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Old 08-08-2020, 03:26 PM   #2001
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Unfortunately, Jay White moved to Florida sometime before this all happened so it would really depend on if Bushiroad can get some sort of exemption for international travelers.

The US has been a COVID-19 hell hole so I don't know if Japan would make an exemptions even though they could be immediately quarantined and tested, etc.
Ah, thought he was still in New Zealand. Silly bugger moving to the States.
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NJPW enacted a new change for this year's G1 Climax tournament.

Those competing in the tournament will not be wrestling on shows that do not feature their tournament matches.

Official reason is related to their current coronavirus health safety precaution policy for talent.

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As part of our ongoing Coronavirus prevention measures, we will limit the number of wrestlers participating on the G1 Climax 30 tour.

B block tournament entrants will not compete on A block nights and vice versa throughout the tour, which begins in Osaka on September 19.
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That’s good and and bad.

Bad because the tag matches gave them a chance to add a little story to the upcoming match. Almost like a mini feud.

Good because the G-1 is already a lot of wrestling to watch in a small amount of time. Add in the tag matches and it can start to feel like a slog, despite the quality of the content.
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Yeah it does throw a wrench in how NJPW usually builds up storylines and cards but on the bright side, those in the tournament now get more rest during NJPW's most grueling part of the year.

Instead of around 20 matches in a span of a month, it would be just 10 matches for this year's tournament for each A & B block guy.
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Meh, I know that the prelim tags add to the story but they're fairly formulaic and I invariably have to ditch them and just watch the tourney matches to catch up.
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Seems NJPW might have gotten a new ring for tonight's NJPW Strong show since it doesn't look as tiny as before and Kevin Kelly mentioned its size.
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Even a week later, clean shaven Tama Tonga still looks really weird.
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Probably a lock Moxley's defending his IWGP US belt against either KENTA or Jeff Cobb based on what just happened with the David Finlay vs. Tama Tonga.
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Cobb vs. KENTA was decent despite its very sluggish pace.

Finals of New Japan Cup USA tournament:
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David Finlay vs. KENTA


This week's episode was ok or average overall. Neither of the two tournament matches were that special.
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Mox hasn't been allowed to work any televised US bookings since signing with AEW, which is why he couldn't be on night 1 of the G1 in Dallas last year. Assuming his next title defense is the US (which it would almost have to be with Japan unlikely to allow anyone from the US anytime soon), it'll mean NJPW and AEW worked out an agreement of some sort.
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I don't care about the US Title at all.
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I'm close to agreeing with you, but likely for vastly different reasons.

It seems kinda like a monkey's paw on Mox. On the one hand, it felt like they were trying to use him to make it a big deal and something worthwhile for whoever he dropped it to (maybe his protege/kidnap victim/illigitimate Japanese son, Shota) to defend it in the US branch they're so keen on launching; and it was poised to work with the right combination of timing, booking, and luck. On the other, you had exactly the opposite luck roll in right after with a combination of the airline snafu, his staph infection, and now pandemic travel restrictions keeping him from freely bouncing between AEW and NJPW as planned; and only one of those things could be argued to be his fault.

It can't be a valued prize if it's never seen, especially for months at a time. And even though I say this as a sarcastic joke, but almost not... I'm surprised they didn't find a way to strip him of it and "arbitrarily" put it on EVIL.
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Old 08-16-2020, 11:33 PM   #2014
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All reasonable points. The belt always felt way too much to me though. You have the Heavyweight, IC and NEVER ones -- do you really need to create another one? It's never really felt "embedded" to me. I mean, there's nothing "wrong" with it, per se. It's a belt with a name. You could always treat it like the IC Title and it'd be like the IC Title. But you've already got the IC Title so it's not the IC Title so what does it matter? I dunno if I'm explaining that clearly, haha.
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Seems Jay White got a new entrance tron since I don't remember shots with blades and logos on blades being in his original one.
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Ouch at Chase Owens getting spiked on the head for the tag match finish.
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If they were going to make a new title after the NEVER title, they should have made one focused around the Young Lions. Especially considering all the YL focused shows they’ve been promoting in recent years.
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Feel giving the Young Lions their own title and division would sort of defeat the purpose of their current Young Lions system.

Like those Young Lions shows are mostly just so they get more in-ring experience in front of crowds and nothing in terms of actual feuds or storylines.
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Next IWGP US title match should be pretty good based on the results from tonight's New Japan Cup USA Finals.

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KENTA vs. Jon Moxley


Compared to NJPW's other trophies, the one for the New Japan Cup USA tournament pales a lot by comparison.
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Yeah it would be unnecessary. I’m just spitballing that if they felt they absolutely HAD to have another singles title, it would be the lesser evil compared to the ones we have now.
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This week's NJPW Strong episode was decent but these shows really need a crowd of sorts since it suffers from the same lack of atmosphere problem as Impact's empty arena shows.
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Yeah it would be unnecessary. I’m just spitballing that if they felt they absolutely HAD to have another singles title, it would be the lesser evil compared to the ones we have now.
As hit-or-miss as the KOPW title idea has been so far, I look at it more as just something NJPW decided to do as an emergency idea to freshen things up and something out of the box because of the current situation they are in.

