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[British Monsoon]

 

[gustave154]

Shibata should win the G1 climax this year

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Wow.

 

[Browny]

When was this? The Rumble?

When? I don't remember seeing him yesterday.

Nope - my mistake, got confused.

And goddamn at Ospreays dropkick to Shibata.

 

[Foffy]

Yo, dat pop for

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Suzuki-gun

 

[Ithil]

Guess that was the major debut.

 

[British Monsoon]

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[HazySaiyan]

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

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I've not hear kind things about Suzuki-Gun

 

[Foffy]

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

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I've not hear kind things about Suzuki-Gun

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Minoru Suzuki is

fantastic.

But then you get

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Taichi...

 

[British Monsoon]

So, quite a few title matches set-up;

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Okada vs MiSu
Naito vs Elgin
Hiromu vs Dragon Lee
Goto vs Juice
Shibata vs Ospreay (RevPro title)
Cole vs YOSHI-HASHI (ROH title)

Looking forward to all of those!

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

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I've not hear kind things about Suzuki-Gun

Generally a good thing, the worst thing about

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Suzuki-gun

was the booking of

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their never-ending NOAH invasion

.

 

[HazySaiyan]

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Minoru Suzuki is

fantastic.

But then you get

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Taichi...

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Oh yeah I don't mean Minoru Suzuki specifically, I've just not heard good things about the faction as a whole. Haven't they kind of run roughshot over NOAH or am I mistaken?

 

[HazySaiyan]

And I agree, Shibata absolutely should win the G1 Climax, or at the very least the New Japan Cup.

EDIT:

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Okada/Suzuki, Naito/Elgin and Shibata/Ospreay all sound like great match ups

. Will definitely check out New Years Dash when I get home.

 

[giancarlo123x]

I tuned in for a second at work and saw Okada being helped out the ring, I see who caused that now.

 

[Foffy]

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Oh yeah I don't mean Minoru Suzuki specifically, I've just not heard good things about the faction as a whole. Haven't they kind of run roughshot over NOAH or am I mistaken?

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Basically, they kind of pulled an invasion angle and ran the ring for a while. That kind of ended when NOAH got new owners.

Also, was

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Yoshinobu Kanemaru with them? I know he joined the group, but he's NOAH talent...

 

[miserable]

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[UberTag]

If he was in WWE he wouldn't be the Kenny Omega that he is now.

EDIT: I mean how can Okada/Omega not get 5 stars? It was an incredible match.

If Omega was in WWE, he'd be making Roman look strong. Just like his fellow Canadian Kevin Owens will in a couple weeks.

Hell, Omega would be far beneath the likes of KO on the card simply due to the fact that he's not nearly as charismatic or as good a promo.

 

[giancarlo123x]

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Suzuki

looks like a boss straight out of the Yakuza series.

 

[miserable]

I actually like Nakanishi's dubbed theme lol

 

[Jamie OD]

Eh? Weird result in the main event.

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Did all the champions lose on this show?

 

[Ithil]

These titles sure are something.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

That was a bit of a strange show in general.

 

[HazySaiyan]

If Omega was in WWE, he'd be making Roman look strong. Just like his fellow Canadian Kevin Owens will in a couple weeks.

Hell, Omega would be far beneath the likes of KO on the card simply due to the fact that he's not nearly as charismatic or as good a promo.

If Omega was in WWE he'd be feuding with TJ Perkins over which Mega Man game is better.

 

[Hasney]

If Omega was in WWE he'd be feuding with TJ Perkins over which Mega Man game is better.

I'll pay for that PPV.

 

[giancarlo123x]

If Omega was in WWE he'd be feuding with TJ Perkins over which Mega Man game is better.

Sounds better than anything on Raw.

 

[UberTag]

Sounds better than anything on Raw.

UpUpDownDown is more watchable than Raw most weeks.

 

[slightconfuse]

Meltzer gave okada and omega 6 stars

Awesome !!

 

[Angry Grimace]

If he was in WWE he wouldn't be the Kenny Omega that he is now.

EDIT: I mean how can Okada/Omega not get 5 stars? It was an incredible match.

