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Post by J12 on Mar 28, 2018 16:02:43 GMT -5
NJPW is televised in the US on AXS. That's how I first came across it and started to enjoy it. Only after seeing NJPW on TV as well as seeing NJPW wrestlers on ROH TV shows did I seek out other sources of NJPW matches to increase my knowledge of the company and the wrestlers. I'm not in any way trying to start an argument or crap on your opinion, the first part of which you are perfectly entitled to and I respect. The second half is based on mis-information though and therefore suspect. I have a pretty decent tv package. I don't get that station. Could just be my provider. I'm fairly certain USA is a base level station for many packages. So while I can't say that my last statement is true anymore, i can say that I along with my community who subscribe to the same package or less than me don't have access to it. That was my experience until recently, too. Former Time Warner Cable customers like me now have AXS as part of Spectrum. AXS is expanding its coverage overall, so you may soon have it. I expect New Japan will have nearly as much exposure as TNA and ROH by the end of the year as far as US television coverage is concerned, especially with Pop TV moving to higher tier cable packages in a lot of instances. That, coupled with NJPW World, could easily make it the second most accessible promotion in the country before too long.
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Post by enigmafigs on Mar 28, 2018 16:14:22 GMT -5
- Attitude Era is overrated by IWC members - Vince doesn’t get the credit he deserves - WWE would be a shambles without Vince in charge - Roman Reigns isn’t bad in the ring and only recieves hate because of bandwagon sheep fans - Rock was below average in the ring - The Bar shouldbe singles competitors going after US & IC titles - Chad Gable is very underrated, he’s one of the best technical wrestlers in WWE in my opinion - Blake & Murohy were a great tag team and should be on the main roster by now (as a tag team) - The Miz’s reigns as IC Champ have been awful - I like Ronda Rousey’s theme song
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Post by enigmafigs on Mar 28, 2018 16:16:04 GMT -5
Elias isn't entertaining and he's boring as hell in the ring. Smackdown hasn't just been bad for the last few months, it's been terrible since Randy Orton won the Royal Rumble last year. Bray Wyatt's WWE title run was a mistake. Jinder Mahal isn't good enough to even be a main roster talent, let alone a semi-pushed/protected act. His music is great, though.
Shinsuke Nakamura has been one of the biggest disappointments I've seen in the company, and, though I still like him, AJ should beat him clean at Wrestlemania. Speaking of disappointments, Adam Cole has been incredibly underwhelming. Randy Orton hasn't had an above average singles match in almost five years. Kane hasn't done anything credible or entertaining since 2004. I don't care that the streak ended. Alexa Bliss is the strongest overall character in the entire company. If I were drafting a wrestling company from scratch, Roman Reigns would be my number one overall pick. As a heel. Hulk Hogan should not be brought back to WWE. Bobby Roode is the most bland character on the roster. People give NJPW way too many breaks. Their main events are almost always fantastic and deserve the praise that they get, but their undercards are, more often than not, littered with useless tag team matches that advance nothing. Don't get me wrong, it's a great promotion and I enjoy it, but they should not be impervious to criticism for lazy booking. As messy and predictable as it was, even in hindsight, I enjoyed the hell out of the Invasion. 2015-2016 defined John Cena as a greatest-of-all-time contender, and is one of the most impressive stretches of in-ring work in wrestling history. I never thought Rey Mysterio should have won the World Title. Matt Hardy, is, and always has been, better than Jeff Hardy. I never bought Jeff as a main event player. I'm sure there's more I may think of. Completely agree about Jinder.
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Post by enigmafigs on Mar 28, 2018 16:17:36 GMT -5
- Jeff Hardy is one of the most charismatic wrestlers of all time. However he sucks at promos and is not good at all in the ring. I can't put my finger on it but there's just something he has that makes me want to root for him, always has been. - The Rock is the GOAT entertainer in wrestling history but Punk beat him in a few promo fights and I absolutely hate Punk. - CM Punk is a punk in real life and can't fight. But he has AJ Lee so he wins. - ABA Undertaker is the best Undertaker ever. Second to Ministry of Darkness Undertaker when he feuded with Austin. - Randy Orton has one of the best finishers ever. - Legend Killer Orton > Any other Orton - Edge > Christian Better talker, better Entertainer, not better in the ring. - Dudleys are better than LOD and have a cooler finisher. - ECW sucked. - Triple H is one of the best ever to grace a mic or wrestling ring. - Miz deserves to be WWE Champ. - Sasha Banks is the ugliest female wrestler ever. Both her physical appearance and personality. - The Golden Era was the most boring era of wrestling. - Ultimate Warrior is the worst in ring performer of all time. - HBK IS the best in ring performer of all time. - Kane should have never been unmasked. - AJ Styles was better in TNA - The most interesting NJPW match only happened because of Jericho. - Young Bucks are fun but overrated. - I enjoy when wrestlers break kayfabe outside of work. - I loved the invasion angle. - Big Daddy V was entertaining. - Marcus Cor Von had an awesome finisher. - The Canadian Destroyer is an awesome finisher. - MVP was really fun to watch. - People crap on the AE but the wrestling Mount Rushmore is definitely Rock, Hogan, Austin and Cena or Triple H. 3 are from the AE. - The Ruthless Aggression era built the most stars. - Benoit deserves to be recognized by WWE as one of the most intense wrestlers of all time and one of the best mat wrestlers to ever lace up a pair of boots. - Sting should have come to WWE sooner. - Ready 2 Rumble is a hilarious movie. - DX invading WCW was a work. My man! Big Daddy V was the best.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2018 16:20:50 GMT -5
Wrestlemania 3 isn't an A+ show because of 1 A+ match.
