DangerMark
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Hakuho vs. Okinoumi was ludicrous. I don't know if you've heard, but Hakuho is pretty good at Sumo. That twist on the end of the throw was a thing of beauty.
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Got a soft spot for Mark (can't imagine why,) and I really think that he found his calling being thrown around by Wolfie.
Someone told me that Nina Samuels needs to be managing Pretty Deadly and the more I think about it, the righter that is.
Loved the Trent vs. Dar feud apart from that one DQ finish. The idea behind it was solid, but the actual DQ they went with was weird because that's just not what referees usually seem to do in that situation. One minor gripe though, the rest of it was great stuff.
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I mean, ideally at least Abi would be Sekiwake this time, but I suppose this is pretty good, too.
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Totally a work. They took way too long to take the tag ropes out of that particular corner after the tag title match.
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Vic Joseph is a daftie, pass it on.
13 hours ago, Hail Sabin said:A Hoss Last man Standing match that's the match I'm most looking forward to now.
Me, too. I'm still gutted that Trent isn't getting the headline spot against WALTER, but this match fills the "two big bastards battering each other," gap.
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Trent Seven's going from fired up, to desperate to dead was a thing of beauty, that match was everything I hoped it would be. If someone could slap Marcel Barthel for that smirk as the show went off air, I'd really appreciate that.
Dar vs. Williams was pretty fun, too. Good choice for the finish, I thought.
I hope they're building to Mastiff vs. Coffey at Takeover, I just want to see two big nasty bastards batter each other somewhere on that card; and since Seven vs. WALTER has already been, that's my next, best hope.
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Takayasu should drop out, but I doubt he's that clever. I really hope he is, he's one of my favourites.
Enho is so much fun to watch. No wonder he's "over as shit."
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Someone has big plans for Josh Briggs, huh? He seems to me like he would benefit from not having one eye so clearly on a WWE spot. Opener was a bit much for an opener. Second match, the four way was certainly a four way.
I loved the Henry vs. Ruas match; but then I'm an unabashed Shoot Style fan. I particularly liked how Henry couldn't keep up with the shoot-stylings of Ruas but when it turned into 2019 wrestling match, he was flying. Then Ruas throws the kind of Kneel Kick I haven't seen since the glory days of Shin'ya Hashimoto. Good stuff. More, please.
Everyone else has pretty much covered the Riddle vs. Gulak match and No DQ Women's match. I dug them both.
The Babatunde squash was everything it needed to be. Went straight into Kingston with a live microphone, who I thought had a better promo than Heyman; and then the Tag Title match. Kingston is great; everyone else was okay.
I wasn't into JD Drake's babyface schtick. Love me some big boys (Trent Seven is my favourite thing in the 'E right now,) but something about him just rang false to me. "You can't hit me harder than life has" was dokey as all hell. There's just something about him that just isn't that likeable; despite what should be a very sympathetic story he's got there.
Overall, I guess I'd watch it if it was on the Network, but nothing here really made me want to see more EVOLVE, although there was some good stuff in there.
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Toni vs. Candy Floss was my favourite Toni Storm match so far. I'm amazed Nina Samuels managed to find someone to say that she was their favourite wrestler.
Has no-one told Dragunov that he's not built like Joe Coffey? He's still a load of fun though.
WALTER vs. Trent in Cardiff, please and thank you.
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Last time out he got off to a good start, 7-2 through 9, but then hurt his thigh and lost his last five for a makekoshi. In Nagoya, he's got a strapped up shoulder, but he's won his first three in typically Enho fashion.
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Hakuho pancaked Hokutofuji today. Hokutofuji gave him a good go, but what are you going to do against Hakuho? He just sees the Matrix.
Has anyone ever had three Mono-i in two days before like Takayasu? I thought he was robbed in the second Ryuden bout and the first one today; although if we're being reasonable, Ryuden should have been given the win first time up yesterday.
Tochinoshin is not looking any better today. Gutted for him.
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Jeez, Takayasu must be nearly crippled if he's taking days off.
Nobody ever got rich betting on Hakuho; although the Ozeki are frustrating, and hurt and inconsistent. That leaves a huge gap for the two Sekiwake to maybe add a second Cup to their respective mantlepieces. Hard to see shin Komisubi winning, when they're going to have to fight all of the top guys early.
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Enho stayed up at Maegashira 14.
As my esteemed colleague @ReiseReise predicted, Tamawashi made Sekiwake and Abi made Komisubi. He didn't predict Ryuden getting the other Komisubi spot; but really it was between him and Asanoyama. Fun piece of trivia, Abi and Ryuden also made their Makuuchi debuts in the same tournament. DESTINED RIVALS?!
