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November Wrasslin' |OT| A new meaning to the phrase Power struggle
- Thread starter Heromanz
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I agree with you, mate. I think we are all just kinda expressing why we are enjoying X and why we aren't really digging Y anymore.
Like you said a day or two ago, there would probably be a lot more bitterness if there were more than like 4-5 of us who routinely watched stuff outside of WWE/AEW/NJPW.
Thankfully, we don't have to deal with that, yet! *edit* not sure I should say thankfully. I'd be happy if more people watched more wrestling.
They'll start racking up some wins now that Luchasaurus is back for sure. I trust the Bucks and Cody know what they have. They've shown it with Darby, and they're showing it now with Scorpio Sky. Can't wait for those dudes to have another title to fight for.
It would also get 400,000 viewers. Hard to do a show with a high production level like that if the audience is limited. They would need to figure out a way to make it appealing to a mass audience.
I guess my problem is I don't want what the mass audience wants anymore.
What is wrong with you.
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Post a link of a 1 or 2 hour show you'd recommend I watch, please.
You know fans immediately wanted him back when he left right?
Mate, I don't think I can do that. But look, this isn't the most insane thing ever. But if you can't get the emotions from the finish you hate wrestling.
My interest on njpw is seeing what they do with shingo, will,ZSJ and evil and Jay white next year.
They are poised to have a big year next year.
Also Jungle Kyona is a bigger loser than naito :(
They are poised to have a big year next year.
Also Jungle Kyona is a bigger loser than naito :(
Check out any of the anniversary shows. They're usually short cuts of entire events and are a good way to see FMW evolve a bit from it's initial phase up to what it ended up finishing as.
I think Funk vs Onita barbed wire exploding match is a classic
6 whole months without a title? Gee, that sounds so terrible!
I always saw it as more of a protest chant?
Typing that has made me realise I had way too much faith in WWE audiences.
It always amazed me how they spent so many years trying to get Barrett over, only for him to finally get a gimmick that worked and they killed it for no reason.You are the nerd.
some of our faves have a standard of success they hold themselves to
Wasn't the problem that Barrett kept getting hurt every few months?
"The booking is bad because it's not the way I the most knowledgeable of puroresu fans would book it. "
The hand wringing about booking in this thread is constantly hilarious.
I mean IIRC the gimmick existed cause he was hurt and could just cut promos. They stripped the gimmick cause it was over and the crowd enjoyed it and they didn't want to run with that
Uh huh.
Get back to us in two months after he's thrown on the sacrifical altar for Ibushi.
people want their favorite wrestlers to win and are disappointed when they lose
imagine that
marks
*shrug*
I'm just along for the ride, I don't sit around stressing over my favorites not winning matches.
I'm an Ishii mark, you just learn to accept it.
That's aesthetic, it's just one part of the overall presentation and the most likely to change with the times - there's a bunch of other ways that wrestling shows could be trying to do something different, but for the most part they don't. TV wrestling largely has the same setting, the same feel, the same format as it's had or over 20 years at this point.
Essentially, yes. I miss Lucha Underground's attempts to break the mould, but the show itself went off the rails waaaay too quickly.
Thank you both. I have a friend who has some FMW DVDs. Might ask him to borrow a couple just for the hell of it.
Watched Tanahashi vs Suzuki from KoPW 2012 earlier, it easily holds up as one of the best of the decade. I've got a bunch more to rewatch, but I'm fairly confident this'll be towards the top of my top 10 when I'm done.
Yeah, I'm way softer on DDT's booking than I was with New Japan's, admittedly. For some reason when it comes to DDT, I generally don't care what they do as long as I have fun watching the shows, which I do. That's not to say I don't have some concerns (primarily that Endo will just be used as a stepping stone for Takeshita's dream match with Kenny), but overall I'm pretty much okay with whatever DDT does.
(Except YarouZ. I'll continue to pretend that doesn't exist.)
(Except YarouZ. I'll continue to pretend that doesn't exist.)
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What a incredible matchWatched Tanahashi vs Suzuki from KoPW 2012 earlier, it's easily holds up as one of the best of the decade. I've got a bunch more to rewatch, but I'm fairly confident this'll be towards the top of my top 10 when I'm done.
I think, ultimately, this is where we all land, friendbrother.
Outside of everything. We have one, golden, Platonic transcendent match to look forward to..
Takanashi vs Kodaka.
Watched Tanahashi vs Suzuki from KoPW 2012 earlier, it easily holds up as one of the best of the decade. I've got a bunch more to rewatch, but I'm fairly confident this'll be towards the top of my top 10 when I'm done.
Did you like their IC match from Sapporo 2018? I feel like a lot of people hated it but i found it to be a great showcase of wrestling and in-ring work.
They should've called him breaking news Barrett, heck that gimmick was basically used to give him airtime while on the shelf.
Edit: of course this is old news owl since flammable already covered that