Damn. You guys are GOOD.
EDIT: Could the guy in the glasses in the back be considered a Kane and Big Boss Man hybrid?
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Damn. You guys are GOOD.
EDIT: Could the guy in the glasses in the back be considered a Kane and Big Boss Man hybrid?
Frecklestein
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I hear voices in my head, the council me they understand they PUPPIES!
Kane's got a lot of meat, and i'm sure Bayley is a nice person outside of her wrestling persona
plus Kane would only talk about his libertarian stuff and i'd have to kill him after a while so
Show me the receipts, because the non-existent singular opinion in this thread loved that.
all presumption based on the general TNA hate
I have not read a single good thing about TNA anywhere in years other than "I wish EC3 was in WWE" or "I wish Angle was in WWE"
Empyrean Heaven
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With Destruction in Okayama tonight, here's my predictions.
Sho Tanaka, Yohei Komatsu, Yuji Nagata & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jay White, David Finlay Jr, Manabu Nakanishi & Tetsuya Naito:
Should be fun considering Shibata and Naito are in it, which will give us a preview of their Kobe showdown. Considering Naito is obviously taking that one (to build him up to face Tana for the WK10 title show at KOPW) I think Shibata's team takes it here, likely with Shibata kicking the face off of either Finlay or White.
Mascara Dorada & Jushin Liger vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle OReilly
A non-title match before reDRagon defends against the Time Splitters the next night, Liger and Dorada might actually make for a fun tag team. Still, no way they win here, but this should be a nice showcase of all four men.
NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Steve Anthony (c) vs. Tiger Mask IV
(Hopefully) the return of BRUCE THARPE DES~! Anyway, I haven't seen much of Anthony but the only reason I can see him coming to Japan is to job the title. The NWA title has basically been the title for the old guys, and Tiger Mask would be a perfect champion. Plus, we might get that Liger/Tiger match for the belt we never got when Liger was champ.
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
It's nice to see Tenkoji get a shot at the title, but it really shows the bad status the NJPW tag division is in when these two get a title shot, and the only other team that could deserve one is The Kingdom. This division needs some fresh blood and hopefully a now maskless La Sombra joining with Naito could create that, or maybe bring over TMDK from NOAH. Either way, Gallows and Gun are taking it.
Matt Sydal & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
Matt Sydal makes his NJPW debut and already gets a huge boon as he's teaming with Tanahashi. Obviously the focus will be again on Tanahashi and Fale's showdown in Kobe, but Sydal should get a lot of offense as well as NJPW sees him for the first time. Hopefully he'll also get the pin (on Tonga, obviously)
Alex Shelley, Ryusuke Taguchi, Captain New Japan, Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto vs. Trent Baretta, Rocky Romero, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Shinsuke Nakamura
Your usual 10 man clusterfuck, Nice to see Shelley back after his G1 injury followed up by his ROH injury, but he probably won't make much of an impact here. The only real feud here is Goto vs. Nakamura, and both teams have a token jobber (YOSHI-HASHI for CHAOS, and the Sekigun team has two with Captain and Honma), so whoever wins this match will have the disadvantage going into the Kobe main event. Since unfortunately I think Nak is winning, I'll pick Goto. Also hopefully Nak beats the fuck out of Taguchi again.
Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. Cody Hall & AJ Styles
You might has well put a red shirt on Cody Hall here, because the dude is fucked. Obviously this is to build to the KOPW main event of AJ vs. Okada, but Yano will probably still get his comedy shit in. Still, Cody's face is about to get rained on. Easiest pick of the night.
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Kenny Omega
This match is very interesting to me, because I can't really see where the Cleaner character can go from here. He's a great heel, but without the championship he just doesn't seem like a threat, and with KUSHIDA being built as the Jr. Ace I don't see him losing here. Could Omega be leaving the Bullet Club? And what's more, who would replace him? I have a pretty good idea, and you'll have to tune in next time
NEVER Openweight Championship: Togi Makabe (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
The NEVER title main eventing a major show is pretty mind-blowing to me, and this, despite being a giant clash of styles, actually could be pretty fun. Ibushi can get stiff when he wants to, and these two has a surprising good match in the G1. The title is currently doing nothing for Togi and he's still over without it, so you might as well bring back the original purpose of the title (for younger stars and outsiders), and give it to Ibushi here. Plus, with Shibata's victory over Ibushi in their fucking spectacular G1 match, he's got a ready-made feud when he wins. So yeah, Ibushi, new NEVER champ.
