SomewhatGroovy
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October Wrasslin' |OT| I'm seein' double here...
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sf2fanatic
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excelsiorlef
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Because he didn't care against Joe either
SomewhatGroovy
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Im not in favor of a lot of the so and so person doesnt care rhetoric that pops up here and there.
In his case, he signed a contract, and has to not only own up to it and the booking he is handed, he is responsible for his own performance. To that end, I think he is doing just fine. But yeah, booking and his feelings are not mutually exclusive
excelsiorlef
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HIAC had two great HIAC matches, a couple of good other matches and a few shitty ones.
Raw was pretty great but dropped in the third hour as usual
serenewarfare
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Just finished KOPW. Good show. Ospreay/Kushida was great.
Idiotic how they are making Hiromu look like a geek.
Idiotic how they are making Hiromu look like a geek.
I'm scared to ask what Balor is still doing because I've seen that Bray gif.
Are they still feuding?
HashtagLapsed
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Watch the clip on YT or wherever. Balor sells for that thing.
It is a really embarassing segment but one could see it in a so bad its good way.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I have no idea how Elias Samson is over
He's still easily the most over junior but yeah, weird, weird build.
Ospreay/Hiromu at the Dome is gonna be lit though
Oh, well.
That seems very bad.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I only caught the summary of Raw but they can't possibly be done with Enzo as CW champ right? It's literally the only thing that was getting the division any heat at all. There's no way he doesn't get it back at TLC because it would be dumb as fuck otherwise...
Pop-O-Matic
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Dude's getting a lot of mileage off of the good ol' cheap heat.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Why is Balor saying "at TLC you're going to find out that-"
when they don't have a match at TLC set up yet
when they don't have a match at TLC set up yet
Because WWE booking means they don't even need to try, just run the same formula each month, network numbers stay the same, live the same comfortable life.
Balor hasn't done much fun yet.
Are they having it as a ladder match? But a few cruisers in and Enzo who will bump like a madman before getting the win would be interesting.
HashtagLapsed
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lol Alvarez is especially bitter.
reptilescorpio
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What about this time?
HashtagLapsed
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Just the way he is replying to peoples comments. So much vitriol in his voice I couldn't help but laugh.
excelsiorlef
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Ya know I only realized recently that it is Rollins, Reigns and Ambrose saying Sierra Hotel India Echo Lima Delta in the theme song
excelsiorlef
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TarpitCarnivore
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I need someone to explain Osaka Pro and Kuishinbo Kamen to me. Every time Lariato posts gifs of Kamen and others Im laughing my ass off because its so ridiculous.
British Monsoon
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Osaka Pro was Super Delfin's promotion after he left M-Pro, lots of crazy masked characters and a good dose of comedy - the two main proponents being Kuishinbo Kamen and Ebessan (later Kikutaro). They both joined Osaka Pro around the same time and have wrestled a ton over the past 18 years, any of their matches are well worth a watch - here's one of the more well known ones; http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ip17
As for Kuishinbo's character, mischievous clown best describes him, although the name translates to something like glutton mask. Osaka Pro went bankrupt a few years back, and Delfin's moved on to a new small promotion named Seafood Pro (seriously, with fish-gimmicked wrestlers) but Kamen still runs touring shows under the Osaka Pro name with some of the old wrestlers from the promotion, as well as a ton of micro-indie shows in odd venues. Here's his twitter; https://twitter.com/kuisinbokamen and youtube channel; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmOZzUqfKVkQ54JKihOLw0w/videos
excelsiorlef
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Their intro mix of Bray's promo into song is great too.
Reminds me of White Zombie using quotes from horror flicks as intros.
TarpitCarnivore
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Thanks for this. I think I need to mix this and DDT into my life more. I could use some more fun in life.
Conrad Link
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I instantly fast-forwarded through the Bray Wyatt segment (like I do every Bray Wyatt segment) and had no idea what happened until reading reactions on here just now.
So I'm watching it on YouTube now and LOLOLOLOL.
So I'm watching it on YouTube now and LOLOLOLOL.
excelsiorlef
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Timing.
He won it at Dontaku and lost it at KoPW.
