Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[stro]

Just did the first clan battle in Yakuza Kiwami 2 meaning only to get greeted by Chono and Mutoh, then they meet with Fujinami, Tenryu, and Choshu to do some scheming

Tenryu and Choshu being grumpy old c*nts in kideo form

Fujinami interested in fighting Kiryu because they're both dragons

 

[The Rainmaker]

Just saw they uploaded this. Leaving this here to watch later and if any of you wants to check it

 

[TrueEpic08]

Decided to take a look at the Maru/KENTA match because...why not, really?

Can anybody tell me what the hell's going on with Marufuji's right arm? Seems like he has a bad case of nerve damage/atrophy a la Paul Orndorff or Kurt Angle. Not that I watch NOAH like that anymore, but I don't remember his arm being like that the last time I saw him.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[The Rainmaker]

Aw, shyt, is PAC bac(k)?

 

[Jmare007]

Aw, shyt, is PAC bac(k)?

They better hope so, today they announced that

- Shingo Takagi announced that he will be going freelance on October 7.

 

[The Rainmaker]

They better hope so, today they announced that

If CIMA doesn't come back soon with a brigade of the flippiest chinese monks, this company is doomed.

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

They better hope so, today they announced that

You have been saying Wrestle Kingdom needed an invader type match for a minute.

Naito vs Takagi would be

 

[Scottie Drippin]

They better hope so, today they announced that

Was telling my breh when I saw the news, this is the first time they've had a loss of any real talent since Magnum, Milano, and Shuji over a decade ago.That's madness. CIMA, Shingo, and Tozawa all gone.

 

[stro]

Shingo would look tiny next to the NJ heavyweights

 

[Jmare007]

Shingo would look tiny next to the NJ heavyweights

I think he's gonna go to All Japan first. He had a really good showing at the CC and got a couple of big Ws that can lead to big matches (and good pay) for him.

I don't see his size being an actual problem in New Japan, he might look smaller but it wont affect his work or how the crowd treats him. Shingo has enough fire and talent to make the size difference work on his favor.

You have been saying Wrestle Kingdom needed an invader type match for a minute.

Naito vs Takagi would be

That would be really cool, don't see it happening that soon though.

 

[Jmare007]

Was telling my breh when I saw the news, this is the first time they've had a loss of any real talent since Magnum, Milano, and Shuji over a decade ago.That's madness. CIMA, Shingo, and Tozawa all gone.

Yup, very interesting time for Dragon Gate. They might be forced to work with other companies

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Shingo would look tiny next to the NJ heavyweights

My first thought, too. He's nowhere near that 5'10" billed height but he's probably about Ishii's size. And he was still hitting all is shyt against big ole Shuji, like the deadlift pause on the Made in Japan and shyt, so looking believable against those dudes who are all smaller than that wouldn't be an issue.

He's deffo AJ bound though. After they didn't bring in Go I refuse to believe NJ is bringing in ANY interesting freelancers. Go would have been a PERFECT replacement for Shibata's spot on the roster.

 

[THE 101]

Golden Lovers vs Ishii and Osprey was

Maybe tag match of the year even with all the piff NXT have had.

It's time for Osprey to move to heavy. He's obviously been bulking up and the amount of fresh incredible match ups would be

 

[THE 101]

Kenny throwing subs.

"We don't have to pretend we're about to retire, we don't have to get sympathy by limping around like we're 85 years old"

Ibushi forgetting how many Junior titles he's won