Chiyonokuni is down to Makushita, sad face.
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Two weeks for me to catch up on; because I usually watch this stuff with a mate, and that jerk was at Donnington Park last weekend.
On 6/13/2019 at 1:13 AM, Eivion said: Nice to see the Hunt get some promo time however short. They have been one of the more interesting teams building the background via smaller matches.
Give me thirty seconds garbled intense nonsense over Travis Banks' whole sentences any day of the week. To be fair Mastiff is also someone who just needs to shut up and look hard, and just let Joe Coffey talk all the shit he wants to, whether there's a microphone near him or not.
Speaking of promos, I dug the Dar & Williams stuff. I didn't think I'd like Kenny, but he's got some decent babyface charisma, and he's come off like a decent chap in all his promos. Dar vs. Williams should be fun when it comes. (Cardiff?)
Matches were all fun, really dug Williams vs. Ohno, but whoever said that those BR finishes need to go away was spot on.
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That's a tremendous idea, which of course is why it's never going to happen.
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Don't tease me. Wild Boar is Welsh, so why not have that match in Cardiff?
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The camera getting knocked over in the brawl was the good kind of silly. It was nice to see it as a twist on the old brawl in the ring getting out of hand. I'd be quite happy if Barthel did all the talking for Imperium.
Two minute segments are as long as anyone needs to do anything. More of them, please. I hope we get a status update on Amir Jordan soon. WHO ATTACKED HIM DAMMIT?!
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The Tochinoshin vs. Asanoyama call was shocking, yet somehow not the worst piece of officiating in this tournament.
2 hours ago, ReiseReise said:Poor guy also could have gotten a dead-Body-rule call or at least a redo...
He was never going to be ready for a rematch, and I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen the Dead Body Rule ever involved on people who have come down below the plane of the dohyo. I'm gutted for him, though. Hope it's not serious, but that if it even might be serious that he stays out.
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WALTER vs. Dunne was never going to be as good as the first, but they did a reasonable job of building off the first match. I'm not sure that WALTER should need a goon squad, but it's good to see Barthel and Aichner regularly, so I'm going to wait before I actually complain about that.
Heel Dar is the best Dar. The Scottish crowd being unable to boo anyone Scottish did kid of put a dampener on that, although for some reason I just find their partiality pretty funny when they're cheering for Gallus. Banks' face when he name dropped Coffey to a cheer was the most personality he's ever shown. Nina Samuels buying herself "Congratulations" cards already was fun, too.
Trying to put my finger on what's wrong with Connors, and I think it might be that he comes out so shiny with that grungy looking coat. Compare him to James Drake who does that look better, he looks a little skeevier, plus Drake seems to be aiming for (and hitting) "Wanker" a lot better, while Connors going for "Psycho" is a little flat.
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Tochinoshin is a). Back in Purple, and b). A Destroyer of Worlds, and I am on board with both of these things. How long has Mitakeumi been in that orange? I'm sure he started the tournament wearing his usual deep red.
Takayasu never seems to screw it up at the end, mostly because he's already screwed it up at the beginning.
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Tochinoshin is back to looking like an unstoppable destroyer of worlds. Must be that purple mawashi.
Gutted to hear about Takakeisho: needs three weeks of treatment for an injury in the match against Mitakeumi.
Speaking of Mitakeumi, that was indeed a fun match against Tamawashi; although Enho looks so much fun when I get to see him.
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Enho looks like a child in the ring, it's insane.
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I think the Jordan & Williams thing isn't done yet. I'm really surprised by how much I actually wanted Kenny to win the titles, but not without Amir. As you say, it was a fine match. The Grizzled Young Vets Evil Foreigner act is great. Gibson is the one with the funny voice, and Drake mugs for the camera like he can't speak English himself.
I liked how Trent maybe not quite scared, but certainly a little unnerved by the Hunt. Also, I was a little surprised that they let a hometown wrestler win. I thought the WWE never did that. I guess things are a little (only a little, because of the Tag Title result) different in NXT UK.
All in all, an enjoyable hour of pro-wrestling.
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I'll see if I can track it down. I saw the first OTT title match between the two linked somewhere else on these august boards and really enjoyed it.
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I wonder how much of a difference not being demotable has made to Hakuho's longevity. He can pull out of tournaments that he's not going to win, he can not enter tournaments if he's banged up a bit, and then he comes back. As you say, he's not quite at his all-conquering best, but even then he's still so damn good. Compare and contrast with Tochinoshin, Takakeisho and Takayasu who probably should have taken far more time off recently than they have done in order to protect/regain their ranks, to varying degrees of success. I wonder if Mitakeumi even could have used a few days off after splitting his head open.