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G1 Climax 24 |OT| New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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Evening Musuko
Black Korea
OKADA YOU LEFT YOURSELF OPEN DAMMIT
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Evening Musuko
Black Korea
PIN HIM
YES
YES
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RAINMAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
SO GOOD
SO GOOD
serenewarfare
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Holy shit. 3 Rainmakers. My goodness what a match.
Net_Wrecker
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I'm NOT HAPPY with that result, but what a phenomenal match. I really couldn't tell who was going to win.
This G1 was like a lifetime of sensational wrestling condensed into 2 weeks. Absolutely nuts.
This G1 was like a lifetime of sensational wrestling condensed into 2 weeks. Absolutely nuts.
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Summer What Now?
Main Event was crazy good
Main Event was crazy good
Evening Musuko
Black Korea
Congrats to Reneledarker for winning the avatar bet btw. Looks like we're getting AJ vs Okada 3 at the Tokyo Dome, but Okada still has to defend his title shot until then.
But, it's not like he's losing it, right?
Right?
But, it's not like he's losing it, right?
Right?
Maria Kanellis, she used to be in the WWE, now she's a valet in ROH.
British Monsoon
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Loved, loved that main event. The finishing stretch was just unreal.
Maria Kanelis - she used to be a WWE Diva, now she is the valet/manager for her fiancée, Mike Bennett.
Maria Kanelis - she used to be a WWE Diva, now she is the valet/manager for her fiancée, Mike Bennett.
British Monsoon
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18,000 is the official number from New Japan, so a little over half-full - Meltzer says the NJPW office were always expecting somewhere in the region of 16-18k, so they hit their target for the venue, even if it wasn't a sell-out. Incidentally, Japan's being hit by a typhoon at the moment, which may have affected walk-in ticket sales on the day.
New Japan also announced that the next PPV on September 21st, Destruction in Kobe, will be streamed via Ustream - no word on the September 23rd Destruction in Okayama event, though.
New Japan also announced that the next PPV on September 21st, Destruction in Kobe, will be streamed via Ustream - no word on the September 23rd Destruction in Okayama event, though.
British Monsoon
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Hell, half my timeline on twitter today was people shitting over the finals. New Japan's match quality is hard to deny, but it's also hard to deny that ever since last year's G1 finals there have been a lot of people not satisfied with the booking direction.
My only misgiving as of late is what they're doing with Naito - I always maintained they'd have to break him down and rebuild him as a face after the fans reacted so badly to him last year and I thought they were doing just that, but then they keep putting him in situations where it's super obvious he's going to get booed (like vs ultimate underdog Honma), so I'm not really sure. It feels like they're now building towards him turning heel out of frustration.
My only misgiving as of late is what they're doing with Naito - I always maintained they'd have to break him down and rebuild him as a face after the fans reacted so badly to him last year and I thought they were doing just that, but then they keep putting him in situations where it's super obvious he's going to get booed (like vs ultimate underdog Honma), so I'm not really sure. It feels like they're now building towards him turning heel out of frustration.
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I'm a little concerned to see Jarrett and AJ together. That's the concern...
Sibersk Esto
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i mean, I suppose I can see where the booking complaints come from, but I still love the matches too much
Stolen like Jeff Jarrett steals heat.
I'm ecstatic and it will probably make me tune in for more NJPW in the future while getting me hyped for GFW. I think it accomplished what it set out to do.
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Deleted member 47027
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Don't get me wrong, Jarrett himself is no real problem. He does good shit when executive meddling doesn't get in the way.
AJ embracing Jarrett makes me think of TNA though, it's just...that visual has baggage!
AJ embracing Jarrett makes me think of TNA though, it's just...that visual has baggage!
Ha, true. But I kind of pictured the good period of TNA when it happened... Although I probably would have pictured it more had it been Christian and Tomko coming out to embrace AJ.
Reneledarker
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Hey!
I want to see Okada avatars rain.
Anyway, best 3 weeks of wrestling ever.
And I am pretty sure next year will be as good if not better.
I want to see Okada avatars rain.
Anyway, best 3 weeks of wrestling ever.
And I am pretty sure next year will be as good if not better.
FallingEdge
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raiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
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Deleted member 47027
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I rained as well.
if I was to do a compilation of the best matches of each day of G1 24 to show a friend what NJPW is about, what would you guys recomend?
dont be afraid to say multiple matches for certain days, hell I would almost put every day 4/7/8 match in there
dont be afraid to say multiple matches for certain days, hell I would almost put every day 4/7/8 match in there
JPeeples83
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The second half of the G1 Climax finals made for an amazing show overall.
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2014/08/njpw-g1-climax-2014-day-12-finals-recap.html
It also led to me having an impressive match in Fire Pro Wrestling Returns between AJ Styles and Tanahashi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7jAWj-qDw
http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2014/08/njpw-g1-climax-2014-day-12-finals-recap.html
It also led to me having an impressive match in Fire Pro Wrestling Returns between AJ Styles and Tanahashi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7jAWj-qDw
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