Don't know why. Not my problem anymore. Done with NJPW until they decide to get interesting again.
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Don't know why. Not my problem anymore. Done with NJPW until they decide to get interesting again.
Don't need Cesaro to tell you that. He posts about it on twitter where Stone Cold makes fun of him for it.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Well there lies the furthest end of the pro-Batista anti-Bryan spectrum, Verendus.
I have to admit I'm gonna miss that noise. Apparently he poked Gaming side too hard. I think.
Wonder for how long, does anyone know?
I have to admit I'm gonna miss that noise. Apparently he poked Gaming side too hard. I think.
Wonder for how long, does anyone know?
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
They had a nearly flawless year last year and this year is a bit bland outside of WK and New Beginning.
Professor Beef
Banned
Shitposting in Gaming is like playing with a pogo stick in a foxhole. It feels good, but it doesn't last.
Having good matches alone isn't enough anymore. All that's going to happen is Shinsuke is going to feud with that hillbilly AJ something something gaijin bullet club yeaow something something. NJPW is going to look like WWE's TNA even though they're in a much better position, but AJ is the TNA guy, so it makes Jado and Gedo look like Dixie with hotshotting the title.
Yujiro's going to wrestle Okada and get lost in the shuffle. Bullet Club will continue to be three stooges of NJPW. We'll be told to take them serious even though there's no reason to. They're pretty much NWO Silver or whichever one had Vincent, Stevie Ray, and Scott Norton(sorry Scott). And Okada/Nakamura/Tanahashi will have the title back by the end of the year. AJ will continue to have the same matches he's had since 2004. AJ will probably call Shinsuke a faggot because it's Japan and he can get away with his rampant homophobia there
Yawn. I do enjoy wooo pretending that AJ is worth a shit though just because he's in glorious NJPW now
Yujiro's going to wrestle Okada and get lost in the shuffle. Bullet Club will continue to be three stooges of NJPW. We'll be told to take them serious even though there's no reason to. They're pretty much NWO Silver or whichever one had Vincent, Stevie Ray, and Scott Norton(sorry Scott). And Okada/Nakamura/Tanahashi will have the title back by the end of the year. AJ will continue to have the same matches he's had since 2004. AJ will probably call Shinsuke a faggot because it's Japan and he can get away with his rampant homophobia there
Yawn. I do enjoy wooo pretending that AJ is worth a shit though just because he's in glorious NJPW now
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Holy shit I just had a revelation.
Justin Credible - Just Incredible.
I somehow never realized this. I always thought his name was Justin and he was a credible dude. Like anyone would vouch for him or some shit.
The things you realize when you're drunk
Ahh what an amazing day.
Justin Credible - Just Incredible.
I somehow never realized this. I always thought his name was Justin and he was a credible dude. Like anyone would vouch for him or some shit.
The things you realize when you're drunk
Ahh what an amazing day.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Wait, is he really a Sony exec?
Whatever he called Bryan a crack head, I hope it's for life.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Look man..... I'm the dullest knife in the fucking drawer.
Maybe the solution is more beer.
Macho Madness
Member
"The Olympic Gold Medalist" Kurt Angle. I'm starting to think this guy won a gold medal at some point.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
BOSJ lineup and the Back to Yokohama Arena card announced!
A Block
Jushin Liger
KUSHIDA
BUSHI
Mascara fucking Dorada woooooooooooooo!
Ricochet
Alex Kozlov
TAKA
Matt Jackson
B Block
Tige Mask
Taguchi
El Desperado
Alex Shelley
Kenny omega
Rocky Romero
Taichi
Nick Jackson
Woo at Mascara Dorada being the CMLL rep. Since he's had more exposure than usual CMLL reps, i wonder if he might advance pretty far just so he can do so many dives. Ricochet v Dorada is gonna be magical
Road to BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. XXI: Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, El Desperado & Mascara Dorada vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, BUSHI, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley
Special Eight Man Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma & Captain New Japan vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga
NWA World Tag Title - 3 Way: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (C) vs. Rob Conway & Wes Brisco vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Special Tag Match: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka vs. Minoru Suzuki & Shelton "X" Benjamin
Special Singles Match: Bad Luck Fale vs. Tetsuya Naito
Pro Wrestling vs. Jiu-Jitsu: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Rolles Gracie
NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii (C) vs. Kota Ibushi
IWGP Tag Title Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Daniel Gracie
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Winner of Styles/Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada
Okada gets his rematch. I honestly wonder if NJPW is gonna do a Sombra IC title reign with Styles and that he'll get one defense on home soil before losing it back. Wouldn;t doubt it. Ishii v Ibushi will be great
A Block
Jushin Liger
KUSHIDA
BUSHI
Mascara fucking Dorada woooooooooooooo!
