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[3Rivers]

Destruction in Kobe thoughts

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Shibata and Naito was good. Naito with the heel tactics to get the W. I guess with Tanahashi calling out Naito that's the end of Shibata/Naito?

Time Splitters/reDragon was another great match. I honestly thought with KUSHIDA dropping the LHW title it was setting up for the Time Splitters to take the tag belts. Guess not

Tanahashi and Fale was good for what it was considering Fale is Fale

Nakamura/Goto was another great match for those two. The Kang of Intercontinental is back Would be better received if we weren't fatigued by that matchup though Really liked those transitions at the end of the bout. What I really want to see is a Nakamura heavyweight reign in real time. Maybe in 2016? Now what for Goto? Same question for Shibata

If what went on is setting up the card for King of Pro Wrestling it looks like right now we'll have:

RPG Vice/reDragon
Nakamura/Anderson
Tanahashi/Naito
Omega/Sydal
Okada/Styles
?

 

[Jmare007]

Destruction in Kobe thoughts

Spoiler

Shibata and Naito was good. Naito with the heel tactics to get the W. I guess with Tanahashi calling out Naito that's the end of Shibata/Naito?

Time Splitters/reDragon was another great match. I honestly thought with KUSHIDA dropping the LHW title it was setting up for the Time Splitters to take the tag belts. Guess not

Tanahashi and Fale was good for what it was considering Fale is Fale

Nakamura/Goto was another great match for those two. The Kang of Intercontinental is back Would be better received if we weren't fatigued by that matchup though Really liked those transitions at the end of the bout. What I really want to see if a Nakamura heavyweight reign in real time. Maybe in 2016? Now what for Goto? Same question for Shibata

If what went on is setting up the card for King of Pro Wrestling it looks like right now we'll have:

RPG Vice/reDragon
Nakamura/Anderson
Tanahashi/Naito
Omega/Sydal
Okada/Styles
?

So far the card is

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NJPW "KING OF PRO-WRESTLING", 12.10.2015 (NJPW World)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Matt Sydal
2. Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
3. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Karl Anderson
4. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. AJ Styles

That's 4 potentially great matches but again, it leads to nowhere. fukk Gedo.

 

[3Rivers]

So far the card is

Spoiler

NJPW "KING OF PRO-WRESTLING", 12.10.2015 (NJPW World)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Matt Sydal
2. Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
3. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Karl Anderson
4. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. AJ Styles

That's 4 potentially great matches but again, it leads to nowhere. fukk Gedo.

Spoiler

Yeah the wrestling will be very good, but there isn't really any doubt about any of the matches right now, and I'm still curious to see where Shibata/Goto/Ibushi go from here. Maybe Naito/Shibata will resume their feud afterwards since Shibata attacked Naito after the match

 

[Jmare007]

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Yeah the wrestling will be very good, but there isn't really any doubt about any of the matches right now, and I'm still curious to see where Shibata/Goto/Ibushi go from here. Maybe Naito/Shibata will resume their feud afterwards since Shibata attacked Naito after the match

Spoiler

This is what pisses me off the most. Why not make Naito vs Shibata a stable war. Bring Los Ingobernables for some shows, throw some people to team with Shibata and see if they can get over, you can milk a 6 month program without having to involve another main eventer or belt and best case scenario you create some new stars. Instead we are gonna get 7 singles matches between them OR they are gonna become a tag team for the G-1 Tag League

 

[3Rivers]

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This is what pisses me off the most. Why not make Naito vs Shibata a stable war. Bring Los Ingobernables for some shows, throw some people to team with Shibata and see if they can get over, you can milk a 6 month program without having to involve another main eventer or belt and best case scenario you create some new stars. Instead we are gonna get 7 singles matches between them OR they are gonna become a tag team for the G-1 Tag League

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It would be interesting to see Naito bring his stable to NJPW and run shyt. A swerve would be Naito beating Tanahashi for the briefcase then somehow keeping it by doing all types of heel shyt then going over Okada at WK with help from the rest of Los Ingobernables:naito:

 

[Jmare007]

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It would be interesting to see Naito bring his stable to NJPW and run shyt. A swerve would be Naito beating Tanahashi for the briefcase then somehow keeping it by doing all types of heel shyt then going over Okada at WK with help from the rest of Los Ingobernables:naito:

I would watch that, at this point I'd welcome that kind of fukkery .