There's only Dominion between Dontaku and G1 which takes up the summee and then KoPW is the next big show... so basically the champion doesn't defend in July, August or September.
In AJ's case he won it and defended it twice in May didn't defend it at Dominion and thus after his three title matches in May his next one was KoPW in October where he lost it.
NJPW has a pretty routine title defense schedule
Okada's current run has had the same number of defenses between Dontaku and KoPW.
The only difference is that AJ didn't defend at Dominion.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, he could've defended against Naito, but Naito chose to go after Okada's Tokyo Dome no.1 contendership instead (and lost) so post-G1 AJ's only viable challenger was Tanahashi.
So he won it in May, defends it three times in one month which is a huge anomaly in the booking. One of the shows was an ROH one which explains that I guess. I can't recall (hah) the last time that has happened for any NJPW belt, except maybe the heavyweight tag, which is a trashfire abortion of a title right now.
Then it's the BOSJ, G1 and Destruction tours, none of which get defenses usually and then we have the KoPW match!
The big gap is the Dominion show lacking a challenge but maybe they thought 4 defenses within 2 months was too much, too fast? They are super duper protective of the belt and its prestige and all that.
British Monsoon
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Who you got?
Hiromu & BUSHI seem like the obvious choice, but if the title shot's at Wrestle Kingdom then Hiromu can't challenge for the Jr. title - so, for that reason: I'm going with Liger & Tiger. ACH & Taguchi would be a good choice too, but I see Taguchi Japan challenging for the NEVER Trios belts at WK, so Liger & Tiger's my pick. Gives the veterans something to do at WK more than an opening tag or pre-show battle royale, plus it'd be a great moment to see the legends putting over Sho & Yoh on NJPW's biggest stage.
excelsiorlef
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NJPW keeps their title defenses to a generally regimented schedule. Only certain shows are IWGP title match shows.
In the time of AJ's title reign
It's usually:
Dontaku
Dominion
King of Pro Wrestling
Those are usually the NJPW shows where the title is defended and then in between there might be defenses in ROH or elsewhere (AJ defended in New York at an ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds show and Okada of course at Long Beach)
Destruction in Kobe is not an IWGP Heavyweight title defense show. The only aberration is Dominion and it's probably because they wanted Nakamura to main event and AJ had defended a month earlier at this show show:
NJPW Back To Yokohama Arena, which was a one off show (not part of theur normal annual event calendar) and one of their biggest shows that year (they hadn't been in that arena for 11 years) so that makes up for the lack of title defense at Dominion (which because of the Yokohama show wasn't as big that year) and they like keeping their title defenses on the rare side.
So in the time span he defended it 4 times, the same number as Okada has in that time span. Doing tag matches in between is completely normal
excelsiorlef
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Yeah I took that out... was a jerkish thing to say. Apologies.
The Elite
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I was annoyed that they had Finn actually buy into it. They would have been better off having him dismiss it for what it is.
excelsiorlef
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Actually the IC title was defended less in the time span that AJ's was IWGP Heavyweight champ.
Only 3 times.
Nakamua defended it at Back To Yokohama Arena, lost it to Fale at Dominion and won it back at Destruction in Kobe.
Back To Yokohama Arena basically took Dominion's spot as the big spring show where all the belts are defended.
Other than those big shows (Tokyo Dome and usually Dominion) Heavyweight and IC usually trade off as the main event title defenses, things like which title the New Japan Cup winner choses sometimes changes which shows those are. It keeps both titles important (and defenses rare and special) and ensures the IC champ is seen as a legit main eventer.
BewareTheBatsie
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Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns were incredibly fired up last night. The three are probably really happy to be put back together looked like they were having a blast.
TLC main event should be amazing.
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TLC main event should be amazing.
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WE DID IT
excelsiorlef
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Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns were incredibly fired up last night. The three are probably really happy to be put back together looked like they were having a blast.
TLC main event should be amazing.
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They were split up way too early. They just fit so well together. It's legitimately exciting.
As to the bolded: Seth Rollins didn't help what are you talking about?
BewareTheBatsie
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Took me a second to work out what the fuck Seth had to do with this but then dammit excel you had to remind me of that short period of terrible promos.
excelsiorlef
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We miss it. It was for us