoH and NJPW are doing their own storylines that just happen to be really similar.
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Apr 9, 2018 22:56
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Yeah, they'll name the episode All In
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Apr 9, 2018 23:01
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How are you all confused that the British socialist that bends people has a body tailor made to slide down a chimney? He was bred for this.
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Phenix Rising posted:So, who can tell me about Kitamura? I fell off of NJPW World after probably the first full year it was around, and it seems like this guy is super new? How did he fall apart so quickly? He's also 32, a former amateur wrestler, and I think did mma for a tiny bit. He might have a history of concussions we don't know about. They can also just gently caress you up.
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My hope is that it is Ibushi in a mask but in Kayfabe they treat Ibushi and bone soldier as separate people. It all builds to an Ibushi vs. Bone soldier match.
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I feel like Rey Mysterio but he comes out in a venom mask, wears black lipstick, and spits mist sells itself. In ring he's probably the weakest LIJ member but that's not saying too much. They're all amazing wrestlers. And his weakness is mostly slow down from injury.
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His suits look good. Naito's suit is cool but it always obviously looks like "a wrestling costume". Bushi just has a really good taste in suits.
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That run in was a shoot. Jericho just hates Naito.
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coconono posted:NJPW not even batting an eye at DBS Jr’s law troubles is concerning. I’d heard there was a scuffle but that it was just that, a scuffle. No idea Roberts was pressing charges. I mean, it's a misdemeanor. He'll most likely pay a 1000 dollar fine and that'll be it.
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Willninho posted:Hiromu seems like the obvious winner though. Maybe will if he loses the title. It's Tiger Mask's year.
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A lot of dudes have made a buck off of one off Chuckie T jokes.
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I think I'm 100% a Jay White fan. That Muta lock he did was great looking.
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White is also in that sweet heel spot where he is fun and entertaining to watch but incredibly hatable. I want to watch him wrestle and boo him the entire time.
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Naito is my favorite NJPW guy but yeah, even I'll agree Omega and Okada are probably better in-ring guys. Naito just has a certain thing that gets me more then those guys. Like Sazuki said, he's cool with the punks and teens.
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Naito does at least get to be the leader of the best stable. He gets to hang out with Hiromu!
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The pacing of the Naito vs. Sazuki match was odd. 90% of the match was real good but was all of Sazuki on offense. Then it ended with a quick burst from Naito, Destino, 123. Naito needed more offense to really make the pin feel right. In the match it just felt sudden. The blood trickling from Suzuki's nose was a great image.
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I don't think All In really counts. It really is a Cody/Young Bucks/Bullet Club thing. The only person on the card I can think of who'd I'd consider a truly NJPW guy is Okada. Everyone else works enough promotions that I don't necessarily see them being tied to NJPW for All In.
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