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July Wrasslin' |OT| All this G1 talk is making me Climax.
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FloydtheFathead
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Nah she wasn't as far as I know, but it was really fucked up, she also attended CMLL shows regularly, she was even caught on camera at one of the shows like two weeks before police caught her
BewareTheBatsie
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i was promised 100 wwe releases today
i mean i'm glad none yet since people had me worried emma would be gone
i mean i'm glad none yet since people had me worried emma would be gone
I think WWE are trying to hold back on referencing Moolah this year instead of trying to act like she was some great leader for women's wrestling. The tournament wasn't named after her but Mae Young and she didn't get a mention in the few women's history month promos they made a few months ago while Mae got one as did Lita and Trish.
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An entire universe of people get erased from existence because of Goku
Well, it's The Arcade Fire. So sounds about right.
TarpitCarnivore
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The barrier to entry on the site is rather rough. It's an Easter site design which is going to be off putting to westerners, couple with the instructions being in half-english and half-japanese.
I would not be shocked if Cena is a moderate-republican.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
That is was pretty disappointing to hear.
Man had no idea about this. Fucking disturbing. Reading up on it now.
patience
they just had their first 2 shows on US soil, the real push hasn't even begun yet.
excelsiorlef
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Expect nothing from wrestlers
FloydtheFathead
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Jake the Snake's dad should be added to the list
You forgot Big Dave
BewareTheBatsie
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I've never heard a bad word about Becky or Bayley, both who seem to be as sweet as their characters in real life.
Sami also seems like a good guy who's only issue is being too controlling with matches.
HashtagLapsed
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I love NJPW but I really agree with you and I was going to post similarly earlier. It is still very inaccessible for a lot of people. Nobody will jump through hoops on a badly designed site just to pay a sub where half the shows are broadcasted in English each year.
It is sad because it is a product a lot of people who enjoy wrestling would actually enjoy spending their time watching instead of hate watching or being constantly disappointed in WWE. They need to do better and they need to do more.
Even Stardom uploads videos with translated promos. Even among the friends of WrassleGAF there are only a handful of us who follow Stardom and the joshi scene in general.
I can't defend this
Un-pop your collar, nerd. No one's buying it.
FloydtheFathead
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Well said, this is pretty much how I feel. So the whole "If they aren't watching New Japan now, they never will!" sentiment seems silly to me. There's a LOT more they need to be doing if they want a foothold with the western wrestling fan.
Grizzly Smith was a pretty heinous monster, but just not that well known. Good reminder though. I'll go ahead and add him, he's a relevant enough person in the history of wrestling.
serenewarfare
Banned
Speaking of Stardom, finally got around to watching the Mayu Iwatani/Yoko Bito match yesterday. Pretty good match.
Not to the standard of her last two with Hojo and Shirai though. But that's to be expected.
Not to the standard of her last two with Hojo and Shirai though. But that's to be expected.
Njpw has had a pretty killer year in term of financial success. They been selling out almost every major show or close to it, which is something they haven't done for a while.And not to mention the merchandise boom. The true test for them isn't the American thing it is the Jan 4 2019 and 2020 dome shows and can they sell them out.
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BewareTheBatsie
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The fact that the Ambrose and Rollins team up might lead to them getting the tag belts instead of another feud between them when it'd be the best thing to happen to both of them.
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HashtagLapsed
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They are way better as a live band in any case and I feel like the new album will be the same way. For better or worse.
Arcade Fire are great live but I still don't rate them next to My Bloody Valentine, Swans, Boris, Ben Frost, Xiu Xiu, Einstürzende Neubauten, Neurosis etc that produce really, really memorable live shows.
I have mentioned multiple times but Xiu Xiu doing their Twin Peaks set live is seriously phenomenal and something to always keep an eye on. The way they close that show is monstrously horrific.
serenewarfare
Banned
Yes. I posted about just that fact a little earlier. He cheated on his wife with Mickie, who was dating Ken Doane at the time. Then he got Ken Doane buried for confronting him about it. Then when he was done with Mickie James, he got her drafted to SD because he didn't want to see her or deal with the drama anymore.
