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There have been lots of interesting comments so far, so I'll keep it brief: -I'm glad Ibushi won. They should go all the way with him. Not saying they will, but I can't think of any reason not to at this point. -In the end, sad to say, I'm just completely indifferent to Sanada. That's not a good thing. Some guys in wrestling just never reach that next gear. I keep waiting for Sanada to get there. Let me put it another way: a guy with such a weakly applied finisher who still hasn't realized he should just try something else at this stage doesn't quite fill me with confidenc

Maybe Lana can be on Kana's YouTube channel helping her to eat Japanese snacks or put together furniture.

WWE is all wrestling pal! God damn!

Super Porky is looking pretty good these days.

If that happens then they need to have conversations where Asuka only speaks Japanese and Lana only speaks English, but somehow they understand each other. And they put other people through tables instead.

They really are just booking to spite me specifically.

Giant Ninja / Shane's Bouncer

Hey why not

So WWE is doing the same wrong thing with Retribution as they've done with every other invasion/outsider angle they've done? Quelle surprise

Lana weekly through a table is the only angle in the history of professional wrestling that I want to see continue forever without a payoff.

No. They are a sponsor. That was the only alcohol available at New Year Dash. Japanese don't like it too. I brought two beers in to the show in my camera bag. A bunch of people asked me where the beer was being sold, pissed off at the only Zima situation.

Aw, you assume that there aren't a few game-show obsessed Americans who watch as many of them as possible from across the pond. With the exception of Bullseye. Speaking of, I would like to see Victoria Coren Mitchell cut a promo on someone at a wrestling show. She would have totally got Dean Douglas over as his mouthpiece.

Fuuuuuuuuck yes. It can't be a lot to buy this from Mega Ran and the rest. Make it happen!

Sucks, but it's consistent... same thing happened when Balotelli threw that leg-breaker tackle on (I think) Alexander Song back in 2012 and wasn't further disciplined because he'd already been carded for it.

Insert Hogan mushroom cloud chest hair picture

Just wanted to pop in and say how much I loved Ishii getting to win the A Block final night main event. He has been the G1 MVP for like 5 years running, but given his age and standing in the company, I feel like this was about as close as he’ll ever get to making the finals or winning. Great moment for him.

So Ospreay has formed The Empire....I hope for a ZSJ promo about the problematic nature of the British Empire real soon.

Douki is a Toryumon Gym trainee who worked for Kaientai Dojo, Wato and O-Khan are both young lions returning from excursion (Mexico and Rev Pro, respectively) with (crappy) new gimmicks, Is his name not SNADA? Rumours that O-Khan and Douki will team together as Okie-Dokie are completely unfounded. They were started by a wrestling fan from Cnada who likes to think he is funny.

I also really enjoyed Sabre vs. Tanahashi. Tanahashi rubbing some salt on the wound there by holding down Sabre with the pinning combination was interesting. Sort of a rare instance of poor sportsmanship by Tanahashi, but it was meant to symbolize the heat between the two. I thought it was a nice touch.

Dexter hiding a trophy case full of nose swabs in his air conditioner. Dexter using red string to reconstruct a super spreader event. Dexter going back to Miami to kill again, but all of his targets are already dead or hospitalized because Florida.

With the benefit of hindsight we could say Bret Hart’s 4th reign, which lasted from the Final Four PPV to the next night on Raw when he lost to Sid, ended up being the right booking since Bret’s bitter rant after losing including tussling with Vince was the catalyst for the WM13 heel turn and the beginning of the VKM character. I’m only half convinced any of it happened on purpose but it worked out pretty well until Survivor Series.

am way behind here (don't mind spoilers, as a superior being I am here just for the art of Yujiro trudging slowly) but I skipped on to Day 13, which I heard some of the most amazing rave reviews for. I liked the show a lot but 5.25 for Ibushi-Suzuki is the final nail in the coffin of believing DAVE as an accurate match-rater. As for his claim that it was the best night of G1 blocks ever, then I just think he must be on glue.

Re: Eagles and Australia, there is talk again of a pacific bubble with Japan although early days still and you never know what tomorrow will bring. I said my piece about Ospreay but I do concede if it is a catalyst for freshening up the factions then I wouldn’t be averse to that depending on how it all shakes out. Yesterday was the better block final for me, KENTA and Naito never seemed to get to that higher gear with any urgency and then a flat finish, a fairly dull Yano match by his standards and Juice/Goto no better or worse than expected. The main was entertaining enough, it would ha

I won't begrudge anyone signing a long term deal on locked in money given the current environment. I'll always remember CM Punk's response when asked what he would do of WWE treated him like Shannon Moore: "I'll probably pay cash for my house like he did" I'm paraphrasing there but if WWE is gonna pay good money for minimum dates and no need to kill yourself physically or creatively then why not cash in? In 5 years time he can go to AEW or Impact & cut the same "Glass Ceiling/Fuck Vince/Look at me now Hunter" promo that everyone's been cutting since 2006...

That is an interesting question, and I enjoy seeing something fresh with a new stable. Yes, you just had Evil turn on LIJ this summer, but I personally think that he was pushed too far by taking the double gold off of Naito, and also that Evil would have been a much better fit as the new leader of Suzuki-Gun (and if you knew that Jay White could go back to Japan a couple of months later, would you further bloat Bullet Club with Evil joining and the Evil-Togo act mimicking Jay-Gedo). To get back to Ospreay's new stable, if you want to give Ospreay a serious push with the Western audience that

Last Man Standing has been cancelled by FOX I assume Tim Allen will still blame the libs EDIT - to clarify, it will end after its upcoming 9th season

Fucking WHY. Worst final season ever. Worst series finale ever. Everything after season 4 was awful and it continued to get worse and worse. Ray Donovan gets cancelled and doesn't even get to wrap up its story, but yeah, let's bring back Dexter for one final season. For fucks sake.

How old’s your MOTHER(!)?