Jmare007

Eddie taking the ROH belt from Claudio is gonna be sooo cool.

Thought Sanada vs Jungle Boy was by far the worst match on the show. I have no idea how Perry is gonna work as a heel, hopefully he finds his footing but I wont get my hopes up. Kojima vs Punk really good and the 4 way was very, very good.

After watching Collision, Punk vs Kojima might have a bigger atmosphere/heat than Kenny vs Ospreay

Hopefully someone makes TK take notice of that so we can at least get Final Countdown for the Wembley show.

Excalibur saying Danielson vs Okada was the "main event" of Forbidden Door took me by surprise. Of course they can still do the ol' "we have two main events" thing and close with Kenny vs Ospreay anyway but it is intriguing that they are teasing an Okada v. Dragon ending. I honestly don't see any scenario were Kazuchika doesn't win so him closing the PPV with a W and posing would be pretty crazy....and the most King of Sports thing I could imagine in 2023. Wild times indeed.

KENTA actually being honest on Twitter about not wanting the Punk match and not being a case of him chasing (or building towards) a match for the PPV is pretty wild.

Starks has copied some of Rock's mannerisms for sure but when he speaks he doesn't sound like Rock nor he goes for his cadence so I don't have the same reaction as with Knight. And again, I literally said I'm the problem and not Knight, lol.

I guess Punk is showing up? I feel like we needed at least Kenny to be there live for an Ospreay and/or Callis confrontation.

I'm in the "he just sounds too much like Rock and Austin" to fully get into his promos. I wonder if that's how people felt when everyone was doing their own version of Billy Graham. But to be fair to Knight, the Attitude Era was 25 years ago. That's enough time for someone to come along and do the shtick he does. The fact it doesn't work for me (and others) isn't really a knock on him. I think the problem is us to be honest, lol.

You complained for months when Punk was a corny babyface. Now we have full on asshole Punk on some take it our leave it shit and you wasn't feeling it either?

Loved how big the Punk vs Joe matchup felt. Give us a singles match Tony! Opening promo was really good I thought, you can already tell Punk ain't fucking around this time around and I really liked how he mentioned never losing the belt he won at All Out. I wonder if we get MJF vs Punk III at All In? Cool to see Blue get a W on her hometown. Willow is such a great babyface too, keep pushing her. Miro back, does he enter the Owen Hart cup like Hobbs and Starks? Surprised at how nothing was built for next week though. Sure, some matches will be announced on Dynamite but no angle or hook for next Saturday was kinda weird.

I guess that interview is useful for someone that hasn't followed the drama in the last 10 months but for everyone else, it didn't say anything worth noting, lol. Biggest reveal was confirming the report about Punk not wanting to work DoN after the Page promo and that he was uneasy wrestling with him at the PPV (was that SRS/Fightfull or WON/Dave?) and the lawyer stuff between him and The Elite.

It's hilarious how they are playing right in the hands of Punk and Tony. They want people talking about Punk prior to Collision's debut. Now, they might be "right" in the sense that some talent might not like the interview or the promotional tactic of doing a worked shoot on ESPN as publicity but I think we all know what this is all about. I'm more intrigued if this thing makes any difference for Coliision, my guess is not but at least we'll have fun reading fans (and apparently reporters too) losing their shit at whatever Punk was allowed to say to ESPN.

Controversy creates ratings (?)

I was about to say they didn't do a good job promoting Forbidden Door's two main matches but then that ending happened and I had to shut the hell up. I guess Dragon vs Okada could've used a video package like they did for Punk and Collision but enough big stuff happened in the main event to cover for it.

July 4th at Korakuen Hall Jun Kasai & El Desperado vs Jon Moxley & Homicide. Now that's a match I never thought I'd ever see, let alone in a New Japan ring. Is this Kasai's first match in NJPW? I had so search in Cagematch and didn't find any.

I feel a big part of MJF's character if being incredible insecure about his status as a wrestler. He hates he's not mentioned in the "best wrestler in the world" combo and any media appearance he has, he makes it a point to mention how great he is in the ring (and he's been doing it in every media scrum post PPV since at least the Darby match 2 years ago). I think there's still a big portion of the fanbase that wont give him much props for his matches so he continues to hammer home the point by now cutting promos about him having "the best *insert gimmick* match ever". And I think it works because AEW fans seem annoyed by it and react accordingly.

So the Collision Main Event gonna end up with a wild brawl once the Gunns interfere and Ricky makes the save?

I had no clue New Japan had a dude like Yota Tsuji under their sleeve :leon: Was he a standout during his excursion to Rev Pro or is he another example of CMLL turning someone into a potential star after working in Mexico?

Shocked Claudio didn't get in too, I guess Tony needs him for the BCC angles now that he's resting Danielson as a mouth piece of the group who only wrestles on PPV. (the ROH stuff was easier to handle considering he could've taped everything in advance). Eddie is gonna crush it in the G1. I just hope he doesn't get in a stupid argument or fight backstage that costs him future bookings because I'm positive he will get a lot of offers an d ideas to keep him there after the tournament.

Having a hard time remembering a PPV with 2 top matches as strong as those two. Maybe Summerslam 08? Taker vs Edge feels interior to both Danielson/Okada and Omega/Ospreay though, it had HIAC and a culmination of a successful feud but I think the anticipation for both FD matchups is gonna be something we haven't seen in a long ass time. Also, Eddie in the G1!

Settle the fuck down I was talking about Dave and Alvarez, not you. I'm not saying they were concern trolling, I'm saying it's such an non issue like the example I gave

lmao, putting any real thought on how Bandido looked for someone that doesn't know Chespirito is like the concern trolling people made when Kenny "gave too much offense" to Alan Angels.

Ospreay, Takeshita and I'm not sure who could be a third member. After Don's promo it seemed to me Okada will be the first to show up. Would be cool if both him and Ibushi end up in the FD card. Kenny did say in his off camera promo that he had a "couple" of friends outside the company.

I can see no one else is watching but I'll end the multi posts by saying Callis' heat is something that's not easy to get, Tony better take full advantage of it.