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July Wrasslin' |OT| All this G1 talk is making me Climax.
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slightconfuse
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Wait did cena really bring up 9/11 for a flag match
Wtf
Wtf
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avengers23
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Bryan's talking shoot.
Morning.
The concrete block match was the most "why?" match I've seen all year.
They're both intelligence-insulting trash TV made by ugly babbies for ugly babbies.
TarpitCarnivore
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Yeappppp he really went hard on the patriotism thing by mentioning all the wars and tragedies.
I would take the New Blood angle over anything on WWE right now story wise in a heartbeat... Just fire Hogan before the FUNB shit.
This... this sweet man...
When the match opens with a dude chucking a concrete block at another dude...
They were apparently selling off the blocks after the match as well.
You madman! Haha... I love it.
This "free agent" thing, like many things they do, feels like they don't really have concrete plans for anything.
It's an excuse to have him show up on Raw whenever they want him to.
TarpitCarnivore
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Read that as Jeff Jarrett. Realised it could have been worse.
HashtagLapsed
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JJ? Don't you mean JA?
Jason Angle.
What an awful pile of shit that is. I wonder who actually came up with that. I can't remember what podcast I was listening to that commented on it, but they likened it to the Black Scorpion, where Ole set up the angle having no idea where it would lead but would figure it out in the end. It probably isn't too far off the mark at all.
On a much more positive note, I am not sure there is a dud night at all this G1. I think every show has matches I am very excited to see.
Nocturnowl
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Finished the mediocre SD episode, upon removing it from the personal planner Sky falls back onto the arena channel for Austin winning at WM14, that jarring shift in crowd and aura from this was too much.
Also this sky sports arena channel is basically a WWE network lite right now.
Also this sky sports arena channel is basically a WWE network lite right now.
British Monsoon
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Watching some NOAH for the first time since January, don't often see Korakuen looking this depressingly empty;
TarpitCarnivore
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Did something happen to NOAH or is it just a bad night for them there?
NJPW/Jado booked the company into the ground for two years straight with a Suzuki-Gun invasion that dragged on for far, far too long. Now they are rebuilding around Nakajima and it isn't working sadly. As much as I like the dude he doesn't have that ace presence and character like an Okada or Miyahara.
Dude also said America is a country were there is no divide and people get together. Also talked about the civil war...
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Rusev needed to shoot all over this.
TarpitCarnivore
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Why would you hire a guy from a rival promotion to book your show?
UberTag
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They can't have concrete plans for anything because they're beholden to a senile, out-of-touch control freak who changes his mind on a whim.
The only concrete plan that never changes is that Roman must look strong and main event every WrestleMania.
giancarlo123x
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#notmyamerica
whatevermort
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I want him to join Gable in American Alpha Mk.2
There was a partnership between NJPW and NOAH for those years and as it turns out, Bushiroad (NJPW parent company) may have owned part of NOAH in that period. So Jado got the book.
Interpromotional partnerships in Japan are generally quite amicable, especially nowadays where competition isn't quite as fierce as it was during the 90s. So there was nothing to suggest that making Jado the booker would be such a massive mistake, but alas it was.
TarpitCarnivore
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Ah ok, so it was kind of like the older territory days in the US where there would be some overlap.
HashtagLapsed
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I've been watching classic NOAH matches all this week. It reiterates how sad their situation is from 15 years ago or thereabouts. I really like Nakajima too. It is sad how this is turning out.
Yeah that's a pretty good comparison. For example Shuji Ishikawa is primarily a BJW/DDT wrestler but recently won the Triple Crown in AJPW.
I think the story with NOAH as far as I'm aware is that it never progressed beyond being "hey remember these guys from AJPW?" in the main event. The fans just wouldn't take to anyone that wasn't Misawa or Kobashi.
Ask Jinder
Go jump off the second rope
HashtagLapsed
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I understand that and agree with your assessment. But still, it is a bit sad. I mean even now I am saying I have been watching those matches from over a decade ago. I don't follow the modern product outside of a handful of shows a year.
It sucks though, especially given how rough they tend to work.
newdayrocks
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Are you willing to inject yourself full of illegal steroids?
British Monsoon
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The turning point was the end of Kobashi's 700+ day reign - too much politics and disagreement about who should be the guy to dethrone him. Should have been Akiyama, instead they went with Rikioh. But the biggest problem was simply not having enough heavyweight wrestlers coming through, while KENTA & Marufuji were stealing the show.
Now, after the decline following the loss of their weekly TV spot, Misawa's death, the NJPW partnership and essentially rebooting the promotion, I think a lot of the old hardcore fans have just migrated to All Japan. Japanese indie dudes and TNA guys aren't going to do anything to bring them back.
But I like Roman regins.
HashtagLapsed
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And I just finished rewatching Lost Highway. So that is Mulholland Dr and Lost Highway today. I will try to watch The Straight Story tomorrow (or maybe with a certain someone over the weekend).
I love Lost Highway, in a different way to Twin Peaks, Mulholland Dr and Blue Velvet. Although, I feel like Mulholland Dr is Lynch kind of refining what he did with Lost Highway.
Nevertheless, rewatching his films makes it hilarious people approached Season 3 with any kind of expectations. Whether about theme, answers or otherwise. I mean fuck, look at Lynch's body of work.
I love Lost Highway, in a different way to Twin Peaks, Mulholland Dr and Blue Velvet. Although, I feel like Mulholland Dr is Lynch kind of refining what he did with Lost Highway.
Nevertheless, rewatching his films makes it hilarious people approached Season 3 with any kind of expectations. Whether about theme, answers or otherwise. I mean fuck, look at Lynch's body of work.
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