Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Dead ass rooting for Tanahashi.

The Ace of NJPW will save us from this Elite matter.

 

[krackdagawd]

Just saw the tag match w tana n ospreay everyone involved is in crazy shape for WK especially Tana n Omega. Ospreay putting on some muscle as well

 

[Jmare007]

This is more of a reminder for me as I'm always pimping Big Japan so a list like this can be useful when people ask what to watch, and last year I said I was going to to do this every year going forward (hopefully )

Best of 2018 for the Strong Division (in a BJW ring):

*Daisuke Sekimoto & Hideki Suzuki v. Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato (1/2/18)
*Daichi Hashimoto vs Ryuichi Kawakami (1/2/18)
*Takuya Nomura v. Fuminori Abe (1/17/18)
*Daichi Hashimoto vs Yasufumi Nakanoue (2/17/18)
*Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideki Suzuki, Kazumi Kikuta & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryota Hama, Ryuichi Kawakami & Takuya Nomura (2/17/18)
*dikk Togo v. Takuya Nomura (2/18/18)
*Daichi Hashimoto v. Takuya Nomura (3/8/18)
*Hideki Suzuki v. Daisuke Sekimoto (3/11/18)
*Takuya Nomura v. Yuya Aoki (3/21/18)
*Daisuke Sekimoto vs Kazuki Hashimoto (3/21/18)
*Takuya Nomura vs Yasufumi Nakanoue (4/1/18)
*Hideki Suzuki vs Kazuki Hashimoto (4/5/18)
*Daichi Hashimoto vs Yasufumi Nakanoue (4/5/18)
*Daisuke Sekimoto v. dikk Togo (4/22/18)
*Hideki Suzuki v. Daisuke Sekimoto (5/5/18)
*Hideki Suzuki v. Takuya Nomura (6/20/18)
*Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Okami (7/21/18)
*Hideki Suzuki/Daisuke Sekimoto v. Takuya Nomura/Fuminori Abe (8/12/18)
*Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe vs Okami (9/6/18)
*Hideki Suzuki v. Yasufumi Nakanoue (9/16/18)
*Daisuke Sekimoto & Hideki Suzuki vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki (9/24/18)
*Okami vs Party Boys (9/24/18)
*Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe vs Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta (9/24/18)
*Hideki Suzuk & Kazumi Kikuta v. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto (10/25/18)
*Hideki Suzuki v. Daisuke Sekimoto (11/11/18)
*Strong BJ vs Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue (11/27/18)

Pretty sure all of them have links in this thread if anyone wants to check them out. In bolded are the ones I consider legit MOTYCs. @trick @Beautiful Bobby Eatin @TrueEpic08 @3Rivers Did I miss one @Scottie Drippin?

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

I forgot about the dikk Togo match

Bout to go through some of these now

 

[Apex]

Rewatched Okada-Tanahashi from Invasion Attack 2013. Storytelling at its finest, bro.

 

[Jmare007]

New Year's Eve tag team fukkery was only limited to Big Japan and DDT, seems like a real fun show though.

BJW/DDT "TOSHIKOSHI PRO-WRESTLING 2018 ~ TOSHIWASURE! SHUFFLE TAG TOURNAMENT ~", 31.12.2018 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: Daisuke Sekimoto

& Yuki Iino

besiegen Ryota Hama

& Antonio Honda

w/ "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (6:26) nach einem Sasorigatame von Sekimoto gegen Honda.
2. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: Yuji Okabayashi

& Yukio Sakaguchi

besiegen Takuya Nomura

& Kazuki Hirata

(6:57) nach einem Argentine Backbreaker von Okabayashi gegen Hirata.
3. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: Yuko Kandori (Yuko Miyamoto) & Konosuke Takeshyta

besiegen Brahman Kei & Masahiro Takanashi

w/ Brahman Shu (5:53) nach einem Cross Armbreaker von Kandori gegen Takanashi.
4. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: Takayuki Ueki

& Mike Bailey besiegen Great Kojika

& Sammy Guevara (6:44) nach einem Schoolboy von Ueki gegen ?.
5. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: Yuya Aoki

& MAO

besiegen Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Tetsuya Endo (7:37) nach einem Modified Backslide von Aoki gegen Yoshino.
6. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: Daichi Hashimoto

& Daisuke Sasaki

besiegen Yoshihisa Uto

& Sanshiro Takagi

/w Hideki Suzuki (1:22) nach einem Shining Wizard von Hashomoto gegen Takagi.
7. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kazusada Higuchi besiegen Minoru Fujita & Soma Takao (5:38) nach einem Small Package von Higuchi gegen Takao.
8. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 1: HARASHIMA

