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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 25, 2016 6:13:05 GMT -6
Solid show.
Naito becomes first NJPW Triple Crown winner by beating Elgin for the Intercontinental Title.
The New Japan-NOAH "feud" continues with Okada and Marifuji leading the respective charges.
Captain New Japan joins the Bullet Club.
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Post by randomone on Sept 25, 2016 9:36:55 GMT -6
Haven't watched yet, will check it out today or tomorrow. But Captain New Japan in the BC? Not thrilled with that one.
Omega, Bucks, Cole, Fale, Tonga, Takahashi, Page should be the BC and that's it.
I do understand they need BC reps when the American guys aren't there, but still, odd choice.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 25, 2016 9:41:22 GMT -6
I think it's just a way to get a feud between him and YOSHI-HASHI.
He'll be like nWo Virgil.
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Post by Optimisn on Dec 10, 2016 9:49:44 GMT -6
I'm watching the match where Cody Hall got the stinger. I guess I'm old school because I don't get the Bucks.
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Post by randomone on Dec 10, 2016 12:54:32 GMT -6
The American Nightmare is coming........at Wrestle Kingdom.
Bullet Club. 4-4-4-4-LIFE!!
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Dec 10, 2016 14:10:43 GMT -6
He's got his work cut out for him to get over in Japan.
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Post by randomone on Dec 10, 2016 14:21:32 GMT -6
Agreed, but I think he has enough charisma & in ring skill to do so. I have hope for him that they use him as a strong member of the BC instead of a lackey.
Make him a player right out of the gate (1 or 2 matches in).
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Dec 10, 2016 16:19:28 GMT -6
He'll have to come in and take out a top guy to make an impact. Kind of like AJ did.
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Post by randomone on Dec 10, 2016 17:30:04 GMT -6
I'd like him to immediately go after Tanahashi/Naito or, what's the Juniors weight limit? Cody is 220. I suppose he could go after Kushida/Kamaitachi. Take the route Omega took to main event.
I'd love to see Cody in a G1.
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Post by randomone on Dec 12, 2016 2:15:58 GMT -6
Cody vs Juice Robinson announced for WK. Would've liked a higher profile match for him, but I'm fine with it. Juice Robinson has been teaming with Tanahashi lately, maybe that will work into it somehow?
They announced a full card too. O''Reilly/Cole for ROH title also on the card.
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Post by randomone on Dec 12, 2016 16:38:26 GMT -6
Here's the entire Wrestle Kingdom 11 card on January 4th. It's not as snazzy as other years, but I have a feeling this will be an insane show.
IWGP Heavyweight Title Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega
IWGP Intercontinental Title Tetsuya Naito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
NEVER Openweight Title Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Kushida vs Hiromu Takahashi (Kamaitachi)
IWGP Tag Titles Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa vs Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
ROH World Title Kyle O'Reilly vs Adam Cole
Cody Rhodes vs Juice Robinson
Gauntlet Match for NEVER Openweight 6-Man Title David Finlay, Ricochet & Kojima vs Bad Luck Fale, Adam Page & Takahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay & YOSHI-HASHI vs Bushi, Evil & Sanada
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles The Young Bucks vs Roppongi Vice
Tiger Mask W (Kota Ibushi) vs Tiger the Dark
Pre Show New Japan Rumble |
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Dec 12, 2016 16:47:09 GMT -6
I wish Cody could've been held off until he showed up in person. And then get involved with someone other than Juice.
Oh well.
He can tag with Cody Hall when he's ready to come back.
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Post by randomone on Dec 12, 2016 17:31:15 GMT -6
See I'm in the camp of hoping they keep Cody away from the B-Team Bullet Club members (Chase Owens, Cody Hall, Takahashi, Bone Soldier, even Page). Of course have them be lackeys, but I don't want Cody to get stuck being a tag guy right out the gate.
I think Juice/Cody will be a good match, but it's not really the big debut you'd hope for.
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Post by Optimisn on Dec 12, 2016 19:29:54 GMT -6
Holy shit. Cody Hall is still hurt? I thought that was just a scare?!? Cody (Rhodes) absolutely needs to be presented as a top guy.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Dec 12, 2016 20:35:19 GMT -6
The Cody Hall line was a rib.
Cody Squared.
