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[Jmare007]

Peter Pan show is already in XWT, I'll wait for single matches links though. Only interested in the main event.


New Japan announced it's next big shows cards. I'm gladly surprised by them, a lot of people can come out of the coming months looking like a bigger deal and putting themselves in position to be a bigger player in 2018. I also liked what he did with the Korakuen shows. It's a solid step forward, I just hope he doesn't take three step backwards once the "down season" ends, still, he wasn't lazy this time around so he deserves props

“Road to DESTRUCTION” 9/7/17 [Thur] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Shota Umino vs Tetsuhiro Yagi
(2) Yuji Nagata & Katsuya Kitamura vs Manabu Nakanishi & Tomoyuki Oka
(3) Togi Makabe, David Finlay, Ryusuke Taguchi, Ricochet & Hirai Kawato vs Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
(4) Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Barreta vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(5) Juice Robinson, Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs Kenny Omega, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
(6) Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & El Desperado
(7) Elimination 10-man Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Will Ospreay & Rocky Romero vs Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi

“Road to DESTRUCTION” 9/9/17 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Yuji Nagata, Hirai Kawato & Tomoyuki Oka vs Manabu Nakanishi, Katsuya Kitamura & Shota Umino
(2) Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Barreta & Jado vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
(3) Raymond Rowe, Hanson & Togi Makabe vs Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & TAKA Michinoku
(4) Will Ospreay & Rocky Romero vs BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
(5) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Kenny Omega & Chase Owens
(6) Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA
(7) Elimination 10-man Tag Match: Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi


“DESTRUCTION in FUKUSHIMA” 9/10/17 [Sun] 16:00 @ Azuma Sports Park in Fukushima
(1) Yuji Nagata & Hirai Kawato vs Manabu Nakanishi & Shota Umino
(2) Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura vs Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
(3) Barreta & Dado vs Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(4) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs Takashi Iizuka, TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi
(5) IWGP Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [77th Champions] Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs [Challengers] Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs [Challengers] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
~2nd title defense
(6) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Kenny Omega & Bad Luck Fale
(7) Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay vs Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
(8) NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: [13th Champions] EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs [Challengers] Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Rocky Romero
~3rd title defense
(9) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [16th Champion] Minoru Suzuki vs [Challenger] Michael Elgin ~3rd title defense

“DESTRUCTION in HIROSHIMA” 9/16/17 [Sat] 18:00 @ Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall

(1) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin “Thunder” Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado
(2) Roppongi Vice Final Match: Rocky Romero & Barreta vs Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(3) Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin & Kota Ibushi vs Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku
(4) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [53rd Champions] Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs [Challengers] Yoshinobu Kanemeru & Taichi
(5) IWGP Tag Championship 3WAY Match: Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
(6) Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Kenny Omega & Bad Luck Fale
(7) Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Will Ospreay & Rocky Romero vs Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
(8) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [77th Champion] KUSHIDA vs [Challenger] El Desperado
~2nd title defense
(9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [16th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs [Challenger] Zack Sabre Jr. ~2nd title defense

“DESTRUCTION in KOBE” 9/24/17 [Sun] 16:00 @ Kobe World Hall

(1) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hirai Kawato vs Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino
(2) Juchin “Thunder” Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku
(3) Togi Makabe & David Finlay vs Michael Elgin & Katsuya Kitamura
(4) Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Barreta vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet vs Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi
(6) IWGP Tag Championship 3WAY Match: Raymond Rowe & Hanson vs Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
(7) Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Rocky Romero vs Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI
(8) Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi
(9) IWGP United States Championship Match: [1st Champion] Kenny Omega vs [Challenger] Juice Robinson ~1st title defense


“King of Pro-Wrestling” 10/9/17 [Mon] 17:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

() Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Challenge Rights Match: [G1 27 Winner/Rights Holder] Tetsuya Naito vs [Challenger] Tomohiro Ishii

() IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs [Challenger] EVIL ~8th title defense

They are putting HUGE hope on Kenny - and Juice for that matter - for the Kobe World Hall show. That's a big ass building they have to fill with a pretty weak card. But I like they are taking a chance with them. Hopefully the stable feuds pick up some steam and aren't filler tags too.

 

[stro]

Hopefully the stable feuds pick up some steam and aren't filler tags too.

 

[Jmare007]

That's the one takeway of that whole post?

At least he made them do interesting shyt in Korakuen, shyt might be heated just by that alone

 

[3Rivers]

Looking forward to the elimination tag matches. Naito vs Ishii will be good as always even if I feel like I've seen them 1 on 1 too many times recently

 

[Apex]

Okada taking September off lmao

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Okada taking September off lmao

He's booked on all those September cards family

There's no title defense until KOPW because that's simply been the case largely since Gedo got the book.

Looking forward to those elimination tags. Damn shame we didn't get a big one when AJ was around. BC with AJ v CHAOS with Naka in a big captains fall match would have been amazing

 

[stro]

That's the one takeway of that whole post?

At least he made them do interesting shyt in Korakuen, shyt might be heated just by that alone

Yeah, actually. Not particularly interested in seeing a bunch of G1 rematches and I don't know what this Peter Pan thing is. The idea of Gedo booking a stable feud and not having it be endless random tags is lol, though.

 

[Jmare007]

Yeah, actually. Not particularly interested in seeing a bunch of G1 rematches and I don't know what this Peter Pan thing is. The idea of Gedo booking a stable feud and not having it be endless random tags is lol, though.

 

[stro]

??? There's a million shows going on in Japan all the time.

 

[Jmare007]

??? There's a million shows going on in Japan all the time.

DDT's Peter Pan show is their "Wrestlemania", since 2009 they've booked Sumo Hall (and Budokan Hall once) with impressive results. Except for this year, it's been the biggest "free lance/indy" puro event on the calendar.

 

[stro]

Oh. I never paid attention to DDT outside of random clips of Ibushi doing wacky shyt.

 

[The Rainmaker]

FINAL BOSS Minoru Suzuki

 

[3Rivers]

 

[Jmare007]

Konosuke Takeshyta vs Tetsuya Endo - Ryogoku Peter Pan 2017

This was worked very similarly to Okada/Omega I and II, where they spend the first third of the match working a body part and making you think it's gonna be a focused match, but after a certain point they just shrug everything off and start doing a proper spotfest with some crazy shyt and good near falls. Crowd was fukking DEAD for most of the first half though, so whatever they were going for didn't work at all. Once they went full on spotfest they woke everyone up and had them reacting at every bomb. An enjoyable match, I'm sure a lot of people will find it very good-to-great, but it wasn't the "next generation showcase" I was hoping for. Takeshyta has to have the best offense in wrestling right now imo, I keep waiting for a classic for him, I hope I get it soon.

 

[The Rainmaker]

They actually gave the GHC title to Eddie "Eddie Edwards" Edwards (First ever American to hold the title too). Just die, NOAH.