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The Moon Burns Brightest in July Wrasslin' |OT|
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That was one of the best wrestling matches I've seen in my life.
Just a reminder that there's other wrestling happening in the next 14 hours.
TJPW's Tokyo Princess Cup 5 Finals will air live on DDT Universe tomorrow at 12:00 JST / 5:00 CET / 23:00 EDT (Saturday) from Ryogoku KFC Hall.
Card:
Sakisama & Azusa Christie & Martha vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku & Hikari
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Ito & Mizuki vs Miu & Raku & Hinano
Yuna Manase vs Hyper Misao vs Yuki Aino
TPC5 semi-finals:
Yuka Sakazaki vs Rika Tatsumi
Yuu vs Nodoka Oneesan
TPC5 final
The TPC winner will (probably) face the champion Miyu Yamashita at next month's Korakuen Hall show.
Besides the very good looking tournament matches we'll have NEO Biishiki-gun bringing back Martha in a match where Yuki Kamfuku is on the opposing side. I can't see this ending well for Yuki.
Up Up Girls (without Hikari) vs Ito Respect Army & Yamashita has been prominently featured during the press conference for the show and basically sells itself by Maki Ito being upset with other idols.
At 17:00 JST / 10:00 CET / 4:00 EDT also live on DDT Universe is DDT's Masahiro Takanashi 15th Anniversary show.
It has a very fun looking card with Masahiro Takanashi vs Isami Kodako as the main event, a Damantion vs Irie Gun match, the Brahman Brothers, Emi Sakura, Riho teaming with Antonio Honda,etc.
Full card is attached here:
TJPW's Tokyo Princess Cup 5 Finals will air live on DDT Universe tomorrow at 12:00 JST / 5:00 CET / 23:00 EDT (Saturday) from Ryogoku KFC Hall.
Card:
Sakisama & Azusa Christie & Martha vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku & Hikari
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Ito & Mizuki vs Miu & Raku & Hinano
Yuna Manase vs Hyper Misao vs Yuki Aino
TPC5 semi-finals:
Yuka Sakazaki vs Rika Tatsumi
Yuu vs Nodoka Oneesan
TPC5 final
The TPC winner will (probably) face the champion Miyu Yamashita at next month's Korakuen Hall show.
Besides the very good looking tournament matches we'll have NEO Biishiki-gun bringing back Martha in a match where Yuki Kamfuku is on the opposing side. I can't see this ending well for Yuki.
Up Up Girls (without Hikari) vs Ito Respect Army & Yamashita has been prominently featured during the press conference for the show and basically sells itself by Maki Ito being upset with other idols.
At 17:00 JST / 10:00 CET / 4:00 EDT also live on DDT Universe is DDT's Masahiro Takanashi 15th Anniversary show.
It has a very fun looking card with Masahiro Takanashi vs Isami Kodako as the main event, a Damantion vs Irie Gun match, the Brahman Brothers, Emi Sakura, Riho teaming with Antonio Honda,etc.
Full card is attached here:
I'm not fully counting out a surprise appearance by Maho since Rika's still in the tournament but I doubt it.
But hey, we still have Nodoka. Nodoka winning will be THE wrestling moment of the second half of this year.
JESUS that scoop slamI'm not fully counting out a surprise appearance by Maho since Rika's still in the tournament but I doubt it.
But hey, we still have Nodoka. Nodoka winning will be THE wrestling moment of the second half of this year.
I dunno, I think it looks cool even though it obviously wasn't supposed to be like this.
It's also from a year ago.
Every match should have the Up Up Girls dancing in the background. The world would be a happier place.Please stop talking mess about big sister Nodoka in her rookie year you joyless monsters!
If that WWE Network rumor is true, I'm definitely interested.
It makes sense to them from a business perspective to try to get smaller promotions under their umbrella while letting them remain somewhat autonomous. At least with paranoid Vince running WWE.
It makes sense to them from a business perspective to try to get smaller promotions under their umbrella while letting them remain somewhat autonomous. At least with paranoid Vince running WWE.
So the PROGRESS plan for the World Cup final if England make it is to run the first half, then have a 2 hour interval for the football, then run the second half
There have been rumors about PROGRESS and ICW being on the network for years at this point. I'll believe that shit when I see it.
Please stop talking mess about big sister Nodoka in her rookie year you joyless monsters!
Oh now I see the problem. She is not tall enough to scoop-slam people properly.
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I can recommend enough that if Remo Scum comes to your town you see them.
Ever seen a Running Apron Lariat Doomsday Device on the Floor?
I now have.
Legit big dude is on the floor with opponent on his shoulders smaller dude, on the apron, runs full speed and clotheslines the fucker sending him flying to the floor.
Ever seen a Running Apron Lariat Doomsday Device on the Floor?
I now have.
Legit big dude is on the floor with opponent on his shoulders smaller dude, on the apron, runs full speed and clotheslines the fucker sending him flying to the floor.
