Jiji
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Matt, I really appreciate your description of Inoki and early NJPW style. My favorite of his moments of pro wrestling cartoony but awesome storytelling was in one of his Hansen matches where he leaps into the on rushing Western Lariat, landing his own by millimetres to win the match. It has a famous name in Japanese that I forget right now and can't look up, but that's exactly the thing I loved about Inoki. So many moments that are right out of a sports manga, like Hajime no Ippo or something of that ilk. One of a kind legend whose work is now probably underrated because of the lol Inokiism takes. His match with Choshu in '84 is one of the best I've ever seen and perfectly encapsulated Inoki's ace and establishment persona contrasted with Riki's revolutionary chaos. Stillness, calm and counter wrestling juxtaposed with a natural disaster looking to upend the order of things.
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3 minutes ago, Shartnado said:
That main event, tho!
The story of AEW this year is a real mixed bag in booking but the match quality prevailing.
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So Saraya really not cleared then? They got her under a three year deal and probably pretty big money to be the women's GM?
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Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:
Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run, tying Roger Maris AL record.
If you ever find yourself asking this about a John from Cincinnati post, assume he is being sarcastic.
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Yeah the second half of that Bandido match ruled. The other matches were not very good though I enjoy a second rope piledriver. Not a great episode and I never want to see so much wwe bullshit on Dynamite again (opening and women's talking).
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3 minutes ago, Technico Support said:
I loved Page & Omega's tag title run! It seemed like they were defending it at Daily's every week and every match felt like they could lose the belts.
They had some real good ones. I remember a long match vs. Best Friends that started a lil slow but was absolutely rocking by the end despite it being just Austin Gunn in the crowd
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He'd have to keep the cocky shtick because he'd lose a lot of his appeal if he became an awe shucks babyface. But yeah, he should probably turn on his return despite fucking over the Bucks (who need to be lifetime heels).
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I hope this is good news and true. He's a great, unique talent. Here's hoping some time away can help with his back and his mental well being.
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3 hours ago, DEAN said:
Kazusada Higuchi versus Konosuke Takeshita is pretty fucking awesome.
Brain Damage: The Musical. Sheesh.
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1 minute ago, tbarrie said:
If you mean "in this thread", then I apologize for missing that. It seemed easy to read your post as backing up Vile's point.
...I have no idea. Never heard of him. Why are you asking about him if you don't know who he is? Did you just make up a name at random? Is that the new forum game? Who is Johann Schmidt?
Frederick writes for the f4w site.
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Hey did you guys update the board again? Next/previous page is working and tweets are embedding! Now we mustn't breathe or change anything.
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1 hour ago, tbarrie said:
Cutting Chaos Project, the Varsity Blonds, and half the Wingmen is probably not going to alleviate the problem of not enough main event slots, though. Unless you think someone like Malakai would be happy taking their spots.
What does my point have to do with releasing job guys? I totally disagreed with the people Vile One put forth. They have too many people in the midcard and too many (non chaotic) projects they're building to keep everybody happy. They need more tv time, cycle people in and out more effectively, or downsize their roster.
Who is Ryan Frederick? He's saying it's the people that have partners in WWE that want to go back (Andrade, Malakai and Buddy I think?). Miro is happy. That cuck storyline ain't that long ago.
Look, Matt, I agree with you on a great deal but Kyle O'Reilly slander is awful. Almost as bad as Elite slander in 2022. Kyle's neck fusion surgery had complications I believe. Shitty news.
This made me laugh, cuz I forgot he also ripped off Mox's prison escape vignette.
Hey embedding worked on my phone.
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We are starting to see the strain of a large roster though. To say it's simply financial reasoning is false. Malakai wrote about unfulfilled promises, as just one example. It's ideal to rotate people in and out but make it count when they're in.
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2 minutes ago, TheVileOne said:
Realistically, AEW should be trying to re-shuffle the deck and try clearing out some dead weight. Serpentico, Angelico, Luther, Matt Sydal, probably, a number of others.
They re-upped Brian Cage and did nothing with him.
You make a point and then lose it immediately by including three of their finest. Both Luther and Serpentico have been coaching in AEW and Strickland just put em both over. Angelico is a god.
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lmao, he can't even fuck off in an original way, using Malakai's "recalibrate" verbiage. What a dork. Baaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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That's why they had Diamante in that role.
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I would like a Miro/Page match before he turns heel, but he really probably should go heel for a year or so because he feels directionless since losing the title. It'd be interesting if nothing else because he's such a good babyface. I didn't think Tay Melo would be a good heel or at least it would be stupid to turn her because she's such a great babyface.
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I love Juice Robinson but haven't seen hardly any of his Disciple heel run. For a board that loves good promos and selling I do not understand the above. At all.
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By this time next year, there will be rumblings in WWE that not all is great and that people want out of there too. Just too many wrestlers for two promotions to keep happy plus this will be the easiest Triple H will have it regarding keeping morale and fan interest high. Just do away with the most antiquated and ridiculous Vince-isms and you're suddenly a genius.
What we need is not WWE, not AEW, but a secret third thing (Freddie Prinze Jr.'s rumoured promotion or another Jarrett promotion).
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Jose "The Total Package" The Assistant has a nice ring to it. He's great.
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I kinda regret doing it.
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4 minutes ago, Zimbra said:
Talked to the box office and sorted it out, so we got tickets!
Shame you had to do that because not everyone in that position will. Glad you got em though.
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Yeah I saw a tweet from somebody in attendance regretfully sharing that many fans were walking out as Hobbs and Starks were making entrances. Not great.
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MMA Live Event Discussion Thread, Fall-Winter 2022-2023
in BOXING & MMA
Posted · Edited by Jiji
One championship in Prime 2 was another great show top to bottom. Great promotion and they're giving us Lineker later this month.
Judging fights as a whole is so much better than by rounds when there are only 3 or 5, otherwise the main event would've gone the other way even though no way did Lee win that fight.
Nastyukhin did the fucking splits like he was James Brown lol. Awesome opener. Good stuff on prelims too.