10-16-2020, 10:58 PM | #2162 |
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This week's NJPW Strong show was fine overall although nothing really worth watching if you missed the show.
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10-16-2020, 11:16 PM | #2163 |
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I think Okada vs Shingo from A Block was my favorite match of the tourney so far but there’s been loads of fun ones. Happy with the A Block result. Now to have my hopes and dreams crushed to dust in B Block.
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10-17-2020, 04:50 AM | #2164 |
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Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson was very good.
Juice had some really good matches in this year's tournament. |
10-17-2020, 05:18 AM | #2165 |
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Tanahashi vs. Sabre Jr. was also very good.
Sabre came very close to getting dropkicked in the nuts by Tana since Tana almost missed the leg he was targeting. |
10-17-2020, 05:47 AM | #2166 |
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at the ending to Naito vs. KENTA.
That might have been KENTA's best match of this year's tournament though. |
10-17-2020, 06:21 AM | #2167 |
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at Hiromu doing nothing to save his LIJ pal SANADA from the beatdown by Dick Togo and then when he finally decides to help, he gets quickly nailed in the nuts for his efforts.
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10-17-2020, 06:24 AM | #2168 |
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Also at almost every B Block match tonight involved a roll up of sorts for the finish.
SANADA vs. EVIL was fantastic though. Way better than their prior match at the New Japan Cup tournament. Winner of B Block and G1 Finals matchup: SPOILER: show Night 18 was entertaining overall but Gedo got really lazy with the booking of the finishes for the final B Block show. |
10-17-2020, 09:05 AM | #2169 |
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G1 Finals....I'm in!
Really hyped about Osprey vs Okada though, don't think that match would disappoint at all! |
10-17-2020, 12:16 PM | #2170 |
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Holy shit!
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10-18-2020, 03:05 AM | #2171 |
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NJPW just announced that next year's Wrestle Kingdom will also be held over two nights like this year's event was.
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10-18-2020, 03:39 AM | #2172 |
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That ending to the SHO & Okada vs. Great-O-Khan & Ospreay match was such a huge dud. Match itself was somewhat good but way below what SHO, Okada, & Ospreay are capable of.
Not even Okada's Cobra Clutch finisher got that much apathy from crowds. |
10-18-2020, 04:21 AM | #2173 |
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Yikes at Ibushi almost seriously injuring his neck. The way he looked a bit dazed or lost afterwards and the commentators thinking he might have compressed his neck made everything look even more scary.
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10-18-2020, 04:50 AM | #2174 |
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Ibushi vs. SANADA was amazing.
Last couple near falls was insane in sense of the kickout timings and even got the crowd pissed off at Red Shoes since they bit hard on the first one. SPOILER: show G1 Finals was very good overall. Undercard was fine to very good in terms of quality. Finals itself was amazing and was one of those Okada style matches where its extra long with the first half being mostly nothing special but then kicks into next gear and just ramps up huge in quality as it goes on. |
10-18-2020, 11:17 AM | #2175 |
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I couldn’t believe when they were making the 20, 25, 30 minute calls. That flew by.
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10-18-2020, 11:00 PM | #2180 |
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A good amount of NJPW's talent is like that especially some of their bigger name guys.
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10-18-2020, 11:39 PM | #2182 |
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Also digging the new style.
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10-19-2020, 12:16 PM | #2183 |
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I'm not even sure why SANADA wont just sign a contract at this point, unlike Ibushi and Suzuki he never really worked anywhere else once he started with New Japan and he doesnt seem to have a side hustle or anything else going on.
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10-19-2020, 04:46 PM | #2184 |
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10-19-2020, 05:58 PM | #2185 |
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That's...............................bland. Everything got rehashed from Summer Struggle with like 2-3 fresh matches.
And what business does ZSJ taking on Yano for that KOPW crap. |
10-20-2020, 08:08 AM | #2186 |
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Yeah I loved the G1 but that Power Struggle card doesn't really entice me at all.
