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Very smart move by New Japan, they are finally doing a show in Budokan Hall. The G-1 Finals will take place there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdqnoVKA12V/ These two are fucking old

Oops. That's because I had to run the random things twice because I missed the two latecomers the first time. I won't fix it or else I'll kill your joke. ANYWAY, I think I know what I want jmare to watch. The #5 result in the DVDVR AWA 80s set. 05/31/86 AWA World Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen vs Curt Hennig. Awesome, specially because I thought I had seen it but got it mixed up with another match. http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/32515-awa-world-heavyweight-champion-stan-hansen-vs-curt-hennig-awa-tv-53186/ I rewatched this last week and was as great as I remembered. Hopefully you have fun watching SUWA being a fucking asshole. KENTA vs SUWA 9/18/05 for the GHC Jr Title http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fmp5g

Loved fiery, pissed off baby face Henning here. The crowd losing their collective shit when he blocks a Hansen punch - after being manhandled and bodyslammed onto chairs on the outside - and hits his own flurry of punches was the highlight for me. Fantastic sprint, 10 minutes that felt as satisfying as any "long-epic" kind of match. I thought I had seen this match but it turns out I watched the February bout between them, this was certainly better and fun as fuck to watch.

This had two of things I fucking love in wrestling: a great David vs Goliath battle, and wrestlers having to EARN their shit to get what they want. It's established from the get go, and from just looking at these two, that Speedball has his work cut out for him with Shuji being a massive wall of hurt he has to try to bring down. Even though he tries to use his speed and flurries of offense, Ishikawa is just too damn big and powerful so it makes sense that with just 1 strike/cutoff, Bailey is back to square one. Speedball is so damn resilient and persistent - and does as great job as the sympathetic babyface -that eventually he earns his shot at actually winning this. I thought Shuji also did a good job at showing vulnerability when it was needed too. Only thing I'd say this lacked was a better atmosphere, though considering this was Shinjuku it was good enough. It got a little too bloated near the end, they could've had a tighter finishing run but that's just nitpicking, this is definitely worth a watch and a great start for 2018.

I guess I'm alone in this but I didn't think Omega's performance was stellar at all. Granted, my expectations for him were really high despite me never being a big fan of his but even though I recon his bumping was awesome and helped Jericho's performance reach outstanding levels, I never felt any sympathy for Kenny throughout the beating he took nor thought his comebacks or fire were worth much. Now, I'm not saying he was BAD, but I didn't think it was praise worthy. And regarding the spot calling, Jericho was pretty blatant but Kenny as well. He loudly asked Chris to throw him into the chair in the corner one more time and then the camera stuck with him while you can clearly see him doing the blade job, that whole sequence was pretty funny to me, production fucked up on that one.

Did I miss something? There's legit beef between people because of the GWE? The hell? I don't think I'll take part in this, I have a much harder time ranking matches than wrestlers and there's just too many great stuff. Can't wait to follow the process and watch some hidden gems though.

Inoki had to create a whole new dynamic with him facing people from different combat sports to elevate his legend and sell the idea of New Japan as "King of Sports". I don't see Gedo coming up with that sort of thing for Okada. Okada winning big matches in the biggest stage in spite of people that are more over and are drawing a lot is not something that seems smart to me no matter how much of a legend they want him to become. Dude is young as fuck, if he's already above challengers of the level of Naito (kayfabe and popularity wise) then New Japan is gonna end up with the same problem as WWE in then near future, were they gonna end up depending on just 1 guy to be a real difference maker because no one will be perceived at his level. Naito is 35 and is the safest bet possible to keep having good box office results as champ. If Gedo wants Okada to reach "Inoki level" then he needs more than just be a dominant champ - and for the past 8 years he hasn't shown he can book anything compelling beyond title matches and reigns - if there was an opportunity to keep him away from the belt a little without hurting their bottom line AND at least try to be creative give him new, interesting stuff to do to keep growing his legend, then WK 12 was the opportunity, not a Sumo Hall show in the middle of the year.

Hmm, I watched Jericho/Omega and Okada/Naito with the US commentary and even though it wasn't as good as the Japanese feed, the sound of the crowd was never a problem. I was actually surprised at how loud they were, specially for the main event. Maybe people expected a Sumo Hall atmosphere and weren't used to the dynamic of the Dome?

I love me some Daisuke and I haven't seen this. I am looking forward to it. So I am going to go a little back to give you one of my favorite Joshi matches of all time: Shinobu Kandori vs Bull Nakano from 94 (Chain Match). Takes on this are often a mixed bag as its relatively well known. In turn, though I know you told me you haven't watched much joshi, if you have happened upon this one let me know and I'll fire another one your way. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1badp2 http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/15823-bull-nakano-vs-shinobu-kandori-llpw-071494-chain-match/ Well I'll be damned, that was pretty fucking awesome. Wrote a little review in the thread. Thanks for the recommendation, never really cared to ever catch up on Joshi but this might change my mind.

I've seen like 5 Joshi matches in my life so I went into this completely blind. Holy fuck was this a brutal, awesome war. Not sure what else to add to what has already been said but the clever use of the chain to inflict damage in different ways and the vicious strikes they hit each other gave this a legit fight feel. More of a espectacle than a wrestling match but an incredible one at that. The only bad thing I can I can say about the match was that the crowd brawling was too long for how bland it was - specially compared to the rest of the match - and that a little more struggle for control could've made this an all timer. All in all I'm very glad I watched this as I'd probably never would have without Matt D's project.

