British Monsoon
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Holy shit, dat finishing stretch!!! Awesome match!
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October Wrasslin |OT| Are you a Kane guy? Hell NO! I'm the tag team champions!
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British Monsoon
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Yeah, the quality is excellent, but I wouldn't expect any less from the top company in Japan.
Goto/Nakamura was cool, although Nakamura took a ton of damage - that top rope neck breaker over the knee should be a match ender.
Goto/Nakamura was cool, although Nakamura took a ton of damage - that top rope neck breaker over the knee should be a match ender.
British Monsoon
Member
Bit of info on the story of the main event;
"The term they keep using in this video is "Puroresu Gottou," which is basically a term Suzuki threw at Tanahashi to essentially call him a pretty boy, fake champion. Suzuki says Tanahashi makes pro-wrestling look weak, etc, etc."
Looking forward to this - their match at Wrestle Kingdom in January was great.
"The term they keep using in this video is "Puroresu Gottou," which is basically a term Suzuki threw at Tanahashi to essentially call him a pretty boy, fake champion. Suzuki says Tanahashi makes pro-wrestling look weak, etc, etc."
Looking forward to this - their match at Wrestle Kingdom in January was great.
So Tanahashi is the Japanese Cena.....got it.
British Monsoon
Member
Pretty much, right down to getting booed for being a cheesy fuck. Good match so far, nice story they're telling and Tana's taking a hell of a beating.
British Monsoon
Member
Awesome counter of the dragon screw into a sleeper! This match is great. Perfect example of how to make a big main event without having to do a ton of moves.
British Monsoon
Member
Odds overcome, I expected nothing less (but they made me think that perhaps there might be an upset on more than one occasion). Excellent match and a great way to close New Japan's first international iPPV.
Tanahashi/Suzuki, Nakamura/Goto & Okada/Anderson were well worth the price of admission, but I really enjoyed Ibushi/Ki, Forever Hooligans/Time Splitters & TenKoji/Killer Elite too. Also, the Sakuraba & Shibata tag match was really fun, because it had that old unpredictable New Japan feel reminiscent of the 90's era.
*edit, looks like Yujiro is the next challenger!
Also, awesome wrestling in-bound;
Kota Ibushi (c) vs El Generico - (DDT 09/30/12)
Tanahashi/Suzuki, Nakamura/Goto & Okada/Anderson were well worth the price of admission, but I really enjoyed Ibushi/Ki, Forever Hooligans/Time Splitters & TenKoji/Killer Elite too. Also, the Sakuraba & Shibata tag match was really fun, because it had that old unpredictable New Japan feel reminiscent of the 90's era.
*edit, looks like Yujiro is the next challenger!
Also, awesome wrestling in-bound;
Kota Ibushi (c) vs El Generico - (DDT 09/30/12)
Tanahasi vs Okada still seems like the big money match for Wrestle Kingdom though.
Edit: I still remember Ibushi vs Generico in Ring Of Honor.
British Monsoon
Member
Yeah, there's no way they'll go with anything else - Tana vs Okada III is easily the most anticipated match in Japan at the moment. Yujiro should make for a good challenger in the meantime, though.
British Monsoon
Member
Apparently the iPPV did 51,720 buys - the previous record was set by the G1 finals, and was the most watched online wrestling broadcast ever, until today!
Awesome stuff, and hopefully this success means New Japan will be putting on more iPPVs in the future. Next potential iPPV is 'Power Struggle' on 11/11, with these matches looking likely;
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- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match
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- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match
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- IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match
Awesome stuff, and hopefully this success means New Japan will be putting on more iPPVs in the future. Next potential iPPV is 'Power Struggle' on 11/11, with these matches looking likely;
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Low Ki (c) vs Prince Devitt
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Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c) vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
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Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Yujiro Takahashi
Hopefully they'll get enough success to at least hire an English announce team for the US stream.
British Monsoon
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I guess it would depend on how many of those buys were international and how many were domestic. Still, it would be nice to have English commentary - they have more than enough gaijin wrestlers on the roster who could perhaps provide commentary, and I'm sure a few of the Japanese wrestlers must speak some English (TAKA for instance, who was there tonight despite not wrestling).
*edit, apparently the 51,779 buys were domestic only - no word on how the international version sold.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Gathering some 2001 Indie Shows to watch (and hopefully Japanese/Lucha ones if I can).
Currently have:
01.31.01 - OVW - Christmas Chaos 2001
02.24.01 - ECWA - Super 8
02.28.01 - CZW - Destruction in Dover
03.10.01 - CZW - War at Station 44
03.17.01 - CZW - Enter The Zone
09.01.01 - IWA - Barbed Wire, Bombs & Blood (seemingly has a really horrible lawnmower match?!)
