rzombie1988 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Yep, he's been around a while. Funny how everyone bows over to him when everyone used to complain about him online. Was disappointed they skipped his fat saga where they had him gain all that weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 It's not as if he vastly improved or anything. He was massively overpushed right out of the gate and didn't have much of a personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 It's not as if he vastly improved or anything. He was massively overpushed right out of the gate and didn't have much of a personality. Yep, pretty much the same matches minus the knee, but I thought he was good then. Just more flash with the personality. I remember the Nakasucka and Nakaborea names being thrown around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'd say he's way better at building drama in his matches, particularly during the finishing stretch. His selling, pacing, body language, and fighting from the top have improved enormously. It's only natural that it happened but I find it off the mark to say he didn't make pretty large leaps in his abilities over the year outside of finding that magical charisma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Yea New Japan's phase of doing 60 minute matches didn't do anyone any favors, and trying to make Nakamura into something he wasn't. Plus he found a personality/gained charisma at some point which helped along with just gaining normal experience over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfEYKgBlYZw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Â Nothing to see here outside of Ishii in a J-Pop video 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Allegedly he's going through some legit family trouble, All Japan said he could come back when he wants, but Akiyama turned right around a tweeted an apology to Kobashi for wasting the color or on Keiichi, so I don't know what to believe. He'll probably just pop up following behind his idol Kotaro Suzuki. Â ...and Keiichi Sato just resurfaced in Wrestle-1. Must suck to be Jun Akiyama right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Meanwhile @ NJPW New Beginning, Ishii and Shibata try to kill each other...again! And it's even more awesome than at WK10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee of ephesus Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 so kento captured the triple crown, youngest winner and the dawn of another new era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 For a tour and when AJPW still fails to draw, it'll hot shot to someone else to try to catch fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 The CC blocks look fun and indy-tastic (credit puroresuspirit.net):  A BLOCK: Kento Miyahara, Naoya Nomura, The Bodyguard [FREE], Daisuke Sekimoto [bJW], Jun Akiyama, Kengo Mashimo [K-DOJO] & Super Tiger [RJPW]B BLOCK: Zeus, Yutaka Yoshie [FREE], Takao Omori, Jake Lee, Hideyoshi Kamitani [bJW], Ryoji Sai [LAND’S END], Joe Doering  Was hoping for Okabayashi (and Ishikawa and Hoshitango), but Sekimoto, Mashimo, and Sai are all solid (last I checked). Glad to see Doering back. I haven't seen Super Tiger or Kamitani--any good?  Not sure which looks better--this, or BJ's "strong climb" singles tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 What the hell is Land's End? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 No idea. Puroresu Spirit also labels Seiya Sanada as S.P.E.--can't figure out what that is either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 What the hell is Land's End? Â A LL Bean wannabe 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Â I haven't seen Super Tiger or Kamitani--any good? Kamitani is your generic Big Japan STRONG dude so his inclusion is definitely a good thing. I love Super Tiger II but I have no idea how he'll wrestle in All Japan. I loved him in Battlarts and IGF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Land's End is yet another promotion, run by Sai. Fuck knows about SPE, it seems to only exist as a twitter account pimping Sanada.   Not sure which looks better--this, or BJ's "strong climb" singles tournament.  Just saw that line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I remember hearing towards the end of last year that Nakanishi, Nagata, and Tencozy were going to All Japan for a while. Is that still happening? If Nagata wins the TC, would he be the first guy to hold the IWGP, GHC, and TC titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I remember hearing towards the end of last year that Nakanishi, Nagata, and Tencozy were going to All Japan for a while. Is that still happening? If Nagata wins the TC, would he be the first guy to hold the IWGP, GHC, and TC titles? Kensuke Sasaki and Takayama have already done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 There are already two guys who accomplished that: Kensuke Sasaki and Yoshihiro Takayama. Â EDIT: Damn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 What happened with UNION? All these DDT things are confusing, Basara is a DDT thing, Hard Hit was but isn't anymore, and Kabukicho is it's own thing - is that correct? Is their Joshi fed still running? Are Hard Hit shows still making it online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Joshi fed is still running, UNION closed and Basara basically took its place days later, no idea why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irving Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016  Allegedly he's going through some legit family trouble, All Japan said he could come back when he wants, but Akiyama turned right around a tweeted an apology to Kobashi for wasting the color or on Keiichi, so I don't know what to believe. He'll probably just pop up following behind his idol Kotaro Suzuki.  ...and Keiichi Sato just resurfaced in Wrestle-1. Must suck to be Jun Akiyama right now.  Nailed it...  March is going to be fun in All Japan though...  3/12 Shuji Ishikawa vs. Jake Lee Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda Kento Miyahara vs. Naoya Nomura Jun Akiyama, Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Daichi Hashimoto 3/13 Jun Akiyama vs. Hikaru Sato Atsushi Aoki & Naoya Nomura vs. Atsushi Murayama & Masashi Takeda Zeus & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kazuki Hashimoto & Daichi Hashimoto Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee vs. Takao Omori & Kiyoshi Tamura 3/19 Yohei Nakajima vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino Masanobu Fuchi & Gabaichi-chan (?) vs. SUSHI*Kozou & Antonio Honda SUSHI & Kentaro Shiga (could be wrong) vs. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Naoya Nomura vs. Yutaka Yoshie Zeus & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Hoshitango Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee 3/21 Triple Crown: Kento Miyahara © vs. Takao Omori 3/26 Atsushi Aoki vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino Yohei Nakajima & SUSHI*Kozou vs. SUSHI & Ryuji Hijikata Masanobu Fuchi vs. Gabaichi-chan (?) Takao Omori & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Naoya Nomura & Hikaru Sato Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Yutaka Yoshie Jun Akiyama & Super Tiger vs. Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee 3/27 Jun Akiyama & Super Tiger vs. Atsushi Aoki & Naoya Nomura 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee of ephesus Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 For a tour and when AJPW still fails to draw, it'll hot shot to someone else to try to catch fire. Â seems to me their gonna build around Kento,Jake lee, Nomura and Aoygi as longterm big players, if they can survive. Dont see any hotshotting happening here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I'm becoming convinced that Shibata and Ishii seem intent on coming up with new ways to shorten their lifespans in the name of entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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