I forgot to post this here
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 2017 Part 1
I'm not feeling the BOTSJ AT ALL. Even shyt that should be lit as hell like Takahashi/Dragon Lee 15, or Ricochet/Ospreay, or Ricochet/Dragon Lee are pretty whatever. A big issue to me is that almost everyone has the same move sets (pumphandle move, corner move, running corner strike, seated running strike, flippy counter to something like a headscissors or arm ringer, Canadian destroyer , apron bump) that makes all matches feel pretty interchangeable regardless of who is involved. There's also the game G1 issue that everyone goes balls out on the first and second nights, then coasts the rest of the tour until the final night. The 1 cam house show shyt sure doesn't help, as guys take it extra easy on those nights.
But fukk Marty Scurll. God, he's absolutely dog shyt. What a terrible, terrible fit for such a tournament. Can't bump, isn't athletic, doesn't catch dives, terrible comedy that makes Taichi look solid. Even Ricochet/Ospreay, kings of flippy fukkery, had a match that was essentially derivative of a 1996 WCW cruiserweight match with a few extra rotations.
You can't have Kenny Omega in the main events as a heavyweight doing what he does and then expect me to believe what the juniors do is super impressive and unique. It's the issue the WWE cruiserweights have. Why are their flippy dippies supposed to impress me when Kevin Owens, Cesaro, and Roman Reigns are doing dives as well?