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I feel like Jay White's got a good amount of Conor McGregor in his character and a retirement tantrum after a big loss fits perfectly in that way.
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Decades posted:I feel like Jay White's got a good amount of Conor McGregor in his character and a retirement tantrum after a big loss fits perfectly in that way. When Wei Ting from Post Wrestling told John Pollack about the promo, Pollack mentioned it was a Conor thing to do.
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Anyway, they've uploaded the post-show promos! Lemme just copy Rarity's bit for posting these. Uemura has a death wish. Suzuki is happy to oblige: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy6McBiAT7s Kidd wants to go after Shingo, apparently death wishes are running wild in Young Lions. Nagata, well, he's a teacher through and through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWVlkgI6wC8 Tsuji wants to go to Mexico. Kojima is PISSED OFF. The Empire is United, but O-Khan wants some drat iconography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09jijueuHzM Suzuki-gun is as fed up with bad refereeing as this board. Tama Tonga knows about three sentences in Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv0WQynogms EVIL wants Okada. Ishii... gives encouragement to... Jay White?  Okada blames EVIL for not being Okada last year, instead of the loving Money Clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7X9T0Ws84U Rocky wants to be the Mayor of Tokyo. SHO wished upon a tree. Wato is... Wato. Tanahashi feels NEVER better than when he senses a challenge. Ibushi's looking to the future. Shingo wants a fight (shocking, I know). And Hiromu is Happy!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xABkmjkOaU
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https://twitter.com/njpw1972/status/1347036804017389570 NJPW saying Tenzan is injured but idk, feels like it could still be a work to have Oka beat Kojima
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the article on the english site is what you'd expect from a work but i'm obv less familiar with the domestic one and how they do things https://www.njpw1972.com/88765 ok the new one is i'm guessing the same thing " On January 6’s New Year Dash event, Hiroyoshi Tenzan was stretchered away from the ring following an attack from Great-O-Khan. Tenzan was taken to a nearby hospital where he was examined and treated for a cervical injury. Tenzan’s injury is not thought to be serious, and he will make a full recovery. Tenzan will undergo another thorough evaluation before he is cleared for further action. We wish him the best in his recovery. " Thauros fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Jan 7, 2021 |
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Ok now I want a babyface Jay vs Ishii match
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Ishii almost never does backstage interviews so him doing one to encourage Jay is interesting. Jay back to CHAOS would be a good direction
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:Ishii almost never does backstage interviews so him doing one to encourage Jay is interesting. Jay back to CHAOS would be a good direction Betraying Okada once is just a Chaos rite of passage but twice, that's making history.
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Okada and the rest of them not trusting Jay at all for obvious reasons while Ishii’s like “no, I think he’s learned his lesson” and being the one guy who believes in him until Jay finally proves himself would be a great story. Like, nobody wants to tag with him, but Ishii will. If he’s surrounded by The Empire or Suzuki-gun or his former BC friends, everyone else kinda stays back, but Ishii just tears into the heels and forces the others to jump in and save Jay too. Also, to truly squash the rumors, Jay’s current deal - probably signed when he came back from excursion - is seven years, according to Alvarez. And he sounded quite sure about that number. He’s around until late 2024, by that math.
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Ishii is an interesting pairing/rivalry/feud with Jay given how over Ishii is with western fans. Maybe it's a program for New Japan America (if Bushiroad is betting they can return by the end of next year)?
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Jay as Luger and Ishii as Sting would be a hell of a thing.
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The only backstage comment I remember from Ishii is after he beat Omega's face halfway off and said his head had been up in the clouds and he was pulling him down.
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MJeff posted:The only backstage comment I remember from Ishii is after he beat Omega's face halfway off and said his head had been up in the clouds and he was pulling him down. There's also "I'm a sad man"
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:There's also "I'm a sad man" Dammit  
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I think nothing happening last night with Jay has somehow made the angle more intriguing. Come back Jay it will be ok
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Jay coming home to Chaos would be like Miss Elizabeth slapping Sheri part 2 for me.
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Jay has burned his bridges in CHAOS, he needs to find friends who will love him for being the dirtbag that he is 
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The Cameo posted:Dammit Never have I related to anyone so much
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Rarity posted:Jay has burned his bridges in CHAOS, he needs to find friends who will love him for being the dirtbag that he is Jay as Taichi's loyal henchmen?!?!
