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October Wrasslin' |strobogo Recap OT| This title is held in abeyance
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British Monsoon
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*post-2002 Kawada.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqZviI9XWk
Dragonzord said:
I agree with all of this - Okada's a de-facto face anyway, Naito always seems a step away from going heel and it's a pity Yano & Yujiro are in the same stable, as Yano terrorizing Yujiro's ring girls would be pretty good.
I don't think anyone has kicked out of Tokyo Pimps either
Anyways, Okada needs to be a face and Naito needs to be a heel. and Yano needs to wrestle joshis
He's a Kanyon mark. Kanyon was doing that shit in 1999 on the regs.
What the fuck, Microsoft makes you pay if you want to change your gamer tag?
The heel/face divide in New Japan isn't really a thing to be honest, unless you're the Bullet Club. And I'm pretty sure Karl Anderson was a face in some of his G1 matches too. The G1 Tag League is the only time I remember some of these guys are in the same stable. Nakamura, Okada and Ishii are all babyfaces and are in the same group as Yujiro, Iizuka and YOSHI-HASHI who are heels and I have no idea what the fuck Yano is, except a DVD selling machine.
I honestly forgot Takahashi was in CHAOS until that picture got posted earlier. I think if Naito went heel, he'd be buddies with Yujiro again, so that could be a way to get Yujiro out of CHAOS.
I could see Yano going to WNC and stealing Syuri's title and having a showdown with Tsubasa.
I think that's been an issue with WWE as a whole for the past 15 or so years. Austin-Rock had a lot of Stunner and Rock Bottom's, each guy stole the other person's finisher few times as well. It's still remembered as a great contest regardless. Then there's finishers like Big Shoe's Chokeslam, Angle's Olympic Slam, and Jericho's Walls of Jericho that are basically being signature moves anymore, or moves that just beat lower card guys rather than wins that allowed them to win a main event match. I just look back in the earlier days of WWF when I first began watching, it felt like once a guy hit his finisher, you knew it was over due to the protection they got from them, and the commentary sell for it. You won't be surprised to see somebody kick out of a GTS or something, which is kind of lame.
Plus they switch back and forth depending on the match. Okada was total babyface against Prince Devitt in the G1, but was heel against Satoshi Kojima. Even Tanahashi worked heel against Ishii in the G1, and definitely was heelish against Okada today, and he's the top face.
I think they more have characters and not so much alignments. Except Bullet Club, they're heel as heel. They'reAmerican style heel actually, which makes them unique in NJPW.
I think NXT has a few elements of the "character over alignment" deal NJPW has. Just elements though, there's still good guys and bad guys, it's just more fluid and less "faces love your local sports team, heels dislike your local cuisine".
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British Monsoon
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Colt Cabana hypes up his tag match with GRADO on Saturday;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvrcM23QeGA
Don't worry Sunny, it doesn't actually feature any GRADO, but have this gif I made instead;
Yes, that is Bill Goldberg with international wrestling superstar GRADO. It's yerself!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvrcM23QeGA
Don't worry Sunny, it doesn't actually feature any GRADO, but have this gif I made instead;
Yes, that is Bill Goldberg with international wrestling superstar GRADO. It's yerself!
Liquidsnake
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Will tonight's RAW be better than the garbage fest last week?
To be fair there's always been finishers like that. The Perfect Plex does the biz against some scrub but bonafide main eventers were like nah mate, kicking out of this shit.
Professor Beef
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If you have to ask...
Keyser Soze
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Mr. Perfect is a great example, perhaps more heels were like that in the early stages. They often won by a foreign object, DQ or countout. Flair's Figure Four similar to that.
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Deleted member 47027
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whooooooooooooooooof just finished Okada v Tanahashi, skipped to it without watching the undercard.
I need to let that marinate in the brain. That was like, 40 minutes of some fantastic fucking wrestling.
I need to let that marinate in the brain. That was like, 40 minutes of some fantastic fucking wrestling.
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Deleted member 47027
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Miyata = most ripped japanese. he should do wrestling. how do you like him, Sunflower, enough abs for you?
Pretty good, needs an extra 15 lbs of muscle on top though to be IDEAL. Good BF%.
Lambda Pie
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Since Kobashi's retired, I think taking Shibata's kicks should be the new 'taking machine gun chops' spot.
I'da loved to see Shibata wrestle Umaga
so much better than the ones by that little guy with the beard.
Catching up with the thread, noticed a lot of references to the friendzone thread. What the fuck is it about communicating with the opposite gender that brings out the worst (either in terms of vile shit or cringe-so-hard-my-jaw-locked-up) in Gaf users? Also, has the advent of social networking destroyed all notions of personal shame? Why would you do this thing and then, when reality ensues, why would you drag it to light? Repeatedly? Part of me hopes this is some 12 year old kid from a really awkward or repressed background.
To top it all off, it's Monday night and RAW is still on. I need some semblance of hope after that. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good Ric Flair or Randy Savage match to YouTube when RAW craps out?
To top it all off, it's Monday night and RAW is still on. I need some semblance of hope after that. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good Ric Flair or Randy Savage match to YouTube when RAW craps out?
British Monsoon
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Still the best striker on the WWE roster...I know, that's not saying much.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Oh, shit we got a stable name.
"How will 'The Authority' unleash their anger on Raw?"
"How will 'The Authority' unleash their anger on Raw?"
Lambda Pie
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I like how WWE has all these guys who pad out their moves with back kicks and not a single one of them looks like they could knock somebody out with one.
How did The Authority allow someone who does not work for WWE to enter the ring with a Titantron and theme music?
If I jumped out of the crowd and went to the ring, do I get a Titantron and theme music?
Keyser Soze
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I am ready for RAW...
Lambda Pie
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there's a severe lack of strikers in the WWE today.
also, goddamn, the more i look at the pictures the more i want Miyata to head to NJPW. shame's he fights at 145lb, look at these shoot germans:
better than Angle.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
You'd just get the Raw theme on loop.
Keyser Soze
Member
Tonight is the night... BRA LIE. HI CRY. WE CAME TO CHOW DOWN. EVERYBODY EAT FOOT
Professor Beef
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"I CAME TO PLAY!"
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British Monsoon
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Bear in mind, this is Ki's second retirement this year. From a June Wrestling Observer;
Whatever this is, however you crafted it, I love it.
Professor Beef
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Low Ki's foolish pride is what got him. Could've been huge otherwise.
I wasn't necessarily looking for a Flair + Savage match, but I'll definitely check it out. Thanks.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Low Ki should come back to WWE as the new Sin Cara.
I am ready for RAW...
This is a bet if the total points is over 55?