Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[The Rainmaker]

Maybe I've posted this before, but these translations drive me fukking mad. Don't understand why the Japanese companies are so careless with other languages. Can't they hire some luchador to make the titles in Spanish?

 

[Jmare007]

Strong BJ challenge Violent Giants for the straps

And it's in goddamn Korakuen

 

[stro]

This Jake Lee fella giving me young Shinsuke vibes both in appearance and physicality


Yoshi Tatsu is still wearing his Bullet Club Hunter gear

He hasn't worked in NJ in a year and half

 

[Jmare007]

This Jake Lee fella giving me young Shinsuke vibes both in appearance and physicality

Watch the Akiyama match from september

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Yeah, because US sites (or any country tbh) are so trustworthy with that data. If you have any sort of social media you already screwed on that regard

The spam though breh. The spam

 

[Jmare007]

The spam though breh. The spam

VK hasn't given me any problems. I just use it to watch wrestling and they don't bother me with anything


Might be different for gringos though

 

[Jmare007]

 

[Jmare007]

Kazuki Hirata & Takuya Nomura vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi - BJW/DDT New Year's Eve Tag Team Tournament
Kazuki Hirata & Takuya Nomura vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi

this was awesome fukkery.

Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuki Ino vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi - BJW/DDT New Year's Eve Tag Team Tournament
Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuki Ino vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi

Three big fellas clashing into each other and Sakaguchi kicking the shyt out of everyone like his life depended on it. Fun tag, the Strong BJ clash had Ino like

Daichi Hashimoto & Daisuke Sasaki vs Yuya Aoki & MAO
Daichi Hashimoto & Daisuke Sasaki vs. MAO & Yuya Aoki

Daichi and Sasaki do a great job as the bullies. Aoki and MAO do a great job as fighting underdogs. Can't go wrong with that combination. fukking DEAD at Hashimoto and Sasaki's trolling of Mutoh and Chono


Konosuke Takeshyta & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi - BJW/DDT New Year's Eve Tag Team Tournament
Konosuke Takeshyta & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Yukio Sakaguchi

Lit ass final. Can we get more of this Takeshyta please? @Scottie Drippin





This show is awesome

 

[stro]

Got some 2002 NOAH from Russian Facebook

Their run was so crazy, especially considering the roster was 90% the ajpw crew that was getting stale even before the exodus. Their fall fro. Grace is even crazier since it had fallen off considerably even before Misawa died.

 

[Jmare007]

Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi (NEXTREAM) vs Takao Omori & Black Menso~re - AJPW 1/3/19, All Asia Tag Titles
NEXTREAM (Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi) (c) vs. Black Menso-re & Takao Omori

How about some Korakuen magic to start 2019? the match itself isn't some out of this world action. It's a very basic tag match with some sloppy exchanges from Omori and Nomura (who needs to get better at striking, is the only thing lacking on his repertoire) but Korakuen is fully into it so everything they do is elevated ten fold. The last few minutes are fukking awesome, so when you have a good enough build up with a hot crowd and you give them a very good finish, the match becomes a lot more special than it seemed it was going to be. I liked Nomura as the FIP and Aoyagi as the flashy guy that came in to turn the tides or make a key save. Black Menso~re kept things fresh too, as Omori can barely move at this point so a dude like Menso was needed. The crowd fukking loves Nomura and I'm still all in on him.

Kento Miyahara vs KAI - AJPW 1/3/19, Triple Crown match
Kento Miyahara (c) vs. KAI - AJPW New Year Wars 2019 - Tag 2

The first 20 minutes of this are worked very smartly. Every exchange was compelling and every transition for one of them to work on top made sense. Loved Kento's work on KAI's head and his selling of the leg was really good considering KAI didn't spent much time working it. The challenger was great throughout this match, sold well, showed great fire when he had to, the crowd was really behind him and every cut off he made was well timed. The last 8 minutes is like Miyahara flipped a switch and forgot to sell, I think his matches should never have leg work because his whole offense is based on his knee and speed and he clearly does not care about changing it up when it comes to final sequences thing was, it was a really dope 8 minutes. Korakuen lit, KAI doing awesome and Kento just knowing when to hit his stuff for maximum effect. Had he actually sold near the end this could've been amazing, but just like Omega/Tana, the positives far outweigh the negatives and the match was still awesome and worthy of an early MOTYC nod.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

@Jmare007 best Konosuke match in a minute. I think dude took the leap for 2019.

 

[Jmare007]

@Jmare007 best Konosuke match in a minute. I think dude took the leap for 2019.

I really hope so because DDT is putting the rocket on his back again. Won the Grand Prix, the tag tourney at New Year's and pinned CIMA for the Korakuen January show. I really liked what I saw on the tag tourney, less indy bullshyt.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I really hope so because DDT is putting the rocket on his back again. Won the Grand Prix, the tag tourney at New Year's and pinned CIMA for the Korakuen January show. I really liked what I saw on the tag tourney, less indy bullshyt.

I hope CIMA has been putting the boy through finishing school. It feels like it

 

[Jmare007]

I hope CIMA has been putting the boy through finishing school. It feels like it

If DDT doesn't let the boy go interpromotional, then DDT brings the interpromotion to the boy

 

[stro]

So, the Big Japan/DDT New Year's tag team tournament is already up on All World Wrestling | Рестлинг (WCW, TNA, WWE). So is DDT's Grand Prix final day @Ace of the Metropolitan

Why is bare male asses such a thing for comedy in Japan? It's not just wrestling, but it certainly seems to happen an awful lot in Japanese comedy wrestling.