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My super crack fantasy booking is he makes up with Tanahashi and they tag together, having a friendly rivalry with Ibushi
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Rarity posted:Someone new debuting on NJPW Strong? either that or they're just turning someone like with danny limelight a while back
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Alright I'm asking this because I'm genuinely curious and not to bag on anyone who likes Taichi, but what is Taichi's Gimmick (or just general whole deal). He's got this huge over the top entrance where he comes out very clearly fake singing to like some 80s karaoke music with an unplugged microphone and a phantom of the opera getup, and he seems really over with the crowd? Is he just a gigantic loving dork in need of a swirly? Because my gut read of that setup is that he's a gigantic loving dork in need of a swirly. He seems to be too serious to have a gimmick like that, so is this some character trope from Japan that I don't know? Generally I can kind of get what someone's character is supposed to be without any commentary just from their entrance but Taichi just has me confused.
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Lethrom posted:Alright I'm asking this because I'm genuinely curious and not to bag on anyone who likes Taichi, but what is Taichi's Gimmick (or just general whole deal). He's a guy who was really into musical theatre in high school but failed to get anywhere with it so now he's bitter and jaded and he wound up in pro wrestling which meant he could keep up the musical theatre dork but he doesn't want to try because he's scared of failing again even though he's actually really good at it and could be really successful if he made the effort so the only thing holding him back is his own insecurity tl;dr - he's Gackt
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Lethrom posted:Alright I'm asking this because I'm genuinely curious and not to bag on anyone who likes Taichi, but what is Taichi's Gimmick (or just general whole deal). someone in the last thread had the a similar take, and as i told them it's a visual kei gimmick. google that term or gackt if you're unfamiliar. it may not be your thing but the nicknames/entrance/clothing/theme all make coherent aesthetic sense. also bear in mind when it started he was a lower card dipshit junior heel who was usually greeted with chants of "TAICHI KAERE" (taichi go home). he's gradually moved up the card and gotten over since moving to heavyweight and getting legitimately really good.
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Rarity posted:tl;dr - he's Gackt Thauros posted:someone in the last thread had the a similar take, and as i told them it's a visual kei gimmick. google that term or gackt if you're unfamiliar. Ahhh okay, that's what I was missing. I could tell he was going hard for SOME kinda theme, I just didn't know what that theme was. Thanks
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idk how you can watch that man rip his pants off to get fired up and think "what a dork" smh e: also if you're just now getting into new japan in the last year, you're missing the key piece to his entire gimmick which is his valet Miho Abe, the #1 talent in all of new japan
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Fast food, Coors Light, and Twitter That is a sad man.
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boxcarhobo posted:idk how you can watch that man rip his pants off to get fired up and think "what a dork" smh I bought a month for WK in 2020 and bought a month for WK this year, might keep the sub going though because I want to see Ishii destroy some people.
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Lethrom posted:I bought a month for WK in 2020 and bought a month for WK this year, might keep the sub going though because I want to see Ishii destroy some people. I take it you have seen G1 Ishii, because if not you've missed the very apex of wrestling.
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Lethrom posted:I bought a month for WK in 2020 and bought a month for WK this year, might keep the sub going though because I want to see Ishii destroy some people. Cerebral Bore posted:I take it you have seen G1 Ishii, because if not you've missed the very apex of wrestling. https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00211_2_5
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I started watching this and made a noise that woke my girlfriend up
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I still maintain that Ishii's 2019 G1 is the best stretch of matches that I've seen from any wrestler ever.
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Cerebral Bore posted:I still maintain that Ishii's 2019 G1 is the best stretch of matches that I've seen from any wrestler ever. i think i prefer 2018 culminating in the victory over kenny, but he's just been great for a long time
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Lethrom posted:I bought a month for WK in 2020 and bought a month for WK this year, might keep the sub going though because I want to see Ishii destroy some people. Fun fact: Ishii and Taichi work really well against each other
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Lily Catts posted:Fun fact: Ishii and Taichi work really well against each other Ishii v Taichi in the NJ Cup a couple years back is what turned me around on Taichi. Lots of great wrestling, story telling, and character growth in one match.
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Cerebral Bore posted:I still maintain that Ishii's 2019 G1 is the best stretch of matches that I've seen from any wrestler ever. Every single match a legit MOTYC, an absolutely incredible display of not just consistency but consistency at the highest possible level.
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