Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[Cattle Mutilation]

Two Young Lions making their debut next week

And no midweek New Japan show so I would suspect a New Japan presence on Dynamite this week

 

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People on Twitter sure seemed to like the Despe Invitational
And then there was this from it

 

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Just started watching the Despe Invitational. This crowd is going nuts during the first match and Starlight Kid got a huge pop during her entrance.

 

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The Jun Kasai pop

 

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El Desperado is a mad man. He put like one death match wrestler in all these tag and multi man matches

 

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Despe Invitational was great. If you can watch good matches without any story then this is one to check out

 

[TheAlbionist]

Man, we've only just finished Dominion

Might start Despy Invitational tonight.

Dominion was good. I think I prefer the KOPW Title rules to the ROH Pure title - really enjoyed that match.

Jeff Cobb Vs Ishii was vintage big guy shyt... really brought the best out in each other.

Mox/EVIL was more enjoyable than I was expecting. Lumberjack stip worked well on the House of Torture bs. Ren Narita is becoming genuinely unlikable and I can't work out if it's in a good way or not.

Despy deserves his flowers this year - thought him and Ishimori put on an absolute banger.

 

[OneDeep]

 

[Jmare007]

at Rossy getting away with his after all the sudden pearl clutching fans did after he left Stardom

 

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Funny how the usual suspects online aren't complaining about Forbidden Door stuff when WWE does it

 

[TheAlbionist]

Funny how the usual suspects online aren't complaining about Forbidden Door stuff when WWE does it

They all been Utami Hayashishyta fans fam... got tweets going back to like midday at least.

 

[The Rainmaker]

Uh oh

 

[Jmare007]

That Netflix money about to start another takeover

They gonna need to buy a good TV timeslot because from what I understand, Japanese people haven't really switched to streaming yet,to the point of it making a difference.

HHH obsession with having a promotion in Japan is so weird to me..

 

[Scottie Drippin]

That Netflix money about to start another takeover

They gonna need to buy a good TV timeslot because from what I understand, Japanese people haven't really switched to streaming yet,to the point of it making a difference.

HHH obsession with having a promotion in Japan is so weird to me..

I don't think it's HHH.

WWE is owned by the finance bros now so the company HAS to grow exponentially.

The funny thing about all their recent success is that if you look closely the company isn't operating like they're successful. They're cutting costs everywhere.

All this expansion is gonna be scaled back in a few years when it's impossible to sustain.

WWE is hotshotting itself right now imo. I think they're mid-key in some danger.

 

[Jmare007]

I don't think it's HHH.

WWE is owned by the finance bros now so the company HAS to grow exponentially.

Idk breh, he's been trying to set foot in Japan for almost a decade now. The whole "have NXT in every country with wrestling tradition" grand plan was his idea too. This has been brewing before TKO and even Nick Khan.