Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[The Intergalactic Koala]

When he started he was a chubby kid and was even more disrespectful, it was fukking awesome because he was always getting killed but he kept getting up and continue to be a pain in the ass. It's a shame he's a got so lean and became a Junior but this tourney should give us some dope moments. Can't wait till he tries to pull some shyt on Suzuki and gets bent into a pretzel

Dude reminds me of Baki the Grappler. Please tell me there's more of this dude's matches in BJWCore

 

[Jmare007]

Dude reminds me of Baki the Grappler. Please tell me there's more of this dude's matches in BJWCore

Not sure how back their archive goes but if it has stuff from 2011-2013 you'll be able to watch young Kazuki being an awesome chubby disrespectful fukk

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

BTW DDT Judgement is going to be free on DDT universe but apart of the paid subscription on demand.

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

The Strong Climb Tournament has been PURE PIFF my puro brehs

From the 3/21/18 show....

Takuya Nomura vs. Yuya Aoki

We got another one brehs So far this year we've seen Nomura (24 years old) having a "leap year" of sorts in terms of performances and in ring presence by being a feisty young guy that does not give a fukk about anything and will take it to anyone that's put in front on him. Well, what happens then when he's paired up with a guy like Aoki, who is only 21 years old and he also has a chip on his shoulder and wants to show HE is the promising star of the promotion? We get a dope fukking match, that's what happens. Man, if you would've told me Nomura fukked Aoki's girlfriend and Yuya found out on social media 10 minutes before the ball rang I would've believed it because HOLY fukk at some of the strikes and suplexes he hits in this, no regard whatsoever for Nomura's well being A very, very basic match with another "out of nowhere" finish that I couldn't help but love because of the roles these two portrayed, the hate and the strikes. And of course, all in just 11 minutes @Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic @SubZeroDegrees @Ace of the Metropolitan @3Rivers

Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto

Kazuki back were he belongs, being a disrespectful c*nt to people that are twice his size you don't have to be a genius to figure out what kind of story this two are gonna tell. As expected, they pull it off and give us a pretty fun David vs Goliath match. Very unique and proper finish too.


Suzuki vs Uto was way better than I expected. It too a while but things escalated to levels I did not see coming, and it had ANOTHER clever finish

Nakanoue vs Hama had some really good moments too, Hama doing Mutoh's pose only to follow it by the WOAT Shinning Wizard had me dying though

That Namoura/Aoki was As soon Aoki flipped off Nomura, the match went 100.

I love it when the youngstas go at it.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

 

[Jmare007]

Whoever asked Shibata if the Dojo would be like the Performance Center should be slapped in the face by Shibata himself

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Whoever asked Shibata if the Dojo would be like the Performance Center should be slapped in the face by Shibata himself

Trust, he got them killers on the prowl

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

As as I am about a Shibata return, I realize he must come back to fulfil his destiny as the Ryu to MiSu's Akuma

It would be to see him well enough to go again though.

 

[Jmare007]

Both DDT and All Japan did bad numbers today. The Saitama show did barely above 2,000 on a building that can hold up to 15-19k. Judgement Day drew 5,7k at Sumo Hall, the company is claiming a Super No Vacancy though

Bu bu bu bu puro is on the riiiiiiiiiise



Really looking forward to watching Kento vs Joe, KOD Tag Title match and Takeshyta vs Shuji though

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Both DDT and All Japan did bad numbers today. The Saitama show did barely above 2,000 on a building that can hold up to 15-19k. Judgement Day drew 5,7k at Sumo Hall, the company is claiming a Super No Vacancy though

Bu bu bu bu puro in the riiiiiiiiiise



Really looking forward to watching Kento vs Joe, KOD Tag Title match and Takeshyta vs Shuji though

Yeah I'm watching the AJPW show now and the shyt looks AWA vacant. Then again, I doubt AJPW will ever hit does 90s numbers even if Kobashi were to step in Hardy's lake of reincarnation.

 

[Jmare007]

Yeah I'm watching the AJPW show now and the shyt looks AWA vacant. Then again, I doubt AJPW will ever hit does 90s numbers even if Kobashi were to step in Hardy's lake of reincarnation.

Oh, I expected them to do a bad number. That card was very, very weak for such a big place, though 2k is even worse than I thought.

Of course they are not gonna go back to 90's numbers, no puro promotion will reach those levels again unless something shocking/amazing happens in the next 5-10 years. I'm just adding more evidence so people stop pretending like puro is on a boom or on the rise just because New Japan is doing well and because there's good wrestling from a new generation.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Oh, I expected them to do a bad number. That card was very, very weak for such a big place, though 2k is even worse than I thought.

Of course they are not gonna go back to 90's numbers, no puro promotion will reach those levels again unless something shocking/amazing happens in the next 5-10 years. I'm just adding more evidence so people stop pretending like puro is on a boom or on the rise just because New Japan is doing well and because there's good wrestling from a new generation.

Funny thing about this argument is that NJPW doing laughable numbers compared to the IGOATi days. I guess folks getting the fever that wrestling streams=bigger exposure, in reality, butts into seats matter over butts into a seat at home. The grim reality is that wrestling as a whole is niche as hell as it was during the Rock and Roll wrestling days.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

God Bless DDT

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

God Bless DDT

Is that a Nakamura look alike that he clotheslined?

 

[Jmare007]

HARASHIMA & Naomuchi Marufuji vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuzada Higuchi - DDT Judgement Day 2018, KO-D Tag Titles match
https://vk.com/videos289484704?z=video289484704_456244552/pl_289484704_-2

This was basically 13 minutes of these four chopping and hitting the fukk out of each other before going for a nice finishing sequence. Crowd was too dead for me to get hyped over the action, the match was made with the intention of showcasing Higuchi but I didn't think his performance was anything special and the fans didn't elevate it either. Still, this was a good tag match. Marufuji and Daisuke were the standouts, as expected.

Konosuke Takeshyta vs Shuji Ishikawa - DDT Judgement Day 2018, KO-D Openweight Title match
https://vk.com/videos289484704?z=video289484704_456244553/pl_289484704_-2

As back and forth a match as you are gonna get. For that reason this felt a little longer than it was as it didn't have much of a story arc besides "your turn/my turn". Thing is, the strikes and action was good enough to keep me watching. The bomb throwing of the last 3-5 minutes was pretty good too. @Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic you need to get your boy out of DDT ASAP and take that belt off him, he needs at least a year worth of free lance work to get to next level. At this point he's just a generic "go-go-go" style worker when he could be so much more.