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October Wrasslin' |OT| Running around in our underwear making ugly faces
- Thread starter Perspicacity
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They need to sell a WK main event, and while the story makes more sense for AJ vs Okada, AJ is still pretty new, he wouldn't be a big draw like Tanahashi vs Okada would be.
It's not like Wrestlemania where it's sold out way in advance based on it being Wrestlemania. Wrestle Kingdom is a big show and the January 4 Dome Show has been a traditions for decades, but still, they need to have a big attraction as the main event.
It's the same reason Tanahashi vs Nakamura main evented last year for the number two title. Now, they didn't do a good job of building up Naito, but even so, Naito/Okada is nowhere near as a big a match to the public (and they have 30k plus seats to sell in the Tokyo Dome). This is probably going to be Tanahashi's last reign with the belt and his official passing the torch to Okada as the new Ace, so as a "sequel" to their WK match in 2013 and possibility a finale to their rivalry, it is still a good story.
I just hope AJ is in one of the top matches. He's been terrific in NJPW so far. I'd say he probably ought to turn face soon enough, no one really boos him unless he's doing some overt heel shenanigans, since he's such a spectacular wrestler.
simplythebest
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Doesn't matter as WWE will/would find a way to turn em into Yoshi Tatsu 2.0 eventually.
Remember KENTA was seeking them, not the other way around. Also we're still not sure if Shibata feels strongly enough about wrestling anymore to go overseas for a full-time gig with the WWE.
Well the news says that New Japan is studying WWE like adding there version of axxess before the January 4th show.
So for this decision they are stealing Vince's idea when they are in doubt that Okada vs AJ will draw then just put the title on there version of John Cena.
Okada vs Tanahashi will be great but Okada won't get his revenge and it will a similar Main Event. If you looked since 2008 Tanahashi has main evented 7 out of 8 Tokyo dome shows.
lovely ladies
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Whoa, you're right... this is a pretty recent change, now all their programming is locked.
simplythebest
Banned
We are watching the train wreck before our eyes =(
I don't know how much interest Shibata has in the WWE. KENTA always wanted to go there, on the other hand.
Yep, that upcoming Nov 6 NXT show with him was such a train wreck :/
So far, so good, dude.
Kano on the Phone
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Kenta is Trips' new Sin Cara. He's going to be played by Funaki in a year.
Macho Madness
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Vince is not the least bit worried about the Network.
He's got his ace in the hole ready for Wrestlemania baby.
He's got his ace in the hole ready for Wrestlemania baby.
Pop-O-Matic
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Vince is not the least bit worried about the Network.
He's got his ace in the hole ready for Wrestlemania baby.
Ready to post myfuckingratings.gif on March 31st.
It makes sense but New Japan has one booking mentality the WWE has is that AJ might not be a draw so put the title on there John Cena who has main evented the last 7 out 8 Jan 4 Dome shows who draws. Hell he main evented more than Cena who done 5 out 9 since his first Wrestlemania in 2006.
So they just played it safe instead of playing out a storyline with a logical conclusion.
It wouldn't be so bad (I still think it's bad) if I didn't have to see the two disclaimers before practically every video I watch.
I haven't seen any disclaimers on any VOD stuff. Just the ratings. Occasionally I'll stick on the live stream for a few seconds and there are disclaimers for Total Divas/Legends House and Attitude Era/ECW stuff, but those disclaimers are not part of the VOD versions.
FallingEdge
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Yoshi Tatsu 3.0 is back in NJPW and saved Tanahashi!
I haven't seen any disclaimers on any VOD stuff. Just the ratings. Occasionally I'll stick on the live stream for a few seconds and there are disclaimers for Total Divas/Legends House and Attitude Era/ECW stuff, but those disclaimers are not part of the VOD versions.
I see the disclaimer all the time. Maybe because of all the Benoit in WCW. Regardless, I think you should be able to turn off disclaimers/ratings in your account settings. It's the worst.
And yeah, that was the moment with Sting/Luger... heh...
I haven't seen a single disclaimer for any show with Benoit. Not once. Not even ones on live stream. The only Benoit related quirk I've seen on any WWE/WCW/ECW show with him is leaving his matches unnamed on the shows that have time marks.
Willie Mack tended to stay on the west coast because he liked it that way. He even went down to Mexico plenty of times. Lucha Underground is probably getting an offer ready
Or how about... Not Tanahashi, Okada, or Nakamura. Crazy talk, I know.
What device(s) are you using? I mostly use my PS4.
BronsonLee
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AJ/Okada would've been fucking awesome, but they can save that for another show. Especially if AJ might be bailing (though I doubt this). Okada/Tana has history and makes sense to go with that as the main, and I'm assuming Okada Rainmaker's the shit out of him for his final revenge.
They tried with Naito and failed. Though it really burns me that Anderson didn't get that G1 that Okada won. He was super over as a face.
They tried with Naito and failed. Though it really burns me that Anderson didn't get that G1 that Okada won. He was super over as a face.
I don't see 'IWGP Heavyweight champion' anywhere on Naito's wikipedia.
BronsonLee
Member
That's because jobbers who do a monocle taunt don't deserve the strap
...And also I think he was going to get the title before fan reaction sunk him
Oh, are we not giving people belts because of fan reaction? That's funny because Tanahashi just won the belt. Who gets booed more than any other face. And if we want to use the old 'shit load of merch' line, guess who's almost always in the top 5 merch sellers on NJPW's shop website?
It's Tetsuya Naito
How he consistently remains over with NJPW's recent booking is a god damn mystery.
bitesnintendog
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Are there any rumblings of this?
BronsonLee
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Dragonplz don't yell at me I'm your frie-*is Batista Bombed*
I think the only reason Tana got the belt is for that WK main and to drop it to Okada. They must've not had enough confidence in AJ/Okada, for reasons unknown. RE: Merch, ya, I dunno. But when they switched the WK main last year, it didn't look good for him.
NJPW is weird. They do the dumbest shit sometimes.
His deal is only for a year, IIRC. But he clearly loves working there. This is probably his best year wrestling wise.
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Deleted member 47027
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Pop-O-Matic
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Fandom secrets tumblrs are literally the worst thing.
No need to out friend Pepsi.
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Deleted member 47027
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Usually peecee, but I've used it on 360, Asus tablet, and Samsung phone without getting any disclaimers.
BronsonLee
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I like how all NJPW discussion stopped thanks to Sunny's fucking terrifying Tumblr photo.
Good god. That's real creepy. People are weird.
Good god. That's real creepy. People are weird.
I don't remember seeing it on my laptop actually... but why are they different in the first place?! Gah dang dub dub e.
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Deleted member 47027
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Nope, that's bullshit perpetuated by horny men. Something like that does absolutely nothing for breast cancer in any way, and it just a way for males to wrest control of breast cancer and make it something titillating for them.
Stamp that shit out Aiii!
Is it? Well that is disappointing, I almost would have watched Raw this week.
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#notallwrestlingfans
You're fucking gross. What the fuck is wrong with you? You know what isn't BS or funny? Breast cancer. I've never seen someone in my entire life who bitches so much about breast cancer awareness/support/research.