It legitimately means
and injury but this one time they used it as a story heater for neville to put him more over as a cheat to win.
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It legitimately means
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Serpentine
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And a good story it does make, 'cause I wanna see that elf motherfucker get his shit kicked in tonight
Yup the storyline is gold just has old school written all over it.
reptilescorpio
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Yup got me hook line and sinker, I wanna see Zayn go over, he seems really awesome
Balor seems like he could be a massive superstar too. Oozes charisma.
It legitimately meansIt's suppose to make for a good story.and injury but this one time they used it as a story heater for neville to put him more over as a cheat to win.
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Only a new page for 50 posts per page peasants.
I took my wife to see Phantom of the Opera last night. While we were sitting in the lobby, waiting for the theatre to open, Sylvester Lefort walked by with his lady (some redhead that wasn't Eva Marie). A little bit later, he walked by again and went upstairs because his seats were worse than ours.
British Monsoon
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Tickets for Wrestle Kingdom are selling twice as fast as for last year's event, which drew 35,000 fans to the Tokyo Dome - hopefully they can get back to 40k this year, they've shown steady growth since Bushiroad took over.
AJPW had an absolutely devastating turn out for their Real World Tag League finals at Osaka BODYMAKER Colosseum; just 1,688 fans in a 7,000 seater building. Thankfully Osaka BMC isn't too expensive to run, but this has to be an indication that All Japan aren't really fit to run anywhere bigger than Korakuen Hall at present.
AJPW had an absolutely devastating turn out for their Real World Tag League finals at Osaka BODYMAKER Colosseum; just 1,688 fans in a 7,000 seater building. Thankfully Osaka BMC isn't too expensive to run, but this has to be an indication that All Japan aren't really fit to run anywhere bigger than Korakuen Hall at present.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Good for Japan!
British Monsoon
Member
Good promo from Marty Scurll;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAy_88QXX0I
Dude's killing it at the moment, undoubtedly one of the best in-ring performers in the UK who's developing a character to match. Pre-emptive 'fuck you' to that 'phobe strobogo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAy_88QXX0I
Dude's killing it at the moment, undoubtedly one of the best in-ring performers in the UK who's developing a character to match. Pre-emptive 'fuck you' to that 'phobe strobogo.
One of these days. Time is not on my side with this stuff.
Not enough. Styles/Suzuki, Styles/Okada, and a couple of others. I was fatigue drunk last night and I feel similar today.
Sweet. Get ready for El Patron.
Friend, I thought we were friends, friend. I was with it until the "frickin' umbrella" line.
Haven't AJPW struggled for 4-5 years now?
I still think NOAH and AJPW should become a single entitity as neither are in a healthy drawing position and it could create as bit of interest considering the promotions past.
plagiarize
Banned
From cage side seats *rumours* post for today.
I know this is a rumour, but if its true, its just as I feared. Hopefully Roman can survive the uber push as I really think he has potential as a main event guy, but he's just not ready.
I know this is a rumour, but if its true, its just as I feared. Hopefully Roman can survive the uber push as I really think he has potential as a main event guy, but he's just not ready.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, ever since Mutoh sold up to money-mark Shiraishi - people thought it'd lead to a more financially stable All Japan, but it turned out that Shiraishi was batshit crazy and he drove fans away with his wild statements and outlandish ideas. Mutoh fucked off to form W-1 and took half the roster with him, but thankfully Akiyama found some new backers (including Giant Baba's widow) and staged a coup to take over the company. They're still struggling to turn things around though, even though the product has gotten a lot better.
I couldn't see them ever joining with NOAH, especially as AJPW is now controlled by Akiyama who had a big falling out with NOAH when they fired Kobashi. It'd definitely be best for business if one of the companies competing for 3rd place folded or joined together with a rival, though.
Oh, we are, friend, but I don't think you can take the British wrassles seriously. The umbrella line was a bit dodgy, but I appreciated the creativity of the promo and, just like the Jimmy promo you found so embarrassing, it's a definite cut above the standard US indie wrestling promo fare.
real_slime
Banned
If he comes back with a few more moves, I can see it. He'll look cool with the belt. It'll also feel like a big deal since Brock will have had the belt for like 9 months by then and he's kind of holding it hostage by not appearing.
So which promotion is considered number 2 in Japan?
If NOAH and AJPW barely draw, how well are Dragon Gate doing? Is Zero-1 still a thing?
plagiarize
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Well, ready or not, it looks like he's going to be pushed to the top, so I hope he's ready soon. His promos need to improve (mainly I think they need to be better written), and his move set needs to increase, but he's done well with what he's been given... so we'll see.
plagiarize
Banned
Well it's not Osaka Pro. Sure, they have massive stars like Bodygurd and Policeman, but they just aren't well known.
I know they aren't massive stars.
My wife and I actually saw an Osaka Pro show when we were in Japan. It was fantastic fun... but the work was nothing special. The characters though, repeatedly made me laugh. I mean, you have a wrestling cop, and he's just called 'Policeman'? That's brilliant.
British Monsoon
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It's Dragon Gate, although other promotions like to pretend they aren't real competition, probably because of the difference in their demographics (Dragon Gate attracts a lot of non-wrestling fans). They consistently outdraw every other promotion not named NJPW, however, so they're the clear no.2.
