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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 12, 2024 13:52:12 GMT -6
New Japan running the Wintrust Arena tonight, and they sold about 6,000 tickets.
Last time they were here (at the much smaller Odeum) they sold 2,200 tickets. So this is a really big improvement. Hopefully the show is solid, despite the probably appearance of the Young Bucks.
Matt Vandagriff vs. Zane Jay
Mina Shirakawa and Viva Van vs. Alex Windsor and Trish Adora
Minoru Suzuki vs. Ren Narita
Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. AZM Strong Women's Championship
Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) (c) vs. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) vs. Fred Rosser and Tom Lawlor vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) Four corners tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
Shota Umino vs. Jack Perry
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Mustafa Ali
Eddie Kingston and 3 TBA competitors vs. Gabe Kidd and 3 TBA competitors
Matt Riddle (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. NJPW World Television Championship
Nic Nemeth vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jon Moxley IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 12, 2024 13:56:45 GMT -6
Look at this great guy!
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 12, 2024 17:01:24 GMT -6
Tony's burner.
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Post by randomone on Apr 12, 2024 19:54:19 GMT -6
Jack came out with riot guards and his jacket read Cry Me A River. There were pro Perry signs though I saw. He got dueling You Got Choked Out and No He Didn’t chants. Also Umino countered a GTS into a rad DDT. Perry did use the Killswitch at one point.
But, post match, Perry put over Umino. I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s helping FTR in a few weeks. Watch the clip now because New Japan will definitely take it down soon
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Post by randomone on Apr 12, 2024 19:55:03 GMT -6
Oh and unrelated to that match, Daryl Takahashi is back from excursion and has a 12 pack!
Hiromu has his buddy back!
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Post by November KS on Apr 12, 2024 21:45:08 GMT -6
After three Death Riders, Jon Moxley finally pinned Tetsuya Naito and won the IWGP World Heavyweight title in 20 mins 22 seconds
The crowd sounded incredible for the final minutes and the major near-falls from each
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Post by randomone on Apr 12, 2024 22:02:52 GMT -6
Thank goodness!
Now bring back the old IWGP World Title belt!
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 12, 2024 23:22:56 GMT -6
I don't like him, but putting the title on Moxley was probably the best thing they could do.
New Japan has been stale for a bit, and hopefully this can breathe new life into the company.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 13, 2024 11:08:36 GMT -6
It's pretty cool that Moxley is the first guy to win the World Title in WWE, AEW, and NJPW.
Does AEW or New Japan still work with TNA at all? Go win their title too.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Apr 13, 2024 13:37:30 GMT -6
I wouldn't mind a brief Moxley run in TNA.
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Post by randomone on Apr 13, 2024 13:51:56 GMT -6
Trying to figure out the last interaction they’ve had with each other aside from when Omega and Christian had their program.
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 13, 2024 16:59:42 GMT -6
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Post by randomone on Apr 13, 2024 17:03:46 GMT -6
Supporting Jack and his comments towards Fragile Phil!
Good on you Chicago!
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Apr 13, 2024 17:19:23 GMT -6
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Post by Optimisn on Apr 13, 2024 18:06:47 GMT -6
Murder Grandpa got a visit from some murder grandpas who suggested he provide some free publicity for Connie's.
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