Hopefully they drop the G1 Tag League/BOSJ fields within the next 10 days so I can decide whether or not to take a couple months off before the Dome. |
10-20-2020, 09:14 AM | #2187 |
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Got this recommended to me this morning...for once YT didn't lie to me!
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10-20-2020, 05:06 PM | #2188 |
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10-21-2020, 12:10 AM | #2189 |
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BOSJ I see at least seven locks: Ishimori, Himoru, BUSHI, Desperado, Kanemaru, SHO, and Taguchi. I'd probably call Master Wato a "most likely" despite a less than stellar return from excursion as this'll give him the chance to properly show out in matches. The last two spots would depend on if they're willing to bring some more people back, if so two of Phantasmo/Eagles/Rocky are options. Otherwise you've always got DOUKI around and you can probably dig up Tiger Mask if you gave to.
WTL you've got Dangerous Tekkers, The Empire, SANADA/Shingo, two Chaos teams between Yano/Ishii/Goto/YOSHI, and they're probably giving honorary spots to Tencozy and GBH. Juice/Cobb seems like a possible team unless they're bringing David Finlay back. With travel in mind, G.O.D I figure will be back if allowed. If not, there's still gonna be a Bullet Club team and they have Switchblade/EVIL/KENTA as options....orrrrr it could just be one of them saddled with Yujiro who eats all the pins. Only thing I don't know is if the Golden Aces will be involved, they've kept announced Dome match participants out of WTL in recent years and hopefully Kota will retain the briefcase after Power Struggle. Almost wonder if they'll revisit the Tana/Okada dream team and have them in the finals against Empire. |
10-21-2020, 09:55 AM | #2190 |
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Only thing about Eagles is if he comes back, will he also leave Chaos and hook up with Ospreay and do Birds of Prey for WTL and leave O-Khan out. Or leave Chaos, stay lightheavy and be the rep for Super Jrs.
He's in a tricky spot right now. |
10-21-2020, 02:31 PM | #2191 |
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There's no way Eagles is going heavyweight, so I think Birds of
Robbie was quite well received as a baby though so maybe he stays with CHAOS, but then hes pretty much going to be treading water unless Ospreay recruits somebody for the Jr division. |
10-21-2020, 04:24 PM | #2192 |
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10-21-2020, 06:40 PM | #2193 |
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That's just creepy.
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10-23-2020, 11:14 PM | #2194 |
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This week's episode of NJPW Strong was fine overall. Nothing really worth going out of your way to watch if you missed the show though.
Long singles matches in an empty arena setting is still a big downside to these types of shows and the Jay White vs. Rocky Romero match from tonight was no exception. Dragged at times due to the lack of crowd reactions and them stretching it out to almost 15 minutes long. |
10-30-2020, 10:49 PM | #2195 |
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NJPW Strong show this week was pretty good. None of the matches dragged in quality and was also one of the shortest episodes in series history at around 40 minutes long.
Probably would be more into this Finlay vs. KENTA feud for the IWGP US title case if NJPW didn't already book a Tanahashi vs. KENTA match for the case at next week's Power Struggle show. |
11-02-2020, 04:52 PM | #2196 | ||
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NJPW announced the field for this year's Best of the Super Jrs. tournament.
Biggest change is only 1 block and 10 guys are competing instead of 2 blocks and 20 guys total. Quote:
Meanwhile a one-night Super J-Cup tournament will be held in the US this December. Quote:
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11-02-2020, 06:30 PM | #2197 |
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El Phantasmo will probably go back to back Super-J Cup wins. Unless someone gives him a run for his money.
Piggybacking on that, I'm surprised he's not getting on a plane and doing the BOSJ. It sure ain't going to have that magic like last year going from 20 guys to 10. |
11-07-2020, 03:52 AM | #2198 |
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Suzuki vs. Shingo match at Power Struggle was amazing.
Every one of their recent bouts has been nothing less than a brutal hard hitting war between the two. |
11-07-2020, 04:01 AM | #2199 |
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at Will Ospreay's new British upper class snobby look.
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11-07-2020, 04:18 AM | #2200 |
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Ospreay just challenged Okada to a match at next year's Wrestle Kingdom event.
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