Ricochet
Alex Kozlov
TAKA
Matt Jackson
B Block
Tige Mask
Taguchi
El Desperado
Alex Shelley
Kenny omega
Rocky Romero
Taichi
Nick Jackson
Woo at Mascara Dorada being the CMLL rep. Since he's had more exposure than usual CMLL reps, i wonder if he might advance pretty far just so he can do so many dives. Ricochet v Dorada is gonna be magical
Road to BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. XXI: Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, El Desperado & Mascara Dorada vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, BUSHI, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley
Special Eight Man Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma & Captain New Japan vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga
NWA World Tag Title - 3 Way: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (C) vs. Rob Conway & Wes Brisco vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Special Tag Match: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka vs. Minoru Suzuki & Shelton "X" Benjamin
Special Singles Match: Bad Luck Fale vs. Tetsuya Naito
Pro Wrestling vs. Jiu-Jitsu: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Rolles Gracie
NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii (C) vs. Kota Ibushi
IWGP Tag Title Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs. Daniel Gracie
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Winner of Styles/Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada
Okada gets his rematch. I honestly wonder if NJPW is gonna do a Sombra IC title reign with Styles and that he'll get one defense on home soil before losing it back. Wouldn;t doubt it. Ishii v Ibushi will be great
Macho Madness
Member
I agree, friend. No one with that attitude is needed around here.
Professor Beef
Banned
"World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. Do you think he's strong, you guys?
BronsonLee
Member
I hope AJ jobs in like two minutes via Rainmaker
foot on chest pose
dealwithit
foot on chest pose
dealwithit
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
This has to lead to Okada winning the G1 right?
BronsonLee
Member
If AJ doesn't immediately job, Anderson should finally win the G1 and usurp his ass
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
You should just stick to watching WWE, friends. You will never be disappointed that way.
Lambda Pie
Banned
stro, Glory is the absolute peak of MT/kickboxing right now. it essentially replaces K-1 in that aspect.
look at this stuff:
http://youtu.be/tZEazb8h0U8?t=10s
look at this stuff:
http://youtu.be/tZEazb8h0U8?t=10s
Serpentine
Banned
Man I noticed that right away, probably before I finished reading the name. But that'd be an excellent gimmick - "guy who's credible and gets vouched for"
BronsonLee
Member
I died and went to food heaven. Its called Yakiniku Rokko.
British Monsoon
Member
Nothing too shocking in that BosJ line-up, but real glad to see Ricochet & Omega back in New Japan! Also, Mascara Dorada vs Ricochet...uh, that should be pretty nuts. Shame we didn't get the teased Nagata vs Shibata match for the Yokohama Arena show, but Tana & Makabe vs Shibata & Goto should be awesome. Also, that NEVER title match should be something.
Honestly, I'm surprised you aren't cheering along with them, considering both you and wooo seem to blindly despise Okada and couldn't wait for his title run to end.
Honestly, I'm surprised you aren't cheering along with them, considering both you and wooo seem to blindly despise Okada and couldn't wait for his title run to end.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Seriously though, that would be kinda hilarious. "Oh yeah that dude? He'll totally put you over no problem."
Shhiiiiiiieeeeeettttt
Presenting points is blindly despising now, is it? That's quite an argument you have.
British Monsoon
Member
I dunno, it just sounded like whinging to me. Something about Gedo & Jado pushing their pet project over guys with real talent like Naito? Maybe I'm confusing you with someone else...
*shrugs*
Ignore me, I've had it up to here with New Japan pessimists in the past 24hrs. Such doom and gloom predicted, all off the back of one show that I kinda enjoyed.
*shrugs*
Ignore me, I've had it up to here with New Japan pessimists in the past 24hrs. Such doom and gloom predicted, all off the back of one show that I kinda enjoyed.
FeedMeAStrayCat
Member
Wait wait wait Justin Credible clicked immediately. But... Man... Kind.... Dude.... Love... holy shit.
But Okada is their pet project. It's like a Triple H fan acting like Stephanie isn't part of why he's still on top in 2004. The title to AJ is the definition of hot shotting it.
Don't worry though, you don't have to worry about my pessimism. I'm done with NJPW. They've fucked up too many times this year, and I don't care about a company that has good matches but seems to lack any kind of interesting direction. The whole promotion's pretty much on repeat. The last major character change was Devitt and how long ago was that? There's nothing fresh or new in any branches of New Japan that actually matters. The 'new' thing is a guy who's the definition of stale. I don't even have to watch the match to know AJ probably did a pele, that springboard reverse ddt, and a styles clash. Because he's fucking boring. He can't sell well. He can't cut a remotely decent promo, and his heel mannerisms are absolutely awful. Some of the worst in the history of pro wrestling. And I'm sure Okada will continue to do the rainmaker gimmick even though it's less of a gimmick now than it is just a title. The character has completely leaked off of him, and there's no longer anything special about him. He's just another ace or young lion who can wrestle good. NJPW has a million of those.