Z1 are still plugging away at Korakuen Hall levels and have a pretty loyal hardcore fanbase, plus they've been working with WRESTLE-1 a lot recently. Also, with NOAH partnering more with NJPW, that leaves just AJPW without any sort of major partnership (although they do use some K-DOJO guys).
Yeah, I remember when Paige was good, too.
reptilescorpio
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Jackhammer
I love this thread. can we have some gifs of Nakamura's ridiculous corner "stomping" too?
It's cool because it's New Japan, bro.
It's not so much his moveset, but his moves in general. Most of them are so convoluted it's boring to watch. Orton is similar. Sheamus is someone else you watch and always has to get his 1000 set of signature moves in, without much flow at all.
Yikes.
It still looks great today.
Yeah, I caught on to that, but the rest of the PPV was so yawn-worthy that I didn't really care by that point and couldn't divorce the match from the rest of the show.
Big Ryck has been a nice surprise, and I was also surprised to hear a Holy Shit chant. But it's cool. Makes the show feel more natural and like it has a very different flavor from the other guys out there.
So I found out after Jericho's podcast with Ambrose that he hasn't liked one promo he has done since being brought to Raw. Hate's the scrips cause it doesn't feel natural or real but does them to make the back happy. Also it was Vince's idea with the promo on Raw awhile back with the dummy Rollins and he was explaining how Vince was talking to himself with the doll. Explaining to Ambrose how to cut the hands off and say "I'm gonna rip your face off!"
LOL @ this. This fucking company. That said, maybe Dean should be going to creative with his own ideas instead of complaining about the ones he gets.
Everyone says Cesaro can't talk. Motherfucker gave a great natural promo during the 2K tour for the latest WWE game where he was allowed to be himself. It's the scripts that are forced on everyone that stifle their creativity, and doesn't let them display why they were hired to begin with.
plagiarize
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I get that Dean isn't a fan of the material, but you wouldn't know that from his performances. He's been doing amazing things with the material he's been given.
The story I heard about Zero1 years ago is despite drawing lower than other companies in Korakuen, they still get enough to break even and continue running.
Not everyone can be a non-descript white guy with muscle grade just a shade better than CM Punk who stands up at a slow pace.
Is this the tour with the different set pieces and everything? It's coming to Pantages in the summer and I'd like to take a friend of mine, but she was hesitant due to changes they made to the old show. Is it really that different, do you know?
British Monsoon
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It was a pretty skippable show, only the top 3 matches were worth a watch, but that's par for the course on a New Japan b-tier PPV.
It's cool because coked up Nakamura is one of the best characters in wrestling.
It legitimately meansIt's suppose to make for a good story.and injury but this one time they used it as a story heater for neville to put him more over as a cheat to win.
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The more impressive part is in the match, Neville was legitimately hurt, he wasn't faking the injury, he just saw an opportunity and took it. The whole storyline is that he's more ruthless than Sami and Sami has to stop being the nice guy to beat him.
PartTimeWarrior
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So I'm really late but I finally listened to the AOW podcast with Punk
They really wanted to do Orton vs Batista at WM as the main event. This fucking company
They really wanted to do Orton vs Batista at WM as the main event. This fucking company
Sorry, guys. I'm just trolling for the sake of trolling. The type of smark I don't like has come out over the past 24 hours due to fatigue, personal shit, and just being annoyed by the New Japan World Tag League. Sucks getting disillusioned and realizing they have problems just like any other company.
Oh now, WTL was not an impressive show at all. It was basically a house show. For me, NJPW shows usually are a waste before intermission anyway. But dudes aren't going all out a month away from the biggest show of the year. You don't get a bunch of great matches in March in WWE, either. NJPW has a lot of issues for sure. So much of their roster is late 30s-mid 40s. They've been running completely meaningless 6-8 man tags to open shows for like 30 years now.
Full NJ shows are hard for me to sit through. I always have to do them in chunks. That's why I like the match by match uploads on NJPW World.
Full NJ shows are hard for me to sit through. I always have to do them in chunks. That's why I like the match by match uploads on NJPW World.
British Monsoon
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You can currently watch 15 matches in their long and storied rivalry.
"Long". They're all within the last 2 years.
Hunter emailing Vince asking for a belt and demanding his daughter and Chyna getting fired.
Hayes sending craigslist style personal listings to Divas.
Hogan and Vince emails talking about movie script rewrites.
Vince asking Donald Trump for financial investments ideas like the XFL.
Vince demanding that WWE talent go on the air and look good for Linda.
Vince discussing the Warrior burial DVD.
Vince sending an email to the social media guy about the ADR incident.
"God damn that was a good rib, pal. I push Mexicans in my pool all the time."
You pretty much hit the nail on the head and listed the exact same issues I've noticed with the two full shows I've watched this year. (Best of the Super Jrs finals and World Tag League)
-tons of random tag filler
-an old/aging roster
-nothing memorable pre-intermission (minus Maria and Taichi/Desperado)
-bland ring work / "sports entertainment" style matches in the first half
-too damn long
I love that the older shows are broken up into matches on New Japan World. I'm basically gonna treat them like the WWE and only watch the big shows, the new stuff that gets buzz, and slowly work my way through their back catalog. Although I'm already a bit tired of Inoki matches.
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America is home to some of the greatest promos of all time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKzh18yGKo0