Eivion Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Jiji said: How are those companies deep in the red still alive? How did DDT lose so much more last year compared to 2018? Why did NJPW make less in 2019? NOAH has been sold and bought 2-3 times in the last few years. that is how they are "alive." No idea on DDT. I'm curious where they are losing the money. i wonder if its the big shows they run once or twice a year that are hurting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Did people stop buying as much LIJ merchandise? Would that explain the offset. I'm sure it's not true (I remember reading ticket sales for big shows were slightly bigger without him) but I will just pretend the slight downturn in NJPW business was the loss of my sweet boi Kenny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Weren't those NJPW numbers available some time ago? Unless I'm mixing something up I think that explanation at the time was that NJPW invested more into USA market and that they had that Bushiroad's kickboxing thing grouped with them that was later added to Stardom and later sold entirely, I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian_Waffle Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Back to Gleat/BML for a second (I'm excited): Wasn't Maeda himself at ringside for the first BML show and then he backed out of endorsing it? Iirc he was there to promote Shibata or something. Anyway Gleat wouldn't have to produce a Maeda appearance to keep me interested, but I'm hoping they at least scoop up all the myriad semi-inactive BattlArts guys who are scattered all over the puro scene (is Ryuji Hijikata working anywhere these days? Katsumi Usuda? Ryuji Walter?? Guhhh I'd even take Keita Yano as a job guy...). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I distinctly remember Maeda and BML for a bit. Is Chigusa Nagayo the consensus better of the Crush Gals? If so, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Because Lioness Asuka was a poor seller who only cared about getting her offense in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 GLEAT card (via purolove): GLEAT "GLEAT VOL. 0", 15.10.2020 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1. NOSAWA Rongai vs. Kaz Hayashi 2. UWF Rules: Takanori Ito & Kazuki Okubo vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Tanaka 3. UWF Rules: Syuri vs. Yuu 4. Soma Watanabe vs. Kenoh 5. Super Dream Match: Jun Akiyama , Daisuke Sekimoto & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Sugiura , Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Maeda was around BML for a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Control said: GLEAT card (via purolove): GLEAT "GLEAT VOL. 0", 15.10.2020 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1. NOSAWA Rongai vs. Kaz Hayashi 2. UWF Rules: Takanori Ito & Kazuki Okubo vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Tanaka 3. UWF Rules: Syuri vs. Yuu 4. Soma Watanabe vs. Kenoh 5. Super Dream Match: Jun Akiyama , Daisuke Sekimoto & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Sugiura , Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin What kind of twisted nightmare are they talking about? Akiyama, Sexymoto, and Sugi are cool tho. And only some of the matches are UWF rules? This is confusing and I don't see how starting a promotion up in the middle of a pandemic will work. Japan's cases are spiking again so we'll see how it goes trying to run a show in the middle of flu season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Nosawa and Kazu will bring you the shoot style you desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Lariat Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 On the BJW streaming service how far back do they go with their shows? I've been thinking about subscribing to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 It’s like you can look at the guys behind GLEAT (Tamils, Choshu, Hayashi) and guess who booked which match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka-to Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 It's a shame that a guy named Soma is too young to have been in ECW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Dude would have gotten eating alive in ECW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Since he left Z1, I’m guessing Ikuto Hidaka. But there are options. Kanemoto? Minoru Tanaka? Uh ... TAKA? Edited August 28, 2020 by Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian_Waffle Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I like how just days after losing to TAKA in the finals of whatever JUST TAP OUT's big singles tournament is called, Hayato Tamura becomes Z1 champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 Has anyone seen Hayato Tamura? Is he any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian_Waffle Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Control said: Has anyone seen Hayato Tamura? Is he any good? I was actively trying to find some of his matches online earlier because I'm curious too and his name is frustratingly un-Googleable. Cagematch.com seems to insist he debuted only last year but the opening match of this HARD HIT show from 5 years ago seems to say otherwise: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) NOAH: Tomorrow we will find out who the new M's Alliance member is. Masa Funaki? Masa Chono? Masayuki Kono? Minoru Tanaka? Maybach? Muhammad Yone? BJW: Minoru Suzuki vs. Takuya Nomura for BJW 's last show at the Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium. Edited August 29, 2020 by D.Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2018/06/07/fashionable-wrestling-the-infamous-kazuchika-okada-pants/ Kazuchika Okada in the video talks about the infamous pants and there's a piece on them as well. One for, @Brian Fowler. Edited August 30, 2020 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Beat look he ever had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Koji Doi and Ikuto Hidaka showed up in AJPW today. Doi is in Enfantes, and Hidaka is challenging Iwamoto for the junior title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) Masa Funaki Nakajima betrayed his partner Go Shiozaki and joined Kongoh. Edited August 30, 2020 by D.Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 2 hours ago, D.Z said: Nakajima betrayed his partner Go Shiozaki and joined Kongoh. So Kongoh has more members than Hydra now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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