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October Wrasslin' |OT| Celebrating 20 Years of the YET-AY!
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Avengers23, now don't be sour....
avengers23
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The Bullet Club needs to complete its past-its-expiration burnout to truly complete its NWO imitation.
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Bullet club like things in new Japan have gone around Ina circle. Every match now needs to have bullet club interference. I thought we were past that stage
avengers23
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Frecklestein
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happy hogaween
British Monsoon
Member
It's all about the tag league though - the only way to get the belts of Doc & Karl before WK10 is if they put them up in the tournament, which they won't. So you know it'll be Bullet Club vs the winners of the tag league at WK10 - my money's on either Naito/Watanabe or Goto/Shibata winning the tag league, winning the belts at WK10 and then being challenged by the other team.
Unless he outright quits NJPW, he doesn't have much say in it. It's up to the office to arrange the training excursions and how long they last for, they don't just cut the young lions loose and hope they come back one day.
I just find it amusing that there have been lots of complaints about gaijins taking up spots, but when a young lion returns to the promotion and is given a prominent spot suddenly it's all "but we want the cool gaijins!", haha.
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Biggest problem with the factions in New Japan is that they do jack shit besides 8 man tags on house shows . Why not take a page out of dragon gates book have faction feuds and member swapping.or even just factions breaking up. Would add some spice that new Japan needs right now.
Liquidsnake
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Classic Monday!
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Much rather have Rush than doc gallows, mike Bennett or Matt taven
That is not a very positive thing to say.
Gang warfare.
British Monsoon
Member
Because that's Dragon Gate's deal and faction warfare has never really been a big part of New Japan - they've had invading factions who arrive, attack and are defeated, but Bullet Club became permanent when they started selling so much merch. They're popular in a sense, but not good enough as a whole to run a proper invasion angle like the UWFi invasion, Tenryu's Revolution invasion, etc.
War Games
Jimmy King
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Elimination Chamber
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Yea but imagine Yano having to joking the gullet club because chaos lost a match. Or nakamura being forced in the Suzuki-gun. Or all the old timers forming the millionaires club
Sibersk Esto
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Survivor Series elimination tags!
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avengers23
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British Monsoon
Member
Fucksake, avengers. You should warn people before posting pictures of unmasked Jigsaw.
TRANSFORM!
TRANSFORM!
avengers23
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TRANSFORM (and cause Quack to throw a hissy fit)!
It pained me to fail to find a similarly goofy picture for The Resilience.
avengers23
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Damn, son, it's just a picture of Jigsaw without his mask on!
Whatever is going on, wish you all the best
British Monsoon
Member
Yeah, I can't offer much more than the regular platitudes, but hang in there Seph. WrassleGAF's here if you need to vent.
later zayn
slightconfuse
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Unbelievably bad show with one awesome moment.
We got Mandy. When's Hunter making the other call?
Is this one of the wrestlers? How much does this gal weigh?
Jimmy King
Member
forget Kaitlyn
Mandy for WrassleGAF HOF
Mandy for WrassleGAF HOF
She's my Owen and Mandy's my Razor. I pick both girls as my girl to win.
Dental Plan
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Ziggler will be a paper champion.
When Cena gets back he will go after Ziggler for a feud to tie into Total Divas.
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Love stuff like this
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Deleted member 47027
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Tell me something, those of you thinking Ziggler is someone
Does winning the WWE Championship do anything for Ziggler? The answer is no
Does Ziggler winning do anything for the WWE Championship? The answer is no
Why would this happen?
Does winning the WWE Championship do anything for Ziggler? The answer is no
Does Ziggler winning do anything for the WWE Championship? The answer is no
Why would this happen?
Jimmy King
Member
Turn the US title into the Total Divas title? I like it. Then have Bryan comeback and win the Rumble to challenge Cena for it at Mania.
The title is less than a prop at this point, so does it matter who has it? So why not?