The show was going to do well with or without Jericho. Most of us were expecting 30-35k paid before Jericho got involved. I'm sure he meant a lot more foreigners going to Tokyo but my guess is that if Ibushi/Omega was booked, those numbers would've been pretty much the same. And judging by Naito's huge reaction, yeah, he really is that hot.

Only saw the main event, the no selling for the first 3/4 of the match kept it from being truly great from me for I still thought it was really fucking good. As much as I shit on Gedo's lazy booking, I honestly can't believe he didn't pull the trigger on his most over superstar who is also a legit draw. It's not like getting the title from Okada will hurt attendance, Naito has held his own and is super fucking over. Any other company pulls this bullshit off and people would be losing their minds over it.

My match for CapitalTTruth is 2012 Strong Climb Tournament Final between Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki The two biggest "stars" in the Strong division finally face each other in a meaningful singles matches. The both worked earlier in the night for the semis: Sekimoto beat Bad Bones and Yoshihito beat Sami Callihan. http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/25579-yoshihito-sasaki-vs-daisuke-sekimoto-bjpw-032612/&do=findComment&comment=5812889

Rusev is destined to be the muse for the post Mania RAW crowd this year.

This sounds awesome, I'm in! I have WWE Network and NJ World, though I don't think I'll renew past Mania Weekend. But besides some really obscure shit, everything is online nowadays.

Rusev being the n°1 merch seller right now is the happiest WWE related news I've read in a looong ass time. Tong Po da real MVP.

I believe what he said was along the lines of there were no plans set but that could easily change. So not exactly the same sentiment and it's easier to interpret what Dave means when you hear him speak(as challenging it can be at times when he stammers or shuffles his notes) an when you read it. Dave ALWAYS says plans can change on anything he reports I'm not sure how this became a major knock on Dave when history has shown plans do change all the time. It's funny to me because Dave can basically never be wrong. He reports something that eventually happens = he's right. He reports something that doesn't end up happening = planes changed By always saying "I heard this but I don't know/anything can happen/plans change" he leaves room for any bad info he can get to be chalked up to last minute changes, it's genius and hilarious I think the relationship with Dave and his readers works better when we generally accept that he's aiming to tell us the truth as he understands it. I don't know that sitting back waiting for him to be wrong, like a game of gotcha, really goes anywhere worthwhile for a guy who has been doing a newsletter on pro wrestling every single week, without missing an issue since the 1980s. Wrap your heads around how insane that is and realize that the idiosyncrasies he has at this point could really be so much worse. Or we could just have fun with it? It's not a game of gotcha, at least not from my part.

I believe what he said was along the lines of there were no plans set but that could easily change. So not exactly the same sentiment and it's easier to interpret what Dave means when you hear him speak(as challenging it can be at times when he stammers or shuffles his notes) an when you read it. Dave ALWAYS says plans can change on anything he reports I'm not sure how this became a major knock on Dave when history has shown plans do change all the time. It's funny to me because Dave can basically never be wrong. He reports something that eventually happens = he's right. He reports something that doesn't end up happening = planes changed By always saying "I heard this but I don't know/anything can happen/plans change" he leaves room for any bad info he can get to be chalked up to last minute changes, it's genius and hilarious

https://twitter.com/briantheguppie/status/942054673451835392 Thanks. I was expecting something worse. I mean, it's not my preferred form of wrestling, but Japanese indy sleaze feds have been doing stuff like this for a long time. I don't see how people like things like grocery store death matches, Minoru Suzuki vs MECHA Mummy, and Saitama Pro, but don't like this. It's not too far of a reach. Is it really that different than a criss-cross sequence where the babyface simply steps out of it and the heel runs without realizing the babyface is no longer there? Or the back-turned arm wringer spot? If I had to guess, the people that like or don't mind Japanese indy sleaze/fuckery/comedy don't have much of an issue with The Young Bucks.

I believe what he said was along the lines of there were no plans set but that could easily change. So not exactly the same sentiment and it's easier to interpret what Dave means when you hear him speak(as challenging it can be at times when he stammers or shuffles his notes) an when you read it. Dave ALWAYS says plans can change on anything he reports

Kento Miyahara for me, bunch of great performances both in singles and tags this year.

Nah, they know the only way he's staying is by letting him wrestle. Bryan has said WWE has been incredibly supportive of him during this whole process and know what he wants to do. There's still 9 more months until his contract expires so him getting a big angle right now isn't that shocking, specially when we are heading into Mania season. If this was July 2018 I'd be more surprised.

Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani (Okami) vs Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi - All Japan Real World Tag League Final day 12/12/17 Well I'll be damned this was awesome! A young guys matchup - Big Japan's team are 25 year old each while All Japan's is 22 each - for a shot at the tournament finals. It was weird but dope watching Okami having to work as the imposing, invader team and they pretty much worked Strong BJ formula match and it fucking works, with them mostly working over Yuma and trying to keep Nomura at bay. This was 14 minutes long but felt longer (in a good way) with a jam packed Korakuen Hall growing more and more invested in Aoyagi and his battle to get the home team the W. Even though he was mostly limited to hot tags and leveling the playing field, you can tell Nomura is gonna be special and that the Sumo Hall performance/showcase was not a fluke, crowd was solidly behind him and you could feel the young breh being a force that the BJW team didn't want much do with. A couple of cool nearfalls and spots that didn't rely on excess and over doing stuff. This was such a joy to watch, I was happy as fuck watching such young dudes delivering like this.