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[Kaladin]

Kota Ibushi (c) vs Low Ki time!


Surely they can get the international rights to Low Ki's theme since he uses it internationally.

 

[jobber]

it's that guy that won nXt!

 

[Kaladin]

it's that guy that won nXt!

He is also the first person to cash in an earned WWE title shot on any belt and lose.

 

[jobber]

He is also the first person to cash in an earned WWE title shot on any belt and lose.

Wade Barrett lost too

 

[strobogo]

My favorite thing about puro now is that all the matches on big cards have weird and wacky subtitles that make no sense at all.

 

[Kaladin]

Wade Barrett lost too

Except for Cena no-selling being fired, and crushing Barrett with 20,000 chairs, I completely wiped that storyline from memory.

 

[jobber]

Except for Cena no-selling being fired, and crushing Barrett with 20,000 chairs, I completely wiped that storyline from memory.

Wade cashed in his title shot in a 6 way match

what a dumbass.

 

[British Monsoon]

Those are some stiff kicks from Low Ki. Good stuff so far.

My favorite thing about puro now is that all the matches on big cards have weird and wacky subtitles that make no sense at all.

I like the ones that sound like a Street Fighter II variation; 'Ultimate Hyper Fighting Battle', or some-such.

 

[Kaladin]

This match has been all Low Ki.

 

[Kaladin]

Just under an hour and 15 minutes until New Japan's first international iPPV!

New Japan Pro-Wrestling, "NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ KING OF PRO-WRESTLING", 08.10.2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Running Time - 4 hours

Start Time - 5PM JST | 10AM CET | 9AM GMT | 4AM EST | 1AM PDT

On Demand - available until October 11th at the times listed above.

Purchase - $25 live or On Demand; http://www.ustream.tv/channel/njpw1972

Card;

MANABU NAKANISHI RETURN MATCH;

01. Yuji Nagata, Strong Man & Manabu Nakanishi vs Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Takashi Iizuka

IWGP Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH;

02. Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) (c) vs Time Splitters (KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley)

IWGP Jr. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH;

03. Kota Ibushi (c) vs Low Ki

IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH;

04. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) (c) vs Killer Elite Squad (Harry Smith & Lance Archer)

SPECIAL CHALLENGE MATCH;

05. Tetsuya Naito vs Yujiro Takahashi

TAG TEAM CONFRONTATION;

06. Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata

TOKYO DOME IWGP No. 1 CONTENDER MATCH;

07. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Karl Anderson

IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH;

08. Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs Hirooki Goto

IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH;

09. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Minoru Suzuki

So we can get the card on the new page.

 

[jobber]

dat handspring into the pele

 

[jobber]

ho ly shit

 

[Kaladin]

Dat super fisherman suplex.

 

[British Monsoon]

Man, that top-rope spot was awkward to set up, looked sick though!

Spoiler

Low Ki wins with the Ki Crusher '99 off the top rope!!! New champ!

 

[jobber]

they can't afford wireless mics?

 

[Kaladin]

Man, that top-rope spot was awkward to set up, looked sick though!

Spoiler

Low Ki wins with the Ki Crusher '99 off the top rope!!! New champ!

It may have been awkward, but it made for some good suspense.

Prince Devitt vs Low Ki!!!!!!!!!

 

[British Monsoon]

Devitt!

they can't afford wireless mics?

In-ring promos are rare, so I guess they don't see the need.

 

[British Monsoon]

Eh, this is probably the match I'm least looking forward to. Hopefully TenKoji retain.

 

[Kaladin]

In WWE, these guys were random jobbers, in Japan, they're legit badass Americans challenging for gold.

 

[jobber]

In WWE, these guys were random jobbers, in Japan, they're legit badass Americans challenging for gold.

reverse Tensai!

 

[jobber]

I see the ref doesn't enforce the GTFO rule for tag teams

 

[Kaladin]

Lance Archer must have the second ugliest tattoo in all of wrestling with that tramp stamp.

 

[Kaladin]

Lance Archer went old school!

 

[British Monsoon]

Sick sit-down powerbomb from Smith!

 

[jobber]

this announcer should replace Cole

he marked out for a powerbomb

 

[Kaladin]

Killer Elite Squad just destroyed TenKoji.

 

[British Monsoon]

Fun match, better than I was expecting.

Spoiler

Smith & Archer win with their double-team sit down powerbomb. New champs!

 

[Kaladin]

Time fo Tetsuya Naito vs Yujiro Takahashi.

What's the story with this one?

 

[jobber]

what's so special about the special challenge match

 

[British Monsoon]

Yujiro is on a winning streak since returning from Mexico, including a pinfall on Tanahashi in a tag match - after the match, he went after Naito's injured knee, setting up this match.

 

[Kaladin]

That's a sick submission.

 

[British Monsoon]

That was a disappointing finish, but it was good while it lasted and I was expecting them to run with an injury angle on Naito (who has legit torn his ACL).

*edit, looks like intermission time.

 

[jobber]

reeeee fund

reeeee fund

 

[Kaladin]

We need a Takashi Iizuka/Bully Ray tag team.

 

[British Monsoon]

Lol, app of the year - talking Inoki calculator. Wtf?

 

[Kaladin]

Must be intermission in Japan.

 

[jobber]

ughhhhhh


taking a break when I get sleepy is bad as a stupid 25 minute long promo that opens up Raw

both are carcinogenic to my health

 

[Kaladin]

I'm on my second cup of coffee.

 

[Kaladin]

I know it's Japanese, but it sounded like they just said Sakuraba causes shit.

 

[British Monsoon]

Here we go, second half is up!

The story in this next one is that Sakuraba (MMA legend) and Shibata (former NJPW wrestler who was pushed as a future star, but quit to take up MMA) have returned to change the face of New Japan and prove that shoot style is better than puroresu.

 

[Kaladin]

Here we go, second half is up!

The story in this next one is that Sakuraba (MMA legend) and Shibata (former NJPW wrestler who was pushed as a future star, but quit to take up MMA) have returned to change the face of New Japan and prove that shoot style is better than puroresu.

So basically a Japanese Brock Lesnar.

 

[British Monsoon]

Pretty much, except Sakuraba was somewhat of a flop in MMA (lol, even more than Brock) - Shibata's there to add some legitimacy.

 

[Kaladin]

Pretty much, except Sakuraba was somewhat of a flop in MMA (lol, even more than Brock) - Shibata's there to add some legitimacy.

Maybe WWE can do this with Brock and Batista when Batista flops in MMA.

 

[Kaladin]

That was a fun match while it lasted.

Bring out Okada.

 

[British Monsoon]

Some good heat there, Inoue took a pasting but Makabe didn't get too involved. Sakuraba is pretty damn awesome.

 

[Kaladin]

Dat money in the bank.

 

[British Monsoon]

Hoping this match is awesome - Okada is amazing, while Anderson is vastly underrated.

 

[Kaladin]

Vintage Okada.

 

[British Monsoon]

HUGE superplex from Anderson!

*edit, Okada's dropkick is a thing of beauty!

 

[Kaladin]

Ok. That match delivered.