Liam Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I heard good things about the Shigehiro Irie vs Akito Texas Death Match in DDT - was wondering if it was out there somewhere to check out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I don't visit this part of the board as much as I'd like, but did see WO mention that you vote on a planet named after Jumbo Tsuruta. That'd be pretty neat to see a planet named after him. http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/systems/118 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Is Hideki Suzuki any good? I saw a highlight reel and noticed he did a lot of Billy Robinson spots and was trained by him which caught my interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 There's a thread for him below which I think only I posted on, but hey there's one match on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Just wanted to give a +1 to Meltzer's comment that it's time for the Captain New Japan gimmick to be retired. That gimmick is way past its expiration date. It's really time for Chaos to destroy Captain NJ, ripping his mask off, dumping water on him, and beating him into a bloody mess all while Gedo is on the mic berating the guy and saying "from now on you are just plain Mitsuhide, do you understand?!!? Captain New Japan is dead!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Turn him heel and send him to NOAH to work Captain vs. Captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I'm all for Captain New Japan being sent on an American excursion and forced to work Jeff Jarrett's new fed... ...Mostly because they don't have TV or appear to be taping shows for DVD, so I'd probably never see any of his Global matches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Speaking of things that need to be retired -- Tanahashi's air guitar. I'm sure I've probably said it on here a dozen times how much I loathe it, but it's been a few months since I watched a match of his, so it was just long enough for me to put it out of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Last NJPW I watched was Wrestle Kingdom 9. If I fancy catching up, can you please recommend the best of the best only? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Full shows or just matches? As far as full shows go I would say Invasion Attack from April and Dominion 7.5 in Osaka Castle Hall were probably the best two shows I've seen since Wrestle Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Speaking of things that need to be retired -- Tanahashi's air guitar. I'm sure I've probably said it on here a dozen times how much I loathe it, but it's been a few months since I watched a match of his, so it was just long enough for me to put it out of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Full shows or just matches? As far as full shows go I would say Invasion Attack from April and Dominion 7.5 in Osaka Castle Hall were probably the best two shows I've seen since Wrestle Kingdom. Thank you. Shows and matches. Matches the better of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRV Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Speaking of things that need to be retired -- Tanahashi's air guitar. I'm sure I've probably said it on here a dozen times how much I loathe it, but it's been a few months since I watched a match of his, so it was just long enough for me to put it out of mind. Yeah, that's not going away for a long time. NJPW audiences eat that up big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Full shows or just matches? As far as full shows go I would say Invasion Attack from April and Dominion 7.5 in Osaka Castle Hall were probably the best two shows I've seen since Wrestle Kingdom. Thank you. Shows and matches. Matches the better of the two. I know you want a brief list, but Senor Lariato updates his NJPW World guide all of the time. The darker the gold, the better he thinks the match. Standouts from this year for me include: Ishii vs. Honma, Kyle O'Reilly vs. KUSHIDA in the BOSJ final, Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA, Ibushi vs. Honma, Styles vs. Tanahashi from 2/11 (I can't find video for it), Ibushi vs. Goto (3/15, again - can't find video), Styles vs. Ibushi, Shibata vs. Sakuraba, and Styles vs. Okada. Those are all from prior to the G1. My favourites are the BOSJ final and the Honma matches. There's a lot more, but I thought I'd pick the best of the best as you said. People generally seemed to like the Goto vs. Nakamura match for the IC title at Dominion but it didn't do much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 When Yuji Nagata did that "I want to win another IWGP title before I turn 50" angle a few months back, I just assumed that his constant teaming with Captain New Japan would lead to Nagata turning hardcore heel and turning Blue Justice into a heel stable (Blue Vengeance?). You spend several shows showing Nagata getting more and more frustrated with Captain New Japan's antics and constant losing, finally snapping and destroying the good Captain, beating him so badly that finally CHAOS comes out to stop it, with Nagata getting on the mic and berating a stunned Gedo in a "fake shoot" angle where he voices his frustration over his spot on the card despite his status as a G1 winner and two-time IWGP champ. He gets a title shot at Okada the next month and turns fully heel, sucker punching Okada during the ring intros by drilling him with an ultra-stiff kick to the head, then spiking him on his head with a Wrist-Clutch Exploder as soon as the bell rings and then slapping on the Nagata Lock, forcing the doctor to stop the match as Okada is "unconscious" from the kick/Exploder and awarding the IWGP title to Nagata. But no, Nagata, still one of the best workers in the world at age 46, is stuck in NOAH as Maybach's masked sidekick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 If anyone has any money left to spare (after giving some to Rippa for the website), you might consider giving it to the Great Sasuke documentary. The trailer looks pretty good: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-great-sasuke-documentary#/story (Woah, you can actually embed Vimeo videos here. Neat!