GWE 2026 Reaction Thread

[MoS]

2 minutes ago, Matt D said:

I liken him to Randy Savage as much as anything else. 

They were both certainly forces of nature 

[El-P]

Rush, people. Rush.

[Reel]

Ikeda and Ishikawa in Battlarts, outside of Ishikawa being positioned higher, are pretty equal in my mind. The differentiator for me between Ikeda and Ishikawa is what they did when they branched out. Ikeda went to NOAH and was OK. Ishikawa went to Canada and trained Santino's students and had better matches with trainees than pretty much Ikeda did in NOAH. 

[ohtani's jacket]

While it's true that Ikeda was disappointing in NOAH, it's just NOAH. 

[Boss Rock]

I recall I think a Morishima match in Noah Ikeda had that was really good.

[El-P]

Morishima. Talk about a forgotten name these days. I really liked that Terry Gordy looking mofo. Apparently life has not been kind since he had to retire. Kind of a big "what if" case.

[Control21]

35 minutes ago, El-P said:

you and your odd tastes

I mean, he's right to an extent 

[El-P]

3 minutes ago, Control21 said:

I mean, he's right to an extent 

I'm not sure you got that reference...  I don't remember if you were around during the shodate days.

(I was a huge Volk Han fan btw)

[ohtani's jacket]

Man, if only shodate had voted. Maybe he did. 

[Garbage]

Ikeda/Morishima/Rikio vs. Akiyama/Saito/Izumida 3/16/03 is a shockingly good show case for Ikeda in NOAH imo. Pours a drink from the vendor on Akiyama, obvious great time.

[Control21]

26 minutes ago, El-P said:

I'm not sure you got that reference...  I don't remember if you were around during the shodate days.

(I was a huge Volk Han fan btw)

Ahh, I've heard of him, and I've seen his posts, but I wasn't there. 

Carry on 😂 

[Control21]

Ishii getting the honor of being Mr. 6-7 is quite fitting if you think about it

[Boss Rock]

15 minutes ago, Control21 said:

Ishii getting the honor of being Mr. 6-7 is quite fitting if you think about it

I still have no idea what 6-7 is and I don't think I want to. All I know is that Scottie Pippen is 6'7"