Empyrean Heaven
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Since my KOPW topic is dying a slow painful death I'm just going to copypasta my thoughts in this thread...
- Kelly and Striker did a great job on commentary. They missed a few things but did a great job overall with the product and didn't feel like an afterthought like JR and Striker did at WK9. I am wondering about Striker's random heel turn, however, he was drooling over Swagsuke at WK9 but now he's a Bullet Club guy? Odd. Also appreciate him calling him Swagsuke.
- Opening 10 man went as expected. C Juice Robinson Parker is obviously completely outclassed out there even by the other Young Lions. Loving Jay White. Dude is going to be a fucking star.
- Honma vs. Y-H was fun, and it's always great to see Honma win, but it was really just advancement for later.
- I'd rather not talk about that 8-man, just that I'd like to see Captain New Japan thrown off of a cliff.
- Jr. Tag Match was meh, I can't stand Romero's offense. reDRagon was awesome and Beretta is always great. The obviously botched finish hurt it badly also, but it could work if it leads into the obvious four-way at WK10 between reDRagon/RPG Vice/Young Bucks/Whatever new team wins the Jr. Tag Tourney this month and goes on to win the titles. Maybe a Sydal/Ricochet team but that's unlikely due to LU season 2 filming November through January. Maybe Sydal/Shelley to give him something to do.
- Jr. title match was a hell of a lot of fun. Sydal and Omega work so well together. I felt like the match was a bit rushed but still good stuff. Kind of hoping now for a Sydal/Omega/KUSHIDA 3-way at WK10.
- Nak/Yano/Saku vs. Anderson/Gallows/Fale was just angle advancement as it leads to Nak/Anderson next month. Also a nice continuation of the mini-feud between Yano and Fale. I could see a Yano/Saku/Yano's traditional mystery partner vs. Fale/Yujiro/Tonga six-man being set up for WK10 as well, if Yujiro is back by then, maybe even drag Jarrett out of mothballs to replace Tonga though I don't believe GFW is affiliated with NJPW anymore.
- Ishii vs. Makabe was easily their best match of their series, great to see Ishii finally pick up the big win. Honma vs. Ishii at WK10 is going to be awesome if their previous matches are any indication.
- Watanabe joining up with Naito is actually a cool move, and definitely makes me a hell of a lot more interested in him than I've ever been, although gotta love Tanahashi's Cena-esque no-selling after getting a beatdown from both and STILL winning. The help from Goto and Shibata leads me to believe they will likely face off in the Tag League finals and I could see Los Ingobernables winning the titles from Anderson and Gallows at WK10. I can also see more members joining the group, not just Sombra and Rush, making this a true heel faction to replace Suzuki-gun. Match was fine, but I LMAOed over Striker calling the Gloria his new finisher when he's been using it for years, the Destino (a standing Shiranui/Asai DDT/Standing Seafire Driver) is his actual new move.
- AJ vs. Okada was amazing as always but definitely felt like a step back from their classic at DOMINION. Also Kelly and Striker missed it but Go Shiozaki presented the belt to Okada.
So my WK10 card prediction at the moment:
JR Tag title four way: reDRagon vs. RPG Vice vs. Young Bucks vs. ?
JR Title: Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA
Six man: Yano/Saku/X vs. Fale/Some other BC members
HVY tag titles: Anderson/Gallows vs. Naito/Watanabe
NEVER title: Honma vs. Ishii
IC title: Nakamura vs. Styles
IWGP title: Okada vs. Tanahashi
And hopefully a match involving Goto, Shibata, and Ibushi
- Kelly and Striker did a great job on commentary. They missed a few things but did a great job overall with the product and didn't feel like an afterthought like JR and Striker did at WK9. I am wondering about Striker's random heel turn, however, he was drooling over Swagsuke at WK9 but now he's a Bullet Club guy? Odd. Also appreciate him calling him Swagsuke.
- Opening 10 man went as expected. C Juice Robinson Parker is obviously completely outclassed out there even by the other Young Lions. Loving Jay White. Dude is going to be a fucking star.
