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Hey hey did I mention how cool Haku and his Tongan sons are live?!
Cause they're badass as fuck
Cause they're badass as fuck
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I fucking love this gimmick.
I want to see O-Kahrn vs Taichi loool
Extremely pleased that NJPW have noticed how hot the UK scene is, perfect for the young lion excursion. More variety the better plus the UK talent are insanely good right now.
Also, Mauro and Barnett worked well together because they're both presenting from the sports perspective. JR, who stinks in 2018, and Barnett were not, so it feels especially jarring when Barnett doubles down on the sports commentator perspective.
Just bin Jim Ross at this point. He takes away more than he brings.
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So interesting Agnew's new Call in Wrestling Radio Show that is the old LAW format essentially minus Dan Lavranski partnered up with MLW for podcast format distribution instead of teaming with Post Wrestling
Io Shirai's nickname is the genius of flight. She has had it for awhile however. Its not just some PR stuff made up by WWE.
Pushing Momo as Ace over Kyona was a mistake
Kagetsu vs Leo was actually pretty good. I like that the world champ isn't afraid to make a 2 month rookie look the best she ever has.
I have to say, I agree with Josh here.
The rule set is part of the kayfabe and the experience. If the refs aren't enforcing the rules it breaks immersion to just simply ignore that on commentary. Corey Graves does a pretty good job of this as well.
It should be no different than calling out a ref/ump in any other sport for missing a call.
Wonder why he didn't hitch his wagon to Post. Glad he didn't.
The difference is you can't just ignore that Japanese refs work differently? If I was commentating a Marvellous show I wouldn't start crying about the ref doing nothing when it's already established she's a 60 year old who doesn't give a fuck about anything that's not a pinfall or submission.
One of the major tactics of OG Bullet Club was them taking advantage of the leniency of NJPW's refs, it's not like this is something new.
One of the major tactics of OG Bullet Club was them taking advantage of the leniency of NJPW's refs, it's not like this is something new.
I think you can still bring it up. "Hey, this ref is letting them bend the rules a lot." It's no different than any other sport with refs who aren't calling stuff they might usually call in a big game. Commentators will bring it up.
That's fine. You can still draw attention to it as a commentator and even be annoyed by it.
I believe in giving credit to creators, like in this picture.
It sure does seem like something happened between John/Wai and Agnew, based on him not linking his show with Post, that slight dig at Post in that commercial for his show, and him not appearing on any Post recordings. I mean, Mouth was (unfortunately) on Post this weekend, so ...
You're glad he didn't because you dislike Post or because you dislike Agnew?
I think the issue is that Kevin Kelly will usually put it into context and explain why the refs will be letting them get away with it. Jim Ross and Josh seemed to just complain that they were letting them get away with it which just made the ref seem incompetent. As a show airing in the US to new fans it would be beneficial to explain why Japanese refs do this and how NJPW officiating differs from US companies as new fans could be confused by it, especially when the commentators are acting confused by it too.
I think that's a fair compromise.
It always breaks immersion for me when commentators ignore anything that is going on in the match because they don't want to "expose the business." If someone botches a spot you bring it up instead of pretending like they intended to land it differently than they did. In any sport people are going to botch what they are trying to do so if it happens in fake wrestling you just play it off like someone fucked up.
And like I said earlier, refs can be lenient in any sport so there is no problem with how the NJPW officials handle things but I don't like the idea of just ignoring it either.
Unlike Reigns he's both good at wrestling and charismatic.
If Tama Tonga's so charismatic, where is his pile of fan art?
There's a piece of Roman Reigns's fan art as a Google Image Search result for "Tama Tonga fan art."
WWE really needs to cut the amount of house shows they do.
WWE's current universal champion is promoting himself on UFC, you think they give a flying fuck?
Dislike Agnew. Used to think he was alright, but as time went on he got really grating.
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What did he say in his commercial again?
And yeah he didn't come back for the NXT show with Braden either
Wonder if it's simply that Post didn't want to invest in radio time... which costs money. Agnew is paying for the airtime
Tama Tonga has still not clicked with me and I've been watching him for years.
In that time, Juice clicked with me at last year's G1, Hiromu the second he returned from excursion, Kawato a few months after he started as a Young Lion and Jay White when he wrestle Page earlier this year.
In that time, Juice clicked with me at last year's G1, Hiromu the second he returned from excursion, Kawato a few months after he started as a Young Lion and Jay White when he wrestle Page earlier this year.
Something petty about his new radio show not being the "Post-show. It's the Main event!"
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We said the same about Sanada last year, and Evil, and I feel like both went right back to the tag stuff.
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On one hand, I get it. I'm sure people are blowing up their timeline saying they suck and ruined New Japan, and it's wrestling fans so you know it's the absolute worst people
On the other hand, they suck and ruined New Japan
They were the only commentary option (at least if you're a yank)
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Like is Barnett 4 years old? Because some of his answers here are childish
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Well yeah because it's the only option in the US to watch live and only English option period
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