FallingEdge
Member
I can't wait to see Nak vs AJ.
Also the debut of Mike Bennett. Woooooooooo!
Also the debut of Mike Bennett. Woooooooooo!
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June Wrasslin' |OT| Break Out Naan And Do The Needful, It's Time For MaharaJEEEEEZUSS
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HashtagLapsed
Member
What is WrassleGAF's favorite, Nakamura vs AJ or Nakamura vs Ibushi?
I still think Nak vs Ibushi was the better match, even though both were great.
I still think Nak vs Ibushi was the better match, even though both were great.
slightconfuse
Banned
What about AJ vs ibushi
UrbanDandy
Member
The women's MITB discussion is slaying me. I thought it would end cool, but LOL Vince.
HashtagLapsed
Member
What about AJ vs ibushi
That was great too but I am still bitter the Omega Ibushi tease never led anywhere.
I am still unhappy.
Officerrob
Banned
Main event definitely has it's moments. Outside of that, hell no
SallyIsNow
Banned
Ibushi for sure. I wish Ibushi and NJPW could work something out to where he isn't a jabronie on the lower card.
RecRoulette
Member
Nakamura vs Ibushi easily for me, then again that show was my first NJPW show I watched so I'm biased towards it.
I think Nakamura vs AJ is overrated though. A good match, but I expected a lot more out of a match between those two.
Just sayin...
yeah it's Nak vs Ibushi but they're both masterpieces
HashtagLapsed
Member
Me too. Hopefully they do something to let the Omega Ibushi feud happen. Its so fucking dumb right now.
I think it is a really good match but still overrated too. The pacing was really, really slow at the start IIRC.
I think a lot more people came in to NJPW around WK10 than WK9.
red capsule
Member
i'd recommend to only watch lana vs naomi, they put on a hell of a match
i think i picked up a "fight forever" chant mid-way
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Ibushi not signing was the smartest thing he could ever do.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
The new king of wrassleGAF
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Absofuckinglutely
He would have been the star of 205 Live and you better believe he would have gone down with that ship
SallyIsNow
Banned
Auatin/Bret with current WWE camera work and commentary is like a 2 star match.
not to mention the match would have literally been stopped dead in its tracks as soon as blood was shed
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I think Ibushi's situation is weird. I mean he'd have no difficult passing as a heavyweight and his style would go over huge.
Samoa Joe sheds a solitary tear.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Austin's repeatedly said that if he were coming up in WWE today instead of in the 90s, he never would have done shit
Instead of this iconic shot...
We'd get a shot of some bored mark looking at his phone in the crowd.
serenewarfare
Banned
NXT has been much, much better lately. I feel it's really the best it's been in a long time. It's really the only thing in WWE worth looking forward to now. Even the MYC, as excited as I am for it, loses so much hype for me given the fact that it's gonna sit in the can for a fucking month after they tape it and they are doing the finale in front of a SD crowd that will give it the 205 Live treatment.
That decision has good intentions, but that has DOA written all over it. What a terrible idea.
serenewarfare
Banned
It doesn't make sense though. The CWC aired weekly over the exact same period last year, and not only did it not suffer from it, but it was consistently the top watched show on the Network every week. It sends a terrible message regardless for them to not show the same faith in the MYC.
slightconfuse
Banned
Excited to see them vs the bodyguard and zeus
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Honestly going to be tough for them to show less faith in the tournament considering all the winner has to look forward to is eventually being called up into one of the two current main roster womens divisions, where you'll either be squashed for liking the sport or have men win stuff for you because you can't do it yourself
Optimists will try and say it's not that bad, but the last time they openly gave this little shits about the division, Gail Kim had to tell management backstage she eliminated herself from a battle royal and was quitting the company, because management weren't watching the match as it happened on their own program
avengers23
Banned
I really enjoy the story that they told in Miyahara vs. Ishikawa and Miyahara vs. SUWAMA. I wrote about those matches in greater length here and here, respectively, but in short, I like that Ishikawa had Miyahara thoroughly scouted. He could block the Blackout knee and break out of the Shutdown German suplex. He was smart enough to give up the Splash Mountain when Miyahara countered it the first time with a headscissors. On the other hand, Miyahara had no answers for Ishikawa's offense, and that was enough for Ishikawa to beat him.