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Post by Optimisn on Dec 12, 2016 20:46:10 GMT -6
The Cody Hall line was a rib. Cody Squared. I did some research and it said Cody (Hall) hasn't worked since the Bucks incident. |
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Dec 12, 2016 20:51:46 GMT -6
The Cody Hall line was a rib. Cody Squared. I did some research and it said Cody (Hall) hasn't worked since the Bucks incident. Yep. Not sure when/if he'll be back. |
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Post by Optimisn on Dec 12, 2016 20:55:33 GMT -6
I seriously had no clue. After the initial scare, I thought he was OK. I even called it a "stinger" the other day.
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Post by randomone on Jan 2, 2017 21:21:15 GMT -6
So is Wrestle Kingdom at 2 am our time (central) overnight tonight? Or overnight tomorrow? Just making sure.
Might try to stay up for some of it. The very least the first few matches. The Rumble was so random last year it was pretty entertaining.
Will watch the rest later.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Jan 2, 2017 22:44:20 GMT -6
Overnight tomorrow I think. It's the 4th.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Jan 3, 2017 18:20:14 GMT -6
Tonight is the night!
New Japan Rumble
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Manabu Nakanishi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tiger Mask vs. Yuji Nagata vs. surprise entrants
Tiger Mask W vs. Tiger the Dark
Cody (Rhodes) vs. Juice Robinson
IWGP Junior heavyweight tag team championships:
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Roppongi Vice (Beretta & Rocky Romero)
NEVER Openweight 6-Man tag team championships: (Gauntlet match)
David Finlay, Ricochet & Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Chaos (Jado, Will Ospreay & Yoshi-Hashi) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil & Sanada)
Ring of Honor world championship:
Kyle O'Reilly (c) vs. Adam Cole
IWGP Heavyweight tag team championships:
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) (c) vs. Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) vs. G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
IWGP Junior heavyweight championship:
Kushida (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
NEVER Openweight championship:
Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
IWGP Intercontinental championship:
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP Heavyweight championship:
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega
It's gonna be a 4+ hour show that starts at 2am.
Watch it!
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Post by Optimisn on Jan 3, 2017 18:31:04 GMT -6
Loaded. Unfortunately I will not be awake.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Jan 3, 2017 18:51:12 GMT -6
No chance.
I may wake up for the main event.
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Post by randomone on Jan 3, 2017 19:03:27 GMT -6
So I'm just making sure & everywhere I've looked up is confusing as hell. So the pre-show starts at 2am central? Or does the pre-show start a hour before then?
I'm going to sleep at like 930 tonight & setting my alarm to catch some of the first few matches.
I won't post anything on the board then to keep it spoiler free.
Oh and my picks are....
Tiger Mask W (Kota Ibushi)
Cody
Young Bucks
Chaos
Adam Cole (mainly because KOR hasn't re-signed to ROH yet, but if he does win this match, we'll know he's resigned)
Ishii/Yano
Takahashi
Shibata
Naito
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Jan 3, 2017 19:39:02 GMT -6
I think the preshow starts at 2.
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Post by randomone on Jan 4, 2017 2:34:52 GMT -6
Starting late & just watched the Rumble. Won't tell you who wins, but here's the entrants in case you were debating watching this. It's pretty fun. Corino & Kelly are great.
1. Michael Elgin
2. Billy Gunn
3. Bone Soldier
4. Cheeseburger
5. Jushin Liger
6. Kobayashi
7. Tiger Mask
8. Nakanishi
9. Taguchi
10. Yoshi Tatsu
11. Yuji Nagata
12. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
13. Hiro Saito
14. Scott Norton (who looks like he hasn't aged a day)
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Post by randomone on Jan 4, 2017 3:30:27 GMT -6
Really enjoying the show thus far. Cody just wrestled Juice. He's an excellent heel. Aside from one move, the match was good. Look forward to seeing what he does from here in NJPW.
Cole vs KOR for the ROH title up next.
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Post by randomone on Jan 4, 2017 6:43:47 GMT -6
Fuckin A, Omega & Okada.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Jan 4, 2017 8:14:02 GMT -6
Watched the main event. Damn that was an unreal match.
Omega is a goddamn star.
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Post by randomone on Jan 4, 2017 9:36:52 GMT -6
I went 6-4 for my picks. There were some surprise wins for sure.
The last 4 match stretch with Omega/Okada, Tanahashi/Naito, Kushida/Takahashi & Goto/Shibata were absolutely amazing.
Corino/Kelly were fantastic the entire show. That's how commentary is done. For damn near 5 hours.
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