Jmare007

Well I'll be damned, this was way better than I expected it to be. The middle portion dragged a little bit as Daichi still has some issues mounting a comeback when it's not a tag match, but everything else was top notch. Probably Kawakami's best singles performance to date, dude was vicious and did an excellent job working on top. Really liked the finished too, certainly worth a watch.

dkookypunk43, your match is Terry Funk vs Bob Orton from 5/26/83, a hidden classic imo.

Option 1 no doubt. I have a very good memory so I can live without rewatching stuff. Missing out on classic and potential/future classic matches just so I can relive what I've already seen doesn't sound appealing to me.

As fun as I thought it was going to be. Twin Towers make Daisuke their bitch, and he does a fantastic job as the face in peril (only Twin Towers can make such a massive dude look so vulnerable) trying to overcome the numbers game. Suzuki was a little disappointing as he was mostly used as the hot tag guy and it felt like was working a match made for somebody else, he still had a couple of bright spots but the suplex exchange with Shuji was the only part of the match didn't felt right with me. The rest is pretty much what you expect from a tag like this. A hot Korakuen crowd, a lot of stiff shots and fighting spirit, and people having to earn their shit or be destroyed.

He wants to have an apuestas match with his hair on the line, no coincidence he's been growing it out the last couple of months. I don't think he'll be able to show up for Aniversario but at some point he's going to appear in CMLL and lay the ground work for a big 2019 match...if stays healthy.

Yeah, Nakamura's return would be huge if they can get him back in 2-3 years.

Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see when they announce the big names involved in this and if Vince will go full Vince and do whatever he can to hurt the show. Kinda weird they chose a date so close to Bryan's contract being up but reportedly, one that will left him out of it. Wouldn't have been smarter to wait till November and have some time to promote his long awaited return? Or, and this is a long shot, maybe Bryan told them he's not leaving WWE (either because he's been promised he'll wrestle again or got some bad tests results). If NJPW doesn't book it before, I wonder if an Okada vs Omega main event could be possible. It's not something New Japan would do in most scenarios, but if it's non title, maybe? Would fans be hyped for a 4th match between them if there's no belt on the line? I still think that's bigger than Rey vs Kenny, at least for the bulk of fans that are into The Bucks/Omega/Cody.

That’s definitely the Cena we’ll get for a match like this. Then sadly, I don't see the hype for this match at all. 09' John against a broken down Taker would be way more compelling to watch than Cena throwing Taker's body around for big spots and a bunch of nearfalls.

Not that I'm surprised, but what did he say now?

I just hope we don't get PWG Cena and the match ends up having 5 AA's and 4 Tombstones.

Glad you liked it!

Very smart move by New Japan, they are finally doing a show in Budokan Hall. The G-1 Finals will take place there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdqnoVKA12V/ These two are fucking old

Oops. That's because I had to run the random things twice because I missed the two latecomers the first time. I won't fix it or else I'll kill your joke. ANYWAY, I think I know what I want jmare to watch. The #5 result in the DVDVR AWA 80s set. 05/31/86 AWA World Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen vs Curt Hennig. Awesome, specially because I thought I had seen it but got it mixed up with another match. http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/32515-awa-world-heavyweight-champion-stan-hansen-vs-curt-hennig-awa-tv-53186/ I rewatched this last week and was as great as I remembered. Hopefully you have fun watching SUWA being a fucking asshole. KENTA vs SUWA 9/18/05 for the GHC Jr Title http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fmp5g

Loved fiery, pissed off baby face Henning here. The crowd losing their collective shit when he blocks a Hansen punch - after being manhandled and bodyslammed onto chairs on the outside - and hits his own flurry of punches was the highlight for me. Fantastic sprint, 10 minutes that felt as satisfying as any "long-epic" kind of match. I thought I had seen this match but it turns out I watched the February bout between them, this was certainly better and fun as fuck to watch.

This had two of things I fucking love in wrestling: a great David vs Goliath battle, and wrestlers having to EARN their shit to get what they want. It's established from the get go, and from just looking at these two, that Speedball has his work cut out for him with Shuji being a massive wall of hurt he has to try to bring down. Even though he tries to use his speed and flurries of offense, Ishikawa is just too damn big and powerful so it makes sense that with just 1 strike/cutoff, Bailey is back to square one. Speedball is so damn resilient and persistent - and does as great job as the sympathetic babyface -that eventually he earns his shot at actually winning this. I thought Shuji also did a good job at showing vulnerability when it was needed too. Only thing I'd say this lacked was a better atmosphere, though considering this was Shinjuku it was good enough. It got a little too bloated near the end, they could've had a tighter finishing run but that's just nitpicking, this is definitely worth a watch and a great start for 2018.