Sho Tanaka, Yohei Komatsu, Yuji Nagata & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jay White, David Finlay Jr, Manabu Nakanishi & Tetsuya Naito:
Should be fun considering Shibata and Naito are in it, which will give us a preview of their Kobe showdown. Considering Naito is obviously taking that one (to build him up to face Tana for the WK10 title show at KOPW) I think Shibata's team takes it here, likely with Shibata kicking the face off of either Finlay or White.
Mascara Dorada & Jushin Liger vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle OReilly
A non-title match before reDRagon defends against the Time Splitters the next night, Liger and Dorada might actually make for a fun tag team. Still, no way they win here, but this should be a nice showcase of all four men.
NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Steve Anthony (c) vs. Tiger Mask IV
(Hopefully) the return of BRUCE THARPE DES~! Anyway, I haven't seen much of Anthony but the only reason I can see him coming to Japan is to job the title. The NWA title has basically been the title for the old guys, and Tiger Mask would be a perfect champion. Plus, we might get that Liger/Tiger match for the belt we never got when Liger was champ.
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
It's nice to see Tenkoji get a shot at the title, but it really shows the bad status the NJPW tag division is in when these two get a title shot, and the only other team that could deserve one is The Kingdom. This division needs some fresh blood and hopefully a now maskless La Sombra joining with Naito could create that, or maybe bring over TMDK from NOAH. Either way, Gallows and Gun are taking it.
Matt Sydal & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
Matt Sydal makes his NJPW debut and already gets a huge boon as he's teaming with Tanahashi. Obviously the focus will be again on Tanahashi and Fale's showdown in Kobe, but Sydal should get a lot of offense as well as NJPW sees him for the first time. Hopefully he'll also get the pin (on Tonga, obviously)
Alex Shelley, Ryusuke Taguchi, Captain New Japan, Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto vs. Trent Baretta, Rocky Romero, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Shinsuke Nakamura
Your usual 10 man clusterfuck, Nice to see Shelley back after his G1 injury followed up by his ROH injury, but he probably won't make much of an impact here. The only real feud here is Goto vs. Nakamura, and both teams have a token jobber (YOSHI-HASHI for CHAOS, and the Sekigun team has two with Captain and Honma), so whoever wins this match will have the disadvantage going into the Kobe main event. Since unfortunately I think Nak is winning, I'll pick Goto. Also hopefully Nak beats the fuck out of Taguchi again.
Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. Cody Hall & AJ Styles
You might has well put a red shirt on Cody Hall here, because the dude is fucked. Obviously this is to build to the KOPW main event of AJ vs. Okada, but Yano will probably still get his comedy shit in. Still, Cody's face is about to get rained on. Easiest pick of the night.
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Kenny Omega
This match is very interesting to me, because I can't really see where the Cleaner character can go from here. He's a great heel, but without the championship he just doesn't seem like a threat, and with KUSHIDA being built as the Jr. Ace I don't see him losing here. Could Omega be leaving the Bullet Club? And what's more, who would replace him? I have a pretty good idea, and you'll have to tune in next time
NEVER Openweight Championship: Togi Makabe (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
The NEVER title main eventing a major show is pretty mind-blowing to me, and this, despite being a giant clash of styles, actually could be pretty fun. Ibushi can get stiff when he wants to, and these two has a surprising good match in the G1. The title is currently doing nothing for Togi and he's still over without it, so you might as well bring back the original purpose of the title (for younger stars and outsiders), and give it to Ibushi here. Plus, with Shibata's victory over Ibushi in their fucking spectacular G1 match, he's got a ready-made feud when he wins. So yeah, Ibushi, new NEVER champ.
funkystudent
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is Abyss still in TNA?