This is no different than when there's a bad Raw, and you say 'Well, can't wait for <other promotions card>'
Don't worry though, you don't have to worry about my pessimism. I'm done with NJPW. They've fucked up too many times this year, and I don't care about a company that has good matches but seems to lack any kind of interesting direction. The whole promotion's pretty much on repeat. The last major character change was Devitt and how long ago was that? There's nothing fresh or new in any branches of New Japan that actually matters. The 'new' thing is a guy who's the definition of stale. I don't even have to watch the match to know AJ probably did a pele, that springboard reverse ddt, and a styles clash. Because he's fucking boring. He can't sell well. He can't cut a remotely decent promo, and his heel mannerisms are absolutely awful. Some of the worst in the history of pro wrestling. And I'm sure Okada will continue to do the rainmaker gimmick even though it's less of a gimmick now than it is just a title. The character has completely leaked off of him, and there's no longer anything special about him. He's just another ace or young lion who can wrestle good. NJPW has a million of those.
This is no different than when there's a bad Raw, and you say 'Well, can't wait for <other promotions card>'
British Monsoon
Member
I didn't say he wasn't their pet project and am fully aware that he's only been given such a push because Gedo & Jado saw an opportunity in him to quickly create a main event star - and you know what? IT WORKED. None of this would be happening had Okada's match with Tanahashi at New Beginning fell flat. Instead, they've created the first wrestler to rival Tanahashi and Nakamura's star power in YEARS and this is somehow a bad thing? Sure.
Also, they didn't hot-shot the title to AJ, they just put him in the spot that for months and months had been intended for Devitt. Now, if AJ drops the title back to Okada, that'll be a hot shot.
Dragonzord said:
Yujiro turned on CHAOS just yesterday.
Dragonzord said:
I thought it should be obvious as to why he isn't playing up the Rainmaker character of an arrogant, rich playboy who thinks he's better than everyone, considering that he's the face of his current feud. Go back and watch the run-in to the Naito match - lots of Okada acting like a dick, wanting to "crush Naito's pathetic dream". He'll turn the character on and off as needed - at the moment? It's not needed.
Yujiro will still be the exact same character in Bullet Club that he was in CHAOS. He's just going to be another generic Bullet Club goon instead of CHAOS. Outside of him having an effect on the title change, it's a backstep for his character because he's going to be even more relegated to another guy in a bullet club shirt who runs interference.
British Monsoon
Member
Dragonzord said:
Well, we're going to have to wait a few months and see, it's FAR too early to be saying this is a backstep considering this is the most notable thing Yujiro's done since 2012 - honestly, I see this as being a big step for Yujiro. Sure, he could become just another Bullet Club goon, but this opens up a lot of opportunities for him. Okada will likely want to get his hands on him, at some point, maybe other members of CHAOS as well - Bullet Club want to take all the belts in New Japan, so I could easily see a Yujiro vs Ishii feud for the NEVER belt.
BronsonLee
Member
The moral of this story is that Prince Devitt is possibly stupid
In my combing through Hogan promos to find ones as good as the WM IV promo, I found this...
Hulk Hogan tells Macho Man he's going to ride him long and hard
Hulk Hogan tells Macho Man he's going to ride him long and hard
British Monsoon
Member
Nah, it's more like Devitt told them he was leaving so they had to find someone to replace him in this angle.
The person who SHOULD be annoyed is Karl Anderson - been over there for 6 years now, real hard-worker and probably the 2nd most popular gaijin after Devitt, yet AJ takes the spot at the top, not him.
The person who SHOULD be annoyed is Karl Anderson - been over there for 6 years now, real hard-worker and probably the 2nd most popular gaijin after Devitt, yet AJ takes the spot at the top, not him.
Beefcake was bad enough mooching off Hogan. He looked COMPLETELY out of place with the reformed Mega Powers in WCW. Still, I'd rather have Booty Man getting a push over the Nasty Boys.
Love watching Rock's grandpa get gradually more pissed off. Going from super soft spoken to unleashing the 'wild' samoan side.
Love watching Rock's grandpa get gradually more pissed off. Going from super soft spoken to unleashing the 'wild' samoan side.
Keyser Soze
Member
I HAVE A FACT...
Triple H makes the shape of a H when he does his famous pose. He usually does it on the apron...
The twice in the ring...
Three H's
Triple H makes the shape of a H when he does his famous pose. He usually does it on the apron...
The twice in the ring...
Three H's