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So I completely failed at upping Takeshyta vs HARASHIMA :dead: the program I usually use crashed everytime because the file was too heavy. Tried with filmora wondershare free trial and everything went perfect, except it has a GIANT ass watermark in the middle of the video :heh: sorry brehs.

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HARASHIMA (c) vs Konosuke Takeshyta - DDT 20th Anniversary show

This had two parts. The first were the opening 20 minutes were the action was really methodical and slowly paced, they took turns working an opponent's body part and everything was done in a compelling or "makes sense" way. The thing was that Saitama was silent as all fukk during this :pachaha: after 5+ hours of wrestling I couldn't blame them though, as they were engaged during the other matches and they just saved themselves for the final sequence. The last 10 minutes they pick it up a notch, start trading bombs and showing more fighting spirit/no selling. fukking LOVED Takeshyta during this, it felt like it was his moment to take and breh pulled out all the stops, using moves from every big ally and rival he's had over the years while at the same time showing vulnerability as the young stuff who still has ways to go. I'd really like to see him face Ibushi at the Peter Pan show at Sumo Hall, the kid deserves a red hot crowd and a "classic" match already. Only part I really didn't like were the strikes exchanges, it didn't work at all and they felt out of place for the match they were doing imo. This was another step up in Konosuke's career arc, worth the watch but not a MOTYC, so beware.
 

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Totally missed fukking TENKOJI having the tag belts. Those fukkers have been tagging for 18 years and getting title runs?? :dead: and people complained when New Age Outlaws got the straps in the WWE :pachaha:
KES were supposed to get the straps at New Beginning...then Archer got hurt. Then GBH were supposed to get them, Honma got hurt. TenKoji was the contingency plan and they're probably gonna drop them to War Machine at Sakura Genesis.
 

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KES were supposed to get the straps at New Beginning...then Archer got hurt. Then GBH were supposed to get them, Honma got hurt. TenKoji was the contingency plan and they're probably gonna drop them to War Machine at Sakura Genesis.

Hold up. So they got cursed tag titles and decided to put them on a guy with an arm that doesn't even work?
 

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Hold up. So they got cursed tag titles and decided to put them on a guy with an arm that doesn't even work?

The fact that KES and GBH were the options doesn't help matters either. They haven't boosted the tag division in a while, they need a couple of NO LIMIT type of team, fresh blood that can makes things worth a damn.
 

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The fact that KES and GBH were the options doesn't help matters either. They haven't boosted the tag division in a while, they need a couple of NO LIMIT type of team, fresh blood that can makes things worth a damn.
This is how were going to wind up with Juice Robinson and David Finlay as tag champs. Buy anything is better than War Machine
 
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