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[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Hustle 3 is fukking insane! I dont remember Zebra Man at all and Shinya doing the Hustle thrust made me spit out my water

 

[stro]

Zebra Man going to the zoo to get his groove back and silently contemplating his life while staring at a zebra is as hell. Then he gets destroyed by 60 year old Tiger Jeet Singh, saved by Dusty Rhodes, and then Tiger tries to start a riot.

 

[Apex]

Hoping NJPW can give us video promos like this in 10 years when the US expansion has gone well.

 

[Jmare007]

Did HUSTLE ever make any money? Booking any show had to be expensive as fukk

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Today we had Big Japan at Sumo Hall and All Japan at Korakuen announcing the big matches for their Anniversary show at Sumo Hall in August:

AJPW "SUMMER ACTION SERIES 2017", 17.07.2017(Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,595 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Koji Iwamoto, Yuma Aoyagi, Daichi Kazato

& Fuminori Abe besiegen Masanobu Fuchi, Yohei Nakajima, Kaji Tomato & Yusuke Okada (6:12) nach einem Japanese Leg-Roll Clutch Hold von Aoyagi gegen Fuchi.
2. Exoloiders vs. Axe Bombers: Takao Omori, Yuko Miyamoto & Kazuhiro Tamura

besiegen Jun Akiyama, Isami Kodaka

& Atsushi Maruyama (6:05)nach einem Axe Bomber von Omori gegen Maruyama.
3. TAJIRI, KAI & Massimo besiegen Atsushi Aoki, Osamu Nishimura & Ryouji Sai (6:41) nach einem Cradle von TAJIRI gegen Aoki.
4. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hikaru Sato (c) besiegt Minoru Tanaka (13:18) mit einem Capture-Style Cross Armbreaker.
5. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura besiegen Zeus & The Bodyguard (c) (11:26)nach dem Maximum von Nomura gegen Bodyguard - Titelwechsel.
6. Special Singles Match: Kento Miyahara besiegt Joe Doering (8:28) mit einem Shutdown Suplex Hold.
7. Triple Crown: Shuji Ishikawa (c) besiegt Suwama(19:37) mit dem Giant Slam.

Notes:
- TAJIRI challenged Hikaru Sato after his title defense.
- It was announced that Satoshi Kojima will return to All Japan for the first time in 5 years to take on Suwama in Sumo Hall.
- Kento Miyahara came out to challenge Shuji Ishikawa after the main event. That match will probably headline Sumo Hall
- The 16 participants of the 5th Royal Road tournament were announced. Pairings can be found below.


AJPW "SUMMER EXPLOSION 2017 ~ ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING 45TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL CONVENTION ~ NEW RESOLUTION", 27.08.2017
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

-. Taichi

vs. Yuma Aoyagi
-. All Japan Pro Wrestling 45th Anniversary Memorial Tag Match: Dory Funk Jr. & Hiro Saito vs. Masanobu Fuchi & The Great Kabuki
-. Caristico vs. El Diamante
-. Suwama vs. Satoshi Kojima

- Triple Crown: Shuji Ishikawa (c) vs. Kento Miyahara*

* not officially announced yet

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BJW "RYOGOKUTAN", 17.07.2017 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Kota Sekifuda Return Match: Ryuichi Sekine

& Tatsuhiko Yoshino besiegen Kota Sekifuda & Yuya Aoki(7:37) nach dem Athlete German Suplex Hold von Yoshino gegen Sekifuda.
2. Special Six Man Tag Match: Great Kojika, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga besiegen Kendo Kashin, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (7:55) nach einem Small Package von Kojika geen Kei.
3. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Kazumi Kikuta besiegen Yoshihisa Uto & Takuya Nomura(11:07) nach dem Hybrid Blaster von Funaki gegen Nomura.
4. Iron Cage & K M G T Death Match: Yuko Miymoto & Isami Kodaka

besiegen Takumi Tsukamoto

& Toshiyuki Sakuda (14:06) nach einem Fire Thunder von Miyamoto gegen Sakuda.
* kilobyte lawnmower, mega hammer, giga ladder & terra table
5. BJW Jr. Heavyweight Title, Decision Match: Shinobu besiegt Kazuki Hashimoto (13:19) mit dem S.E.X Bomber - Titelwechsel.
6. Concrete Block Overall Death Match: "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa & Masashi Takeda besiegen Minoru Fujita & Kankuro Hoshino (12:14) nach einem Reverse U Crash von Takeda gegen Hoshino.
7. Yokohama Shopping Street Six Man Tag Team Title:Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Shogun Okamoto (c) beesiegen Kohei Sato

, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani (16:17) nach einer Air Scissors Press von Hama gegen Kamitani.
8. BJW Strong World Heavyweight Title: Hideki Suzuki (c) besiegt Ryuichi Kawakami (13:55) mit einem Sleeper Hold.
9. BJW Tag Team Title: Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito besiegen Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c)(21:10) nach einem Diving Bakachinga Elbow Drop von Kobayashi gegen Okabyashi - Titelwechsel
10. BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title ~ Ryogoku Battle "Hot Blooded" Way of Life Bloody Death Match:Masaya Takahashi (c) besiegt Takayuki Ueki (23:45)mit einem Jackhammer auf ein Nailboard.


