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Dave said Okada is having a year that rivals Ric Flair in 1989. Okada is absolutely the best wrestler in the world.

Dude may wrestle too safe but man his matches are always 4 to 5 stars tops. fukk it, bring on another Tana/Okada match for the hell of it.
 

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Oh, forgot about Tiger Mask. Was that good? I figured it'd mostly be kind of a jokey match. Not comedy, but also not a big time main event type match, either.
 

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Tell me Megazord wasn't based on Baba

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NJPW "WRESTLING TOYONOKUNI 2017", 29.04.2017
Beppu Baycon Plaza


1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Hirai Kawato & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Tiger Mask, Katsuya Kitamura & Shota Umino
2. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Rocky Romero, Beretta & Jado
3. SANADA & BUSHI vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Yoshytatsu
4. Hiroyoshi Tanzan, Satoshi Kojima & David Finlay vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Yujiro Takahashi
5. Minoru Suzki, Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku
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vs. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay
6. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale, Kenny Omega & Chase Owens
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Ricochet
8. Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. "King of Darkness" EVIL
9. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Juice Robinson


NJPW "WRESTLING DONTAKU 2017", 03.05.2017
Fukuoka Kokousai Center


0. Katsuya Kitamura & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Yoshytatsu & Hirai Kawato
1. YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
2. Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask W & Tiger Mask vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger
3. Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, Jado, Rocky Romero & Beretta vs. Minori Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & El Desperado
4. Cody vs. David Finlay
5. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Juice Robinson & KUSHIDA
6. IWGP Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Raymond Rowe & Hanson (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
7. NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet (c) vs. SANADA, "King of Darkness" EVIL & BUSHI
8. Special Singles Match: Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale


So the new challenger should be the winner of Omega vs Ishii. Would they go completely out of the box (for a puro promotion) and book Omega vs Okada II at the US shows? :patrice:
 

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Oh, forgot about Tiger Mask. Was that good? I figured it'd mostly be kind of a jokey match. Not comedy, but also not a big time main event type match, either.
It was very, very good.

Everyone knows Tiger is Ibushi, and Ibushi is insanely over, so the crowd was on fire for the second ever Ibushi/Okada match, and it was better than the first. A third with Okada and Ibushi both better than they were in their first and Ibushi without the limitations of the mask and gimmick might be a life altering spectacle.
 

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Meltzer said he was told the Shibata injury is an angle and maybe a cover for something else.

The headbutts aren't going anywhere, I guess.
 

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:martin: at the Shibata work. What a weird thing to work. All you had to say was he collapsed after the match and was taken to the hospital. Didn't need to add that it was due to a traumatic brain injury. :what:
 

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Smh...why folks do this in wrestling? If Shibata collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital, just say that. Don't work people with the whole "omgz he had issues to his brain due to the headbutt". I know it's to add that whole "badassness" approach to GOATbata but it's all fake.

I wouldn't look at him any different :yeshrug:
 
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