Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News
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Did y'all notice on Raw at the end of the new day beat down. Barret pointed at one of them on the ground. He didnt raise his thumb cause you can't do a gun finger on wwe. I felt like he was sending a message to bullet club
AJ and Balor have both done the gun thing on WWE TV. As has Paul Heyman recently. And it's one of Dean's main taunts that he does like...every week. Who told you you can't do a gun finger on WWE TV?
I can remember him doing an actual gun taunt in FCW/when he started the lunatic fringe gimmick. Seems like these days it's more like he holds his entire hand open rather than making a gun
I'm still curious as to what this could mean
Means NJPW could potentially get paid breh. I've flipped through the channels on my iptv box and I've seen some Japanese Basketball League (JBL) games on JSports. The arena is always half-full and games are on tape delay. The skill level is garbage too. I think NJPW (or DDT or Dragon Gate) could end up getting more than $1 mil USD in right's fees from SoftBank if the JBL got paid.
MightyHealthy
said what he said
That's great, but wouldn't that eventually phase out or limit NJPWWorld in some way?
I just have an uneasy feeling about getting shut out because of this deal and its ramifications...
It would, but they could probably work out a deal where they'd still be able to air the show on NJPW World and this service. I mean, the TV Asahi weekly show is basically just their big shows chopped up into 30-45 minute blocks
Jmare007
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I remember reading early last year that even though NJPW World was doing fine, it wasn't bringing that much business to New Japan, it was a nice thing to have but didn't make much of a difference.I'm not sure I'm even remembering it right, or if it started getting more subs and drawing more money for the company as the year went along, but with business as dead as it is in Japan, any outlet that can bring a promotion more money and exposure is GREAT news.
Lol I just assumed,the way they do things these days . The thing that made me think it recently wad on that Edge and Christian thing, AJ did his taunt but only stuck his fists out. I've seen everything AJ has done in wwe and don't recall seeing him use it
 I could be wrong of course hahaMy point was just that it goes along with Bullet Club and Stu Bennett rumor
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You like him better than Mauro ?
Jeffrey Lebowski
i'm the dude
I'll be honest, I didn't actually watch any of the episodes yet when Mauro was in Ross's position, I'm just a mark for Ross going back to the WWF Attitude Era. I do like what I've seen of Mauro on Smackdown, which isn't much either, but I think two or three random bloggers could go out there and be better than the Raw team.
And I'm not totally new to Japanese wrestling either, just the AXS show. A friend of mine lets me use his NJPW World password, and I've watched a bunch of matches on Youtube and Dailymotion as well. Just excited to hear one of my favorite voices of the sport back in action again.
The Rainmaker
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