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Apologies if I'm doubling up on anything Jmare already highlighted. I tried not to dig for too many B-side tracks but can certainly provide a bunch of those if people want as well. There's more than enough here to get a sense of just who Big Yuji he is and how he works. If he's not for you, you're wrong! Hope folks enjoy. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada (AJPW 2/6/2011) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Manabu Soya & Ryota Hama (AJPW 4/28/2011) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada (AJPW 6/19/2011) Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 2/26/2012) Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 5/28/2015) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani (BJW 12/20/2015) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Ryota Hama (BJW 1/24/2016) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Shuji Ishikawa (BJW 3/6/2016) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Shuji Ishikawa (BJW 5/5/2016) Yuji Okabayashi & Go Shiozaki vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Hino (Fortune Dream 3 6/14/2016) Yuji Okabayashi & Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daisuke Sekimoto & Ryota Hama (BJW 6/29/2016) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani (BJW Ryogokutan 7/24/2016) Yuji Okabayashi & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato (BJW 10/31/2016) Yuji Okabayashi & Shingo Takagi vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Kohei Sato (BJW 9/20/2017) Yuji Okabayashi & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Hideki Suzuki & Takuya Nomura (BJW 9/22/2016) Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 1/2/2017) Hideki Suzuki vs. Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 5/5/2017) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kai & Naoya Nomura (AJPW 8/27/2017) Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 1/13/2019) Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama (AJPW 3/19/2019) Shuji Ishikawa vs. Yuji Okabayashi (AJPW 4/4/2019) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Daichi Hashimoto (BJW 4/14/2019) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Dylan James (AJPW 4/20/2019) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Zeus (AJPW 4/21/2019) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kento Miyahara (AJPW 4/25/2019) Yuji Okabayashi & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Takuya Nomura (BJW 6/30/2019) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Takuya Nomura (BJW 7/21/2019) Yuji Okabayashi & Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Takuya Nomura & Kohei Sato & Fuminori Abe (BJW 7/30/2019) Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (BJW 9/25/2019) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Daichi Hashimoto (BJW 1/2/2020) Yuji Okabayashi vs. Chris Dickinson (GCW 2/4/2020)
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This week I'll get you a list at least a couple dozen matches long to check out.
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He's one half of more than a few of the greatest matches I've ever seen. All-time five star classics against Tanahashi, Omega, Naito and Shibata. Top 30 feels like the floor for him.
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Another lock even if you only look at his work in WXW and Progress. Haven't given him enough though to consider where'd place but he'll be there. Some recs: Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov (16 Carat Gold Finals, WXW 16 Carat Gold Night 3 3/12/2017) Walter vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (WXW 3/3/2012) Walter vs. Will Ospreay (OTT 10/13/2018) Walter vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Progress 10/28/2018) Walter vs. Timothy Thatcher (Progress Chapter 62 1/28/2018) Big Van Walter & Robert Dreissker vs. Axel Dieter Jr. & Da Mack (WXW 11/16/2013) Matt Riddle vs. Walter (Progress Chapter 46 3/26/2017) Jordan Devlin vs. Walter (OTT Wrestlerama 2 8/18/2018) Walter vs. David Starr (WXW 10/28/2017) Walter vs. Matt Riddle (WXW 16 Carat Gold Night 3 3/12/2017) Big Daddy Walter & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. reDRagon (WXW 10/4/2015) Matt Riddle vs. Walter (Progress Chapter 51 7/9/2017) Walter vs. Pete Dunne (WXW 7/22/2018) Walter & Timothy Thatcher vs. Ilja Dragunov & David Starr (WXW 8/31/2018) Walter vs. Tyler Bate (Progress 9/30/2018) Walter & Timothy Thatcher vs. The Briscoes (WXW Tag Team League Night 1 10/6/2017) Walter & Timothy Thatcher vs. Jurn Simmons & David Starr (Tag Team League Finals, WXW Tag Team League Night 3 10/8/2017) Walter & Timothy Thatcher vs. Shingo Takagi & Ilja Dragunov (PWG BOLA Night 1 9/14/2018) Walter vs. Adam Cole (EVOLVE 107 6/24/2018)
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Stone cold lock for my list. No clue where, but he's been one of the best wrestlers in Japan for nearly a decade. Have always preferred him to Sekimoto.
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My #1 last time. Won't fall too far if he falls at all.
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I've got the first two matches at ** and **1/2 and given what those matches were it feels like this show is very much overdelivering.
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A few thoughts on the opener: Bray's entrance was great. Much better than what I expected. The match was not at all what I expected, not a complete embarrassment or inoffensive until the finish. And arguably worse because of it. That finish is very much what people pay Jeffrey Epstein for. Anyways, I can't stand Nia Jax but have enjoyed her trash talking Tamina. This has been better than my incredibly low expectations.
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One of the standouts of this past decade that I never got. I'll revisit him again at some point but I always saw a very good wrestler that wouldn't necessarily rise to even a bubble candidate in my book. Those who like him like him do so such a passion that I feel he deserves further consideration but he's someone who has yet to click with me in the ring.
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
WingedEagle replied to TravJ1979's topic in Pro Wrestling
I can't pinpoint exactly when it seemed to take place, but Kento Miyahara has become a caricature of himself. His matches are now exaggerated showcases of his personality and working the crowd rather than working any kind of actual match. He's definitely at a loss for quality opponents with Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama past their expiration dates, Naoya Nomura on the shelf having to go to the well one too many times with Zeus and Jake Lee/Shotaro Ashino not delivering as expected/hoped for. Bottom line is that whereas a couple years ago I looked forward to his big matches as potential MOTYCs now I almost dread them. Hopefully AJPW can find some fresh opponents and he can find his working shoes again rather than coasting. -
Yep, if not for the weather delay this show would've ended at a reasonable hour and not burned anyone out.
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"We tell stories." Drug riddled stories.
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Tomorrow. Even Vince isn't too far gone to book both of those travesties on the same night.
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Okay, Braun opening the cage was a cool spot. An absolute waste in a match like this, but cool nonetheless.
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Orton/Bray will be better than this, right? At least more amusing?
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This match has me wishing the women's tag gauntlet went broadway.
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This company doesn't do much right but they can protect and elevate someone like Omos whenever they want to.
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Swing time. I can't wait to check out the lucha 6 man from last night but that'll have to wait until tomorrow morning.
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That Old Spice commercial was great.
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Nice to see some of these teams with matching gear. I expect nothing from this match but am glad we're not getting full blown entrances for all. Inoffensive filler thus far.
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WOW. There is no scenario where I envisioned that finish.
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It is great to see wrestling with a live, hot crowd again. And not a polite, respectful, Japanese clap crowd. Even if this match isn't quite living up to expectations.
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Got my 2nd Pfizer yesterday and felt like someone slipped me half a dozen sleeping pills today. No complaints but man was I beat. Up and ready FOR GO TIME. Rain delay a big help in getting the little man to bed in time for the show as well.
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I didn't have any issues watching either night of Takeover live nor have I encountered any problems watching anything on demand on Peacock thus far. On the Network, any time I ran into a problem it generally arose from my internet at home crapping out momentarily and came back right away.