Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[krackdagawd]

@krackdagawd young Nomura (black trunks) getting his Canelo on

feet too quick to be Canelo

 

[Jmare007]

feet too quick to be Canelo

 

[MightyHealthy]

Either Tana beats Okada or ghee suitcase changes hands. Hmmmm

Watch this last week.


How Baba-san and Papa Von Erich straight went after each other throat. Straight Brawl.

First time watching a Giant Baba match. This dude has the weirdest body shape ever.

This was the first time Baba's shape made sense in a match. Those strikes laying down looked fierce

 

[Jmare007]

Well, DDT took advantage of the current landscape and finally pulled some moves to get themselves a nice couple of matches for Peter Pan @Ace of the Metropolitan @Scottie Drippin @The Rainmaker



CIMA vs Takeshyta and All Out vs Strong Hearts

The DG boys going freelance will give the puro scene a much needed refresher, good to see they won't be exclusive to Wrestle-1. And Shingo is about to make things even more interesting.


In a couple of hours we'll see if Meiko makes it out of Korakuen with the belt too

 

[MightyHealthy]

Well, DDT took advantage of the current landscape and finally pulled some moves to get themselves a nice couple of matches for Peter Pan @Ace of the Metropolitan @Scottie Drippin @The Rainmaker



CIMA vs Takeshyta and All Out vs Strong Hearts

The DG boys going freelance will give the puro scene a much needed refresher, good to see they won't be exclusive to Wrestle-1. And Shingo is about to make things even more interesting.


In a couple of hours we'll see if Meiko makes it out of Korakuen with the belt too

uhhhhhhhh I think the show I watched is over

 

[EL REY]

Spoiler: Tanahashi vs. Okada...post-match folly

told Rocky to come up off that chair, pleighboi...

YOSHI-HASHI tries making the save but trips, falls and knocks the blood and sense out of himself along the way. Tell Titus he's good now...

Jay throwing a chair at Yoshi's head to give reason as to why blood is pouring out of it...

"Breathe with the Switchblade. New Era. Coming soon." Geto said it like this nikka's about to drop the hottest album of the year...

 

[stro]

 

[Jmare007]

That's the smartest thing Gedo could've done given the current state of things. Can't hate on that

Spoiler

It gives Okada a real angle for him to work with going into WK and we are finally gonna get some reshuffling in the stables. I'm not that interested in a White vs Okada match but it serves a lot of purposes and the way things are right now, going in that direction is the right call. At least is fresh and I've been asking for that for years.

CHAOS will still be alive by the time Umino comes back from his excursion in 2 years

uhhhhhhhh I think the show I watched is over

There's weren't any results of the show when I posted that - shyt, I still can't find any - how would I've known?

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

At least they're trying to make the man interesting. It probably wont work but theyre at least trying to build him.




Side note, is Kitamura finished or is he done?

I kinda miss Roids McGee now

 

[Jmare007]

By the way, Okada vs Tana did GREAT business at Kobe. Best attendance there in 4 years, seems Tokyo is the town that's kinda saturated with that pairing, the fact that it was the first "MITB" match that had a real chance of changing hands might've also helped

At least they're trying to make the man interesting. It probably wont work but theyre at least trying to build him.




Side note, is Kitamura finished or is he done?

I kinda miss Roids McGee now

Exactly, and they are trying by doing something they haven't done in a long ass time.

RE: Kitamura. Nothing has been official, and he's been cryptic on social media so all we have is rumors and Dave's hit or miss puro coverage. This week the WON had this:

The actual reason Katsuya Kitamura hasn’t been around is because one of his legs was crushed in a horrible scooter accident. It’s not 100 percent that he won’t be able to come back but we’re told it doesn’t look promising. That’s a real sad story because he had superstar presence and most figured he’d be fast-tracked, because of his age and look, to main event status. He was just starting to do some really good singles matches in prelims so he was getting it down.

And last month Kitamura posted an old picture on instagram of his roided up legs and was still calling himself a New Japan wrestler.

After all this time though, it certainly doesn't look good for him, that's for sure

 

[THE 101]

Loved that angle at the end. Simple, old school wrassling shyt.

Did Yoshi-hashi do a Titus running to the ring?

 

[The Rainmaker]

I hit the NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO again. Most painful thing since the Shield betrayal

Well, DDT took advantage of the current landscape and finally pulled some moves to get themselves a nice couple of matches for Peter Pan @Ace of the Metropolitan @Scottie Drippin @The Rainmaker



CIMA vs Takeshyta and All Out vs Strong Hearts

The DG boys going freelance will give the puro scene a much needed refresher, good to see they won't be exclusive to Wrestle-1. And Shingo is about to make things even more interesting.

They are actually opening the gates

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

By the way, Okada vs Tana did GREAT business at Kobe. Best attendance there in 4 years, seems Tokyo is the town that's kinda saturated with that pairing, the fact that it was the first "MITB" match that had a real chance of changing hands might've also helped




Exactly, and they are trying by doing something they haven't done in a long ass time.

RE: Kitamura. Nothing has been official, and he's been cryptic on social media so all we have is rumors and Dave's hit or miss puro coverage. This week the WON had this:


And last month Kitamura posted an old picture on instagram of his roided up legs and was still calling himself a New Japan wrestler.

After all this time though, it certainly doesn't look good for him, that's for sure

Yeah its more than Gedo is usually good for.


And that sucks about Kitamura. I didnt know about the accident. He would have been great in Suzuki-gun eventually. I hope he can make a comeback but I dont see how.

 

[MightyHealthy]

There's weren't any results of the show when I posted that - shyt, I still can't find any - how would I've known?

It was actually streaming for free on DDT Universe.

Guess I had to relish the one day I actually beat you to something puro

Here's the results.

Spoiler

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

They already edited the fall with an obvious zoom in