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.
Connors with his own B movie-style hype package for BOSJ, I dig it😆(not worse than a WWE movie!)
View: https://x.com/clarkconnors/status/1783530047128940977?s=46&t=GdOCixtCzq8KIGqkt8W9MQ
Connors with his own B movie-style hype package for BOSJ, I dig it😆(not worse than a WWE movie!)
View: https://x.com/clarkconnors/status/1783530047128940977?s=46&t=GdOCixtCzq8KIGqkt8W9MQ
English commentary for this weekends Stardom PPV. Great news.
View: https://x.com/we_are_stardom/status/1783636428506759611?t=7EMfzO4qYHcltKWSjcCm5Q&s=09
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.
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 😭
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...www.bodyslam.net
Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
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
That's really really dumb of himEXCLUSIVE: 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...www.bodyslam.net
Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay: 6.5Dave's ⭐ ratings for the week. 6.5 stars for Danielson-Ospreay. I guess the Tokyo Dome adds 1/2 a star 😆.
Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay: 6.5
Is this the highest rating he has given a match
View: https://twitter.com/ScottEWrestling/status/1783849031451484177
This seems strange that they would put it on Wrestle Universe and not NJPW World
Incredibly idiotic from AliEXCLUSIVE: 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...www.bodyslam.net
Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
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...www.bodyslam.net
Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
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...www.bodyslam.net
Wouldn't expect any more Ali in NJPW.
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.
Why do Japanese wrestlers hate necks? Necks are good, otherwise you would just be head and torso and that would look weird :(
View: https://x.com/vintagepuro/status/1783662358646215098
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.
Only reporting tv buys smh
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.Dave's ⭐ ratings for the week. 6.5 stars for Danielson-Ospreay. I guess the Tokyo Dome adds 1/2 a star 😆.