In the next major singles match, Miyahara tries something new by targeting SUWAMA's arm. However, Miyahara's not a submission specialist, so it's all fairly new to him. This allows SUWAMA to use his power offense to take Miyahara down.
It's a smaller scale version of the story NJPW is telling about the diminishing reliability of Okada's Rainmaker. Miyahara relies heavily on the Blackout knee and Shutdown German suplex, but those moves have been figured out by his opponents. It's now on Miyahara to figure out something new or fall to the wayside.
In the next major singles match, Miyahara tries something new by targeting SUWAMA's arm. However, Miyahara's not a submission specialist, so it's all fairly new to him. This allows SUWAMA to use his power offense to take Miyahara down.
It's a smaller scale version of the story NJPW is telling about the diminishing reliability of Okada's Rainmaker. Miyahara relies heavily on the Blackout knee and Shutdown German suplex, but those moves have been figured out by his opponents. It's now on Miyahara to figure out something new or fall to the wayside.
slightconfuse
Banned
It's pretty cool that ajpw has carved a nice niche out for itself. They basically switched places with Noah
avengers23
Banned
Attendance has been on the rise too, and there are some fresh title matches with Ishikawa. Ishikawa made a name for himself with BJW and DDT, so he should be a good touring champion for AJPW.
There's something about this title run that reminds me of Morishima's run in ROH, and it's not because they're both Japanese. It's how they are these athletic hosses who dethroned fan favorites suddenly and now have some new title matches that they can use to elevate folks. Lee vs. Miyahara deserves a bigger story since that would implode NEXTREAM, but they can have Lee face SUWAMA without too much build. Similarly, Sapolsky paired Morishima with surprising contenders like Strong, Brent Albright, and Claudio to start building the idea that these guys could main event at some point.
SallyIsNow
Banned
That new MvC game is so fucking embarrassing. Minus 500 stars.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
First House of Horrors
Then Alexa/Bayley on a pole
Now women's MITB
At least WWE have accepted nothing they do can positively top any Okada/Omega match this year, so they're only going out of their way to make sure New Japan can't beat them for worst match too at this point. What's going to top women's MITB? Find out repeatedly over the next 5.5 months!
Then Alexa/Bayley on a pole
Now women's MITB
At least WWE have accepted nothing they do can positively top any Okada/Omega match this year, so they're only going out of their way to make sure New Japan can't beat them for worst match too at this point. What's going to top women's MITB? Find out repeatedly over the next 5.5 months!
serenewarfare
Banned
Hyperbole is cool.
People forgot how bad the Divas division stuff actually was really, really fast.
serenewarfare
Banned
Women's MITB was far, far, far from worst match of the year candidate. Like light years away. It had a terrible finish, yeah, but the match itself was good.
slightconfuse
Banned
He has a great look and fresh champs always have solid runs because of how new they are. Hi like that he changed is look to more like a traditional wrestler.
I thought know ishikawa vs Alkiyama could be fun
They don't have to forget, they can just watch Lana vs Naomi
serenewarfare
Banned
And that was clearly a one-off thing done because they had no other option for this month and needed a match on the PPV. It was even presented as Lana being bad and undeserving.
And even then, it was still better than a majority of Divas-era stuff.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Why are you cancelling your subscription?
"So much incredible talent on your roster that it's almost impressive how little interest I have in the product"
Twin Peaks, now there's a show I'll pay $10 a month and tune in every week for
"So much incredible talent on your roster that it's almost impressive how little interest I have in the product"
Twin Peaks, now there's a show I'll pay $10 a month and tune in every week for
And Bayley vs Bliss
serenewarfare
Banned
That was just bad booking. The first match between the two was fine. The kendo stick match was bad.
SallyIsNow
Banned
What on earth could you mean, OIN?
