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[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Okada/Tanahashi and Suzuki/Tanahashi, two of the best matches I've seen all year. The limb work in the latter was Godly.. and the slap fights lol

I've missed a lot of NJPW this year though.

 

[Jmare007]

The main difference here is that Yano was crazy over in Osaka, so it was a heated main, along with the fact that his pure heeling allowed for another dimension of Tanahashi to show.

Yujiro hasn't done a damn thing interesting; the only good thing about him were the two shirts he wore at the iPPV (I'm still looking for a screen shot of that Secret Service shirt that he wore before his match with Naito. Green to whomever can procure that shot for me).

I'm talking about their 2010 feud when Makabe was the champ. They didn't want to put Tanahashi back in the title picture so they booked a feud against Yano when he was at the lowest of his irrelevancy. After Yano they booked him against Iizuka IIRC.

Point is. Worst case scenario, nobody is gonna remember this Yujiro push in 6 months. Best case scenario, Yujiro shows SOMETHING for the first time in his singles career or he is just fodder for Naito.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

I'm talking about their 2010 feud when Makabe was the champ. They didn't want to put Tanahashi back in the title picture so they booked a feud against Yano when he was at the lowest of his irrelevancy. After Yano they booked him against Iizuka IIRC.

Point is. Worst case scenario, nobody is gonna remember this Yujiro push in 6 months. Best case scenario, Yujiro shows SOMETHING for the first time in his singles career or he is just fodder for Naito.

I don't think he will be fodder for Naito though. I really see them putting the IC title on him at some point and having Naito be the gutsy former friend that beats him. Sucks because its Yujiro but its storybuilding 101.

 

[Jmare007]

You are probably right. New Japan just announced that Naito will miss close to 8 months recovering his knee

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Pro-Wrestling NOAH - "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2012" lineups:

Spoiler

Global League:

Block A:
- Takeshi Morishima
- Mohammed Yone
- Go Shiozaki
- Kento Miyahara
- KENTA
- Mikey Nicholls
- Yuji Nagata

Block B:
- Naomichi Marufuji
- Takashi Sugiura
- Jun Akiyama
- Akitoshi Saito
- Maybach Taniguchi
- Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Shane Haste

NOAH, 03.11.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Global League - Block B: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Shane Haste
2. Global League - Block B: Jun Akiyama vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
3. Global League - Block A: KENTA vs. Kento Miyahara
4. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima vs. Mikey Nicholls
5. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki vs. Yuji Nagata
6. NOAH vs. NJPW Special Tag Match: Takashi Sugiura & Mohammed Yone vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
7. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: Shuji Kondo(c) vs. Atsushi Aoki


NOAH, 05.11.2012
Numazu Wholesale Trading Company Center

1. Global League - Block B: Jun Akiyama vs. Shane Haste
2. Global League - Block B: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Akitoshi Saito
3. Global League - Block A: Mohammed Yone vs. Kento Miyahara


NOAH, 09.11.2012
Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center

1. Global League - Block B: Akitoshi Saito vs. Maybach Taniguchi
2. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
3. Global League - Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Kento Miyahara


NOAH, 10.11.2012
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura vs. Maybach Taniguchi
2. Global League - Block B: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jun Akiyama
3. Global League - Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Mikey Nicholls


NOAH, 11.11.2012
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Global League - Block B: Akitoshi Saito vs. Shane Haste
2. Global League - Block B: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Maybach Taniguchi
3. Global League - Block A: Mohammed Yone vs. KENTA
4. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima vs. Go Shiozaki


NOAH, 12.11.2012
Aomori Industrial Hall

1. Global League - Block B: Maybach Taniguchi vs. Shane Haste
2. Global League - Block A: KENTA vs. Mikey Nicholls
3. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki vs. Mohammed Yone


NOAH, 14.11.2012
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium

1. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura vs. Shane Haste
2. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki vs. Mikey Nicholls
3. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima vs. Mohammed Yone


NOAH, 17.11.2012
Nagoya International Conference Hall

1. Global League - Block B: Maybach Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
2. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura vs. Akitoshi Saito
3. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki vs. Kento Miyahara
4. Global League - Block A: KENTA vs. Yuji Nagata


NOAH, 18.11.2012
Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2)

1. Global League - Block B: Jun Akiyama vs. Akitoshi Saito
2. Global League - Block B: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
3. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima vs. Kento Miyahara
4. Global League - Block A: Mohammed Yone vs. Yuji Nagata


NOAH, 20.11.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Global League - Block B: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shane Haste
2. Global League - Block B: Takashi Sugiura vs. Jun Akiyama
3. Global League - Block A: Kento Miyahara vs. Mikey Nicholls
4. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima vs. KENTA


NOAH, 23.11.2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Global League - Block B: Akitoshi Saito vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
2. Global League - Block B: Jun Akiyama vs. Maybach Taniguchi
3. Global League - Block B: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takashi Sugiura
4. Global League - Block A: Mohammed Yone vs. Mikey Nicholls
5. Global League - Block A: Go Shiozaki vs. KENTA
6. Global League - Block A: Takeshi Morishima vs. Yuji Nagata
7. Global League - Final:

Bolded could be great, I've been waiting for Akiyama/Nakajima and Nagata/KENTA singles matches for a while

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Funnily enough Nagata/Go is what jumped out at me. I've liked Go v NJPW matches.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Yeah I'm not a big Go fan but Nagata should get something from him, wondering which of those NOAH matches will make TV though.

