RIPPA Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Only 6 star wrestlers please ELIGIBILITY TIME PERIOD: March 1, 2016 - February 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Well, let's get the no-brainers out of the way. Okada, Tanahashi, Omega, Naito, Suzuki. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanide Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Aside from NJPW's Fantastic Four for 2016, I think Ishii is hot on their heels, and KUSHIDA deserves all the love for the junior scene. Shibata's wearing thin but he still earns it I think. Elgin takes a hit because of his injury prior to Power Struggle, but you can't overlook his tremendous matches with Omega and Naito, as well as a stellar G1 run; he probably also gets a bump from his indie work. Similarly, I feel Kyle O'Reilly, Ricochet, and Ospreay also get the nod on the junior side of the house on the strength of their NJPW work, with resumes that are likely bolstered when taking ROH/PWG/UK indies/LU into account. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 What's the Joshi scene looking like these days? Is it just the Io show, or did Meiko have another year worth watching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon-E Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Nominating Kento Miyahara. Still need to see the second Mashimo match but I think he was the best worker in Japan last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Ishii, Shibata, KUSHIDA, and (surprise) Naito from NJ and man do I feel bad about not being able to rep anyone else. As an easy target I will just accuse Rutube being Putin's spambot for that, which lets the actual promotions (and myself for not wanting to pay for anything) off the hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Elgin Satomura Shirai Shibata Goto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 As far as guys not mentioned yet I'd nominate Yano (could be as a team with Ishii) and Roppongi Vice and Scott Norton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The Strong BJ (YES!) four seem to be perennial entrants for a good reason. Their tag match from January was insane. The Ishikawa headbutt on Sekimoto would've made Shibata blush. Sekimoto was covered by the time he bounced off the ropes. I'd love to hear the vocal joshi crew bring up names beyond the Stardom 3 and Meiko. What about HARASHIMA? I don't watch much DDT but every time I do, I'm pretty impressed with him. His match with Bailey was really good. Katsuhiko Nakajima is great and his G1 Climax was terrific. I've seen a handful of his NOAH matches and he brings it every time. Is Masa Kitamiya as awesome as I think he is? I've just seen a few of his matches but he comes off like such a bad ass and somebody DVDVR would very much like. Any regular NOAH viewers around? New Japan people I enjoy watching: Tanahashi, Okada, Naito, Omega, KUSHIDA, Kamaitachi (fuck calling him Takahashi, as Yujiro sullied that name), Ishii, Shibata, YOSHI-HASHI (went from somebody I can't stand to being a fun plucky underdog with a rad lariat), O'Reilly was mentioned in the NA thread, EVIL has gotten damn good, and Elgin. There are others but I'm already stretching it. Yano could upset somebody in the first round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I passed over Goto for some reason but I vet him too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Big yes to Oyaji's suggestion of Strong BJ and Twin Towers, if I were to pick at it I'd say Okabayashi and Ishikawa had the standout performances of those four in the last year. I'd like to nominate my favourite wrestler in the world - Hideki Suzuki, seriously, just watch any match he's been in with the BJW young guys, Nakanoue, that match with Obata in Zero 1 or that amazing match against Hikaru Sato from Hard Hit that nobody seems to have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Tanahashi, Shibata, Okada,Omega, Suzuki, and Goto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Wait, was that a maximum of 6 wrestlers that are considered to be stars, or only wrestlers who have been in 6 star matches? If the latter, is it a "Meltzer" scale or is it a MUTA scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 If you had to pick one person from Dragon Gate, who would it be? Shingo, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon-E Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Nominating Ryusuke Taguchi. I wonder how he'd fare in the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Manabu Nakanishi, out of spite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 On 2/4/2017 at 6:09 PM, El Dragon said: What's the Joshi scene looking like these days? Is it just the Io show, or did Meiko have another year worth watching? Both delivered along with Kairi & Mayu on a lower scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 He had so few matches in the time period, but his perfomance in the CWC was so good that Kota Ibushi probably should stil be considered. I mean we had Lesnar and others in previous tournaments, who only had 3 or 4 matches in the time period. Other than that, Konosuke Takeshita maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Kota has 19 matches in the time period and almost all of them you are able to watch. Finn Balor - for an example - only has like 10 matches on TV I am going to do some sort of minimum match requirement this year but the number is gonna be around 5 What I am trying to say is that Kota is making it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Omega, Okada, Naito, Suzuki, Takahashi, Elgin, Shibata and Marufuji 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 YOSHI-HASHI as a dark horse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 On 04/02/2017 at 9:58 PM, Raziel403 said: Well, let's get the no-brainers out of the way. Okada, Tanahashi, Omega, Naito, Suzuki. Second these. Nod to Ishii also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 You already have Kairi Hojo's elbow drop in the possible field, so I am good. Someone else has already spoken up for Naito and Omega. Has Toru Yano been in anything worth watching over the cutoff period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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