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 This is from two weeks ago. Tenryu is doing his final tour and stopped by Hakata Star Lane for his last ever match in Kyushu courtesy of Kyushu Pro Wrestling. Kyushu Pro is an NPO and does lots of stuff fund raising stuff around Kyushu (their current project is crowdfunding the costs to hold a free show at one of the smaller islands in the area) so that plus Tenryu made for a bigger crowd than usual. Lots of kids and older fans this time around. The Great Kabuki is still around, celebrating 50 plus years in wrestling. One thing about Kyushu Pro is that since they do lots of community stuff, they have lots of comedy matches. Question: When did walking the ropes become a Japanese wrestling comedy staple? Yes, that is a missed photo of Kabuki blowing mist into the an old man mask. A lot of Kyushu Pro gimmicks are Kyushu/Fukuoka related. Part of Batten Bura Bura's name means "however" in Hakata dialect. He had a "feud" with a local TV personality who brought out Kyoko Inoue to wrestler for her. Every breath you take...every move you make...I'll be watching you. That's Ryota Chikuzen (I think most famous for being Makai No. 2). His trunks are adorned with the pattern of a famous souvenir cracker you can buy in Hakata that also comes with a mask that has the same pattern (he wears one coming to the ring). He's also the boss of Kyushu Pro. Hey, think something is going to happen to Minoru Fujita? Tenryu did most of his wrestling with Fujita. I think Arashi was in the ring longer than Tenryu. Chikuzen got the win for his team. Tenryu said thanks after to the match though no one understood what he said. That wasn't the main though. The main was Gen Kai versus Mentai Kid for the Kyushu Pro title. Mentaiko is another souvenir food from Hakata. It's a kind of spiced fish roe. The kids love the Mentai Kid although he's basically like a CAW come to life with all your basic junior moves (he whipped out a falcon arrow at one point). He also ate two pedigrees on the way to...the win. Haha. And of course swag was bought. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian_Waffle Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 something that occurred to me the other day: with both Takeshis now retired, is Akiyama the only active wrestler with big title match wins over Misawa and/or Kobashi? I know Ogawa pinned Kobashi in a captain's fall match to promote their 2004 title bout but that doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Depends on how generous you are being with the word "active" since Vader still does spot indy shows. Uhh that's all I can think of, those two mostly lost to themselves or Kawada in big singles matches that weren't in the Champion Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Full shows or just matches? As far as full shows go I would say Invasion Attack from April and Dominion 7.5 in Osaka Castle Hall were probably the best two shows I've seen since Wrestle Kingdom. Thank you. Shows and matches. Matches the better of the two. I know you want a brief list, but Senor Lariato updates his NJPW World guide all of the time. The darker the gold, the better he thinks the match. Standouts from this year for me include: Ishii vs. Honma, Kyle O'Reilly vs. KUSHIDA in the BOSJ final, Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA, Ibushi vs. Honma, Styles vs. Tanahashi from 2/11 (I can't find video for it), Ibushi vs. Goto (3/15, again - can't find video), Styles vs. Ibushi, Shibata vs. Sakuraba, and Styles vs. Okada. Those are all from prior to the G1. My favourites are the BOSJ final and the Honma matches. There's a lot more, but I thought I'd pick the best of the best as you said. People generally seemed to like the Goto vs. Nakamura match for the IC title at Dominion but it didn't do much for me. Cheers for the help pal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irving Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Anyone been keeping up with All Japan lately? I'd say from maybe June to now the matches and crowds have increased significantly and Xceed has really been putting on great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 That's good to hear. I always pull for AJ, even when I don't watch their shows. I mean, that promotion has really taken a kicking. Any particular matches from that period to check out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Anyone been keeping up with All Japan lately? I'd say from maybe June to now the matches and crowds have increased significantly and Xceed has really been putting on great stuff. Can you recommend some matches, please? I've been thinking of watching the odd recent All Japan match and this would be helpful. Glad to hear they're starting to put things together again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irving Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Of the matches I've been able to watch these were some that stood out. - World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kotaro Suzuki © vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7/8/15) - Captain's Fall: Suwama ©, Joe Doering & Atsushi Aoki vs. Go Shiozaki ©, Kento Miyahara & Yohei Nakajima (7/8/15)- World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kotaro Suzuki © vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7/28/15)- World Tag Team Title: Go Shiozaki & Kento Miyahara © vs. Joe Doering & Atsushi Aoki (7/28/15) Go had a really good TC defense against Zeus a while back in Osaka as well. The whole group has been working pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Thanks. I'll try and give those a watch over the next coming weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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