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The Rainmaker

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He could use Taguchi's gear

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are there any good puro reviewers out there?

i want to know what matches i need to watch from stardom, new japan, noah, ajpw, etc. and not watch full shows so a review would be helpful
 

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are there any good puro reviewers out there?

i want to know what matches i need to watch from stardom, new japan, noah, ajpw, etc. and not watch full shows so a review would be helpful
I'd just read @Jmare007's posts here whenever he provides links tbh. I was out of the loop with places like AJPW and BJW for years and his match summaries got me back into it. :ehh:

Can't believe I was sleeping on Kento Miyahara and Hideki Suzuki for so long. :wow:
 

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are there any good puro reviewers out there?

i want to know what matches i need to watch from stardom, new japan, noah, ajpw, etc. and not watch full shows so a review would be helpful

I haven't had time to listen to it recently but Eastern Lariat on the MLW network is a pretty thorough rundown of what's happening in Japanese wrestling.. The host, Strigga, is pretty knowledgeable about most of the feds.
 

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I haven't had time to listen to it recently but Eastern Lariat on the MLW network is a pretty thorough rundown of what's happening in Japanese wrestling.. The host, Strigga, is pretty knowledgeable about most of the feds.
This is perfect

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I'm convinced Shibata has been dead since shortly after Makai Club and he just refuses to believe it and presses on

If he actually makes it back we'll have to start talking about him like the kid from 'Fresh' talking about The Punisher :wow:



Purobreh #1: BAM! Ishii go down :damn:BAM! Goto go down :damn:Shibata be takin they ass out :ooh:

Purobreh #2: But Okada took out Shibata:dwillhuh:

Purobreh #1: Rainmaker Is baby stuff homes:ufdup:All his long pants and greenlight push ain't shyt. Shibata the real dope, homie :ohlawd:
 

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HOLY shyt :krs:



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I hope Hino gets the W so he can work more dates in Big Japan again. But it's a on a Zero1 show and it might be too big of an L for Daisuke, even though he never has problems putting people over. Maybe it's a 30 minute draw? :patrice:

Anyway, I hope it's taped because less and less Z1 shows make it these days, the only hope is they upload it on their Youtube channel :francis:




BY THE WAY. The dude from that Twitter account streams some SamuraiTV shows live/as they air. I'm watching the Big Japan 1/13 show right now :gladbron:
Panda Screw Leg Whip City :wow:

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Strong BJ vs Violent Giants - All Japan Tag Titles, BJW 1/13/19

AHHHHHHHHH :damn:!!!! One of those matches were your expectations are sky high and they are fully met and even surpassed. 26 minutes of a fukking war between four dudes that do not care one bit about the other team. This was worked like an interpromotional match should be, with the home team from a smaller promotion having to fight from underneath all night and having to reach deep just to reset the action to a leveled playing field. Suwama and Shuji are perfect as the dominant champs, it's not easy to make Strong BJ look like underdogs, specially on a long match, but they dominated them for 3/4 of the match and not only it made sense, but it was compelling to watch. Daisuke - the man who's celebrating his 20th anniversary on this show - is the face in peril, and as his matches from the previous week against Sato and Hama showed. he's awesome at selling the beating with his facial expressions and body language. With Sekimoto only trying to survive the onslaught, Yuji is left as the savior of the team and boy does he show up, we get EXTRA FIRED UP YUJI :banderas: the strikes, the suplexes, the lariats are all done with such passion and intensity that you can't help but love this dude. Still, Violent Giants are not to be fukked with so Okabayashi's hot tag doesn't have a lasting effect, the timing of their cut offs were perfect every single time, to the point Korakuen was booing Suwama every time he was on top because he was spoiling their fun. At some point to whole crowd booes them because they want Strong BJ to comeback so bad but Shuji and Suwama are just too damn good. Strong BJ's struggle to stay in the fight is so well done by both team that when they reach the "double German suplex" spot you are rooting for it like a little kid. The ending is so satisfying you legit feel like
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There's excess in this match but I had zero problem with it. The two times there's blatant no selling because of a fighting spirit spot was either still sold (Yuji acting on instinct, barely standing) or was a set up for a comeback (Shuji getting crushed by Daisuke's lariat). And all the nearfalls were fitting for an interpromotional title match, besides almost all of them were credible and well done, Korakuen was going nuts at some of them. And even with all of that, they find the time to do do little things like Suwama's desperate attempt to avoid Yuji to gain momentum on the ropes, or Shuji refusing to get suplexed, and Strong BJ's selling of the beating and moment.

Yes it's only January but this is match of the fukking year by far, and best the thing I've seen in like 7 months and probably more @3Rivers @Scottie Drippin @MightyHealthy @Makai Club @Ace of the Metropolitan @Beautiful Bobby Eatin @trick @SubZeroDegrees @PlayerNinety_Nine @Legal @WaveMolecules y'all gotta watch this shyt. I'll post the link as soon as there is one :salute:



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Takuya Nomura vs Fuminori Abe - BJW 1/13/19


Only 6 of 10 minutes were shown :to: and in a matchup like this one those 4 minutes are necessary to fully enjoy what they are trying to do. Regardless of that, it was a dope rematch. Great mat exchanges, some brutal strikes and a sense of urgency by both since the bell rang. I hope this makes it in full on BJW Core once it becomes functional again.

At the end of the match, both guys cut a promo saying the want to win all the belts. Abe the Jr title, Nomura the Strong Heavy title and both want...THE ALL ASIA BELTS :demonic: :krs:


Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki - BJW 1/13/19

Like 12 of 19 minutes were shown. Fun tag with Ohtani being Ohtani and the match being built around showcasing Aoki.
 
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