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT
serenewarfare
Banned
The true test for them is the American thing though. They said themselves they want to be a worldwide company and have a presence in the US. Kidani himself said they want to challenge WWE. They can't ever be that unless they can get a major foothold in the US market.
BewareTheBatsie
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wait is this rumor of
at summerslam legit?
ko vs shane mcmahon
TarpitCarnivore
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While watch the WWE 24 on the Woman's Revolution I almost said out loud "Oh fuck you" when they mentioned Moolah and Mey as pioneers for women.
Then they called out Alundra too
But showed 0.5 shot of Bull
Then they called out Alundra too
But showed 0.5 shot of Bull
excelsiorlef
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There's clear hints via this week's show yes.
Works for me... It'll probably be a super fun match
Seems to have some weight. Pollock mentioned it too and he's usually pretty good at picking out the rumors that have some kind of truth to it.
I'd be good with that. Would be a million times more interesting than anything else KO has been doing for the past several months. He's been boring as fuck. Better than nothing.
I think it's just logical deduction since it'll probably be Cena/Jinder and Nakamura/Styles
It'll probably be Owens/Jericho again lets be honest
Dark Ninja
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I rather him than HHH. Im tired of HHH getting a guaranteed match at Mania every year sometimes in the Main Event too. Go away Paul.
TarpitCarnivore
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People will cheer for
Shane
Tom Nook
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Maybe match of the night. IMO, AJ/Shane was MotN at WM33.
To be fair Ken Doane was born buried. And moving James to smackdown was a better option than what Vince would have likely done and fired her.
BewareTheBatsie
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Is it in Shane's contract or something now that he must fight at every big four PPV?
Nocturnowl
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If they want any chance to compete against the WWE then they need to be super strong in Japan and those two dome shows are going to be a measurement of how strong they are.
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Well I'm tired of seeing
Shane
Shane
serenewarfare
Banned
He's a draw. It is what it is.
We don't get much of the gossip from Japan. Most of it seems to come from paywalled blogs or 2chan.
I mean there's plenty of dojo hazing stories out there. I know Nakajima (current NOAH) `has a real bad reputation for beating up young boys.
BewareTheBatsie
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HHH could never.
Nah. That triple threat on Smackdown felt like a blow-off for that. I mean, it was AJ after-all that shoved KO out of the ring after he did the work to take out Jericho.
I think the obvious story is KO getting more and more incensed that he's getting screwed out of his US title, and he's going to take it out on Shane since he put that triple threat match together.
Jericho right now is like 3rd on the list of people Owens should be going after.
HashtagLapsed
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Agreed, of course. I suppose it is just a matter of them finding balance between profit and expense when it comes to promoting the product in English and laying out their site better. As well as finding a more mainstream TV source.
I know they are doing shows in Australia and NZ soon, I will be at the east coast shows so it will be interesting to see how they do. I know they are planning on trying to do shows and open a dojo in Cali but with the G1 specials, so many people flew in it is hard to really quantify how many there are in that region that will go to shows regularly.
The future is exciting in any case.
I thought it was good. I like Yoko Bito, but Hojo and Shirai definitely stepped up in her absence. I know we have sort of spoken about it before, but I really don't know how Hojo and Shirai will go in WWE. People get upset comparing NJPW to WWE. Comparing the Joshi scene to WWE is even more difficult. I'm looking forward to seeing how the MYC turns out more than anything else in WWE at the moment. I really hope they give Evie a fair go because she is fucking awesome.
They are still 40,000 subs less than they expected within the first year of launching NJPW World so far as I know. And the free show they broadcasted drew 600,000. So they need to do something to get people to sub. Bushiroad are obviously behind them but as wonderful as the product is, I feel like there needs to be more done to really push it forward. Looking at merch sales but seeing subs stagnate makes me worry.
If I had a dime every time I thought "that felt like the blow off" only for 10 more matches to take place between the two combatants, I'd out draw Ric Flair.
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