I guess I'm alone in this but I didn't think Omega's performance was stellar at all. Granted, my expectations for him were really high despite me never being a big fan of his but even though I recon his bumping was awesome and helped Jericho's performance reach outstanding levels, I never felt any sympathy for Kenny throughout the beating he took nor thought his comebacks or fire were worth much. Now, I'm not saying he was BAD, but I didn't think it was praise worthy. And regarding the spot calling, Jericho was pretty blatant but Kenny as well. He loudly asked Chris to throw him into the chair in the corner one more time and then the camera stuck with him while you can clearly see him doing the blade job, that whole sequence was pretty funny to me, production fucked up on that one.

Did I miss something? There's legit beef between people because of the GWE? The hell? I don't think I'll take part in this, I have a much harder time ranking matches than wrestlers and there's just too many great stuff. Can't wait to follow the process and watch some hidden gems though.

Inoki had to create a whole new dynamic with him facing people from different combat sports to elevate his legend and sell the idea of New Japan as "King of Sports". I don't see Gedo coming up with that sort of thing for Okada. Okada winning big matches in the biggest stage in spite of people that are more over and are drawing a lot is not something that seems smart to me no matter how much of a legend they want him to become. Dude is young as fuck, if he's already above challengers of the level of Naito (kayfabe and popularity wise) then New Japan is gonna end up with the same problem as WWE in then near future, were they gonna end up depending on just 1 guy to be a real difference maker because no one will be perceived at his level. Naito is 35 and is the safest bet possible to keep having good box office results as champ. If Gedo wants Okada to reach "Inoki level" then he needs more than just be a dominant champ - and for the past 8 years he hasn't shown he can book anything compelling beyond title matches and reigns - if there was an opportunity to keep him away from the belt a little without hurting their bottom line AND at least try to be creative give him new, interesting stuff to do to keep growing his legend, then WK 12 was the opportunity, not a Sumo Hall show in the middle of the year.

Hmm, I watched Jericho/Omega and Okada/Naito with the US commentary and even though it wasn't as good as the Japanese feed, the sound of the crowd was never a problem. I was actually surprised at how loud they were, specially for the main event. Maybe people expected a Sumo Hall atmosphere and weren't used to the dynamic of the Dome?

I love me some Daisuke and I haven't seen this. I am looking forward to it. So I am going to go a little back to give you one of my favorite Joshi matches of all time: Shinobu Kandori vs Bull Nakano from 94 (Chain Match). Takes on this are often a mixed bag as its relatively well known. In turn, though I know you told me you haven't watched much joshi, if you have happened upon this one let me know and I'll fire another one your way. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1badp2 http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/15823-bull-nakano-vs-shinobu-kandori-llpw-071494-chain-match/ Well I'll be damned, that was pretty fucking awesome. Wrote a little review in the thread. Thanks for the recommendation, never really cared to ever catch up on Joshi but this might change my mind.

I've seen like 5 Joshi matches in my life so I went into this completely blind. Holy fuck was this a brutal, awesome war. Not sure what else to add to what has already been said but the clever use of the chain to inflict damage in different ways and the vicious strikes they hit each other gave this a legit fight feel. More of a espectacle than a wrestling match but an incredible one at that. The only bad thing I can I can say about the match was that the crowd brawling was too long for how bland it was - specially compared to the rest of the match - and that a little more struggle for control could've made this an all timer. All in all I'm very glad I watched this as I'd probably never would have without Matt D's project.

The show was going to do well with or without Jericho. Most of us were expecting 30-35k paid before Jericho got involved. I'm sure he meant a lot more foreigners going to Tokyo but my guess is that if Ibushi/Omega was booked, those numbers would've been pretty much the same. And judging by Naito's huge reaction, yeah, he really is that hot.

Only saw the main event, the no selling for the first 3/4 of the match kept it from being truly great from me for I still thought it was really fucking good. As much as I shit on Gedo's lazy booking, I honestly can't believe he didn't pull the trigger on his most over superstar who is also a legit draw. It's not like getting the title from Okada will hurt attendance, Naito has held his own and is super fucking over. Any other company pulls this bullshit off and people would be losing their minds over it.