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Well.. that's a NJPW thing.

I did a search for Shibata on my google sheet and yielded this: vs Goto (6/22/2013) **** 1/2 (rating system before 1/4) vs Ishii (8/4/2013) **** (rating system before 1/4) vs AJ Styles (7/20/2015) **** (rating system before 1/4)

So, you don't see the difference? Foley in contract signings does this big promo and it's all about him getting over HIAC. Bryan is just there to pop the crowd, and the focus is on Alexa-Becky. I didn't call you dumb, I gave out other options for why you could be stating that opinion that is just plain wrong. If you think you are dumb, then so be it, that's not up for me to decide.

I'm sorry you feel that way. However, when you make statements like you don't see the difference between Foley/Steph and Bryan/Shane you are either trolling, don't watch, aren't paying attention, or I don't know really dumb. Steph and Foley are involved all over. Foley is there for the final segment promoting Sasha/Charlotte. Steph is all over the show, feuding with Bayley. etc... Plus, you know, Steph is a heel Bryan and Shane aren't even on every week. Shane comes out form time to time, and Bryan does administrative work. Sure he's the host on Talking Smack, but how is that the same. One show has an evil boss and a boss trying to play good cop, but stay goods with the boss. The other has two good people who let the workers do the work. How do you not see this difference?

Did you come on a discussion board to just state your opinions and that's it or did you want to discuss them? This is a discussion board, not your blog. I disagree with people on lots of stuff about wrestling and I engage on them. That's what a board is all about.

You don't see the difference between Steph/Foley and Shane/Bryan? If you don't see that, I don't know what to tell you, but they are nothing alike. Yes, SD has issues. There is no show in history without issues. I'm not putting words in your mouth, I'm just trying to figure out what you actually mean, because the words don't match reality.

Yeah, exactly. I'll make my requests in the proper sections.

I do watch at least one or two eps a month and clips, plus Talking Smack. I follow SD much more than Raw. SD has Bryan on about as much as Raw has Steph on, and then Bryan gets 20-30 minutes on Talking Smack to complain about his job and put talent on the spot with questions that can ruin them politically if they go to hard in one direction. And often outright shitting on the booking anyway. In the first 3-4 months, Bryan started and ended almost every show. They have him as the GM who makes matches in the middle of the show and books petty matches against talent he doesn't get along with. It's the same thing that people have been complaining about Stephanie doing for years, but he's doing it to heels. At the same time, the SD is brutally thin, leading to Becky vs Bliss 8 times since August, AJ Styles (probably the hottest guy in the company) having all of 2 matches since August that weren't against Dean Ambrose or James Ellsworth (and one of them was at SS which featured both Dean and Ellsworth in the match), and Miz vs Ziggler 5 times since September eventhough they've already had 2 multimonth long feuds in the past. All the issues of Raw are present on SD, but they have the luxury of not having to stretch their show out for another hour. Raw would probably be a pretty decent weekly show if it was back to 2 hours as well. I doubt people would be proclaiming it perhaps the greatest wrestling show of all time even if it actually was, because Raw droolz, SD rulez has been the talking point since the original draft. You gotta stop with this "anyone whose view doesn't line up with mine obviously isn't watching/is dumb" stuff. It's terrible for discussion. I see in SD what everyone hates about Raw, but to a lesser degree. I wouldn't see anything if I wasn't following and watching. The issues you are pointing out don't really exist. Bryan doesn't dominate the show. Those matches are done a few times, because they are feuding and it's a logical progression. None of it feels like what you are saying. By the way SD is 2.5 hours, if you include Talking Smack. Thats only 30 minutes shorter with one less division. Yet, SD can have 3 women feuds at a time and Raw can have 1. SD can have a compelling tag division with multiple challengers, Raw only have two teams at a time, etc... Time is not the issue here.

Easier to hide faults in trios matches and stro I'd a troll.

It's going to be on NJPW World too.

Cubsfan should on Tuesday

I was one of those. They were fucked in the draft. The booking has made the show better.

Pretty clear stro doesn't watch sd.

Wait... I forgot this year's Anniversario show is cancelled due to a earthquake.. so yeah, he would be scheduled to face Atlantis who is emerging as a top star and headlined in 84... the match will be cancelled due to the earthauqe though, so Hansen gets no haircut.

All the 80s TV I have watched has lots of jobber matches.

The only TV of those I watched is 97 WWF. 97 TV had better top program, but SDLive is easily better bottom to top. Everything on the show is good and everyone is being used. There is three different women's feuds all progressing weekly, even.

It's in the same vein. I think it's the best overall WWE/F/WWWF product they've had. It's not AJPW TV in the 90s, but that was 30 minutes of just a main event. I'd take this, but that's a way different beast.

What's weird is Smackdown is as good and old school and new school as any wrestling, maybe in history. The show utilizes everyone and builds to stuff. It's great.

I'm going with a six star rating starting January 7th, just trying to figure it out. Will there be a ***** 1/2 or just 5s and 6s? The annoying part is going into my database and fixing all my old ratings.

Don't worry everybody I am working on a new six star scale, just hashing out the details before I post it.

And thank you for saying that, Parv. Maybe not people will get a grip and realize that New Japan doesn't have "one style", and saying that they don't like "the New Japan style" is a ludicrous and uninformed argument because there is no specific style. The second half of modern New Japan cards are littered with different styles. NJPW sounds like lucha libre there.

I'm curious about bringing Stan Hansen into Mexico.. however that only works for me if I can get him to lose a hair match (get shaved bald) later in the year. I don't know if that is realistic, so I will leave that open to everyone else to decide.

I'm saving my comments for your TV write-up. It will give more details.. remember you can only see the great Brazos-Villanos match if you were there live.

You didn't give the main six stars????

Could Stan Hansen come to Mexico for three Fridays? This is only cool if in May Stan agrees to lose his hair.