dragonzombie Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Some Pro Wrestling NOAH I need to watch more footage, but it seems NOAH moved away from the green lines on the mat. White is really their mat canvas colour then, with logos of course. Masa Funaki doesn't participate in NOAH like he used to do. He last wrestled for NOAH last Sept, losing to Josh Barnett. Go will be the main character of Limit Break. Go turned 42 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 11 hours ago, ka-to said: GAORA Sports has a regular 1 hour Osaka Pro program. Indie no oshigoto still airs. Sorry for all the questions but is there a streaming service with GAORA access in America? Or something I can VPN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 AJP Nakajima doing his own Rocky Balboa take. The Triple Crown was on the table during the press conference, the same single belt. Yuma Anzai and his partner beat up the Saito Bros at the press conference. Best to ignore the two Tokyo Sports articles, one with Go and the other with Kendo, those are kayfabe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 https://twitter.com/MonthlyPuroresu/status/1749784221835497846 Monthly Puroresu saying "With Kazuchika Okada likely heading to WWE". How reliable is Monthly Puroresu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I dunno, I don't bother with them. They got some things wrong before in the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Just now, Kang said: I dunno, I don't bother with them. They got some things wrong before in the past. Thank you. Noticed the avvy change too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 5 hours ago, The Natural said: https://twitter.com/MonthlyPuroresu/status/1749784221835497846 Monthly Puroresu saying "With Kazuchika Okada likely heading to WWE". How reliable is Monthly Puroresu? Not reliable at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 hours ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said: Not reliable at all. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I hope they are right, Okada in current NXT sounds just bizarre enough to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 https://www.njpw1972.com/168633 Master Wato's torn his ACL. Get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 He got a shout out from his bestie Despy at the end of last night's show. Also, just a reminder that WWE just signed a deal with ABEMA for streaming starting in 2023 so it's a good bet they won't be a part of the initial Netflix deal. So if people try to tie that deal to the WWE getting Okada they probably don't even know what ABEMA is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 If you're wondering about why the 6-man tag, which was Okada's last Korakuen Hall match for NJPW, wasn't the main for tonight's show, it was probably because they are clearly putting a lot into Umino, as he got to deliver the "after the rain" promo postmatch and also declared himself the new ace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 NJPW Road to The New Beginning, 24th January 2024 spoiler: Spoiler Kazuchika Okada/Tomohiro Ishii/Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship against Kosei Fujita/Mikey Nicholls/Shane Haste. The belts will be vacated. I like Kazuchika Okada goes out having never lost the gold. It's the only championship he's won outside of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship/IWGP World Heavyweight Championship main events. That's unusual compared to Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kenny Omega who held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship alongside the IWGP Heavyweight Championship as examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Kazuchika Okada post match promo translated by NJPW Global: Spoiler I don't want to cry. I've cried enough already. But thank you for all your support for 17 years. Ishii put this belt on me, but today I vacate it. But this is the only team belt I've ever held in my career and I'm so thankful to Tanahashi and Ishii. This is the last match of my contract but I have three matches to go in Osaka and Sapporo. This isn't the end, this isn't goodbye and you still have the main event. Enjoy it." Thank you to NJPW wrestlers, staff and fans. I promise we will meet again, and I hope you'll support the Rainmaker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 NJPW had the Strongest and Ace role flipped and mixed up with Okada as the Strongest and top guy and Tanahashi as old man Ace, but Umino as the new main guy and Ace fixes this. I expect Ren Narita to become the new strongest. The number 2 guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Taka Michinoku bad news, might have to use deepl https://twitter.com/tank_nagai/status/1750500055856165049 TAKA Michinoku tired to have sex with Mio Shirai, the sister of WWE Superstar IYO SKY. Mio's husband Tank Nagai, reveled on Twitter/X that TAKA adamantly messaged his wife, sending LINE messages such as "Let's sleep together~" and "What's your room number?" After a after match party where she had become very drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Jesus, I'm right in the middle of the history of M-Pro in the Blood and Thunder book, don't make me want to skip another 200 or so pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 18 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Jesus, I'm right in the middle of the history of M-Pro in the Blood and Thunder book, don't make me want to skip another 200 or so pages. There is other stuff in the link. You have to take the bad with the good, and hope the bad goes away in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) I will post about the AJPW departures later. Seems so far, only Shuji and BlackMensoree are leaving, nobody else so far has announced plans to leave. Edited January 26 by Kang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Two more matches added to the AJPW/NOAH show https://dx-sp.gsj.bz/dxnews.Index/detail/?news_id=20240126004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I have not watched AJPW in a while—just keep up with news and results—but it seems from Twitter at least that the Saitos have quite a popular following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I try to watch on and off. I was more invested in Mutoh's and then Jun's era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 AJPW Spoiler Nakajima retained. He beat Ashino via submission. Rei Saito challenged Nakajima for the Triple Crown Suwama vs Hideki Suzuki is set, on Feb the 20th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) I’m thinking after Rei Saito it’ll be Suwama in March. Then it’s the CC. It’ll be interesting to see who is competition this year. Edited January 28 by Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I wonder who will take Shuji's spot in the CC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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