Now that I think about it I have never seen him wrestle elsewhere. Is he pretty involved with the running of TNA or something?
Now that I think about it I have never seen him wrestle elsewhere. Is he pretty involved with the running of TNA or something?
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Deleted member 47027
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jesus fucking lord god @ Xavier playing Rusev's theme.
BronsonLee
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Xavier is the fucking best
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Deleted member 47027
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Sometime the trombone is going to overstay its welcome. I thought it would have by now, but it won't. So.
Casting bets on who breaks it?
Casting bets on who breaks it?
Actually, knowing the E's booking, it'll be Ziggler just because he's here to steal the show etc etc.
Kofi in a dumb heel turn angle next week
Empyrean Heaven
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Hopefully not before Xavier leads the crowd in a rousing rendition of the #1 hit song "JOHN CENA SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS".
When do they return to a smark-heavy crowd? It would be glorious.
¡HarlequinPanic!
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trombone has to live until big e brings in a giant novelty one and hooks some dude in it to keep pulling him into punches from kofi or something.
Dick Justice
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Deleted member 47027
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So, question time for WrassleGAF:
Who is the most attractive Superstar?
Who is the most attractive Diva?
These must be current stars, and you can only pick one in each category.
Who is the most attractive Superstar?
Who is the most attractive Diva?
These must be current stars, and you can only pick one in each category.
Cesaro and Alexa Bliss.
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Deleted member 47027
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lol Cesaro? Attractive? You think so? Really?
Is it his smile?
I...stand corrected. He is a good looking guy.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Buffalo next week is pretty decent. Albany (my hometown!) the next day is even better, but Cena doesn't work Smackdown.
Dick Justice
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Braun Strowman, of course.
And Becky Lynch, even with all the stupid shit she puts on her head.
Dick Justice
Banned
lol Cesaro? Attractive? You think so? Really?
Is it his smile?
I...stand corrected. He is a good looking guy.
Jason Statham's better-looking, Swiss brother.
lol Cesaro? Attractive? You think so? Really?
Is it his smile?
I...stand corrected. He is a good looking guy.
Now mind you, I'm not attracted to men in the slightest, so I'm not the best judge: but as far as I'm concerned he's the most manly of men in WWE. I also respect he doesn't shave his body and as a fellow balding man I also appreciate his hair and beard combo.
And of course that physique.
Maybe there's a bit of Euro bias in there too, who knows?
slightconfuse
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Is Seth a babyface?
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Deleted member 47027
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I told you to just pick one. Terrible.
I can't have honorable mentions!? They weren't good enough for me to display their faces, damnit!
slightconfuse
Banned
Cesaro
Becky lynch
Becky lynch
¡HarlequinPanic!
Member
Who is the most attractive Superstar? ...Fandango :$
Who is the most attractive Diva? Alicia Fox by a mile. Since her legs are about that long
Who is the most attractive Diva? Alicia Fox by a mile. Since her legs are about that long
FallingEdge
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kunonabi
Member
Cesaro and Paige although this is probably one of the weakest rosters as far as good looking Divas goes. Not that it really matters since the wrestling talent is probably the best it's been with the all quality NXT wrestlers that have been called up.
Roland_Gunner
Member
Finished RAW before going to work and Seth got stooged out harder than an actual member of the Three Stooges. Running the HHH and Steph when Kane was mean to him, jobbing clean to Cena, and then getting terrorized by an executive with a grudge. I can't remember the last champ that was this weak.
On the other hand Rusev and New Day were soooo good. They and Brock are the only thing keeping me watching RAW right now.
On the other hand Rusev and New Day were soooo good. They and Brock are the only thing keeping me watching RAW right now.
blackaroni
Member
Way too many Europeans being listed. :scust:
Roland_Gunner
Member
They've been ready for most of 2015, New Japan just won't send them out until Kamaitachi and Watanabe come back next year. I guess part of the problem is that CMLL isn't ready to take a new guy yet.
BronsonLee
Member
WWE is missing all Asians and Hawaiians
So nobody is attractive!
So nobody is attractive!
but TMZ's "sources" says the injury is serious. are you gonna believe a manager's word over TMZ?