Figgycent
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Post by Figgycent on Nov 28, 2022 12:13:25 GMT -5
Does All Japan exist? I haven’t watched much since Misawa took most the roster to form NOAH. But during the 90’s I never loved a fed as much as AJPW. To me it was the greatest scene wrestling ever had it looked as close to real as it could without being real. I liked New Japan for the juniors too. But that All Japan heavyweight scene though!
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Post by Yambag Jones on Nov 28, 2022 12:55:11 GMT -5
Does All Japan exist? I haven’t watched much since Misawa took most the roster to form NOAH. But during the 90’s I never loved a fed as much as AJPW. To me it was the greatest scene wrestling ever had it looked as close to real as it could without being real. I liked New Japan for the juniors too. But that All Japan heavyweight scene though! It's still going, but it's nowhere near as prestigious. They don't draw crowds very well and their roster is DIRE. They have Kento Miyahara and not much else. I wouldn't be shocked if they were merged with another promotion at some point. Huge fall from grace.
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Post by vampiroporvida on Dec 30, 2022 21:13:14 GMT -5
These rumbling of contracts and Ospreay, I hope he stays in NJPW or at the least, stay in Japan wrestling. Dude is a superstar and he helps keep NJPW at a high level, and without him, I am not sure where they will be.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2023 19:03:45 GMT -5
If you haven't watched yet don't read any further lol.
Man what a journey trying to watch it. Stayed up for the preshow until I realized the main show started 2 am my time. Fell asleep, woke up at 5:45 like a little kid on x-mas day, watched from the beginning of the main show until the FTR match when the actual program ended and the feed glitched. Half hour later the archive went up, watched until the end of ZSJ match, fell asleep again for 2.5 hours, woke up, then watched up to Omega/Ospreay. Had some life distractions take me away for an hour or so, watched that match. Had more life distractions take me away another hour. Watched main event. Now we're here. Whew....
But, great show with only a few scars on it.
Liked: KOPW Rumble, surprisingly fun ZSJ Joining TMDK (& the match). Karl/Tonga until the botched ending. Pleasantly surprised with this Jr. Tag Match Jr. 4 way match. Didn't like Takahashi going over though, Wato felt like the right choice for the dynamic of that match even if it's building to a big singles win for him later. Boltin Oleg. High hopes for him.
Loved: Omega/Ospreay. Good luck topping that in 2023. Jesus christ. This is a stop everything and go out of your way to watch kind of match. Anyone who says Omega or Ospreay don't know how to tell a story are either trolling or blind. Okada/White. Was not hyped for another White/Okada match but hell did this one overdeliver imo. No real bullet club shenan's outside of a couple relatively inoffensive Gedo spots. The back and forth was excellent. The fact that Mercedes is going to be wrestling in Stardom in some capacity.
Ew: Holy crap was giving Kairi-Tam 5 minutes an insult to everyone. I was fuming after that. FTR/Goto & Yoshi-Hashi was still somewhat of a blur even after the time delay because I was so frustrated with that planning. 10 minutes each for a couple of over the hill 6 man tag's, but Kairi-Tam gets 5. Eff off.
Ospreay-Omega worth the price of admission alone. Will rewatch multiple times this year.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 5, 2023 12:58:14 GMT -5
Rumor out there at Hikuleo is leaving New Japan. To WWE to join the Bloodline or AEW???
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2023 14:58:21 GMT -5
Rumor out there at Hikuleo is leaving New Japan. To WWE to join the Bloodline or AEW??? He and Jay white just setup a loser leaves Japan match so unless Jay's contract is up hikuleo go bye bye.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 5, 2023 15:53:56 GMT -5
Rumor out there at Hikuleo is leaving New Japan. To WWE to join the Bloodline or AEW??? He and Jay white just setup a loser leaves Japan match so unless Jay's contract is up hikuleo go bye bye. Jay has another year unless there was some sort of buyout. This was all from Meltzer. Keep that in mind, folks have def been leading his astray lately.
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Post by finnbalor1 on Jan 5, 2023 18:21:02 GMT -5
Not a fan of him myself,doesn't really matter to me where he's headed
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Post by LK3 on Jan 6, 2023 2:39:48 GMT -5
I didn’t plan on watching the whole show, wanted to find a stream to see Omega/Ospreay. Had nothing else better to do at 3AM so I just ended up watching almost of it anyway. I’ve lost interest in NJPW during Covid and wasn’t really moved by the card, but it ended up being a pretty enjoyable show.
Crazy thing is Omega and Ospreay were supposedly “holding back.” If so, my god, what else are we in for?? Loved the match, and was surprised and happy that Omega won the title.
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Post by @brit_figs on Jan 6, 2023 4:22:30 GMT -5
So what do we think the plan is with Omega and the title going forward? Dropping it back to Osprey down the line again?
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 6, 2023 22:40:46 GMT -5
Rumor out there at Hikuleo is leaving New Japan. To WWE to join the Bloodline or AEW??? He and Jay white just setup a loser leaves Japan match so unless Jay's contract is up hikuleo go bye bye. And the answer is WWE
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Post by vampiroporvida on Jan 9, 2023 9:10:38 GMT -5
He and Jay white just setup a loser leaves Japan match so unless Jay's contract is up hikuleo go bye bye. And the answer is WWE Do yall think he is ready for that step yet?
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 9, 2023 10:00:56 GMT -5
Do yall think he is ready for that step yet? He has gotten a hell of a lot better in two years, but to be honest the guy is def more of an American wrestling attraction. I don’t think he will ever move out of lower mid card guy in Japan.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2023 10:04:33 GMT -5
I really didn't see that coming. Holy crap.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Feb 11, 2023 13:02:58 GMT -5
I really didn't see that coming. Holy crap. Yea insane, leaves you asking questions cause as far as what online said the guy who won had an expiring contract and the guy who lost had another year.
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Post by finnbalor1 on Feb 12, 2023 9:22:28 GMT -5
Does everybody think they really gonna go through with it and he's gone or they gonna pull something and he sticks around? I'm excited for whatever is next.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2023 12:36:00 GMT -5
It's officially loser is gone from njpw between Jay and Eddie. Very curious.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Feb 18, 2023 13:02:58 GMT -5
I mean you couldn’t predict four months ago that wwe would be this hot, but this show would be getting so much more attention if it was next weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2023 1:57:33 GMT -5
Well, that outdid every match she ever had in WWE.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Feb 19, 2023 8:25:36 GMT -5
Well, that outdid every match she ever had in WWE. I’ll go back and watch it now, I trust your opinion. I saw a bunch of people say “that wwe style isn’t gonna work here” and I was gonna wait to watch it.
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