On the plus side, RYBACK got mad because one of the jobbers ripped his singlet, so he hit the most vicious powerbomb this side of 1993 Vader on the poor guy.
YES! The October 8th New Japan show will be available WORLDWIDE as an iPPV via U-Stream!
http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=8240
You will be able to pre-order the iPPV at the following URL on October 1st for just $25;
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/njpw1972
And here is the line-up;
NJPW "NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ KING OF PRO-WRESTLING", 2012.10.08
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Manabu Nakanishi Return Match: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii
2. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (c) vs. Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA
3. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Low Ki
4. IWGP Tag Team Title: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (c) vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
5. Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
6. Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
7. IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership in Tokyo Dome: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Karl Anderson
8. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
The show will kick off at 5PM JST on October 8th - which is 10AM CET for the Euros, 9AM GMT for UK folk, 4AM EST for the East Coasters and 2AM PST for the West Coast.
No way I can do that on a week night. They won't get many buys.
If I remember rightly, broadcasts on U-Stream are viewable pretty much as soon as their finished - even if people can't watch live, watching it on demand a few hours later is a whole lot better than the normal wait for New Japan shows in the west.
*edit, also, anyone remotely interested in New Japan or puroresu in general should be buying this PPV, whether they can watch live or not. The fact is, New Japan and nearly every other puroresu promotion don't see much of a market for their product in the west, to the extent that they don't even ship their DVDs and merchandise outside of Japan! I would love for this to be successful for New Japan and change all that.
Was Impact worth watching this week? That last PPV sort of killed all of my remaining hype for the TNA resurgence.
Just an FYI, the Indie Spotlight in the October OP spoils the winner of King of Trios & the Young Lions Cup.....kind of have to to plug the main events for the month's Chikara shows.
I think I'm going to instate a rule that all DVD/MP4 releases must be spoiler tagged for two weeks after they ship or are made available for download. That's reasonable enough for anyone who wants to watch them.
05 Rumble commercial was great.
I didn't know that Kassius Ohno/Chris Hero was such a lover of hip-hop. I just stumbled upon his twitter. He gets all the cool points.
I didn't know that Kassius Ohno/Chris Hero was such a lover of hip-hop. I just stumbled upon his twitter. He gets all the cool points.
I didn't know that Kassius Ohno/Chris Hero was such a lover of hip-hop. I just stumbled upon his twitter. He gets all the cool points.
Looks like WWE will no longer be uploading Superstars and Smackdown to Youtube. They are only uploading highlight clips of both shows now probably due to their deal with Hulu.
WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events Triple H recently spoke with the Miami Herald about the NXT tapings at Full Sail University in Florida. Here are some highlights of what Triple H said about:
Why They Chose Full Sail for NXT: We did some events here. We turned them into TV. We got the idea to do the show here. The show took off. We didnt want to have no value for tickets, so we started charging a little for tickets. Then it was like, You know what. Lets take that money and give it back to the school. Lets make a scholarship fund and give it to the students.
We have our developmental as it exists now in Tampa, and the television experience there was very small. It just aired in Central Florida. I wanted to bring it into that facility [Full Sail Live] with the ability for [WWE NXT superstars and divas] to learn how to do WWE television even if its on a smaller level but on the same professional platform. When I saw this facility, my visionary, Spidey senses went off, and I said, This is exactly what I was looking for. We started to explore it further and brought some execs in to look at it and started to think about it some more and started to hash out this idea about potentially putting on a show here, and we did. We put on a show.
Then I started to think, I can take NXT off the road and turn that into developmental because that show wasnt doing anything, but it was sold internationally. It can open up some time for us on the road to shoot a different show; same point and time I can shoot a really good quality show out of here and take these kids, instead of then learning out of a two-camera warehouse shoot that went no where, I can teach them on a four or five or six camera shoot with real live TV production on a smaller but same platform WWE does everywhere.
Working With FSU Students: We have our exec team coming down here and lecturing their students quarterly. Our marketing people come down to talk about marketing. Our digital people come down and discuss digital strategies and social media initiatives. We give them real world corporate vision and experience they cant get anywhere else. Its a really great working opportunity, and this place is like a huge think tank for WWE in a way. So its a win-win for everybody.
NXT Possibly Airing In The US: Certainly. When I say were scratching the surface, theres a lot of things potentially. Could we do other shows here? Yeah, they have studio facilities all over this campus. Theyve got green screen facilities. Right now were working with them at Full Sail Live, producing a show out of here that goes internationally hopefully soon domestically; thats a spoiler but there are so many other things that we can very easily begin to do out of Full Sail that synergistically works for us and works for them.
Looks like WWE will no longer be uploading Superstars and Smackdown to Youtube. They are only uploading highlight clips of both shows now probably due to their deal with Hulu.
Of all the services, why Hulu? I fucking hate Hulu!
it has been like that for a few months now. highlight clips go up first, and then the whole show comes up late.
Just when i though they were turning the divas divison around Raquel Diaz(eddie's daughter) was released. With Beth, sofia and Maxine leaving what is going on. I worry for Sara Now.
Just when i though they were turning the divas divison around Raquel Diaz(eddie's daughter) was released. With Beth, sofia and Maxine leaving what is going on. I worry for Sara Now.
http://www.sescoops.com/triple-h-talks-about-working-with-full-sail-university-for-wwe-nxt-videos/
I'm actually becoming quite impressed with Triple H's work in WWE. He seems to have a pretty good business sense and a good feeling on what works and doesn't work.
Wasn't there some mention of Sara being brought in to help train the Divas, rather than be an on-screen talent?
Also, apparently Skyler Moon (Buggy Nova) has checked into WWE sponsored rehab, which is why she hasn't been seen on NXT or on the NXT roster page.
According to WWEDVDNews.com, the Attitude Era DVD/Blu-Ray scheduled for release on November 20 has either been cancelled or delayed indefinitely.
Speaking of Attitude Era:
What is your favorite WWE segment from the Attitude Era, and why did you like it so much?
What is your favorite WWE segment from the Attitude Era, and why did you like it so much?
I'm actually becoming quite impressed with Triple H's work in WWE. He seems to have a pretty good business sense and a good feeling on what works and doesn't work.
Speaking of Attitude Era:
What is your favorite WWE segment from the Attitude Era, and why did you like it so much?
Speaking of Attitude Era:
What is your favorite WWE segment from the Attitude Era, and why did you like it so much?
Sunflower said:Weirdly, one of my favorite Attitude Era segments was the crucifixion angle with Undertaker and the McMahons and Austin.
Random CZW idiocy of the day;
How do people not die on a monthly basis in this company?
Wow... He actually seems like a smart business man. Maybe the company won't tank after Vince McMahon's dead.