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March Wrasslin' |OT| Remembering WCW
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I don't know whether they could do All in or DON numbers (probably not, AEW won't even be doing those numbers once they start on a more regular schedule but I've learned not to downplay them at this point) for that but The Elite are a proven indie draw at this point.
They are popular and would have made a noticeable impact.
Nobody said they aren't popular but they're not sell out a 20K arena by themselves. People are setting themselves up for a lot of disappointment if they believe AEW is going to reignite the Monday Night Wars or something. Wrestling isn't popular and there's like a billion different options for things to watch on TV and why would almost anyone watch wrestling.
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Yeah, I've seen people doing that but they need to remember even Cody and The Bucks themselves have said they're not direct competition.
They want to be an alternative and if they hold true to that, they'll be looking to carve out their own niche, get a smaller fanbase hopefully looking for something different.
Basically do what TNA didn't and should have.
Meltzer on the Rousey shoot shit:
literally Russo logic. 100% brock is gonna call wrestling fake in a promo going into mania. 100000%
literally Russo logic. 100% brock is gonna call wrestling fake in a promo going into mania. 100000%
What happened was TNA gave him a better deal, Storm told HHH the situation, HHH told him to take the TNA deal because it was more money for less time and closer to family, and it would have been nuts to turn that down especially when he said he wanted another kid
My God.
Fucking Punishment Martinez got a win. Meanwhile, Keith Lee wasn't even booked for the tapings. Brian_FETO was right after all, Serene.
And if the former ACH isn't angling for a Hardee's sponsorship with that name, then what is he even doing?
And if the former ACH isn't angling for a Hardee's sponsorship with that name, then what is he even doing?
He was supposed to be which is why I'm kind of confused. There's a Lee/Dijakovic match that was being pushed for the last two weeks on NXT that was supposed to happen at the taping. I'm wondering if one of them got hurt.
DDT is changing their Universe subscriptions in May:
There's no longer different tiers, there's subscribers and non-subscribers (they add weekly free videos for non-subscribers, you just need to have an account, same thing for some live shows).
So they're killing of the cheaper archive-only silver tier and the higher priced platinum tier. Basically a win for everyone above silver since they're just adding more to gold.
At least this means everyone gets to enjoy the MOTY: Mizuki vs Yuka Sakazaki impersonation match!
They also have a new dojo and plan to do shows there that will go up on Universe.
There's no longer different tiers, there's subscribers and non-subscribers (they add weekly free videos for non-subscribers, you just need to have an account, same thing for some live shows).
So they're killing of the cheaper archive-only silver tier and the higher priced platinum tier. Basically a win for everyone above silver since they're just adding more to gold.
At least this means everyone gets to enjoy the MOTY: Mizuki vs Yuka Sakazaki impersonation match!
They also have a new dojo and plan to do shows there that will go up on Universe.
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Agreed. Goal should be to be a profitable alternative, grow their business, and develop so much talent that WWE can't hurt them majorly by doing signing raids when contracts are up.
Andy doesn't make good use of him, so Hattori and whoever else is doing the scouting on the UK shows doesn't get to see him at his best - only time he's been matched against NJPW talent was a nothing tag vs SANADA & EVIL.
Also, instead of listening to Rocky so much regarding indie talent, they should probably try asking Zack's opinion.
Yup, and fills the Janela spot of "dude who can have a deathmatch with Jimmy for no good reason other than we'd really like a deathmatch, please".
I'd definitely give Tokyo Joshi Pro a try
The Jan 4 2018 show is free on their Youtube with English commentary, I don't know how it'd be as an intro in terms of story etc but if you want a place to start where you'll understand everything at least in terms of language and price, that's the best place I can think of
The Jan 4 2018 show is free on their Youtube with English commentary, I don't know how it'd be as an intro in terms of story etc but if you want a place to start where you'll understand everything at least in terms of language and price, that's the best place I can think of
DDT has comedy but they still have a lot of totally serious and technically great wrestling as well. A lot of the time it's the undercard matches that have more comedy mixed in while the title matches/main events are serious.
Tokyo Joshi Pro(TJPW) is absolutely worth checking out, they are my favorite promotion. They do great storytelling, wrestlers have for the most part a real defined character. They were great last year but this years they started off even stronger.
There's a bunch of free matches on YouTube:
This is the tag team title match from last month:
Magical Sugar Rabbits(Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki) vs Muscle JK(Reika Saiki & Marika Kobashi)
Great eight-man-tag from October:
Miyu Yamashita & Reika Saiki & Yuu & Hyper Misao vs Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima & Maki Itoh
Oh, that's the tag title match from their Korakuen Hall show this January, that was an amazing match as well, by far the best tag team match happening on January 4:
Magical Sugar Rabbits(Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki) vs Twin Cam Monster(Shoko Nakajima & Riho)
The personality differences between Kairi and Shayna will never stop being hilarious and immensely enjoyable to watch out play out.
Kairi Sane runs in place like a cartoon character to build up speed
American greaser chick anti-christ vs small adorable japanese pirate full of sunshine.
Minoru Tanaka hyping up a 'serious announcement' tomorrow morning, with a picture of (presumably) him and the Lion Mark in the background...
Would be awesome to see him in the BoSJ, or as he's the new GHC Jr. champion a singles match vs Liger. Been 11 years since the last time he faced Liger, and 11 years since his last entry into the BoSJ. He's never beat Liger in a title match.
I was thinking the other day that a match between ZSJ and Gulak would be fucking awesome and I completely forgot they actually had that match in the CWC.
Depends on your tolerance for bad wrestling versus good comedy. Also there is no translation so you won't understand the promos.
She gets choked out 5 seconds after that gif ends.
Kairi Sane runs in place like a cartoon character to build up speed
Basically every show that airs live gets translated live as well by https://twitter.com/ddtpro_eng
You also get backstage comments translated after they are posted.
Kairi Sane runs in place like a cartoon character to build up speed
She doesn't even have the prop but still acts like she does, what a mark.
Bryan is a lot more entertaining when he isn't with Meltzer to me.
I got a pretty big chuckle when Filthy Tom Lawlor went on this rant about how great Harlem Heat is and how they deserve to be in EVERY hall of fame, and then Bryan cuts him off and says "dude, are you just sucking up so you can avoid Stevie Ray cutting a promo on you?" [like he is apparently gonna do to Dave Meltzer because he's mad Meltzer criticized him getting into the WWE Hall of Fame]
I got a pretty big chuckle when Filthy Tom Lawlor went on this rant about how great Harlem Heat is and how they deserve to be in EVERY hall of fame, and then Bryan cuts him off and says "dude, are you just sucking up so you can avoid Stevie Ray cutting a promo on you?" [like he is apparently gonna do to Dave Meltzer because he's mad Meltzer criticized him getting into the WWE Hall of Fame]
Because they're horrified by his teeth, and he probably doesn't want to tour given his shoot job.
I'm a fucking prophet.
And that's why we love Kairi.
When thinking of nautical stuff related to wrestling, I'll always think of that gold boat and SLAP THE PORPOISE!
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you lost the plot when you used the expression "shoot job"
That seemed a nicer way of saying "he'd fucking bore the Japanese crowd to tears and turn any hot stadium they run into an ice box."
Things people who haven't watched any of Thatcher's work in Europe say :p
Thatcher's the living embodiment of Inokiism, dammit!
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