10.27.01 - APW - King of the Indies Tournament 2001
11.24.01 - IWA - MS Eyes Wide Open danger
12.15.01 - CZW - Cage of Death III
Probably missing some notable ones. This is me basically putting the Bootaaay Beacon up into the clouds!
Not really a huge fan of Death Match wrestling, but it appears that these are the only shows still available. Also, they have a lot of good indie talent that actual wrestle!
Currently have:
01.31.01 - OVW - Christmas Chaos 2001
02.24.01 - ECWA - Super 8
02.28.01 - CZW - Destruction in Dover
03.10.01 - CZW - War at Station 44
03.17.01 - CZW - Enter The Zone
09.01.01 - IWA - Barbed Wire, Bombs & Blood (seemingly has a really horrible lawnmower match?!)
10.27.01 - APW - King of the Indies Tournament 2001
11.24.01 - IWA - MS Eyes Wide Open danger
12.15.01 - CZW - Cage of Death III
Probably missing some notable ones. This is me basically putting the Bootaaay Beacon up into the clouds!
Not really a huge fan of Death Match wrestling, but it appears that these are the only shows still available. Also, they have a lot of good indie talent that actual wrestle!
You have most of the bases covered from my knowledge of the indies that far back. This was before Ring of Honor or Chikara were even founded, and it looks to me like you're hitting the major ones that were around then.
Still maintain this should have ended with McMahon marying AJ.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=494772
Surely this will lead to the freeing of Frankman?
-Edit: whoops, you guys are more inactive than I thought.-
Surely this will lead to the freeing of Frankman?
-Edit: whoops, you guys are more inactive than I thought.-
Uno Venova
Banned
I think it makes perfect sense to unperm frank, maybe not unban him since he still broke the rules at the time, but to be permed for a defunct rule would really suck. Also the news of loosing up OT gaf is great.
newdayrocks
Member
Ringside seats at Raw World Tour in Spokane were great last night, with my son being picked to dance with the Funkadactyls, triple-threat Eve-Kaitlyn-Layla match, and Kane/D-Bry vs. Kofi/R-Truth being the absolute highlight.
Sure, we're in Bryan's home state, but you really get a sense of how much people love him (Yes! No!) in person, and he's clearly having a lot of fun with it. That doesn't carry over quite as much on TV. Also, Punk plays the heel that everyone actually loves quite well.
And AJ in her black Chucks opened up the show, and set up the Punk/Big Show steel-cage match at the end. Still lots of dumb skipping, though.
Photoset: http://imgur.com/a/8QNgD#0
Video of the boy (in the Punk shirt) with the Funkadactyls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCpky8hz034
newdayrocks
Member
I can't stand him as a wrestler; but after last night, I can never say anything bad about him. Super nice.
pretty sweet dude! Thanks for sharing.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
How many peeps were there? Decent turn out?
newdayrocks
Member
The arena seats 12,000, and I'd say it was somewhere between a quarter and a third full. Not too shabby.
Damn, even if its jsut domestic, thats still double their past best. Gonna watch the ppv later today inbetween classes. Should be great
I can't believe you guys stayed up so late to watch it! Couldn't you have watched it on demand?
mechashiva
Member
That's got to be about as good as it gets. They are building some long term fans with this stuff.
I didn't stay up late, I just woke up early. It was worth it.
British Monsoon
Member
Yeah, I could have, but it started at 9AM for me, Sandman's the crazy one who woke up at 4 in the morning
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Stop snitching on each other. This business is falling apart before my very eyes.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
I don't like Frankman, but I thought it was a lame way for him to go out.
British Monsoon
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In ROH news, PWInsider is reporting that Jim Cornette is gone as booker of the company, but will stay on to work behind the scenes and on-screen - the reins have now been handed solely to Delirious, who was booker for a short while between the Pearce & Cornette eras.
Also, in regards to poor Frankman, from the cunt thread;
"His ban was reduced to one month before this decision was made."
DO IT. I don't want to oversell the show, but I'd say it's probably the best PPV I've seen all year, and the main event is a definite top 5 match of the year contender.
Also, in regards to poor Frankman, from the cunt thread;
"His ban was reduced to one month before this decision was made."
Sokantish said:
DO IT. I don't want to oversell the show, but I'd say it's probably the best PPV I've seen all year, and the main event is a definite top 5 match of the year contender.
Is it unfortunate?