Big Dick Meltz working the marks once again, the legend!!
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Big Dick Meltz working the marks once again, the legend!!
avengers23
Banned
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata vs Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda for the GHC tag titles in 2003: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e7E3y6fRByU
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata vs Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio for GHC tag titles in 2003: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RFpUPWG30_M
Tanahashi vs. Marufuji for the U-30 title in 2003: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl2u60_hiroshi-tanahashi-vs-naomichi-marufuji_sport
giancarlo123x
Banned
I doubt he cares as it is all about the money.
It's 2005 so Nakamura wins with an armbar outta pretty much nowhere. 3.5 stars.
Pretty good match, if slightly overwrought. Odd to see Tana go into guard and all that stuff at the start of the match.
http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00165_1_9
Pretty good match, if slightly overwrought. Odd to see Tana go into guard and all that stuff at the start of the match.
http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00165_1_9
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Omega's gotta take the belt. He has to. He already got beat by Okada, and New Japan DEFINITELY wants him taking the belt into the Long Beach shows.
I love Okada as much as the next guy, but it's Kenny time.
I love Okada as much as the next guy, but it's Kenny time.
Actually when she said it I was like huh?
Did she follow up with she would fight for those who couldnt fight for themselves? Would she fight for the little guy?
NOTHING SHE SAID after had anything to do with the movie lol.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
How so?
Bayley, Sasha, Apollo, Breeze, Bo, Ascension, Vaudevillians, American Alpha, etc, etc, etc
There's been a lot more failures than success, which is normal, but I think people put way too much stock in how well someone does in NXT as a measure of how they'll be on the main roster.
Yup. Money's in the chase, Okada's gotta chase.
It's a simple story: Okada gets overconfident somehow, slips for a moment, one winged angel, pin.
I fucking hate Lesner and wish someone would punch a hole in his intestine again.
He is terrible for business in the long term.
Holy shit Shibata starts off this U-30 match by shooting on Tana to ZERO reaction. Like, big open hand flurry, headkicks, stomping all that jazz. Silence, and an odd boo.
They really were sick of the MMA stuff by then huh.
The money is in the chase for Naito. Why would you put the belt on some foreigner who is just going to be signed by the WWE?
They really were sick of the MMA stuff by then huh.
The money is in the chase for Naito. Why would you put the belt on some foreigner who is just going to be signed by the WWE?
but the majority of us always dread them being called up because its certain to be a bd move for them?
guaranteed there's conversations going on right now between new japan and omega. of course if there's any chance omega is going to wwe they aren't gonna put the belt on him. but they need to figure that out now in order to book the next show + US shows + G1 properly.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Meltzer also had a line where he said that Bayley mentioned she studied Tommy Dreamer for the match and he said Tommy lost all of the time so that showed she definitely was studying him.
There is too much call to bring people up to the main roster. Once someone gets hot, or comes in hot, everyone wants to know when they're moving up, regardless if they are ready or not.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Tye has been non existent as fuck on the main roster so far.
Main roster fans not that into memes it seems
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Goddess Alexa burying Bayley makes me so happy. Almost brings a tear to my eye.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
There was those rumors Vince feared the 10 chant becoming the new what.
I don't think there's any other heels on Smackdown not involved in either the main event or MITB match outside of English who he's already beaten a billion times. Maybe he'll get something to fill up the MITB card.
They are?
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Ricochet versus Marty Scurll was a great match.
Shibata wins by headkick to a completely tepid reaction. An okay match that was mainly Shibata beating the shit out of Tana with kicks to silence. Crowd picked up for Tana comebacks.
3.25 stars.
http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00167_1_8
If you are trying to build a narrative that your top star can only be beaten by 2 or 3 people in the entire promotion, I would be damn sure that I have access to those 2 or 3 people for several years to come.
3.25 stars.
http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00167_1_8
If you are trying to build a narrative that your top star can only be beaten by 2 or 3 people in the entire promotion, I would be damn sure that I have access to those 2 or 3 people for several years to come.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Sasha? Really? Sasha is over as fuck and has been in many great matches on the main roster, was in the main womens title picture for a long time and is clearly highly valued.
avengers23
Banned
Klonere, watch the NOAH stuff I posted.
Aye its on the docket. I think I've seen one of the matches before.
You damn right brother!
And then they can use it as an angle for him growing and maturing.
I still think it's both ironic and funny that everything that Punk ever wanted and asked for , Lesnar ended up getting. And he even got the title.
British Monsoon
Member
About what? How that's only remotely true if you ignore, like, 3 G1 finals more than a dozen IWGP title matches? lol.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
That's where they've been taking Okada's character since WK. If you notice, he's been trying to wrestle other opponents using their own game. Submissions against Suzuki. Speed and quickness against Tiger Mask W. Strikes against Shibata. Power against Fale. Basically, he not only wants to keep the champion, but prove that he's the best wrestler in the world today, and that is shown by the fact that Omega didn't call him out like a usual NJPW challenge, HE called OMEGA out. And this hubris is going to catch up to him.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I would say it gives more people a chance to shine with the belt, but looking at the people last night. The only one that doesn't have a title run on the main is Samoa Joe and Finn didn't really have a chance to use his run to it's potential.
As a character
match quality has never really been a fault. they hit all the 'spots' of a 'good match' for the japanese crowd regularly in njpw. the only time tanahashi's character has been interesting in njpw was when he worked as an overarrogant face against nakamura and when he worked as a crybaby against yano
Dark Ninja
Member
Can Bayley's story climax with Bayley finally holding hands with some guy.
sf2fanatic
Member
TJP fits that part of the story
FlammableD
Banned
He was also in that great HHH match the month before Mania, and it was a feud built around weapons that featured none of the built weapons or many weapon spots at all.
British Monsoon
Member
Or when he was public enemy no.1 with the hardcore fans and they were desperate for Suzuki to beat him, only to be won over by his character work by the match's conclusion? Or, when he turned into a huge dickhead to put young upstart Okada in his place and show him that he wasn't as hot shit as he thought he was? I like arrogant invader Tanahashi as much as the next guy, but wouldn't call it the apex of his character work. He was behaving exactly as a promotion's ace should behave when wrestling elsewhere.
Best Tanahashi is the Ace. He was everything an Ace should be.
Quiet you, this isn't for your entertainment!
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Bayley is the one who demanded the match have kendo sticks and then loses the match because she was too scared to use one of them. Good lord.
There was also a moment at the BOSJ finals where keeny made a comment about how he has gotten better while Okada hasn't.