The hate from all the New Japan apologists would be awesome, but japanese fans would probably go and riot

 

[3Rivers]

Some translations from Destruction in Kobe

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Tanahashi/Naito post match confrontation






Nakamura/Goto






Nakamura/Anderson confrontation



MISC

 

[3Rivers]

I would watch that, at this point I'd welcome that kind of fukkery .

The hate from all the New Japan apologists would be awesome, but japanese fans would probably go and riot

I figure it would REALLY make Naito hated, especially if he took the belt to Mexico:naito1:

 

[Jmare007]

I figure it would REALLY make Naito hated, especially if he took the belt to Mexico:naito1:

It's a very fine line between getting heel heat and being TOO HATED in puro. Hell, I was one of the people that wasn't too fond of the Bullet Club interfering in every damn Devitt match, but I'm so bored with New Japan that Los Ingobernables getting a fukkery run would spark my interest.

 

[3Rivers]

Naito press conference quotes:naito:

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[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Naito press conference quotes:naito:

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Does everyone do pipebombs now?


Do they really have heat though?

 

[trick]

 

[The Rainmaker]

Recently unmasked La Sombra is coming in November. So I guess we'll have a Ingobernables tag team for the tag league, at least.

All Japan still surviving. Yesterday I saw a couple matches from their tournament final. Watching Akebono trying to have matches And he's their champion And Korakuen was so empty... So sad.

 

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Jushin Thunder Liger talks about behind the scene of the match at NXT Takeover | enuhito.com | Japanese Pro Wrestling News

Jushin Thunder Liger talks about behind the scene of the match at NXT Takeover



Jushin Thunder Liger wrestled at NXT Takeover last month.

He talked about behind the scene of the match on Monthly Gong Magazine.

As you may know, it started by contacting from William Regal and Finn Balor to NJPW office. But Liger does not have e-mail address, so they contacted Tiger Hattori. (Liger isn’t good at using computer thing. He does not have iPhone and Android devices).

Regal and Finn made a offer to Liger via Hattori for wrestling at NXT Takeover. And Liger & NJPW accepted it.

When he arrived at airport of NY, A Gorgeous limousine was waiting for him. And the driver put up a board saying the real name of Liger.

Liger was really surprised it. He thought it is not for me, so he made a phone call to Tiger Hattori. Then Hattori called to the driver, then they found he is really waiting for Liger.

WWE prepared a great car and hotel for Liger. They treated him a VIP.

After he arrived at the arena, he met a lot of his old friends. The first guy who came to Liger was Dean Malenko. Liger said to him like “Hey, what are you doing here?”. They talked a lot and they also talked about Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit who Malenko and Liger used to work together for a long time at NJPW & WCW.

Then Arn Anderson and Dave Finlay who are also good old friend of Liger came to Liger’s dressing room. Liger talks about David Finlay who is a son of Dave Finlay and now Young Lion of NJPW to Dave saying “he is doing good in Japan”.

And Liger met Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. Liger also talked about Cody Hall who is a son of Scott and is now working for NJPW.

And he met Big show, The Undertaker and Ric Flair. Liger knows a lot about Big show when he was in WCW. But he had not met Undertaker before that. Undertaker has wrestled in NJPW, but Liger was in oversea for excursion. Ric Flair told Liger “Oh! Jushin Thunger Liger!!”. Liger said Flair always call him the full name “Jushin Thunder Liger!” for some reason.

Just before his match at NXT, Liger was really nervous. Because this match is set by a lot of his friends like William Regal, Dean Malenko, Dave Finlay, Arn Anderson, Matt Bloom, and Finn Balor. So Liger thought “if this match is bad, I would make them lose face”.

Liger was nervous like his first debut match at Tokyo Dome as “Jushin Liger”.

After the match, he met Triple H and Vice McMahon. They said “Good match” to Liger.

Liger said he wants to wrestle in WWE again if they make a offer like this. Liger is really happy about this NXT tour.