Okada having to feud with Yujiro and them going hyper drive on EVIL's big push were clear signs whatever big plans they had for the year went out the window due to the coronavirus.
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NJPW announced both the date for this year's Fighting Spirit Unleashed tour in the US and former WWE talent Darren Young will be making his official debut for the company during this tour.

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The company announced that the shows will take place on September 4 and September 11. The events will be headlined by a KENTA vs. Jeff Cobb match that will take place on the second night. That match will be for KENTA’s IWGP US title match contract, which he won by winning the New Japan Cup USA tournament.

A match between Jay White and ROH’s Flip Gordon will take place on September 4. White attempted to lay out Gordon with a bladerunner after losing a tag team match, but was saved by Brody King.

King will face Hikuleo on September 4, a clash of two behemoths. Hikuelo made his debut for NJPW of America last week by attacking Lee after he made the save for Gordon.

Fred Rosser, formerly known as Darren Young in WWE, will be making his NJPW debut on the September 4 show.
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I’d make some snide remark about Darren Young in NJPW, but after Juice Robinson and Lance Archer, I’m not going to write anybody off.
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Missed the first match on tonight's NJPW Strong show due to getting some food but the 8-man tag between Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, ACH, & TJP vs. Adrian Quest, Blake Christian, Barrett Brown, & Misterioso was pretty good.

Misterioso almost botched a sunset flip counter and came very close to landing head first onto the mat.
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Chase Owens vs. PJ Black was decent but NJPW should have went with the 8-man tag for the main event since it was more enjoyable.

Wasn't that into the Owens vs. Black match. Nothing was really wrong with it but didn't feel like something worthy to close out a show.

This week's episode was enjoyable based on what I was able to watch though.
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it's reassuring to hear that owens vs black didn't feel like something worthy to close out a show, because it sure as fuck doesn't sound that way
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Thought they would have at least done something interesting with the ref bump spot but the ref sort of botched the moment and nothing really came from it anyways.

Also for some unknown reason, kept thinking Jay White was wrestling tonight and not Chase.
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Darren Young was awful. Hopefully he has gotten A LOT better.
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Fred Rosser's (Darren Young) debut match in NJPW on tonight's Strong show ended up being decent.
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Never bothered to really pay attention to it before but Karl Fredericks' theme sort of sounds like something that came straight from hack-and-slash game Castle Crashers.
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Hikuleo beating Brody King was a bit of a surprise.

Their match was a pretty good big man/hoss fight and best match on tonight's show so far.
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Hikuleo was the shits last I saw him. Sounds like he’s gotten a little better?
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Yeah seems like it although tonight's good match from him likely was more due to Brody being very good in the ring.

Tonight's main event between Flip Gordon & Jay White was decent but was also better than last week's main event match.
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G1 field finally getting announced tonight.

That they waited until days before the start of the tourney to make the announcement makes me think they were stalling for as long as possible to see if they could get anybody into the country. Presumably anybody that is coming in for the tourney has already been there for a week for quarantine purposes, and that's if they were able to get an exemption to bring them in at all.

I'd give better odds to Ospreay and Juice making it in from the UK than White and Kenta making it in from the US. But we'll see.

As I said on the last page, they still have enough people to keep it totally in house. Apparently Yuji Nagata said he'd be fine with walking back his previous G1 retirement given the circumstances, a bit like a player unretiring to help an injured team during a playoff push. I'd be all for more Nagata.
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Well I’ll be damned, they got everybody back.

A BLOCK (Sept. 19, 23, 27, 30; Oct. 5, 7, 10, 13, 16)

Kota Ibushi
Jeff Cobb
Kazuchika Okada
Tomohiro Ishii
Will Ospreay
Shingo Takagi
Minoru Suzuki
Taichi
"Switchblade" Jay White
Yujiro Takahashi

B BLOCK (Sept. 20, 24, 29; Oct. 1, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
Juice Robinson
Hirooki Goto
Toru Yano
YOSHI-HASHI
Tetsuya Naito
SANADA
Zack Sabre Jr.
KENTA
"King Of Darkness" EVIL
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So of the three not returning from last year’s tourney, two were already known (Mox and Archer) so Suzuki and YOSHI-HASHI get back in after missing last year.

The only other change being Bad Luck Fale replaced by Yujiro
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I was going to say Japan announced a while back anybody who got a residence there who was stuck outside the country is going to open up to get them back in.

Yujiro & Toru are easy wins for their blocks but obviously they'll fuck over someone when the time comes. Pretty balanced this year.
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A Block is loaded. Okada and Ibushi there of course but you also have the returns of Switchblade who is always protected and Ospreay who was reportedly in line for a big 2020 push prior to the pandemic. Will those two be re-established straight away? I'd imagine when schedules are out, those four will be paired off in some combination on the final day.

I can't imagine the B Block "main event" being anything other than Naito vs. EVIL part 3.
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Yano will win a couple of matches by trickery as he usually does. He's a "night off" for guys in a grueling tournament but his gimmick also presents a unique roadblock in that he can pull off an upset anybody on the roster.

Yujiro on the other hand is a legit candidate to get Honma'd, but I think he'll sneak a win or two just because if White and KENTA are back to the US after this...Yujiro is depressingly the #2 heavyweight in Bullet Club.
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