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[The Intergalactic Koala]

#godblessDDT #

 

[stro]

Rapin' Ronald

 

[Jmare007]

I watched this match today. It's been a long time since I made some wrestling gifs but goddamn!

And the next night Daisuke had to endure Hama's fat ass trying to crush his soul into the canvas. That's my Daisuke

 

[Jmare007]

Will they give Lee the rub immediately or will they try to build up for it like they did for Sanada & Soya all those years ago (can't fukking believe it's been 8 years since that feud )

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

@Jmare007 So I havent finished it yet I'm about halfway through but this Terry Funk comp is pretty good so far. Started off with a Funk/Cactus Barb wire match which, we get chair throwing Terry 5 min in . And yes it does have Funk/Brickhouse complete with white girls escorting Brickhouse to the ring. Definite fukkery there. I'll finish a review when I'm done

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Somebody made a thread on Inokiism

 

[Makai Club]

Hold up. I love Inokiism, but I know this nikka didn't just imply Yasuda's main event push was a "good" thing, right?

 

[Hey_zeus]

Somebody made a thread on Inokiism

The GOAT IWGP belt design.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Somebody made a thread on Inokiism

Inoki himself wrote that.

Killing of Hash, one of the biggest draws of all time, is one of the worst booking decisions of all time. Inoki nearly put NJPW under. The company has STILL not recovered from it

 

[stro]

I watched Sug/Go from last summer last night


The headbutts

Have we learned nothing?

 

[Jmare007]

I watched Sug/Go from last summer last night


The headbutts

Have we learned nothing?

Wait till you see Sugi vs Nakajima. The second half of that match is fukking insane. I have no clue how Sugi is a functional human being after a decade of matches like those

 

[stro]

 

[Jmare007]

Somebody made a thread on Inokiism

Couldn't go past half of that bullshyt

and skipping 20 years of Inokism were Inoki kept fighting martial arts people to show Strong Style was the best and New Japan was King of Sports, which was key in creating that identity for him and the company. Which was what led to him being a fukking moron in the 2000's.

 

[The Rainmaker]

Gedo, you fukker. Your own crew is asking for a change and that's why they leaving...

One of the things with Kushida which led to his leaving for WWE is that early last year he wanted to go heel and join the Bullet Club, but Gedo wanted him to stay in his place. The deal was that New Japan needed the solid junior heavyweight guy, with Will Ospreay in Chaos, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Desperado and Taka Michinoku in Suzuki-gun, Taiji Ishimori in Bullet Club and Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi in LIJ. The home team side had Ryusuke Taguchi, but he’s more comedy now and only turning it on as a serious guy for a few matches a year like Super Juniors, and Tiger Mask and Jushin Liger are legends, but they are no longer in the singles title picture. That probably isn’t the only reason but it was part of it. He handled it professionally, working until 1/29, doing his clean jobs at the Dome and Dash, and because he handled it so professionally he’s getting his first career singles match with Hiroshi Tanahashi on his last night at Korakuen Hall

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Somebody made a thread on Inokiism

The spin is strong here