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[miserable]

can't do neck bumps if you got no neck

 

[Foggy]

Bless that stone pitbull

 

[excelsiorlef]

Ha ha ohhhh shit.

 

[Hex]

Yeah but there still needs to be pay off.

Goddammit NJPW isn't supposed to engage me on the out of the ring storyline stuff. Now I have expectations

You and I would not be satisfied with Naito going over Fale for revenge.
we want Takahashi to go full on Timebomb

 

[excelsiorlef]

You and I would not be satisfied with Naito going over Fale for revenge.
we want Takahashi to go full on Timebomb

True!


Ha ha Ibushi is like Shang Tsung or Rogue...

He'll absorb your style and power

 

[Hex]

HOLY SHIT that exchange

 

[Foggy]

Oh man, this match

 

[Jashobeam]

Match of the night for me and its only just begun

 

[Foggy]

FUCK ME THAT SELL

 

[excelsiorlef]

What a kick fuuuuck


Fantastic

 

[Foggy]

The elevation on that powerbomb is so sick

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Awesome match. Wish it had another ten minutes to build the finish though.

 

[fury]

That was fucking great.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Awesome match. Wish it had another ten minutes to build the finish though.

Usually that's my opinion but thought this had a good build myself

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Awesome match as expected.

 

[Foggy]

With two losses already, Ishii is on the outside looking in. Not too surprising. Hopefully he'll get an IC run before things start winding or breaking down for him.

Awesome match. Wish it had another ten minutes to build the finish though.

I think if the crowd was more into it, it would've felt better. Fale stole the heat, dammit.

 

[pbayne]

Lol Fale you monster.

Okada/Elgin fuck man you couldnt look away from it, great stuff. Woke up the crowd up from Omega and Tama which was dire imo. Like the crowd didn't seem to give a flying fuck and when the crowd dosent get into a match i find it hard to as well. Juice is well over too, him and evil had a very good match that shouldn't be overlooked.

 

[excelsiorlef]

With two losses already, Ishii is on the outside looking in. Not too surprising. Hopefully he'll get an IC run before things start winding or breaking down for him.

Be cool if he beat Tanahashi in the G1

 

[Jashobeam]

Kinda makes sense that matches finish faster due to injury and fatigue, like Ishii usually would be able to take more pubishment before eating a pin like that.

 

[Hex]

Makabe in a main event...see something new every day

 

[excelsiorlef]

Goto's music is just so good


Heyyyyy no muting of Makabe's theme tonight

 

[Foggy]

Makabe's music?!

I need to sleep soon, Makabe's dangling chains had me looking around for Jacob Marley

 

[Hex]

Makabe's music?!

Yeah that is the first that the Zep "lift" was not blocked out

 

[fury]

Would be nice if that became normal and not just someone running the stream falling asleep.

 

[Foggy]

I don't know if I'll ever really get behind Makabe. Whatever aspects of his character or personality that gets over in Japan is lost on me and his style is done better by other guys.

 

[Syder]

I mean it is the G1, everyone is going to take an L somewhere but why give it to Fale...

Maybe they want to sustain the heat he got from beheading Daryl.

Hiromu should be the one to get revenge.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Maybe they want to sustain the heat he got from beheading Daryl.

Hiromu should be the one to get revenge.

Hell could be part of the build to Naito vs Omega in the finals.


I love how Makabe sells missing thr King Kong Knee Drop

 

[Foggy]

LOL where'd that wristband come from?!

 

[Foggy]

Fun way to end the match. Old man Makabe going over.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Now you know why it was the main event

 

[Jashobeam]

Well earned victory for Makabe, glad he gets at least 1 big win, hopefully Nagata gets a win soon

 

[excelsiorlef]

Probably overall the weakest night but in NJPW a weak night is still great

 

[Foggy]

Weakest night so far, but that speaks more to the quality of the tournament thus far.

Nagata 0pts

YOSHI-HASHI 2pts
Ishii 2pts
Makabe 2pts

ZSJ 4 pts
Tanahashi 4 pts
Fale 4 pts
Ibushi 4 pts
Naito 4 pts
Goto 4 pts

On Tuesday we have:

Kojima/Elgin
Tama/EVIL
Juice/Suzuki
Yano/Omega
Okada/SANADA

Not half bad

 

[Hex]

Weakest night so far, but that speaks more to the quality of the tournament thus far.

Nagata 0pts

YOSHI-HASHI 2pts
Ishii 2pts
Makabe 2pts

ZSJ 4 pts
Tanahashi 4 pts
Fale 4 pts
Ibushi 4 pts
Naito 4 pts
Goto 4 pts

On Tuesday we have:

Kojima/Elgin
Tama/EVIL
Juice/Suzuki
Yano/Omega
Okada/SANADA

Not half bad

Omega v Yano and sanada v Okada are main events for me anywhere

 

[Brinbe]

All of those matches should be pretty good.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Thankfully I will get back from Sydney on Tuesday afternoon so will be home to watch it.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I'm gonna be on a 3 day train trip across Canada starting tonight but I have 6 gigs of mobile Data so I should be able to stream at least one of the nights if not all 3 depending on how much bandwidth it actually is

 

[fury]

Still a chance for an Omega Ibushi final

BELIEVE

 

[pbayne]

Top two matches were great. I love Makabe so it was the perfect end point for me. Others were just kinda there but i did enjoy seeing Tana heeling it up,

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Still a chance for an Omega Ibushi final

BELIEVE

One day, friend. One day.

 

[RedHoodedOwl]

Tama Tonga vs EVIL could be a good match.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Finally caught up - this year I wanted to watch *every* match. Just finished Goto/Makabe.

So far ZSJ has been on average my favourite. So glad he beat YOSHI HASHI.

Also loved Ibushi kicking the crap out of Ishii. Wonderful match.

 

[Reneledarker]

Finally caught up - this year I wanted to watch *every* match. Just finished Goto/Makabe.

So far ZSJ has been on average my favourite. So glad he beat YOSHI HASHI.

Also loved Ibushi kicking the crap out of Ishii. Wonderful match.

Same, ZSJ is having a great G1, I am so glad he and Naito defeated Yoshi.

Ibushi vs Ishii so far is my favorite match and I really liked Ibushi vs Naito, SZJ vs Ibushi, ZSJ vs Tana and Okada vs Elgin.

I also love how Makabe bashes the head of his opponent in the ring post to do his finisher, always looks brutal.

 

[kiguel182]

Watching without English commentary is weird. Skipped some matches today since I was behind a bit.

Ishii and Ibushi was great. ZSJ continues to be great.

Maybe it was a bit of fatigue or me not liking Elgin but Okada v Omega didn’t do much for me.

 

[peaceland]

Was hoping for Nagata to get the win.

 

[avengers23]

JEEZUS, we're getting Makabe vs. Goto as the main event? What the crowd do to deserve this?

 

[tchocky]

JEEZUS, we're getting Makabe vs. Goto as the main event? What the crowd do to deserve this?

I guess New Japan wanted Makabe to main event a show in his hometown since it is his 20th year with the company.

 

[Heroman]

JEEZUS, we're getting Makabe vs. Goto as the main event? What the crowd do to deserve this?

It was a great match and a hot crowd.

 

[FallingEdge]

Still a chance for an Omega Ibushi final

BELIEVE

Save that for the dome!

Ibushi vs Suzuki in the finals.

 

[avengers23]

It was a great match and a hot crowd.

Great is overselling it. It was the best match Makabe could have managed, and the crowd was hot for him.