Raziel Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Christ, can ONE native that turns heel NOT go to Bullet Club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I would love to know the thought process behind booking all these huge dome/stadium shows when they aren’t even legally allowed to fill them to a fraction of their capacity. Unless they’ve gone completely insane, there has to be some kind of financial rationale to it, but it’s unclear what that could be. Is the Japanese government subsidizing “lost revenue” for all the tickets they aren’t allowed to sell due to COVID restrictions? Maybe their insurance? It kinda feels like it has to a scam...err, exploiting a legal loophole...of some kind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 The only thing I can speculate is that large venues are willing to give steep discounts to anyone willing to run them right now, and/or New Japan thinks they’ll have some favors in hand when things return to normal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Good god,that Yano/Owens match was utterly dreadful. Can SHO and YOH finally get better names now or revert to their real names at least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kardo Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Beech27 said: The only thing I can speculate is that large venues are willing to give steep discounts to anyone willing to run them right now, and/or New Japan thinks they’ll have some favors in hand when things return to normal. They are doing super super deep discounts. Especially a place like Seibu Dome which isn't near anything really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nineteen Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I'm guessing things were looking like they would have been able to do higher capacity before things got bad again. I felt like lack of a crowd, or even moreso having the quiet crowd took a little out of most of this card, especially Okada and Cobb (Which was great!) I was surprised Sho went BC/EVIL's group, I thought he would have been a better fit with Empire since they're still a new group and can use the numbers (and a junior) but if it's EVIL building his own group I'm okay with it, and it's been (checks watch) 25 minutes since we've had a Bullet Club infighting story. Man Tanahashi is right there with Shingo as New Japan's MVP for the past two years. Really hoping he has a good a G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 It's not going to happen but if EVIL beats Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Gedo has really messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horangi Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Short thoughts considering I'm many scotches in: Spoiler So happy Robbie retained! Best match of the night, maybe of both nights to me. Robbie as champ keeps the division more interesting and has many fresher matches than another Hiromu come back run. I still think eventually Hiromu will win it back soon and break the Heat/Minoru Tanaka record, but hopefully not for a while as he is so much better chasing. Glad Dangerous Tekkers retained, enjoyed the match. Main event was fine until the usual BS that I don't get why they keep doing when crowds have to be silent. Other two matches were fun, but not outstanding. Edited September 5, 2021 by Horangi Spelling errors, I may be drunk but not THAT drunk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 When Eagles won many people thought that the plan here is to "save" Hiromu/Desperado title match for the dome. I'm not sure if this show changes plans. Desperado now can win a rematch and Hiromu can win BotSJ since I think they are unlikely to do another Jr. title match before the dome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Finished night one today and will finish up night 2 tomorrow. Dug the Stardom matches and the Sho/Yoh match. Thought the Yano/Owens match went waaaay too long and dug the main event. Just finished the tag title match, if that was a shoot then Marty has some Herb Dean level lack of caution with Yoshi Hashi passing out and him not calling the match. Edited September 5, 2021 by Ramo2653 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 Spoiler Wasn't watching Night Two live in case Gedo booked EVIL to go over and I'm sick of the Bullet Club bullshit. I tend to pick and choose what NJPW to watch or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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