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[RecRoulette]

Ever since I laid eyes upon Heavy Machinery's Otis I could no longer love any other big white bearded man.

MAJESTIC

 

[klonere]

War Machine generally do pretty well at getting crowds back into cold matches.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

SOMEONE REMEMBERED CHASE OWENS EXISTED!!!

 

[avengers23]

This thread is dead lol

I want a Blizzard gimmick

He can still go, friend.

 

[RBH]

Watching this on my phone through the U-Verse app

I have no complaints thus far. The more wrestling on TV, the better. The production issues are growing pains that I can tolerate.

 

[Fox318]

JR:" I don't know the rules anymore.


Its a no dq match

 

[Kensation]

SOMEONE REMEMBERED CHASE OWENS EXISTED!!!

The Horace Hogan of the Bullet Club.

 

[klonere]

CHASE OWENS

THE PERFECT GEEK

 

[excelsiorlef]

Jesus are these idiots unable to remember what no DQ means?

Lol what fucking kind of table is that? Is it for a doll house?

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

MAJESTIC

I've never been paternal but I wish Otis was my son. I'd be so gosh darn proud.

 

[avengers23]

Still better than the ROH/NJPW Best of the Super Juniors show from way back, featuring Dragon Soldier B.

Better hope that's a Japanese table.

 

[Fox318]

love how they brought the new japan table over

 

[MG310]

At least Tama Tonga is wearing professional gear and not compression shorts.

The absolute worst.

If Barnett didn't say Chase Owens nobody would have known who it was.

 

[The Strokes]

The issue for me with these shows is the lack of understanding of what made NJPW a thing in the US and is sure as fuck isn't Billy Gunn and Cody Rhodes.

 

[excelsiorlef]

love how they brought the new japan table over

Nah New Japan tables are waaaay thicker

 

[Brian_FETO]

We did it fam

 

[RBH]

Good ending

 

[Fox318]

anytime a table is on its side i get scared

 

[sf2fanatic]

Great finisher

 

[klonere]

The merch situation might actually end up harming NJPW more in the long run than any of the goodwill this show will bring them.

 

[slightconfuse]

Holy crap the merch line

https://twitter.com/Rockamaniac00/status/881331609693282305

 

[excelsiorlef]

Lol that title reign was one month.

They didn't even defend it before losing it.

So so tag brawl. Nothing special but a good finish at least

 

[Evening Musuko]

Ishii/Naito and Kenny/Elgin are combinations that have produced 4.5+ star matches before.

There is no excuse or forgiveness for Cody. It could have been literally anybody but Cody. ANYBODY.

I'm not trying to stan for NJPW but y'all are super down on this and I'm having fun

I feel like if NJPW treated this like a glorified house show like their usual overseas shows, people would have been a lot more forgiving. I feel like they went too big too fast and it shows. That said, I'm kind of glad they're experimenting with stuff like this. Hopefully if the expansion happens, they learn their lessons from tonight.

Although personally, I'd rather they focus on Japan and have these overseas shows be just fun shows for the fans.

 

[Fox318]

great ending

 

[SallyIsNow]

I'm kinda behind. Finish just happened.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

This next match should be great.

 

[Beefy]

Guessing War Machine are getting a contract then

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

Holy crap the merch line

https://twitter.com/Rockamaniac00/status/881331609693282305

What the fuck, are they just going to stand in line all night and miss the show?

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

Holy crap the merch line

https://twitter.com/Rockamaniac00/status/881331609693282305

What in the blue hell.

 

[The Strokes]

My stream is so behind the rest of you lol.

 

[Fox318]

Holy crap the merch line

https://twitter.com/Rockamaniac00/status/881331609693282305

That right there shows me NJPW needs to run shows in the US. If people are waiting to stand on line like that to give you money you shouldn't lease your talent out for ROH ppvs.

 

[klonere]

I'm pretty confident in saying this now.

THE WORST BOOKED TITLES IN ALL OF WRESTLING.

 

[Ithil]

Holy crap the merch line

https://twitter.com/Rockamaniac00/status/881331609693282305

 

[serenewarfare]

First truly great match of the night coming up.

 

[Foffy]

I'm pretty confident in saying this now.

THE WORST BOOKED TITLES IN ALL OF WRESTLING.

NEVER Openweight Tag.

 

[RecRoulette]

I don't feel bad for you if you missed half the show waiting in line to buy another Bullet Club variant shirt.

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

So it's just singles from here on tonight?

 

[SallyIsNow]

I'm pretty confident in saying this now.

THE WORST BOOKED TITLES IN ALL OF WRESTLING.

WWE got rid of their titles?

 

[excelsiorlef]

Holy crap the merch line

https://twitter.com/Rockamaniac00/status/881331609693282305

Lol ok apparently some idiots have neen in line for the entire show.

A) Idiots

B) Idiots

That said one table is pathetic

 

[slightconfuse]

Los

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

The issue for me with these shows is the lack of understanding of what made NJPW a thing in the US and is sure as fuck isn't Billy Gunn and Cody Rhodes.

It's kinda sad. You see NXT drawing huge crowds (in relation to this) that all know these big indie and international stars then NJPW threats that they only have Tanahashi/Okada/Omega/Natio so they better call in Cody and Gunn! Neither of them have any mainstream appeal either. They'd be better waiting for Danielson to be a free agent if they felt like they really needed a US superstar.

 

[klonere]

NEVER Openweight Tag.

They have much better matches and are nominally centered around LIJ. That automatically puts them ahead in my book.

 

[Brian_FETO]

I don't feel bad for you if you missed half the show waiting in line to buy another Bullet Club variant shirt.

How else will someone know you were there? And didn't watch the show?

 

[Alex Anderson]

Card just started

 

[avengers23]

Ishii vs. Naito time.

 

[fudgey_lumpkins]

There's a smudge right in the middle of the camera lens.

 

[RecRoulette]

NAIIIIITOOOOOOOOO

 

[excelsiorlef]

Lol they fucked up Ishii's and Naito's music

 

[EnlightenedMint]

That smug lol

And we got red shoes

 

[serenewarfare]

Production continues to be great.