Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[LinusCaldwell]

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[The Rainmaker]

Zack Sabre JR. joined

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Suzuki-gun :suzuki:

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Zack Sabre JR. joined

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Suzuki-gun :suzuki:

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Another Junior tho, SKG have zero heavy outside of KES.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Oka's coming along well...but Henare really has the tools to be a star. He's already got backstage support, since he's featured as an attacked young lion often.

 

[Jmare007]

Oka's coming along well...but Henare really has the tools to be a star. He's already got backstage support, since he's featured as an attacked young lion often.

How bad is his achilles injury?

 

[MightyHealthy]

How bad is his achilles injury?

fukk.

 

[Jmare007]

fukk.

he got injured wrestling Oka a couple of weeks ago. Haven't read on update on him.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

DDT going back to Saitama Arena on the 20th, pulling out a big card with the boy Super Future Konosuke at the top with the young OG HARASHIMA, but there's some madness all up and down this card

() Tokyo Joshi Offer Dark Match: Yuu, Mil Crown & Maki Ito vs. Reika Seiki, Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takaiwa
() DNA Offer Dark Match: Recca, Daiki Shimomura & Yuki Ueno vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani, Naomi Yoshimura & Dai Suzuki
() Dark Match ~ 20th Anniversary Battle Royal: MIKAMI, GENTARO, Bambi, Rion Mizuki…

() Super Girls Pro Wars 2017: Saki Akai, Akiko Satonami & Shoko Nakajima vs. Aja Kong, Cherry & Miyu Yamashyta
() Special 8 Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Guanchulo vs. Jaguar Yokota, Yuni, X & XX
() Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie vs. Mike Bailey
() DDT 20th Anniversary Match ~ Worldwide Best in the World Dangerous Guy Showdown: Danshoku Dino vs. Joey Ryan
~ DDT is giving an early warning that this match will be explicit in nature.

() Shungo Oyamo Pro-Wrestling Challenge Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & dikk Togo vs. KUDO & Shungo Oyama

() KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champion] Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase vs. [Challengers] (to be announced)

() Sengoku Commander Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Keiji Mutoh & Isami Kodaka vs. Kota Ibushi, Jun Akiyama & Daisuke Sekimoto

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Hardcore Match: [38th Champion] Jun Kasai vs. [Challenger] Daisuke Sasaki
~ 4th title defense.

(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. [Challengers] Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo
~ 2nd title defense.

(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [60th Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] Konosuke Takeshyta
~ 4th title defense.

 

[The Rainmaker]

 

[Jmare007]

DDT going back to Saitama Arena on the 20th, pulling out a big card with the boy Super Future Konosuke at the top with the young OG HARASHIMA, but there's some madness all up and down this card

() Tokyo Joshi Offer Dark Match: Yuu, Mil Crown & Maki Ito vs. Reika Seiki, Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takaiwa
() DNA Offer Dark Match: Recca, Daiki Shimomura & Yuki Ueno vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani, Naomi Yoshimura & Dai Suzuki
() Dark Match ~ 20th Anniversary Battle Royal: MIKAMI, GENTARO, Bambi, Rion Mizuki…

() Super Girls Pro Wars 2017: Saki Akai, Akiko Satonami & Shoko Nakajima vs. Aja Kong, Cherry & Miyu Yamashyta
() Special 8 Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Guanchulo vs. Jaguar Yokota, Yuni, X & XX
() Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie vs. Mike Bailey
() DDT 20th Anniversary Match ~ Worldwide Best in the World Dangerous Guy Showdown: Danshoku Dino vs. Joey Ryan
~ DDT is giving an early warning that this match will be explicit in nature.

() Shungo Oyamo Pro-Wrestling Challenge Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & dikk Togo vs. KUDO & Shungo Oyama

() KO-D 6 Tag Championship Match: [Champion] Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase vs. [Challengers] (to be announced)

() Sengoku Commander Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Keiji Mutoh & Isami Kodaka vs. Kota Ibushi, Jun Akiyama & Daisuke Sekimoto

(-) DDT EXTREME Championship Hardcore Match: [38th Champion] Jun Kasai vs. [Challenger] Daisuke Sasaki
~ 4th title defense.

(-) KO-D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. [Challengers] Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo
~ 2nd title defense.

(-) KO-D Openweight Championship Match: [60th Champion] HARASHIMA vs. [Challenger] Konosuke Takeshyta
~ 4th title defense.

That Sengoku Commander match is gonna be pure fukkery kind of a waste given the names involved but it should be weird and fun

Shuji vs Masakatsu

Glad that Konosuke is getting a crowning moment in a big show. Though kinda bummed out he wont get the monster reaction he could get in Tokyo

 

[Scottie Drippin]

That Sengoku Commander match is gonna be pure fukkery kind of a waste given the names involved but it should be weird and fun

Shuji vs Masakatsu

Glad that Konosuke is getting a crowning moment in a big show. Though kinda bummed out he wont get the monster reaction he could get in Tokyo

Ditto. But when taking everything into consideration, HARA and Konosuke kinda has to be the main event of this show, being the #1 full time guy in the comoany, and the dude they hope can become Kota-esque drawing phenomenon. How they're going about this compared to how WWE is approaching mania is fukking embarrassing They use the names just to bring new eyes to to the real faces of the company that they're actually building around.

Also, wouldn't be surprised if Konosuke lost this one. I only say that because trying to predict DDT booking is so impossible. Any other company I'd say Konosuke loses here and then wins at Peter Pan, but we'll probably have 3-4 title changes by then

 

[LevelUp]

I can see Ishii beating Kenny in the first round to have them feud at Sakura Genesis - the only obstacle is Ishii being Tag Team Champion. Shibata beating Kenny in the Semis could set up a similar situation as well

E: Forgot about the 45th anniversary card - Ishii could very well drop the belts there

 

[Jmare007]

Ditto. But when taking everything into consideration, HARA and Konosuke kinda has to be the main event of this show, being the #1 full time guy in the comoany, and the dude they hope can become Kota-esque drawing phenomenon. How they're going about this compared to how WWE is approaching mania is fukking embarrassing They use the names just to bring new eyes to to the real faces of the company that they're actually building around.

Also, wouldn't be surprised if Konosuke lost this one. I only say that because trying to predict DDT booking is so impossible. Any other company I'd say Konosuke loses here and then wins at Peter Pan, but we'll probably have 3-4 title changes by then

Oh yeah, no doubt this should be the main event. It's more of a criticism of the Saitama crowd than anything else.

They can also have a Takeshyta vs Ibushi main event for the Peter Pan show and the reaction would be insane

 

[MenacingMonk]

How does the NJPW Cup work? like March Madness?

 

[Jmare007]

How does the NJPW Cup work? like March Madness?

It's a single elimination tournament were the brackets are predetermined....so yeah, I guess