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TrueEpic08
Dum Shiny
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Strong BJ vs Violent Giants - All Japan Tag Titles, BJW 1/13/19
AHHHHHHHHH!!!! 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
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
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.
Yeah, this was pretty great. Probably about 3 minutes too long, but when you have basic tag wrestling done this well (and that's really what this is: a masterclass on the effectiveness of BASICS. Opening establishes heel/face dynamic and traits of each tag team, the structure was about as simple as can be for a heated tag like this, and nothing more complex than a dragon suplex was thrown), you can deal with that.
I'm reminded of something I read about Kenny Omega way back when, something to the extent of him wrestling like someone who learned everything but the basics (Okada wrestles like someone who knows them really, really well, but uses them more as tools than absolutes). Omega's all grand gestures and complicated narrative, whereas an early knuckle lock between Sekimoto and Suwama establishes just about everything anyone watching needs to know about the roles of the match. Each has its appeal, but it's very refreshing to see basic execution at such a level.
Really good stuff here.
krackdagawd
Inspire.
I don't think this rocks w the Omega of today. I can see this in his ddt and early NJ stuff tho
TrueEpic08
Dum Shiny
I don't think this rocks w the Omega of today. I can see this in his ddt and early NJ stuff tho
Think it was during his early NJPW run, if I remember correctly.
Point's more about narrative and move-based fireworks vs basic structure done to a T, to be honest.
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
Bolded is why I fukking love the Strong division of Big Japan. It's so fukking refreshing and they have some many guys that do it so well with different touches that make them stand out on their own
. If only we could have Yoshihito back 
Glad you liked the match breh
DoubleJ13
Smooth sailing from here on out...
These cards for these NJPW US shows 
There is one Japanese guy on 2 of the 3 shows, he ain't even making all 3 shows. Their running the same building PWG runs with $100 ringside tickets & that show has Colt Cabana vs Shane Taylor
There is one Japanese guy on 2 of the 3 shows, he ain't even making all 3 shows. Their running the same building PWG runs with $100 ringside tickets & that show has Colt Cabana vs Shane Taylor
Makai Club
Makin' moves, makin' thousand dollar moves
Bolded is why I fukking love the Strong division of Big Japan. It's so fukking refreshing and they have some many guys that do it so well with different touches that make them stand out on their own
Glad you liked the match breh
Damn. I've been out of the loop so long that I had no idea Yoshihito retired.
With so many bigger promotions getting over the stigma of Big Japan being a "garbage fed", he'd be having so many classics right now.
I'm picturing Yoshihito and Go exchanging lariats and now I'm legit upset cause it's never going to happen.
Just peeped the cardsThese cards for these NJPW US shows
There is one Japanese guy on 2 of the 3 shows, he ain't even making all 3 shows. Their running the same building PWG runs with $100 ringside tickets & that show has Colt Cabana vs Shane Taylor
MightyHealthy
said what he said
NJPW stars are the only foreigners Donald Trump has successfully kept out of America.These cards for these NJPW US shows
There is one Japanese guy on 2 of the 3 shows, he ain't even making all 3 shows. Their running the same building PWG runs with $100 ringside tickets & that show has Colt Cabana vs Shane Taylor
DoubleJ13
Smooth sailing from here on out...
Imagine if the shutdown stretched long enough that they can't get shyt sorted out by the MSG show. ROH running solo with Beer City Bruiser vs Kenny King type matches
The Rainmaker
Mr. Money in the Bank
Was going to comment on the New Beginning cards too. Just a bunch of gringos. Dammit, Trump.
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
Let's hope they can travel for Mania Weekend 
These Hashimoto stories have me Hash was ready to fight motherfukkers to death since he was 18. The Black Cat and Choshu stories are 
at Sakaguchi having to scold Hash every damn time.
That MiSu/Hash training session sounds like a supervillian team up
These Hashimoto stories have me
Hash was ready to fight motherfukkers to death since he was 18. The Black Cat and Choshu stories are at Sakaguchi having to scold Hash every damn time.That MiSu/Hash training session sounds like a supervillian team up
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Them cards are straight shytThese cards for these NJPW US shows
There is one Japanese guy on 2 of the 3 shows, he ain't even making all 3 shows. Their running the same building PWG runs with $100 ringside tickets & that show has Colt Cabana vs Shane Taylor
