Tromatagon Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'll do it for free. Bust out the top shelf dick jokes too. Call me, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 New Japan fans also can watch New Japan live via the legal stream, so its not really doing anything special for current New Japan fans. I can't imagine that selling very well at all, hopefully the stream will still be available since I would prefer that but I'm afraid they'd just do the PPV instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Per Mike Johnson If you have been waiting word on when Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling will produce their first events, this should make you happy. If you are a fan of New Japan Pro Wrestling, this story should really make you happy. PWInsider.com has confirmed with multiple sources in the PPV industry that a Global Force Wrestling PPV event is on carriers' schedules for 1/4/15. Of course, 1/4 is the date of what has been the biggest Japanese event of the year for seemingly forever, the annual New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome event. It would appear that Jarrett's company has brokered a deal to bring the Tokyo Dome show to United States PPV for the first time. Sources indicate that the deal and all marketing for the PPV would be branded GFW, not New Japan. Jarrett, who announced plans to launch GFW the day after Wrestlemania 30, was revealed as a member of the Bullet Club faction in NJPW recently. Jarrett departed TNA in December 2013, although he remains a minority owner in the company. When reached this afternoon via telephone, Jarrett declined to comment on this story. Yeah... I don't think New Japan fans will be happy Why? Besides branding the Tokyo Dome show as a GFW event, we'll finally be getting the PPV in the States. I don't see a bad thing about this? Not like Jarrett is going to insert himself into New Japan's show. It'll probably be a cross promotional PPV, matches from each company. I'm perfectly fine with this. I still think GWF could work best as a WWEN for the indies and Japan. create a broadcast platform for all the companies and have quarterly PPV events with an established touring world champion. Sooo what TNA should have been from its inception. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 There is also a rumor of the ROH title being defended at this upcoming Wrestle Kingdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Well, it would be Cena's first U.S. Title reign in a long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'm fine with it as long as it's not my only option of watching it. Call me weird, but I refuse to watch puro with some white ass-hat calling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Well, considering Wrestle Kingdom's Main is gonna be Styles vs Okada, it makes sense for Jarrett to promote it on PPV in the States. Stream is awesome and all, but if I can get a broadcast signal in HD for about the same price, I could go for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Now that a PPV has been announced maybe we should unlock the Global Force Wrestling thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Now that a PPV has been announced maybe we should unlock the Global Force Wrestling thread. The Global Force thread got really good once we started talking about things other than Jeff Jarrett. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquariumDrinker Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Surely someone here has speculated that ultimately Angle would be brought back for Rusev?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 That just answered my question if they would go with that joke. Someone in WWE just saw Fight Club... and only 15 years later. Maybe we'll get a single frame of pornography spliced into Smackdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 That just reminded me of the FMW and Big Japan DVDs with English commentary. If you ever saw the FMWs and thought they were bad, MISSY FUCKING HYATT was on the Japanese Hardcore Wrestling one. Talk about wanting to gouge your ears out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I know we don't talk Raw while it's running but: Jesse Jackson? Really? I'm surprised they didn't get him to cut a promo, he's probably sound better than 90% of the roster. EDIT: spoilered even though I don't think it's all that necessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I guess they must have decided that a former world champion legitimate cage fighter working with the company's top babyface inside the company's signature cage might have been too successful or something. I think the real problem is having a PPV called Hell in a Cell that requires the titular match in a dead zone month. Hell in a Cell should only happen at the organic end of a feud, not necessarily because October. I agree with you 110% on that. HIAC should be a feud-ending extra boost to a regular PPV, not a "themed" PPV in and of itself. But given the way Brock/Cena has gone down so far, the logical ending taking place at HIAC seemed to be a happy accident. Well, they booked themselves into a corner with this rematch. They clearly want to keep the title on Brock and keep him strong, but they also don't want Cena to eat another pinfall to Brock. Assuming they aren't stupid enough to put the belt right back on Cena, but they're also too worried about Cena losing again and looking weak in the eyes of his