RIPPA Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 BIFF BUSICK http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3u4rqf_apollo-crews-vs-christopher-girard-wwe-nxt-february-24-2016_sport vs. Apollo Crews (partial) vs. 2Buff TOMOAKI HONMA http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3d671y_tomoaki-honma-vs-tomohiro-ishii-720p-njpw-g1-climax-25-day-16_sport vs. Ishii* http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z0t6b_yuji-nagata-vs-tomoaki-honma-7-23-15_sport vs. Yuji Nagata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 This one is really, really difficult due to both guys having great years and being so awesome, but I gotta give Honma the edge here for the Ishii stuff. I'm not even usually into that style of wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I really need to watch that Ishii match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Ray Von Erich Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I refuse to vote against Biff. He's one of the guys that pulled me back into wrestling a few months ago after I realized how little I'd been watching. He so obviously puts a ton of effort into his stuff and is at least interesting in every match. I have no beef with the Vampire Chicken, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Technico Support Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I meant to vote for Busick but hit the wrong button. Fuck, I hope this isn't close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHFP Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I meant to vote for Busick but hit the wrong button. Fuck, I hope this isn't close. Was slightly leaning for Homna but voted Busick to help neutralize your vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I meant to vote for Busick but hit the wrong button. Fuck, I hope this isn't close. I am unsure who to vote for this round. How about you explain to me why your candidate should be voted for in order to offset your errant vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Definitely. My vote here is totally up in the air, so please, make more cases. That'll help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I voted for Honma because I don't like grapplefuck much (I mean. I love RINGS. I don't care for Chris Hero and Drew Gulak rolling around). For Busick the influences are just too obvious for me and his work doesn't really transcend that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm the opposite. I like that style and Busick really comes across like he's trying to win a fight. "Guy who does 20 different styles of headbutt and never wins" is a fun opening match gimmick that, I guess, the kids enjoy ironically, but it's not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Sandwich Carl Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Busick does so many little things so well and Honma is just kind of silly to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Biff's PWG matches are what puts him over for me. He wrestled like a complete lunatic in those and while I do enjoy the Honma matches I've seen - the whole headbutt thing starts getting pretty silly when you watch a few matches of his in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 the whole PWG thing starts getting pretty silly when you watch a few matches in a row. Just to play Devil's Advocate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Oh PWG is completely silly after 1 match, but I know that's what I'm getting into when I watch it. I know it's gonna be an even more dialed up version of Busick than elsewhere (and even with that, he doesn't fall into it as badly as most guys.) In the context of a match being presented as serious athletic competition (and this may just be my own preconceived notion of what I think NJPW to be) - a grazing flying headbutt that's sold as death I just don't buy. Also ... I hate this tournament making me nitpick against things I actually enjoy watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 In the context of a match being presented as serious athletic competition (and this may just be my own preconceived notion of what I think NJPW to be) - a grazing flying headbutt that's sold as death I just don't buy. Do you even have any idea what you're talking about. Does anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodear Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I don't know what I'm talking about half the time. I guess if you consider New Japan this super serious promotion (which it isn't) you could look at Honma as a misfit who doesn't belong with his wacky headbutting action. I think New Japan has more variety than that but it is super structured so the variety doesn't cross itself in the promotion. The super serious guys don't tend to work the juniors who don't tend to work the main eventers who don't tend to work... etc. etc. It's really the outstanding weakness of New Japan is that everything has stagnated and nothing seems to change and there is no card mobility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Busick 46 Honma 41 Honma goes from beating Lesnar last year to not winning a match this year. See what happens when you win kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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