- Honma vs. Y-H was fun, and it's always great to see Honma win, but it was really just advancement for later.
- I'd rather not talk about that 8-man, just that I'd like to see Captain New Japan thrown off of a cliff.
- Jr. Tag Match was meh, I can't stand Romero's offense. reDRagon was awesome and Beretta is always great. The obviously botched finish hurt it badly also, but it could work if it leads into the obvious four-way at WK10 between reDRagon/RPG Vice/Young Bucks/Whatever new team wins the Jr. Tag Tourney this month and goes on to win the titles. Maybe a Sydal/Ricochet team but that's unlikely due to LU season 2 filming November through January. Maybe Sydal/Shelley to give him something to do.
- Jr. title match was a hell of a lot of fun. Sydal and Omega work so well together. I felt like the match was a bit rushed but still good stuff. Kind of hoping now for a Sydal/Omega/KUSHIDA 3-way at WK10.
- Nak/Yano/Saku vs. Anderson/Gallows/Fale was just angle advancement as it leads to Nak/Anderson next month. Also a nice continuation of the mini-feud between Yano and Fale. I could see a Yano/Saku/Yano's traditional mystery partner vs. Fale/Yujiro/Tonga six-man being set up for WK10 as well, if Yujiro is back by then, maybe even drag Jarrett out of mothballs to replace Tonga though I don't believe GFW is affiliated with NJPW anymore.
- Ishii vs. Makabe was easily their best match of their series, great to see Ishii finally pick up the big win. Honma vs. Ishii at WK10 is going to be awesome if their previous matches are any indication.
- Watanabe joining up with Naito is actually a cool move, and definitely makes me a hell of a lot more interested in him than I've ever been, although gotta love Tanahashi's Cena-esque no-selling after getting a beatdown from both and STILL winning. The help from Goto and Shibata leads me to believe they will likely face off in the Tag League finals and I could see Los Ingobernables winning the titles from Anderson and Gallows at WK10. I can also see more members joining the group, not just Sombra and Rush, making this a true heel faction to replace Suzuki-gun. Match was fine, but I LMAOed over Striker calling the Gloria his new finisher when he's been using it for years, the Destino (a standing Shiranui/Asai DDT/Standing Seafire Driver) is his actual new move.
- AJ vs. Okada was amazing as always but definitely felt like a step back from their classic at DOMINION. Also Kelly and Striker missed it but Go Shiozaki presented the belt to Okada.
So my WK10 card prediction at the moment:
JR Tag title four way: reDRagon vs. RPG Vice vs. Young Bucks vs. ?
JR Title: Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA
Six man: Yano/Saku/X vs. Fale/Some other BC members
HVY tag titles: Anderson/Gallows vs. Naito/Watanabe
NEVER title: Honma vs. Ishii
IC title: Nakamura vs. Styles
IWGP title: Okada vs. Tanahashi
And hopefully a match involving Goto, Shibata, and Ibushi
despite the fact that NJPW OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T GIVE TWO CRAPS ABOUT THEM BECAUSE WHY ELSE WOULD THEY PUT THEM IN A TAG MATCH AGAINST THE OLD FARTS WITH THEIR PARTNER BEING CAPTAIN FUCKING NEW JAPAN GODDAMMIT I HATE YOU NJPW SOMETIMES
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PROGRESS is looking tasty this weekend friends.
(Ospreay vs Robinson is for the PROGRESS championship, I just couldn't find the graphic for this event).
Going to try get out of my work funk, got PROGRESS Sunday, comedy night with friends on Tuesday, and back to the Ballroom for Jack Off Jill on Wednesday.
(Ospreay vs Robinson is for the PROGRESS championship, I just couldn't find the graphic for this event).
Going to try get out of my work funk, got PROGRESS Sunday, comedy night with friends on Tuesday, and back to the Ballroom for Jack Off Jill on Wednesday.
They will make her get implants when called up sadly.