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frankenfreak
Feb 16, 2007

I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade
Ishii
Suzuki

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Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki

Fad
Nov 13, 2002

I dont care.
Tomohiro Ishii
Zack Sabre Jr.

BodyMassageMachine
Nov 24, 2006

:yeah:
:yeah:
:yeah:

Jon Moxley
Zack Sabre Jr.

Trying
Sep 26, 2019

Tomohiro Ishii
Zack Sabre Jr.

but jesus they're all p.good

Armitage
Aug 16, 2005

"Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."
Jon Moxley
Minoru Suzuki

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

Jon Moxley
Minoru Suzuki

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Jon Moxley
Minoru Suzuki

Takuan
May 6, 2007

Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki

Big Dave
Nov 6, 2009

Friends don't shake hands, friends gotta hug!


Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki

Do not even ask
Apr 8, 2008


Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
Vote

TV Zombie
Sep 6, 2011

Burying all the trauma from past nights
Burying my anger in the past

Ishii
Suzuki

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

it's still time to vote

Netsky
Jun 24, 2004
I AM THE STREET



Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

Zack Sabre Jr.

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Tomohiro Ishii
Zack Sabre Jr.

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
Today is the last day to vote.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I will be so loving stoked if this comes down to Okada vs. Ishii again like in the Favorite Active Wrestler thread from earlier in the year :hellyeah:

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
I fell asleep after going out to a late (read: 6:30 start time) movie. The joys of being old.

Please vote if you wish. I’ll count ballots tonight. Happy holidays, everyone.

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Tomohiro Ishii
Minoru Suzuki

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
Tomohiro Ishii 30, Jon Moxley 7
Minoru Suzuki 20, Zack Sabre Jr. 19

Quite the comeback by Suzuki, as ZSJ started with a 9-0 lead.

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
Special formatting request: Please only list the name of the person you are voting for from each match-up. This will be easier for me to count than bolding names from match-ups. I can work around this if necessary, but if you can vote by just listing the name of your choice, that would be great.

You can abstain from votes. You are not required to list that vote as ‘abstain,’ you just need to skip it.



Tomohiro Ishii
Finished 2nd in Favorite Active Wrestlers thread
Eliminated in Round 4 of 2017 WH-128 by Kenny Omega
Eliminated in Round 3 in 2015 by Adam Cole
Eliminated in Round 2 in 2013 by Kevin Steen


The Stone Pitbull is defying age by continuing to put on tremendous matches every time he steps in the ring. The MVP of the 2019 G1 Climax, everyone he faced he one of their best matches of the tournament with him, if not their best performance. A key part of the New Japan card, he could easily be the IWGP World Champion is given the chance.

Minoru Suzuki
Finished 8th in Favorite Active Wrestlers thread
Eliminated in quarter finals of 2017 WH-128 by Kento Miyahara
Eliminated in Round 4 in 2015 by Shinsuke Nakamura
Eliminated in The Quarter-Finals in 2013 by Hiroshi Tanahashi


Still the scariest motherfucker on the planet.

Your ballot:

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki

Voting closes at 7 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, or whenever I get in front of a computer after that.

Suzuki and Ishii have faced off four times in single matches in their careers. Fittingly, they're 2-2 against each other.

Suzuki beat Ishii at Kizuna Road on July 20, 2013, in a match Meltzer gave ****1/4
Suzuki won the RevPro British belt at RevPro's Strong Style Evolved on July 1, 2018, in a match Meltzer gave ****1/2
Ishii won that belt back at RevPro & New Japan's Global Wars on October 14, 2018, no Meltzer rating
Ishii defended the belt against Suzuki at New Japan Power Struggle on November 3, 2018 in another ****1/2 match

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

Minoru Suzuki

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Minoru Suzuki

Fad
Nov 13, 2002

I dont care.
Minoru Suzuki

Queer Salutations
Aug 20, 2009

kind of a shitty wizard...

Tomohiro Ishii

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I vote for Tomohiro Ishii.

It was a pleasure posting with you all, but now Minoru Suzuki comes to end my life, as he will eventually end all our lives. :patriot:

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


Tomohiro Ishii

he will protect me

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
shocked Mox only got 7 votes

Tomohiro Ishii

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

i failed to keep my promise, in order to help, and failed to help. Going to need to think about things for a while.

Takuan
May 6, 2007

Ishii

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Tomohiro Ishii

It's funny to me that our two finalists are both old: Ishii debuted in '96 for WAR, Suzuki debuted for New Japan in 1988. A 44 year old against a 51 year old.

Anyway. It's Ishii. He doesn't really have the look. He doesn't have the charisma. He just wrestles hard. Every July & August when G1 is on, Tomohiro Ishii is delivering banger after banger and has done since 2013. Omega, Ibushi, Goto, Naito, SANADA last year, Takagi, Naito, Cobb, Moxley, Juice, Knife Pervert, Taichi this year, sure, his opponents are some of the best in the world but he elevates them. There's not many moments that are more memorable to me in wrestling in 2019 than Big Tam leaping from the top rope to a table on the floor, crashing through it and Moxley. poo poo is dope.

KungFu Grip posted:

shocked Mox only got 7 votes

Tomohiro Ishii

I mean, he went against the wrestler of the decade. If hadn't lost to Ishii in a one-sided manner I'd be very irrationally upset.

I Before E
Jul 2, 2012

Minoru Suzuki, because Ishii has never had a moment quite like this

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

ishii always let shibata have the moments

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





Tomohiro Ishii

AlmightyPants
Mar 14, 2001

King of Scheduling
Pillbug
Tomohiro Ishii

I actually had to think long about this one. I adore them both, but in the past couple of years I'll always watch an Ishii match versus only catching Suzuki matches that get good reviews. Suzuki is the superior character, but goddamn I watched every Ishii match in the G1 this year and I can't say that about anyone else.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I Before E posted:

Minoru Suzuki, because Ishii has never had a moment quite like this


Counterpoint:

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I Before E
Jul 2, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

Counterpoint:



That did kick rear end, but Sakuraba/Shibata from Dominion 2015 did it better.

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