& Masashi Takeda besiegen Ruyji Ito & Yuki Ueno (6:50) nach einem Chairshot von Takeda gegen Ueno.
9. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 2: Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi besiegen Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuki Iino (9:50) nach dem Kami no Migi Hiza von Sakaguchi gegen Iino.
10. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 2: Yuko Kandori (Yuko Miyamoto) & Konosuke Takeshyta besiegen besiegen Takayuki Ueki & Mike Bailey (9:21) nach einem Heel Hold von Kandori gegen Ueki.
11. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 2: Daichi Hashimoto & Daisuke Sasaki besiegen Yuya Aoki & MAO (9:14) nach einem Crossface Lock von Sasaki gegen Aoki.
12. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 2: HARASHIMA & Masashi Takeda vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kazusada Higuchi - Time Limit Draw (10:00).
12a. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Round 2, 1 Count Rules: HARASHIMA & Masashi Takeda besiegen Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kazusada Higuchi (00:41) nach einem Jackknife Hold von HARASHIMA gegen Higuchi.
13. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi besiegen Daichi Hashimoto & Daisuke Sasaki (10:07) nach dem Golem Splah von Okabayashi gegen Hashimoto.
14. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Semi Final: HARASHIMA & Masashi Takeda vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Yuko Takeshyta (Konosuke Takeshyta) - Time Limit Draw (15:00).
14a. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Semi Final: HARASHIMA & Masashi Takeda besiegen Yuko Miyamoto & Yuko Takeshyta (Konosuke Takeshyta) (1:54) nach einem Japanese Leg-Roll Clutch Hold von Takeshyta gegen HARASHIMA.
15. Shuffle Tag Tournament - Final: Yuko Miyamoto & Yuko Takeshyta (Konosuke Takeshyta) besiegen Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi (13:10) nach dem Fable von Takeshyta gegen Sakaguchi.

 

[The Rainmaker]

 

[stro]

at least pretend it's real man

 

[Jmare007]

Jake Lee vs Jun Akiyama - All Japan 9/17/18

Took me a long ass time to finally watch this. A super cool sprint between the young kid and grumpy Uncle Jun. The match is as simple as can be: Lee wants to prove a point to the legend and Akiyama is not buying it. This was mostly strikes, with vicious kicks and knees (and some elbows). Korakuen being really into the action of course helped. If anyone knows how to rip shyt from All Japan TV (VideoDownload Helper doesn't work), I'd gladly do it and upload it for the brehs. Pretty sure @SubZeroDegrees would really like this match.

Naoya Nomura vs Zeus - All Japan 9/17/18

This one started exactly the same as Akiyama/Lee but it didn't have the strikes nor the intensity of that match. Instead, the last 6 minutes of this had a bomb throwing finishing sequence that had Korakuen (and myself) going That final portion of the match really elevated it and made this encounter worth a watch. It also felt like another step in Nomura's journey, as well as a good showing from Zeus as a legit main event guy

Japan opened Pandora's box for Floyd, he's gonna have a yearly big check for life if he wants it.

 

[stro]

If you have a AJ log in, hit me with it and I'll see if I can find a program or extension that can rip from it

 

[Jmare007]

I found a new source for current shows. There's a group in VK that uploads everything as soon as it's shown on TV, they also upload DDT and All Japan though I'm not sure how quick they are with those.

Anyways, I was just watching Choshu's Power Hall show here
https://vk.com/video-5899799_456241981

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kendo Kashin & Kohei Sato & Tomoya Hirata vs Shinjiro Otani & Takashi Sugiura & Takuya Nomura & Yutaka Yoshie - Power Hall 12/28/18

A really fun 8 man tag, one of those matches were the vets have their fun and let the young kids show off...by beating the fukk out of them Nomura and Nakajima continue to be gold every time they paired against each other. Ohtani did his shtick, Kashin was fun, Yoshie was a fat fukk who knows how to get over, Hirata showed some interesting stuff and Sugi saved himself for the ending, which was fine but it could've been more heated

If you have a AJ log in, hit me with it and I'll see if I can find a program or extension that can rip from it

Not sure when my sub expires as I used Paypal (could end tomorrow or next week). But once I re up in January I'll give you the log in and see what you can do.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Japan opened Pandora's box for Floyd, he's gonna have a yearly big check for life if he wants it.

Just one yearly check?

Floyd is gonna be peddling multiple Japanese product like Bill Murray in 'Lost In Translation' by the Summer.

When he hops the rail at WK14 to challenge for the Jr. Heavyweight strap too

 

[Legal]

Just one yearly check?

Floyd is gonna be peddling multiple Japanese product like Bill Murray in 'Lost In Translation' by the Summer.

When he hops the rail at WK14 to challenge for the Jr. Heavyweight strap too

The world NEEDS some Mayweather in NJPW fukkery.

 

[Jmare007]

The world NEEDS some Mayweather in NJPW fukkery.

Motivated "Money" Mayweather, sure.

Cashing checks, not 1 fukk given Floyd, heeelll no. And who the hell is gonna convince Floyd to eventually do a job?

 

[Jmare007]

Happy new year's puro gang !