Some recent stuff:

[ame=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xur03d_katsuhiko-nakajima-vs-masato-tanaka-diamond-ring_sport]Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Masato Tanaka (Diamond Ring) - Video Dailymotion[/ame]

[ame=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xusj6w_abdullah-kobayashi-c-vs-yuko-miyamoto-bjw_sport]Abdullah Kobayashi (c) vs Yuko Miyamoto (BJW) - Video Dailymotion[/ame]

[ame=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuo2qq_yoshihiro-takayama-and-maybach-taniguchi-vs-bigfoot-and-yukiotoko-yeti-w-haru-miyako-iwa-japan_sport]Yoshihiro Takayama and Maybach Taniguchi vs. Bigfoot and Yukiotoko (Yeti) w Haru Miyako (IWA Japan) - Video Dailymotion[/ame]

[ame=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xumskf_kana-vs-serena-smash_sport]Kana vs Serena (SMASH) - Video Dailymotion[/ame]

Something for all. Bigfoot has a future in the game

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

[ame=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuyg4e_yuji-nagata-vs-go-shiozaki-noah_sport]Yuji Nagata vs Go Shiozaki (NOAH) - Video Dailymotion[/ame]

[ame=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuyfe8_jun-akiyama-vs-katsuhiko-nakajima-noah_sport]Jun Akiyama vs Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH) - Video Dailymotion[/ame]

 

[Jmare007]

Too lazy to search the G-1 thread, so here's the Final Day links

Part 1 - download - filecloud.io
Part 2 - download - filecloud.io
Part 3 - download - filecloud.io
Part 4 - download - filecloud.io

credit: Seabs

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So, here's the possible card for Wrestle Kingdom:

Tanahashi vs Okada III (confirmed)
Nakamura vs Sakuraba
Makabe vs Shibata
Prince Devitt vs Ibushi and/or Low Ki

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

They went with the three way

CARD | WRESTLE KINGDOM 7 - REVOLUTION -

Hopefully Shibata stomps Makabe out in four minutes or so.

 

[Jmare007]

All 4 matches are now official

Plus Daichi making his Tokyo Dome debut

 

[TrueEpic08]

Hopefully Shibata stomps Makabe out in four minutes or so.

Please. I'm so sick of Laughter 7 vs Makabe and Inoue at this point; I just want Shibata to win and get it over with. Move on to better things than feuding with fukking Togi Makabe.

With that said, how long has it been since New Japan did a three way match? Last one I could remember was the awful one that Brock won the IWGP Heavyweight belt in a few years back.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

This isn't the best quality but it's definitely watchable

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

There was a NJPW iPPV today, tag league deal:

1. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku , Kengo Mashimo & Taichi besiegen Yuji Nagata, Masaaki Mochizuki , Ryusuke Taguchi & BUSHI (11:41) nach einem Taichi-Style Gedo Clutch von Taichi gegen BUSHI.
2. YOSHI-HASHI & Jado besiegen Rush & Diamante Azul (8:21) nach einer Swanton Bomb von YOSHI-HASHI gegen Azul.
3. World Tag League - Semi Final: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. besiegen Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue (12:10) als Smith Inoue nach der Killer Bomb pinnte.
4. World Tag League - Semi Final: Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson besiegen Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (14:41) nach dem Shouten Kai von Goto gegen Tenzan.
5. Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man besiegen Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka (3:50) als Iizuka nach Eingreifen von Tanaka & Takahashi disqualifiziert wurde.
6. Manabu Nakanishi, Strong Man, MVP & Shelton Benjamin besiegen Masato Tanaka , Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Yujiro Takahashi als Iizuka disqualifiziert wurde.
7. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata besiegen Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii (9:20) nach einem Sakuraba Lock von Sakuraba gegen Ishii.
8. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo besiegen Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA (15:22) nach dem Rainmaker von Okada gegen KUSHIDA.
9. World Tag League - Final: Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson besiegen Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (15:36) nach dem Gun Stun von Anderson gegen Smith.

Meh, only interested in seeing the Shibata match really.

Next big NOAH show:

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 in RYOGOKU vol.2”, 12/9/2012 [Sun] 15:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(1) NOAH vs DIAMOND RING 3 Match Series: Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs. Mitsuhiro Kitamiya & Tsurugi
(2) NOAH vs DIAMOND RING 3 Match Series: Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara
(3) NOAH vs DIAMOND RING 3 Match Series: Mohammed Yone vs. Kento Miyahara
(4) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [16th Champions] “Los Mexitosos” Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin vs. [Challengers] “NO MERCY” Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi ~ 3rd Defense.
(5) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [25th Champion] Shuji Kondo vs. [Challenger] Kotaro Suzuki ~ 2nd Defense.
(6) NOAH vs. AJPW Special 6 Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Yoshinari Ogawa & Atsushi Aoki vs. Taiyo Kea, Akebono & Kaz Hayashi
(7) NOAH vs. Jado-gun Special 6 Man Tag Match: KENTA, Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshihiro Yakayama [Takayama Hall] vs. Atsushi Onita, Ichiro Yaguchi & Hideki Hosaka
(8) GHC Tag Championship Match: [26th Champions] Go Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito vs. [Challengers] Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura ~ 1st Defense.
(9) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [18th Champion] Takeshi Morishima vs. [Challenger] Satoshi Kojima ~ 8th Defense.

KENTA feuding with Onita now

 

[Scottie Drippin]

For some reason I think Morishima-Kojima will be fun. That's if they don't take themselves too seriously and just go ahead and have a high-speed lariat fest.


Okada-Anderson from the last NPJW PPV is deffo a good watch if any of the brehs haven't seen it yet. Their G1 Climax final match and this one are both good looks. It's fukking crazy how hot NPJW is right now. They have too many dudes who are on a fukking roll. This Dome show might be the best ever