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  1. I’d suspect it was more Maya pushing through with bushiroad, not the other way round. Given Ogawa’s support of her when she moved to the big smoke and the careers she’s had, the loyalty must be fierce.

  2. Certainly sounds like the end of Stardom. I wouldn’t rule out the WWE talk either; the clear play is obviously for WWE to set up a dojo/promotion in Japan with Rossy as the middle man. 2024 is getting progressively worse for puroresu as we know it 

  3. Hang on, we are going into a new year and we’ve still yet to establish that Hausman and sorts are nothing more than gutter trolling, click bait breeding scumbags with no right being anywhere near legitimate sports media? Back when I was doing this it was factual, historical based discussion and debate from people who knew and understood the business. The internet has a lot to answer for I tell you 

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  4. Let’s be honest and it’s sad to say, AEW is literally the definition of over saturated and unfocused right now. They’ve clearly been making it up as they go since Brawl out and even more so since they lucked into MJF and Cole getting over as a duo. Any lull in proceedings prompts another tournament or a new belt and TK clearly books matches based on whatever dream he managed to squeeze out of his latest 20 minutes kip. In short, meandering through several weeks of TV to get to a bunch of 4* matches on PPV ain’t cutting it.  

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  5. It legitimately pains me to pay attention to anything happening in WWE. I don’t like the taste or smell of it, just not my pro-wrestling.

    But, I love CM Punk. Who else creates this or makes these moments?

    That said, I’ve always admired his honesty and convictions. Time, growth and working in chaos will change a person, plus he always did want that wrestlemania main event to rubber stamp the career. Still, I do smell a smidge of hypocrisy. 

    He’s got a king-sized promo to cut Monday night. 

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  6. So Aoyagi v Nakajima was some tasty puroresu. Nakajima murdering Aoyagi, with the people going bananas as the champ fought from underneath. I can’t imagine anything in the first week of January being able to match the 12/31 Yoyogi main event.

  7. Impossible not to think of DEAN when you get a match like Athena v Willow. Both ladies beat the piss out of each other and bumped like Cactus. It wasn’t perfect but it was fucking GREAT.

    Damned good wrasslin’ show; breezed by, great crowd and never quit on entertaining. 

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  8. 37 minutes ago, Mr. Monday Morning said:

    Was that the 5th anni match? If so think that was Momo Hanazono, Miyu had to pull out

    Stardom Sunshine spoilers

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    Solid show. Even the undercard - Syuri & Xena beat the tar out of each other. Mei Seira is rapid and that unit with Suzu and Maika is coming together nicely. 

    Teased a bit of dissension with Tam & Poi - might Kairi challenge for the red belt?

    They needed to do something with the tag belts as the New Era reign was just doomed from the moment they won via countout so its a decent switch. Feels like a reward for Mariah's work as much as anything.

    Mayu having to literally be dragged into the cage was totally apropos. Hazuki is fucking nuts doing a senton off the cage then just bouncing immediately out like its nothing. WTH girl. Giulia and Mayu with some quality stuff as you'd expect.

    Challenging Willow is...interesting. Think it'll be on the 4/5 July shows at Korakuen. Chances of Giulia appearances in America just drastic went up.

    Saki being the one to be kicked out is ehhh - I know she's gotten super popular but I think its mainly because she's a great stooge. Can she still do that outside of OT? All the build for QQ potentially splitting or reshuffling being for nothing feels a little flat IMHO. But I guess this is the Utami redemption arc which does feel a little overdue.

    5 star blocks were also announced

    Red

    Ami Sourei

    Natsuko Tora

    Hazuki

    Natsupoi

    Starlight Kid

    Suzu Suzuki

    Syuri

    Saya Kamitani

    Mayu Iwatani

    Tam Nakano

     

    Blue

    Utami Hayashishita

    Hanan

    Mariah May

    Mina Shirakawa

    AZM

    Mirai

    Momo Watanabe

    Saori Anou

    Maika

    Giulia

    Can’t blame that on anything other than not being up on every Indy Joshi worker. Thanks for that, both girls were terrific in that match, they deserve to be correctly identified!

  9. Still we go round in circles on all this stuff. The way he hung the laundry out was wrong, 100%, but that’s the end of it. If Punk pisses you off or you disagree, fine, you’re entitled to that. I’ve followed him his entire career. His options and stories never change, never deviate and are never disproved. I love the guy, I hope he gets a healthy, exciting final chapter.

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  10. I almost forgot how young Chris was; such a grizzled vet at such a young age and so very, very good. I’m glad the episode was so heavy in Chris’ favour, his memory deserves that level of love and respect. Tammy’s story is just so depressing and inevitable. She was such a natural but such a spectacular fuck up.

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  11. Speaking of laying it in, Yuji Okabyashi and Yuya Aoki annihilated each other for whatever the piss poor payoff was on the 5/4 BJW Yokohama show. BJW did at least have a house for the first time in 2 years and man were they going bananas down the straight. An absolute WAR

  12. Well DEAN would have loved the Champion Carnival finals tonight. MOTHERFUCKIN’ T-HAWK was indeed KING-SIZED and Ashino took his beating like a BOSS. These two went full Kings Road and just leathered the piss out of each other for 26 minutes. Beautiful stuff.

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  13. That we should all find passion in life to be that vocal, opinionated and entertaining about. DEAN was a wordsmith; an absolute tower of profanity, hilarity and genuine joy. It’s an absolute measure of the man that he was still lighting up the board as he fought. I hope his family and friends take a little something from knowing how appreciated and loved he was by his avid readers. My condolences to those close to him, his craft will never be forgotten and always remembered fondly with a smile and reverence. Rest easy DEAN, may the fights be HOSS and the blood be heavy. You were the best fucker to do this and you did it with some fucking style my friend.

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  14. Shingo Takagi vs Robbie Eagles tonight in Melbourne was an easy 4 1/2*, just a tremendous match. I don’t want to undersell how good Robbie is, but Shingo is just a superstar from the minute he comes through the curtain. Absolutely one of the best I’ve ever seen in the ring.

  15. What I loved about the ladies was they did a legit 3 way with no powdering until the very last near falls.

    Zack v Shota was a masterful 14 minutes. Perfect dance partners and convincing near falls. Absolutely adored this match.

    Tag titles was heated, stiff and built to a crescendo. Perfect time for a switch and a very deserving team who were clearly overcome with how far they have come.

    Just a tremendous main event. Nothing overdone, perfectly sold, rabid crowd and blinding home stretch. NJPW needed to pull the trigger on a new top guy and it couldn’t have been done better.

     

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