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[Jmare007]

never saw that match or know who that is but I'll have to look it up.

Go watch it breh. I'm someone who is not as hyped nor impressed with New Japan matches since 2013 like most of the brehs in this thread (and the internet in general). But Okada vs Shibata is undoubtedly in a top 3 or 5 shortlist of Match of the Decade. It's fukking brutal though. so be prepared for some shyt.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

never saw that match or know who that is but I'll have to look it up.

I feel like you need some context for that match to appreciate it for all it's worth. Shibata was NJ's golden prospect during their struggle years. He left and rubbed a lot of people the wrong way for essentially abandoning a sinking ship. So when he came back when NJ was righted it was definitely a fractured response. He finally gets a title shyt against Okada (the next golden prospect, the one who delivered in the promise). But Shibata is a wrestler in the vein of the Inoki shoot-stylings, a style that is anachronistic in the face of the Tanahashi era athletic pretty boys.

So Shibata and Okada have a lot to prove to each other and the audience. It's past v future, dreams deferred v dreams actualized, tradition v innovation. All pride. Shibata finally gets the main event title match that is basically 15 years in the making.

 

[Jmare007]

I feel like you need some context for that match to appreciate it for all it's worth. Shibata was NJ's golden prospect during their struggle years. He left and rubbed a lot of people the wrong way for essentially abandoning a sinking ship. So when he came back when NJ was righted it was definitely a fractured response. He finally gets a title shyt against Okada (the next golden prospect, the one who delivered in the promise). But Shibata is a wrestler in the vein of the Inoki shoot-stylings, a style that is anachronistic in the face of the Tanahashi era athletic pretty boys.

So Shibata and Okada have a lot to prove to each other and the audience. It's past v future, dreams deferred v dreams actualized, tradition v innovation. All pride. Shibata finally gets the main event title match that is basically 15 years in the making.

And the crowd absolutely knows it and act accordingly. New Japan fans were way more welcoming to Shibata than the locker room. Fans kept seeing him as "the one that got away" more than a traitor. So when he returned and started to deliver they loved him immediately. Him getting the title shot at Sumo Hall had every japanese fan hyped as fukk.

It's one of those matches were everything clicked. Wrestlers, crowd, story and setting.

 

[Jmare007]

Fuminori Abe vs Masato Tanaka - Zero One Fire Festival 7/2/21

Abe continues on his quest of being brain dead before he reaches 30 a strike fest between this two, with some nice counters and some drama sprikled in thanks to Abe being an awesome little shyt. Definitely worth a watch but right now it's only available on Zero One's niconico channel and you gotta subscribe to that (first month is free). My guess is that either RealHero or Robert will uplodad it eventually because it's one of those matches you wanna see. The ending is fukking brutal

If anyone wants to watch it anyways, the whole show is here
永尾颯樹選手生出演!プロレスリングZERO1 ｢第21回 真夏の祭典･火祭り2021｣ ～開幕戦～7.2新木場1stRING大会 中継！

@Scottie Drippin @SubZeroDegrees @International Koala I know you brehs will appreciate this kind of barbaric action.

RealHero da gawd delivered my brehs @Scottie Drippin @International Koala

Here's the match



@Legal @PlayerNinety_Nine @SubZeroDegrees y'all might like the in this shyt too.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

And the crowd absolutely knows it and act accordingly. New Japan fans were way more welcoming to Shibata than the locker room. Fans kept seeing him as "the one that got away" more than a traitor. So when he returned and started to deliver they loved him immediately. Him getting the title shot at Sumo Hall had every japanese fan hyped as fukk.

It's one of those matches were everything clicked. Wrestlers, crowd, story and setting.

Yeah I forgot to expand on that when I said fractured. Fans were beyond excited to have him back, and see him putting hands on these young flashy cats. And they definitely underpushed him for years before the title match.

That event is the definition of a fever pitch.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Card for Peter Pan

 

[Legal]

Card for Peter Pan

I fukked around and read the bottom left panel last.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

RealHero da gawd delivered my brehs @Scottie Drippin @International Koala

Here's the match



@Legal @PlayerNinety_Nine @SubZeroDegrees y'all might like the in this shyt too.

Breh...Abe so grimey he was eating Tanaka's shoe .

 

[Jmare007]

Breh...Abe so grimey he was eating Tanaka's shoe .

He's relentless. We gotta enjoy him as much as possible because there's no way his brain will hold up at the pace he's headbutting motherfukkers every month

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Watching NOAH now and it amazes me how much they redeemed themselves in the midst of a year.

fukking NOAH had Muta doing a moonsault like Inoki was cutting the checks

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

fukk

 

[Hey_zeus]

Breh you remember the beginning credits to the movie Raging Bull? That's how that match was. So good it needed to be in black and white.

Match needs a Kurosawa cut

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Match needs a Kurosawa cut

Breh...imagine a 30 for 30 presentation on this match. I would lose my mind, body, shyt, and soul

 

[Hey_zeus]

Breh...imagine a 30 for 30 presentation on this match. I would lose my mind, body, shyt, and soul

It's Okada's best match to me. Or my favorite of his at least

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

It's Okada's best match to me. Or my favorite of his at least

Same here. I actually did a semi piece on that match in one of my threads. This really brought out a fire in Okada that was unseen even during his bouts with Omega. It was like dude knew he had to dance with the devil that night because Shibata was not going to do that 5 move shyt. He's going to murder Okada