fanbase, the mistake was running Cena/Brock III for the gold at NoC instead of maybe waiting to do it after Brock finally loses and letting Cena beat him in the rematch there. NoC should have really been a placeholder one-month feud for Brock. Toss him in there against Ambrose or Ziggler, let him win a fairly dominant fifteen minute main where the opponent is never really competitive, but takes a load of punishment and gets the crowd behind him just for taking so much of a beating, and move on to your next feud for Lesnar for HiaC. Instead, they run a match in the main event of NoC that logically should lead to a final cell match that they can't do because they can't do another fuck finish the very next month in a one-on-one match, but they also have no desire to have either guy go over the other right now. I guess there is one more option - do a triple threat at HiaC where the third guy eats the pinfall for Brock so Cena loses without really losing, but then you're shoe-horning another guy into what was really a one-on-one feud where Cena needs to come back and beat the dominant monster, which is less-than-optimal narrative structure. Let's not forget the issue with the briefcase. If the title is not being defended then when will Seth cash in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre013 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Surely someone here has speculated that ultimately Angle would be brought back for Rusev?? It has been brought up, but considering current day policy and Angle's injuries/love for the pain pills, it's doubtful they'd bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Random thought but Tony Schiavone and Don West calling a show together would be all kinds of epic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Midcarder, upper midcarder probably irrelevant in my question - but rather, he was so protected but never really moved anywhere else on the card than that gatekeeper role from about the time he first won the IC title in 93 till he left in 1996. Best time for it was when he left - would have much preferred Shawn vs. Razor - tiebreaker ladder match for the title leading to whatever from there - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Excuse me for changing the subject but I'm awake at 5AM and I'm thinking about how awesome Gary Hart would be as Brock Lesnar's manager. "Johnny Cena, I know what kind of man you really are. I know the darkness inside that heart; I can see it through your eyes, Johnny Cena." Not that Heyman isn't amazing, just saying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Excuse me for changing the subject but I'm awake at 5AM and I'm thinking about how awesome Gary Hart would be as Brock Lesnar's manager. "Johnny Cena, I know what kind of man you really are. I know the darkness inside that heart; I can see it through your eyes, Johnny Cena." Not that Heyman isn't amazing, just saying. God, Gary Hart would have been amazing as Brock's manager. Only difference between Heyman and Hart is if Triple H got in Gary's face you damn well know that Gary wouldn't cower like Heyman did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yeah, but at least Heyman would take a bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 You know, we kinda goofed on Jarrett traveling to all these different shows and his "database" and what-not, but GFW might be a pretty clever idea if marketed properly. Maybe it's like an NWA-like "banner" or governing body for NJPW, AAA, WWC, and various mid-size sub-ROH level indies around the US and Canada. Imagine streaming, for example, like the ECWA Super 8 tournament or one of those PWG shows I keep hearing so much about. Given the fact that a lot of the infrastructure for a lot of these promotions is already in place, GFW might actually have a chance at being profitable. Maybe the plan could be to have like 10-15 contracted guys who travel around these international promotions. So you'd watch the NJPW dome show, but then in addition to the usual guys from the "home promotion," you'd have like 3-4 GFW branded matches with a mix of whatever super-indy dudes WWE hasn't scooped up yet, and some former WWE/TNA talent who have *somewhat* of a name, but aren't old enough that they can't go anymore. Think guys like Jarrett himself, AJ Styles, Shelton Benjamin, John Morrison, Chris Masters, Low Ki, Homicide, Bad Influence, Carlito, Drew Mac, X-Pac, Justin Credible, Tommy Dreamer. Maybe you bring in a Nash or an Angle or a Foley as your token authority figure (God, I hate that trend so much and wish it would die, but it might be nice to have someone who can do promos in English for the US crowd watching these matches from Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, etc.) I read that the Dudleyz, Joe, and the Wolves TNA deals are up soon, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Is MetsFan4Ever for real or what? "I liked drinking with Josh Matthews, but he was an ass. And Cole is just like his heel persona (I like drinking with him too). And Big Show is the biggest ass of all." Guy's cranky tonight. Not Cranky Vince cranky, but cranky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libs Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Probably everyone on this board would know who he was if he ever revealed his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Pitbull? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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