CM Punk being champ for 434 days was too long.
Kelly Kelly was decent in the ring in her last 3 years in wwe.
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Post by cableV on Mar 28, 2018 17:25:48 GMT -5
The WWE reboot of ECW was not good at the beginning, was awful at the end, but the period in between was really entertaining. It was actually my favorite WWE show at the time.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Mar 28, 2018 17:31:23 GMT -5
Yokozuna is the greatest Japanese wrestler of all time. Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Lex Luger and Kevin Nash are the Nickelback of pro wrestling, how anyone doesn't turn off when they come on I don't know. I hate WCW and TNA and can't watch any match from either promotion. Kurt Angle tainted his legacy by going to TNA. Part timers rule and are the reason to be excited for big pay per views. CM Punk has somewhat himself to blame for not being the top guy in WWE. Attitude Era pay per views sucked for the most part until 2000. Yokozuna is the best Japanese wrestler of all time. Cesaro has charisma. The workers should not be the top guys in a company, Bret and Shawn made exceptions to that rule and so should Daniel Bryan cause Reigns isn't a talker. Wrestling is all about drawing the most money and who ever draws the most is the best.
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Post by blissfan4life on Mar 28, 2018 17:36:21 GMT -5
Stephanie Is a great heel and I love the job she's done in making the women's division respectable again.
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Post by The American Daydream on Mar 28, 2018 23:09:10 GMT -5
WWE was always superior to WCW 🤷
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 4:09:49 GMT -5
Yokozuna is the greatest Japanese wrestler of all time.
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Post by tarver89 on Mar 29, 2018 5:47:55 GMT -5
Wade Barrett was so boring on the mic and in the ring.
Michael Tarver was underrated.
Christian deserved a better career in WWE.
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Post by McBlake on Mar 29, 2018 6:13:21 GMT -5
I swear some people don't understand the meaning of unpopular 😂
You'd be hard pressed to find someone that disagrees with some of these suggestions.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 12:55:47 GMT -5
I swear some people don't understand the meaning of unpopular 😂 You'd be hard pressed to find someone that disagrees with some of these suggestions. I think "Bret Hart Sucks" is more popular than people think. I Liked Bret, I liked his match with Hakushi.
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Post by PVA on Mar 29, 2018 13:05:31 GMT -5
More then half the opinions in this thread aren’t unpopular
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 14:04:18 GMT -5
Stone Cold is a p***k who ruined the last two weeks of Roddy Piper's life. He got him fired from Podcast One and WWE all because of a harmless joke.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Mar 29, 2018 14:34:16 GMT -5
-Shawn Michaels is one of the most overrated wrestlers of all time. And he seems like a piece is crap irl too.
-Not sure if this is unpopular or just overlooked but the Nasty Boyz' WCW run was one of the best tag team runs ever.
-While I enjoyed ECW, everyone needs to calm down with its nostalgia. It wasn't that great.
-If Jim Crockett had an actual businessman running having his finances then the NWA would still be the top promotion today.
-NXT proves that the indies are better than WWE, but it wouldn't be done anywhere near as well if it were owned by someone else. The marks eat it up simply because it has the WWE logo. If you had the same roster in some random company they would only have a fraction of the audience.
-Any era of New Japan > any era of WWE
-Most eras of ROH > any era of WWE
Not trying hate on WWE at all, there's just better stuff out there.
-Ultimo Dragon, Vader and Matt Morgan are the most underused wrestlers in WWE history.
-Matt Hardy should headline WrestleMania
-The Miz should be main event talent. He deserves the Roman Reigns push.
-Elias is terrible
-Michael Cole is one of the worst commentators of all time
-Corey Graves is the worst commentator of all time
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Post by theMOESIAH on Mar 29, 2018 14:37:06 GMT -5
Yokozuna is the greatest Japanese wrestler of all time. Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Lex Luger and Kevin Nash are the Nickelback of pro wrestling, how anyone doesn't turn off when they come on I don't know. I hate WCW and TNA and can't watch any match from either promotion. Kurt Angle tainted his legacy by going to TNA. Part timers rule and are the reason to be excited for big pay per views. CM Punk has somewhat himself to blame for not being the top guy in WWE. Attitude Era pay per views sucked for the most part until 2000. Yokozuna is the best Japanese wrestler of all time. Cesaro has charisma. The workers should not be the top guys in a company, Bret and Shawn made exceptions to that rule and so should Daniel Bryan cause Reigns isn't a talker. Wrestling is all about drawing the most money and who ever draws the most is the best. You do know that Yokozuna was Samoan, right?
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Post by ohernan6 on Mar 29, 2018 15:13:53 GMT -5
Here's a good one... I totally preferred HEEL Stone Cold Steve Austin.... not kidding!
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Post by Cameron Stone on Mar 29, 2018 15:19:43 GMT -5
Owen Hart was better than Bret was.
Nakamura sucks
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Post by TheLastDude on Mar 29, 2018 15:25:49 GMT -5
I swear some people don't understand the meaning of unpopular 😂 You'd be hard pressed to find someone that disagrees with some of these suggestions. In the real world, you are 100% absolutely correct. Buuuut, this is Wfigs. I would wager a princely sum that you could find someone to argue for both sides of every post in this thread so far.
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