DangerMark
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Banzuke is out. Mitakeumi remains in Sanyaku, Tamawashi falls to Maegashira 3, below M1 Kotoshogiku, but above my boy Abi at M4. Aoyama is back up to Komusubi. As my esteemed colleague @ReiseReise predicted, both Shimanoumi (M12) and Enho (M14) make their top division debuts. Tokushoryu makes his return, whilst Terutsuyoshi (M15) hangs on in there. Ikkioi, Toyonoshima, Yutakayama and the injured Chiyonokuni all drop out.
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There are people who could learn a lot about cutting promos from Jinny. They also seem to be going for WALTER vs. Devlin which could also be good, based on their first OTT title match.
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He sounds like he needs to be teaming and feuding with Aleister Black.
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Next weekend in Glasgow. Guess they've got some Worlds Collide stuff for next week?
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Hakuho has torn a muscle in his arm but has refused surgery. The Japan Times has him quoted as saying "It will take time if I have surgery. I’ll get stronger if I rest." He's on the regional tour, doing dohyo-iri, but not wrestling. Personally I doubt if he'll be back for the next basho, but who knows? He might try it and wind up knackering his arm completely.
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My bad, I thought the YDC were also involved in Ozeki promotions as well; but it seems that you're right. Guess they've got to find other things to do with their time.
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After 42 championships, I'm inclined to believe that Hakuho knows more about the finest traditions of Sumo than the YDC, whose only function recently seems to have been to delay Takakeisho's promotion to Ozeki by two months.
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Uhm, what? I get that leading three cheers for someone still under investigation is a bad idea, but three claps for the Emperor seems pretty uncontroversial to me. A quick Google reveals that I am Wrong. Apparently the problem is that the three claps thing is for celebrating the end of something and a Basho isn't over until a proper ending ceremony is conducted. Asashoryu bottling a guy in a nightclub pales in comparison to this latest outrage.
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He'd be better off fighting the Pirates' kit suppliers.
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Devlin said he wanted a shot last week on TV, and with Takeover: New York's result, Joe Coffey has a gripe with the champion. That said, Jack Gallagher getting clobbered would be fun.
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The Main Event was maybe the most Main Event Main Event that they could have Main Evented with. For better or worse, it was pretty much exactly what we all knew it was going to be going in. Plenty of kick outs, some actual drama, and the good guy winning. It was what it was, and by the sounds of it, it was what the crowd wanted. Personally, I felt it went a little long but hey ho. I knew what I was letting myself in for; and I didn't hate it. Personally, I preferred the other two singles title matches, particularly Dunne vs. WALTER. It was simpler, a little more subtle and it had less of the stuff I didn't like out of the Main Event. I can understand the criticisms from this thread of it giving Dunne a little too much considering WALTER is supposed to be an Extinction Level Event, but on the other hand, Dunne has had this ridiculously long reign, and it would be a total gyp if he lost the belt on a glorified squash. With it being in New York, Dunne can move on to bigger and better things while WALTER goes back across the pond and obliterates Jordan Devlin some more for the first time in an NXT: UK ring. Riddle vs. Dream was pretty good, too. I'm not totally sold on Dream's cos-play of WWE legends past, but he puts enough of his own spin on it that it doesn't suck. cf: the Bret vs. Austin finish they ran. I love shoot style, so I actually like Riddle's in ring style. Ricochet & Black vs. War Raiders, well. I could probably C&V a lot of what I said about the Main. Ricochet doesn't do it for me, and Black probably wouldn't if he didn't boot people in the face really hard. The Black vs. Rowe sequences worked for me, way more than the Hansen vs. Ricochet bits; but it all came together well. Love Baszler, Hate Four Ways.
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I loved that the phrase "those two divs" made WWE TV, and I kinda hope it sticks for Jordan and Williams. I actually think they're really fun, even if Kenny Williams is way too young to be allowed to wear Back to the Future themed pants. Love me some EU too. The tag division in general has some fun stuff in there. Still staggered that someone won a TV Main Event with a Boston Crab in 2019. Really enjoyed the match, too.
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From the NBA Rulebook, Rule 12, section V-e: "Cursing or blaspheming an official shall not be considered the only cause for imposing technical foul. Running tirades, continuous criticism or griping may be sufficient cause to assess a technical. Excessive misconduct shall result in ejection from the game." The correct answer is a technical foul to Curry, and calling the rest of the game properly. What wound up happening is a miserable look for referees everywhere.
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NXT TV - 03/20/19 (Spoiler Free) - Time to PIVOT~!
DangerMark replied to RIPPA's topic in WWE PROGRAMMING
I had to turn this match off after about five minutes because I was getting vaguely travel sick from the constant moving cameras. Re: Riddle. There's an effort to the obliviousness which comes off a little irritating, and I would never tire of throttling people Homer Simpson style who say "Bro," so put me down for "Riddle the Heel," but he's a load of fun to watch in the ring; especially when he starts putting his psycho face on. -
Anyone seen that interview that professional thug and occasional footballer Joey Barton gave after a few months playing for Marseilles, where's he's absorbed a little bit of the French-talking-in-English accent? Well, Toni Storm has been spending too much time with Zack Gibson or something. I do like Rhea Ripley. Australians should not be allowed to be faces in the UK. I love the Wild Boar. Maybe you're right about the contacts, but I'm just glad for the guy, having seen him do his best to terrify twenty little kids at a village on the edge of the Welsh hills. He didn't have the contacts then or the horns. Or for that matter his front teeth. Amir Jordan talking was everything I hoped it would be. More daffy vignettes like that, please. James Drake has got his own face on his arse, and I really hope that the Arseface name sticks. Gibson is the character, but Drake is actually a perfectly adequate straight man. Bate and Seven are about one decent shave away from being my favourite thing in wrestling.
