The Natural Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 http://www.njpw.co.jp/english/match/card.php?e=738 http://www.ustream.tv/njpw This looks a great show from top to bottom. I'm particularly looking forward to Okada/Devitt, Ishii/Suzuki, Nagata/Sakuraba and Goto/Shibata in that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salads Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Reminds me to get up to speed on BULLET CLUB. In particular their grenade-throwing Tongan Diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan4L Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I think Naito/Tanaka has real sleeper potential. Their interactions on July 5th were fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Must admit I know absolutely naff all about njpw - I watched Devitt/Ibushi/Ki from their january show and enjoyed it immensely. I watched some of the devitt okada match and while I had it on mute (not knowing japanese kinda detracts from the enjoyment of it for me; I'm a linguist, what can i say, i love to listen) I really enjoyed watching the two of them beat the snot outta each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan4L Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Must admit I know absolutely naff all about njpw - I watched Devitt/Ibushi/Ki from their january show and enjoyed it immensely. I watched some of the devitt okada match and while I had it on mute (not knowing japanese kinda detracts from the enjoyment of it for me; I'm a linguist, what can i say, i love to listen) I really enjoyed watching the two of them beat the snot outta each other. Devitt/Okada hasn't happened yet. Was it the Gedo match you saw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 When does this start UK time? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRV Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I watched some of the devitt okada match and while I had it on mute (not knowing japanese kinda detracts from the enjoyment of it for me; I'm a linguist, what can i say, i love to listen) I really enjoyed watching the two of them beat the snot outta each other. I don't understand over half that shit, but I gotta say, the cadence of the commentary really adds to stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Fabulous fan made trailer for Devitt vs Okada: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan4L Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 baaah, orders aren't working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan4L Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ishii vs. Suzuki kicked seven shades of ass. But MY GOD, that Bullet Club promo backstage complete with Ireland jersey, was the best thing ever!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I reviewed the NJPW Kizuna Road iPPV here:Overall thoughts: It was a good but overly long show. I think they could have cut half of a few matches and minutes off others to make this one better. Ishii/Suzuki, Shibata/Goto and Nakamura/Sombra were the matches of the night but on the other hand, Sakuraba/Nagata was one of the worst matches of the year and Tanahashi was completely wasted in his role. This is definitely worth a look for the matches I mentioned above but for the others, there were honestly better house show matches.Some shots from the show: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakigatame Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I disagree that Saku vs. Nagata was one of the worst matches of the year, or a bad match at all. I thought the match was great BUT the finish did look bad. As for cutting time off some matches, I'd probably take a few minutes from the Jr. Tag Title (did that need 17 minutes?) and TenKoji/CHAOS (or just let it end after the double countout, I'm fine with that) and give that to the main event. I thought the show was great overall other than that tag title match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRIGGA Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 It's too bad that the show was so stacked and after watching Shibata vs. Goto essentially just repeating what they did at Dominion you really need to question why they put that match on this PPV if they're having it in G1 again. Their time could've been split for some matches like Suzuki vs. Ishii and Naito vs. Tanaka. I would've loved to see some more minutes for those matches. The time for the main event was fine I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horangi Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I enjoyed this show, but I didn't love it. Nothing overly outstanding, but I did enjoy Nakamura/Sombra, Suzuki/Ishii, Okada/Devitt and the opening tag. The 8-man could of used a little more time though, however I thought it was perfectly placed as it woke the crowd up after intermission. I'd probably rate it on par with Dontaku ultimately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith_Jensen Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Overall, this wasn't as good as some of the other IPPV like Wrestle Kingdom 7 or Dominion 6.22, this was still a very good show with an good undercard and a great main event. This show is worth purchasing. The backstage promo with the Bullet Club was very fun. I enjoyed Suzuki vs. Ishii. They had a very good stiff brawl. Suzuki's delayed gotch piledriver was awesome looking. I loved Okada vs. Devitt. While outside interference could have ruined this match, the booking of the Bullet Club's interference was done well as they added drama to the match. Even though they interfered several times, it wasn't overdone in my opinion. I loved the spot when Okada used Tope Con Hiro on the entire Bullet Club. One of Bullet Clubs's interference spots led to a great near fall when Devitt used a top rope double stomp onto a steel chair that was on Okada. The finishing stretch was very fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Not much to add. The Nakamura match was my favorite. Goto/Shibata was brutal. Suzucki is the man. I enjoyed the main. I think those two have a better match in them, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkySan Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Must admit I know absolutely naff all about njpw - I watched Devitt/Ibushi/Ki from their january show and enjoyed it immensely.I watched some of the devitt okada match and while I had it on mute (not knowing japanese kinda detracts from the enjoyment of it for me; I'm a linguist, what can i say, i love to listen) I really enjoyed watching the two of them beat the snot outta each other.If you're watching puro you have it on mute, you are seriously missing out. The commentary and crowd reactions are like half the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 They aren't saying a hell of a lot that you're missing. A lot of question and answer about what's going on in the match if a wrestler is with them. Stuff about the recent and current history of the guys in the match. Dates of past events. Backgrounds of the guys. It's nothing too complicated since they don't exactly have WWE level angle stuff. They also use a lot of English loan words for the wrestling moves, so you won't miss that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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