Hideki still the champ. And with Strong BJ losing the straps, it opens the door for Yuji to eventually get a rematch and the main belt

Really curious onboth tag title matches both have chsnces of being really fun or a complete clusterfukk

 

[stro]

NJPW Battle Formation 1996

Yo god damn Battle Formation 1996 is one of the most stacked cards I've ever seen

Hashimoto vs Takada, Saskue vs Liger, Tenryu vs Fujinami, Muta vs Hakushi, LOD/Power Warrior vs Steiners/Norton, Macho Man vs Tenzan, Luger vs Chono. shyt is bonkers. Why NJPW refused to put on Dome Shows like this on 1/4 until the last few years is beyond me.

quite a show

 

[Jmare007]

I was wondering when you were gonna review that show. Probably the best Dome show New Japan ever had up until the last few years.

 

[stro]

I somehow got IP banned from XWC so I just happened to luck upon it one day. NJ's lack of care in pre-2013 stuff outside of 1/4 and Inoki/Muta means that's the best quality it will probably ever get.

Had a 2-1 seed ratio and am not banned from the main site

 

[Jmare007]

All Japan Pro-Wrestling Founding 45th Anniversary Memorial Battle in Osaka ~ The Road to RYOGOKU : Jun Akiyama, Suwama & Kento Miyahara vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Joe Doering & Yuji Okabayashi

can't wait.

 

[Jmare007]

Kazuki Hashimoto vs Shinobu - Jr Tournament Final Ryogokutan 2017

Better than their match at Korakuen in June. Really good work by Kazuki working the arm and nice comeback by Shinobu. Not sure the right man won. I want to see these two work against in each in heated tag matches, I think their chemistry would work best in that kind of setting.

Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Shogun Okamoto vs Kohei Sato & Okami - Ryogokutan 2017

Fun little 6 man match. It kinda ended out of nowhere but it served the purpose of showing that getting caught by Hama's fat ass is an instant L


Hideki Suzuki vs Ryuichi Kawakami - BJW Strong Heavyweight Title, Ryogokutan 2017

Another good defense by Suzuki, though this is the lesser of the ones he's had this year. It still had plenty of good stuff though, don't get me wrong, it's a pretty good follow up to the 6/28 tag match at Korakuen. Kawakami is a punk ass "kid" that has a plan - as he showed in said tag match - and comes up top in a lot of the early exchanges, and follows them up with a cocky smirk and a couple of cheap shots Suzuki has to dig deeper than normal and has to pull off "new stuff" to try to put his challenger away. Post match is glorious and previews the defense we SHOULD have gotten on this show, can't wait



Strong BJ vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito - BJW Tag Titles, Ryogokutan 2017

I had a smile in my face the whole 21 minutes this match lasted. fukking loved the first few minutes with Strong BJ trying to work their formula match and the deathmatch team - jesus christ they look even worse than I remember - saying fukk no, and outsmarting the big fellas like they were a heel souther tag team. Eventually Okabayashi is too much of a beast and is able to get the bout back to what suits him and Daisuke better. Almost died at Abby Jr. getting rid of his attire mid match and showing off his "Strongheavyweight" tights This was a fukking blast, more aimed at people that have watched these four wrestle for years going at it in fukking 2017 in a "normal" tag match, but I think it has enough great stuff to have anyone compelled. I'm biased as fukk but this gets to MOTYC level for me, at the very least y'all will be at this fun clash of styles and personalities.

 

[Jmare007]

@Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic yo breh, have seen Takeshyta vs Mike Bailey? Is it worth a look? And if so, is there a link for it?

 

[Scottie Drippin]

@Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic yo breh, have seen Takeshyta vs Mike Bailey? Is it worth a look? And if so, is there a link for it?

I finally tried to find it last night and couldn't

Might actually just wait until Saturday and get DDTWorld, that way it lasts through Peter Pan

EDIT: Kota is such a genius. Worked about 30-something matches in the last two years, very few of them singles macthes, allowing himself to still get paid (probably more than ever) while recovering from injuries and growing into his heavyweight frame properly. He looks very healthy and comprehensively built now, versus the muscled out top heavy David Boston situation in 2015/16. He was begging for knee and back injuries. Research pays

 

[Jmare007]

I finally tried to find it last night and couldn't

Might actually just wait until Saturday and get DDTWorld, that way it lasts through Peter Pan

EDIT: Kota is such a genius. Worked about 30-something matches in the last two years, very few of them singles macthes, allowing himself to still get paid (probably more than ever) while recovering from injuries and growing into his heavyweight frame properly. He looks very healthy and comprehensively built now, versus the muscled out top heavy David Boston situation in 2015/16. He was begging for knee and back injuries. Research pays

Let me now if anything shows up online

And yeah, Kota's been one of the smarter people in wrestling for a while now. And he's probably gonna end up having the Dome match against Kenny he's been wanting for so long motherfukker has "conned" every promotion into giving him his money, book him properly, work limited dates AND STILL get high profile matches

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[Jmare007]