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Goeido twists Tochinoshin over on his bad leg, is still sleaze. Takayasu goes for some Yotsu-sumo on Ichinojo, loses. Hakuho lets Tamawashi get behind him, still wins. And finally, Takakeisho's tsuppari obliterates Kakuryu; surely that's two wins left for him to make Ozeki.
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Tochiozan vs. Hakuho was just silly. Here is a more complete retelling of the Tochiozan vs. Hakuho Rivalry. As much as it pains me to admit, Goeido is looking good. You call Tochinoshin's henka unexpected, but I don't know that there was a way for him to beat Ichinojo without it. The big guy looks to have sussed out how to deal with thrusting attacks, and with that bad leg, I don't think Tochinoshin is winning a shoving match without a good belt grip. Gutted for Mitakeumi. It might start to get easier after tomorrow, but not by much.
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The important thing is not to try and describe that mayhem, but that Wales won the Grand Slam.
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The English language commentary didn't seem to like it, but it seems like Ichinojo has learnt how to deal with the pushers now. Previously, it just seems like he'd just act like an elephant surprised by a mouse and run away. Now that he's actually learning how to wrestle, he's no longer my least favourite. Speaking of which, good on the gyoji for making Goeido sort himself out. Takayasu has a surprisingly bad record against a few people. While he's never lost to Myogiryu when he's been ranked in Sanyaku, Takayasu only beat him twice as a Maegashira. Bottom line, he still has a losing head to head against Myogiryu, and the other day was the day he went ahead of Endo in their head-to-head. Hakuho is just the best. More on this story as it develops.
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Kakuryu's "WELP, I got away with that one" face made it all worth it.
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Caught up two weeks last night, Night 2 of the Tapings from Coventry doesn't start until next week. I really like Amir Jordan. The other guy is all right, but I find Jordan really fun. I suppose it's anticipation for the day he grabs a mic and speaks not like the Punjabi accent his outfit suggests, but a West Yorkshire drawl thick enough to stand a spoon in. I really dig the dynamic of Gallus when Joe Coffey is doing all the talking and the other two are just going "yeah, boss" like they're some sort of gangland hard-men, otherwise Wolfy and Mark should keep their mouths shut. Webster, I find a little weird; he's this too-British guy in a British based fed. What's he going to do next, smash a teapot over someone's head? He's perfectly fine as a guy getting beaten up by Wolfgang, so I'm not going to complain too hard. Finally, I'm not sure I would ever get bored of slapping Noam Dar in the face, ever.
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Terutsuyoshi is hella fun; glad he finally got a win yesterday. Tochinoshin looks like he might just be able to Ichinojo his way to 8-7, but it's far from guaranteed. No way he's getting more than that. Speaking of Ichinojo, he pulled off a throw on Day 4. Check outside that pigs aren't flying in your area. Takayasu's Day 3 loss was just weird. I guess he switches off sometimes? I don't know. It's frustrating, because I like the hairy grump. Next day he comes out like he's an ozeki or something. Hakuho can do pretty much whatever he wants at this point. Chill in the crowd after a win? Sure. Both Yokozuna are extremely technically sound, and know full well that the match isn't over until they say it is. Goeido is still a sleaze. I watch all this on Jason's youtube channel; the highlights package doesn't show any false starts, but he's baited at least two of his opponents in them (thanks for pointing that out,) and I am going to be very sad when he rides this sleaziness all the way to a Cup.
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@ReiseReise is entirely correct, I am dismayed that Goeido is a total sleaze. I hope someone gives him a nudge next time on the false start; and by "nudge," I mean a good ol' forearm blast. Tochinoshin went up at the start; Myogiryu got underneath him and walked through. Tochinoshin just had nothing once Myogiryu got in there. Endo looks like he came close, but Hakuho didn't over-commit when they seperated; which is how Hakuho and Takayasu can spin away, but the Endos of the world can't get away with that.
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Wales continue their streak of non-bonus point wins, leaving them with just Ireland to beat next week in Cardiff. Fortunately, if they get a fifth bonus point win, they get three bonus points for winning the Grand Slam, rendering all other bonus points meaningless; by that I mean all the bonus points that England have been racking up. I like bonus points, but why the hell bother if you're going to do that? England beat Italy, almost as comprehensively as England Women beat their Italian counterparts, and Eddie Jones muses that relegation should be a thing because that's how he rolls. Again, it's not something I disagree with, although I would do relegation on a two-yearly cycle so that everyone at least gets their five home games. France made a game of it in the second half against the aforementioned Ireland side, but I figured I'd rather watch my local RL team beat London Skolars on youtube. Skolars did a better job of "showing the referee good pictures," which is my favourite euphemism for "playing for penalties," but the mighty North Wales Crusaders did pretty much everything else better and won. The Championship teams get added to the draw next round, and I kinda hope we get a cupcake so that next time out we can go to a Super League side. (Screw you, I can and do say "we" when I'm talking about them because I've got a season ticket. Only team I do that for.)
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Yeah but between Raw and PPVs, there's something like 37 hours of TV to fill between the Rumble and Mania. Throw in Smackdown and Pre-shows, and it's up to two solid days. I don't know that it's possible to space out a sensible build to a singles match with that much time for stupid shit to happen screen time to fill.
