Meltzer said this was the best BOSJ since the one in 94 and the talent may be even better than that era. I'm not saying Meltzer's word is gospel, but you can't honestly tell me that the Juniors division is weak right now.
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Taichi: Garbage
Taguchi: Garbage
Volodor: Pretty unimpressive
Taka: Flabby and Sick
Liger: He's 50 something years old, come on
Kanemura: Garbage
Dragon Lee: Fun
Ricochet: Fun
Ospreay: Sometimes fun, often too stupid to find entertaining
Scurll: Dog shyt
Takahashi: Da gawd
Tiger Mask IV: Sucked even 20 years ago
Desperado: Meh
ACH: Didn't have particularly good showings, also in a shytty block, though
Bushi: Eh
Combine that with most of the matches being interchangeable with fancy flippy counters to start, a bunch of poses, teases of a dive, then a dive, an apron bump, a corner move, finishing sequence where the actual finisher is less devastating than the move done right before it. Some of those half assed house show one cam shot matches getting 4+ stars from DM is his NJPW boner showing as usual. Those same matches on 205 Live would have people shytting on them for being boring or pointless. If you agree with Dave's assessment of the quality if the BOTSJ, I ain't stopping you. You like what you like. I was bored to shyt and having not yet seen Ospreay/Kushida, I'd say the best match was probably Liger vs Takahashi, just because it didn't follow the strict formula that the other matches seemed to.
I'm not begging for big stories during BOTSJ, but they weren't even particularly impressive from an athletic/bump standpoint, either. At some point cartwheeling and backflipping out of an arm ringer is pretty boring.
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Atlus / Ryū ga Gotoku
Yeahhh
I may have to go through the BOSJ before I take Meltz word as the holy grail. Day 1 was lit though
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I may have to go through the BOSJ before I take Meltz word as the holy grail. Day 1 was lit though
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Speaks English too. I notice He and Nak both sometimes start out a sentence with "So..."
This slander needs to cease. Liger still the GOAT and Taguchi will follow suit.
Sorry for thinking a dude whose entire offense is centered around his a$$hole and doing "homages" to Nakamura taunts is garbage.
Jmare007
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Miyahara vs Ishikawa is on RealHero's Google Drive 
It's the kind of match that some people will love and others will hate. I'm kinda in the middle but lean on liking it because it wasn't that long were the flaws made the match drag. The first half is pretty standard with both of them just clashing against each other until Shuji gets the upperhand. He has an average control segment working the back, strong enough for me to buy the damage and short enough for it not to need Kento to sell like crazy (he still does a very good job at selling though). The second half is just bomb throwing and trading near falls with a red hot Korakuen getting more and more anxious about who's gonna win. They managed to keep building momentum and going for bigger stuff so it felt like the drama was building with each bomb and the finish felt very definite. Very much worth the watch, it's only 20 minutes long.
It's the kind of match that some people will love and others will hate. I'm kinda in the middle but lean on liking it because it wasn't that long were the flaws made the match drag. The first half is pretty standard with both of them just clashing against each other until Shuji gets the upperhand. He has an average control segment working the back, strong enough for me to buy the damage and short enough for it not to need Kento to sell like crazy (he still does a very good job at selling though). The second half is just bomb throwing and trading near falls with a red hot Korakuen getting more and more anxious about who's gonna win. They managed to keep building momentum and going for bigger stuff so it felt like the drama was building with each bomb and the finish felt very definite. Very much worth the watch, it's only 20 minutes long.
Beautiful Bobby Eatin
SWEEEEEEEEEETNESS!
Sounds like its worth a lookMiyahara vs Ishikawa is on RealHero's Google Drive
It's the kind of match that some people will love and others will hate. I'm kinda in the middle but lean on liking it because it wasn't that long were the flaws made the match drag. The first half is pretty standard with both of them just clashing against each other until Shuji gets the upperhand. He has an average control segment working the back, strong enough for me to buy the damage and short enough for it not to need Kento to sell like crazy (he still does a very good job at selling though). The second half is just bomb throwing and trading near falls with a red hot Korakuen getting more and more anxious about who's gonna win. They managed to keep building momentum and going for bigger stuff so it felt like the drama was building with each bomb and the finish felt very definite. Very much worth the watch, it's only 20 minutes long.
Nice The Ditch-like synopsis
Watching the Ospreay/Ricochet match.
Don't really care for the overdone flippy dippy shyt but these dudes are workrate.
Don't really care for the overdone flippy dippy shyt but these dudes are workrate.
Is there any chance Miyahara can be in the G1? Marufuji, Katsuhiko, and Shiozaki will absolutely not be in it because they're booked for NOAH on the same days.Miyahara vs Ishikawa is on RealHero's Google Drive
It's the kind of match that some people will love and others will hate. I'm kinda in the middle but lean on liking it because it wasn't that long were the flaws made the match drag. The first half is pretty standard with both of them just clashing against each other until Shuji gets the upperhand. He has an average control segment working the back, strong enough for me to buy the damage and short enough for it not to need Kento to sell like crazy (he still does a very good job at selling though). The second half is just bomb throwing and trading near falls with a red hot Korakuen getting more and more anxious about who's gonna win. They managed to keep building momentum and going for bigger stuff so it felt like the drama was building with each bomb and the finish felt very definite. Very much worth the watch, it's only 20 minutes long.
Jmare007
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@Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic Konosuke's July's challenger is Mike Bailey I wonder if the King of DDT winner gets to headline Sumo Hall or maybe we get two title defenses before the big event
It's not impossible but it would be a surprise considering All Japan and New Japan don't have a working relationship at all right now..Kento working the G1 would come out of left field. It's a long shot, but not a forgone conclusion though. He certainly has more chances of being there than Strong BJ
I wonder if the King of DDT winner gets to headline Sumo Hall or maybe we get two title defenses before the big event It's not impossible but it would be a surprise considering All Japan and New Japan don't have a working relationship at all right now..Kento working the G1 would come out of left field. It's a long shot, but not a forgone conclusion though. He certainly has more chances of being there than Strong BJ
Started watching the 5/21 AJPW show....The Great Kabuki wrestling in 2017
That theme is still
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