It didn't get 5 stars because Meltzer gave it 6 and said it was the best wrestling match of all time.

I mean, it's speculative to say Omega would be ruined in WWE given that the exact same scenario happened last year and AJ Styles is now the headine star of the company.

 

[Syder]

I'm still riding a high since WK11...

Kinda bittersweet that the best matches of the year happen in the first week.

 

[HazySaiyan]

I'm still riding a high since WK11...

Kinda bittersweet that the best matches of the year happen in the first week.

Not necessarily, there's always the G1

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Meltzer talked Omega over big on WOR. Said he is 'the guy' WWE is always looking for. If he doesnt kill himself.

 

[Recall]

So when is the next big NJPW show?

I find it hard to find clear details on when the next show is. Is it in Feb?

 

[giancarlo123x]

Njpw and Smackdown live, good combo of wrestling greatness and fun.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

So when is the next big NJPW show?

I find it hard to find clear details on when the next show is. Is it in Feb?

http://njpwworld.com/feature/schedule

This lists upcoming shows. New Beginning is the next big one. There are the Road to.. house shows too.

 

[Beefy]

How long before WWE tries to copy NJPW and fucks it up?

 

[giancarlo123x]

How long before WWE tries to copy NJPW and fucks it up?

Copy which part?

 

[sora87]

6 stars meltz? I mean, it was damn good, probably in the top 10 matches I've ever seen but the opening 10-15 minutes were quite slow and uneventful.

 

[Recall]

http://njpwworld.com/feature/schedule

This lists upcoming shows. New Beginning is the next big one. There are the Road to.. house shows too.

New Beginning.

Ok thank you.

 

[Fox318]

guys

what if we started our own backyard wrestling league

I'll get the tables

 

[HashtagLapsed]

6 stars meltz? I mean, it was damn good, probably in the top 10 matches I've ever seen but the opening 10-15 minutes were quite slow and uneventful.

I think it is important for a match like that to have a slower build, no?

Most of Nakamura's Dome matches had similarly slow builds.

 

[Man God]

Just means it was a five star match anywhere else.

 

[Barrage]

6 Stars...Meltzer just jumped the shark. 33% of the match was shit. Kevin Nash was right.

But definently no conflict of interest that Omega and his buddies the Bucks constantly suck up to Meltz and names moves after him, no sir.

 

[Ithil]

6 stars meltz? I mean, it was damn good, probably in the top 10 matches I've ever seen but the opening 10-15 minutes were quite slow and uneventful.

Given it was 45 minutes long that's not exactly unexpected.

 

[HazySaiyan]

6 Stars...Meltzer just jumped the shark. 33% of the match was shit. Kevin Nash was right.

But definently no conflict of interest that Omega and his buddies the Bucks constantly suck up to Meltz and names moves after him, no sir.

LOL

 

[Beefy]

Copy which part?

All of it? For me WK11 wasn't just brilliant because of the wrestling, it was just so easy to watch. No trying to turn wrestling into a soap opera and having shit loads of filler.

 

[sora87]

Given it was 45 minutes long that's not exactly unexpected.

I think they could have shaved a good 10 minutes of it myself but i'm probably in the minority

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

All of it? For me WK11 wasn't just brilliant because of the wrestling, it was just so easy to watch. No trying to turn wrestling into a soap opera and having shit loads of filler.

That was WWE in the 80s and 90s.

 

[HazySaiyan]

All of it? For me WK11 wasn't just brilliant because of the wrestling, it was just so easy to watch. No trying to turn wrestling into a soap opera and having shit loads of filler.

Not gonna happen unfortunately. WWE don't want to do wrestling they want to do 'Sports Entertainment'.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I think you guys are confused at how large the market is for a fake fighting show that's entirely based around the quality of the fake fighting.

 

[Beefy]

I think you guys are confused at how large the market is for a fake fighting show that's entirely based around the quality of the fake fighting.

Same could be said for the overly shit acting filler.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Same could be said for the overly shit acting filler.

You might as well ask why Call of Duty doesn't implement the Social Link system from the Persona series.