98 version too, beautiful
Ospreay should do this for the cow palace
vince is always the one that blocks progress/icw. they've been ready to go for literally years, but he always changes his mind at the last minute.
he basically goes through phases of thinking it's a good idea, and then like clockwork EVERYTHING MUST BE WWE PAL and it's shelved again
he basically goes through phases of thinking it's a good idea, and then like clockwork EVERYTHING MUST BE WWE PAL and it's shelved again
The only thing that's too small here is the amount of joy and compassion in your heart.
Only when producers learn that the Up Up Girls are always on screen so you don't need to cut to them during the finish of the match.
It's not good *wrestling* like 85% of the time
But it's worth watching
Eh, I think a lot of the upper card matches have been good this year; especially since the TJP Yes! Wonderland ~ Break Myself! card.
I mean....I guess? I still wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for pure wrasslin. It's worth watching for the ridiculousness and fun characters.
Maho was one of the better girls on the roster so her being out hurts them quite a bit
I mean TJPW hasn't got the most technical workers outside of Yuka and Yuu, but they're pretty great at doing in ring storytelling. From classic styled ace matches like Miyu vs Rika to crazy Misao bullshit. Then even when it does come to technique I wouldn't put Maho in the top 6 even though I really enjoy her as a performer.
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Merch Selection is crap wow.
No Suzuki Gun
No ZSJ
No Okada
No Omega specific shirts even
Not even Golden Elite
I was ready to spend hundreds... i bought Blue shirt with a Yellow NJPW lion logo on the front and 72 on the back. 30$
No Suzuki Gun
No ZSJ
No Okada
No Omega specific shirts even
Not even Golden Elite
I was ready to spend hundreds... i bought Blue shirt with a Yellow NJPW lion logo on the front and 72 on the back. 30$
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Nice thing is they opened merch before they opened the house so it was an easy walk in and purchase.
Just too bad it was a nothing selection
Just too bad it was a nothing selection
While wrestling can be a lot of things I have a hard time calling something a good wrestling match if the actual wrestling is bad (again, I still find the good majority of it entertaining, just for the things you can't really get from other typical wrestling products)
For me I think you have two ends of the spectrum, the workrate/wrasslin side and the goofy character side.
I consider Maho one of their best because she nails both. Convincing offense and movez while also having a rad character to carry her matches
Maki Itoh is amazing but she really doesn't do much beyond punches and headbutts. I'd still rather watch her over majority of the roster though because she's fun to watch (not necessarily having good matches or anything)
A lot of the girls who are better wrestlers are just kind of there in terms of character work, without having the Big Fight Feel starpower of a Miyu or even Reika
I'm not trying to disparage the product or anything, I really enjoy it and I'll likely stay subbed to DDT to keep watching. But I would never recommend it to someone for match quality
They are doing you a favor, last year I spent 300 bucks on dumb stuff
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I'll post the flyer.
I'm just glad I didn't pass up on my Dragon Lee baseball jersey last night to save "extra" money for today. I was torn last night but said fuck it and bought it.
Iircc I'm pretty sure njpw doesnt really sell suzuki gun stuff, the group does that themselves. Earlier this year I tried to buy some stuff and it was on suzuki own website
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That would never fly with Vince. ALL THE MONEY IN MY POCKET GODDAMMIT.
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Yah that makes sense.
Still not even a Golden Elite shirt on sale lol...
But you can get a Hello Kitty NJPW shirt and two different Bullet Club X Pac Man shirts :|
I'll agree to disagree then as Rika and Misao have been my two favourites when it comes to character work and I think they had the best two matches in the company this year on the same night. I think one of the things I like most about the company is that you'll have normal wrestler and outlandish character yet everyone works so well together. From working together like Rika and Maho or working against each other like Yuu's tournament match against Misao where she flat out didn't sell any of her shenanigans. Plus I think some of the more compelling stories this year have been more normal characters like Rika and Marika doing everything they could to better themselves. I think I had a similar view when I started watching that you had a few stand out like Maki and Maho because their characters were nuts and that a huge amount of the roster seemed like generic idol characters, however over time most of the roster's grown on me in a way I didn't expect.
Anyway, I'm not trying to drag you for disparaging the product (as I know you're not) and you're right in that a lot of the appeal's about the crazy fun stuff (as apparent in me posting a gif of a 4 foot woman fallaway slamming Oishi as an idol group dancing in the background to a Japanese kids show theme). Just in match storytelling is probably the most important thing in wrestling to me, e.g. I'd be happier with a match that features 5 basic moves with a good story over a match that has over 50 different elaborate super dangerous spots that doesn't have much story to it, so I'd still recommend it to people who just like wrestling with that disclaimer.
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I was tempted by the NJPW tracksuit
But it's 180$ alone and wtf am I going to do with a tracksuit
But it's 180$ alone and wtf am I going to do with a tracksuit
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