Doragon Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 Mutoh will be participating in AJPW, at the 6.7 (Sun) Kobe show.
Control Posted March 27, 2020 Author Posted March 27, 2020 First CC replacement is Takao Omori, so everything is fine now. Get wild, indeed.
Doragon Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 The first CC show will now be in Shin-Kiba 1st ring with no fans. The April 29th show will move to 2AW Square Chiba with no fans as well.
lostinube Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 The Dontaku parade event in Hakata has been cancelled. So far, NJPW hasn't cancelled this year's Wrestling Dontaku but with no parade, the number of people in the area during Golden Week severely decreases - some estimates say the Dontaku brings in two million people. Even if everything settles down by then (at this point it seems unlikely) I don't know if they would be able to draw two decent houses in a row.
Brian Fowler Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, D.Z said: The first CC show will now be in Shin-Kiba 1st ring with no fans. The April 29th show will move to 2AW Square Chiba with no fans as well. I love All Japan, but for fuck's sake, running the Carnival without Korakuen and without fans... Edited March 28, 2020 by Brian Fowler
Doragon Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 The last 3 CC shows are still normal Korakuen shows with fans. In other news, Wrestle 1's last show will proceed with no fans.
nofuture Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 The first 40 mins of the Fujita/Shiozaki match might be the greatest thing I've seen in wrestling.
sabremike Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 2 hours ago, nofuture said: The first 40 mins of the Fujita/Shiozaki match might be the greatest thing I've seen in wrestling. Just have to wait a few days until next month to subscribe to the streaming service because of the weird Japanese billing practice where if you subscribe mid month you only get the rest of that month before being billed again
Control Posted March 29, 2020 Author Posted March 29, 2020 The only Fujita matches I’ve seen were awful, but I hear that he’s been good in Noah? Twitter is quite partisan when it comes to ol Kazuyuki.
John E. Dynamite Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 This is the Jarmusch of puroresu. The Tarkovsky. The Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. This makes Larry Zbyszko look like Will Ospreay. MY GOD. 1 1
Thomas Bugg Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 I just watched Nagata vs Yasuda from Strong Energy 2003. How the fuck did Tadao Yasuda ever pull off an incredible match like this? Yes, he still sucked, but seriously, you can't fuck up a Yuji Nagata match- he was like Flair, able to carry any stiff to a passable match. And just like Flair, the crimson flows in this match. 2
Jiji Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 Not a big fan of Nagata personally, but that match ruled. Yasuda was such an anomaly in terms of what he was, what he looked like, and how they used him and the Makai Club. 1
clintthecrippler Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 On 3/29/2020 at 9:22 AM, John E. Dynamite said: This is the Jarmusch of puroresu. The Tarkovsky. The Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. This makes Larry Zbyszko look like Will Ospreay. MY GOD. Fuck Tiger King, I want Netflix to do a 7-part series on that Fujita/Shiozaki match. If you asked me which promotions are going to try something that there is no way they could get away with in front of a live crowd, I would not have guessed Pro Wrestling NOAH, even factoring in new ownership.
John E. Dynamite Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, clintthecrippler said: Fuck Tiger King, I want Netflix to do a 7-part series on that Fujita/Shiozaki match. If you asked me which promotions are going to try something that there is no way they could get away with in front of a live crowd, I would not have guessed Pro Wrestling NOAH, even factoring in new ownership. For real though, promotions like DDT have always trafficked in the avant-garde. And Fujita's reign as King of Inokism did, too, albeit avant-ing in a way different garde. If Shiozaki/Fujita didn't have significant input from Sanshiro Takagi or Dino (or whoever else is involved in their booking) I'd be shocked. It's as perfect a recipe of creative talent + in-ring talent + social circumstance that you'll eat all year. Edited April 1, 2020 by John E. Dynamite 1
Doragon Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 Shuji Kondo might retire. Masayuki Kono said he is out of business.
notoriusvig Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) On 3/29/2020 at 3:54 AM, sabremike said: Just have to wait a few days until next month to subscribe to the streaming service because of the weird Japanese billing practice where if you subscribe mid month you only get the rest of that month before being billed again Is there a service with NOAH stuff attached to it? I decided to watch the Fujita/Shiozaki match and I liked it and kinda want to see some more. Edited April 1, 2020 by notoriusvig
sabremike Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, notoriusvig said: Is there a service with NOAH stuff attached to it? I decided to watch the Fujita/Shiozaki match and I liked it and kinda want to see some more. DDT World (Same company owns both promotions). 1
Eivion Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, D.Z said: Shuji Kondo might retire. Masayuki Kono said he is out of business. Any news on Reika Saiki yet?
Doragon Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 28 minutes ago, Eivion said: Any news on Reika Saiki yet? So far, nothing is decided yet. She might end up in TJPW again, but she could choose another promotion "to graduate to".
Brian Fowler Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 Champions Carnival officially off, at least for now. They hope to run it later in the year. 1 1
Control Posted April 2, 2020 Author Posted April 2, 2020 Figures. Hopefully they can reschedule the participants, but I’m sure it’ll be a challenge.
dorfus malorfus Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 Glad to see people still remember and re-watch that Nagata/Yasuda match. I'm not the biggest fan of Nagata in that period myself (I prefer the older, grumpier Nagata of around 2007) but he carried Yasuda to a whopper that night. It's kinda ironic that the best Nagata match ever was his classic with Taue from around the same time---a match which is much less a showcase for Nagata than it is for Taue, and Taue being a guy who on paper has a lot of Yasuda's setbacks in terms of being an awkward, gruesome troll but was a genius at working around his own physical limitations. 2
Control Posted April 3, 2020 Author Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) Forget Mutoh--Hama back in AJ, baby! I don't know the baldy at 8 o'clock, the handsome dude at 4 o'clock (Ashino?), or the masked man. EDIT: masked guy is Andy Wu and the handsome dude is Takanori Ito (W1 guys). Is the bald dude Alexander Otsuka? Edited April 3, 2020 by Control
lostinube Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 Yeah. Otsuka but listed under his other name of Otoko Sakari. 1
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