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Rhaknar

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LonestarZues

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You could see that Marufuji really enjoyed working with Titus in particular, he was busting his as (relatively, of course!)
Starboy Charlie may have the worst look in wrestling and I do hope he gets some sort of makeover.

BTW, interesting tidbit/rumor about NOAH that I saw: supposedly the very obvious and abrupt divide between Limit Break and Monday Magic is because there is backstage strife between NOSAWA and Go Shiozaki. It kind of makes perfect sense: NOSAWA gets to book his more TV-style product with lots of luchadors, weird/silly gimmicks and "random chaos" while Go's shows are filled to the brim with grumpy old puro guys beating the shit out of each other.

Funny thing to me is that both are (generally) more entertaining than your core NOAH stuff aside from the big shows (though the Limit Break stuff this week looks awful) in their own weird way. I don't see this being a sustainable arrangement in any way, so it may well be that we are headed towards some good old fashioned major NOAH turmoil this year. Given they've got big arena shows booked for like the next 4 months, I would hope they get through those before shit breaks down.

Damn, well this is one battle that I don't want Shiozaki to win as much as I like him. It would be funny if they do another break and we get another promotion under the CyberFight umbrella. I don't mind watching old men beat the shit out of each other every now and then, but not as the focal point of a promotion. 😂
 

LonestarZues

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Catching up with NJPW and really liked the gauntlet match between UE/J5G. Is it me or did DOUKI pull a Bobby Fish on TJP? 😂 The rest of United Empire showing up during the final match was a nice touch.
 
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LaunchpadMcQ

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Stewart Fulton on commentary again, first time back since Stardom Gate in January with a "special guest" 👀

View: https://x.com/_StewartFulton/status/1783623011364417793


I really want to watch this BtS thing they put out for this excellent show, but why is it PPV 😭
 

oddjobs

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I've really liked Stoo on NOAH commentary
(would be even better if he didn't have that shithead Mark Pickering along)
 

oddjobs

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Mustafa Ali Wasn't Booked For NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

Mustafa Ali’s exclusion from NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament has raised eyebrows and led to significant backstage drama. Initially, Ali was on the roster for the highly anticipated tournament, but developments during the Windy City Riot show in Chicago led to a change in plans...

He stated that he would only participate if he could go through the tournament without a single loss—a condition that conflicted with the booking strategies of NJPW.

Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
 

LonestarZues

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Stewart Fulton on commentary again, first time back since Stardom Gate in January with a "special guest" 👀

View: https://x.com/_StewartFulton/status/1783623011364417793


I really want to watch this BtS thing they put out for this excellent show, but why is it PPV 😭


Nice! I like Stewart and yeah locking the BTS behind a paywall is not good 😭.

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Mustafa Ali Wasn't Booked For NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

Mustafa Ali’s exclusion from NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament has raised eyebrows and led to significant backstage drama. Initially, Ali was on the roster for the highly anticipated tournament, but developments during the Windy City Riot show in Chicago led to a change in plans...



Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.

Ali going full that doesn't work for me brother. I wonder how long he wants his streak to go. TNA will probably let it slide, but yeah NJPW won't.
 

LonestarZues

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Dave's ⭐ ratings for the week. 6.5 stars for Danielson-Ospreay. I guess the Tokyo Dome adds 1/2 a star 😆.

CMLL Super Viernes, 19/4

Esfinge, Gordon & Titán vs. Hijo del Villano III, Villano III Jr. & Zandokan Jr.: 4.5

Atlantis Jr. vs. Máscara Dorada vs. Místico: 4.5

AEW Collision, 20/4

Andretti & Top Flight vs. Briscoe, Copeland & Kingston: 4

The Acclaimed vs. The Gunns: 3.5

Castagnoli & Danielson vs. Fletcher & Takeshita: 4.25

FTR & PAC vs. Okada & Young Bucks: 4.5

AEW Rampage, 20/4

Isiah Kassidy vs. Komander vs. Lee Johnson vs. Rob Van Dam: 3.5

Menard, O'Reilly & Romero vs. Undisputed Kingdom: 4

AEW Dynasty

Matt Sydal vs. Trent Beretta: 3.25

Cassidy & Shibata vs. Moriarty & Taylor: 3.25

Bang Bang Gang vs. The Acclaimed: 2.75

Kazuchika Okada vs. PAC: 4.75

Briscoe, Copeland & Kingston vs. House of Black: 4.25

Julia Hart vs. Willow Nightingale: 2

Kyle O'Reilly vs. Roderick Strong: 4

Chris Jericho vs. HOOK: 3.25

Thunder Rosa vs. Toni Storm: 4.25

Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay: 6.5

FTR vs. Young Bucks: 4.5

Samoa Joe vs. Swerve Strickland: 4.25

AEW Dynamite, 24/4

Casino Gauntlet match: 4.25

Jon Moxley vs. Powerhouse Hobbs: 3.5
 

giancarlo123x

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Mustafa Ali Wasn't Booked For NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

Mustafa Ali’s exclusion from NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament has raised eyebrows and led to significant backstage drama. Initially, Ali was on the roster for the highly anticipated tournament, but developments during the Windy City Riot show in Chicago led to a change in plans...



Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
That's really really dumb of him
 

Lashley

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Mustafa Ali Wasn't Booked For NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

Mustafa Ali’s exclusion from NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament has raised eyebrows and led to significant backstage drama. Initially, Ali was on the roster for the highly anticipated tournament, but developments during the Windy City Riot show in Chicago led to a change in plans...



Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
Incredibly idiotic from Ali
 

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Mustafa Ali Wasn't Booked For NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

Mustafa Ali’s exclusion from NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament has raised eyebrows and led to significant backstage drama. Initially, Ali was on the roster for the highly anticipated tournament, but developments during the Windy City Riot show in Chicago led to a change in plans...



Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.

Not sure what made him think he could big league njpw
 

Faiyaz

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Mustafa Ali Wasn't Booked For NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

Mustafa Ali’s exclusion from NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament has raised eyebrows and led to significant backstage drama. Initially, Ali was on the roster for the highly anticipated tournament, but developments during the Windy City Riot show in Chicago led to a change in plans...



Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.


Not that I am well-versed in wrestling dirt-sheets, but this is the first time I have heard of bodyslam.net. The more you know.
 

Stooge

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Ali was a midcad job er in WWE and is pulling Hogan moves.

Like you just went over the biggest star in your division. That's not enough?
 

LonestarZues

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oddjobs

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WON on TNA Rebellion

PPV numbers are very bad. Television PPV numbers at press time would be about 500, down 83.9 percent from Hard to Kill, which did insane numbers with a lot of the buys recorded late. It's very clear that the gimmick of the return of the TNA name was a huge success, but people bought one show and now it's back below even the prior normal.

asmith906 😭
 

oddjobs

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Holy shit 😅. I wonder how many it did with the other options like Triller and their own app for example. Either way that's a huge fall in just 3 months.

I think Dave reported the overall numbers for Hard to Kill to be around 66k altogether, which would mean this was somewhere around 10k (though I guess they will get some late buys still)

still, not a great look after adding all the incredible talent like Matt Hardy and ASH by ELEGANCE to the pool
 

UrbanDandy

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Dave's ⭐ ratings for the week. 6.5 stars for Danielson-Ospreay. I guess the Tokyo Dome adds 1/2 a star 😆.
I don't get why the extra star. This isn't me being a smark: I'm legit confused why Dave would rate this; it's like giving a film six out of five stars, despite the five star system being the establishment for success.
 
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