Eivion Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Control said: I feel like Jun Akiyama went from fresh-faced youngster to surly veteran without any journeyman period, but I’m probably wrong. 10 hours ago, Jiji said: It felt like he aged 6-8 years in the transition from ajpw to Noah. 9 hours ago, Control said: Yeah, I don’t know NOAH too well. Just looking at his career on Cagematch, I wonder if it’s, like, start of NOAH to his 2004 Dome match against Kobashi. You’d have his G1 performance and his rivalry/team with Nagata in there. By 2005 he’s having that match against Shibata and is definitely already a grumpy vet. Check out Akiayama early NOAH run. Its around then that he started to become a surly/grumpy vet. He was the guy the younger guys were trying to take down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Former W-1 rookie Ryuki Honda is joining the All Japan Pro Wrestling dojo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 More info about Lidet's new promotion will be revealed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 Gleat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) GLEAT: Tamura mentioned 80s NJPW plus UWF. Wants wrestling that looks like a fight and said UWF is his ideal. Former W-1 dudes Takanori Ito and Soma Watanabe are now with GLEAT. Edited August 20, 2020 by D.Z 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 So, they're going to try and revive UWF. This will go as well as Big Mouth Loud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 GLEAT video... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Naming your promotion a homonym for gonorrhea discharge is a bold choice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 51 minutes ago, D.Z said: GLEAT: Tamura mentioned 80s NJPW plus UWF. Wants wrestling that looks like a fight and said UWF is his ideal. Former W-1 dudes Takanori Ito and Soma Watanabe are now with GLEAT. Those two dudes are basically Shibata and Fujiwara so it’s all good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 At least it's something different and we'd be so lucky if it was another BML. Long live U Style. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Gleat =Great, Lidet = Ridet. Anyway there will be some crossover with NOAH. Kenoh vs Tamura? Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Guleeto daze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Yeah, if we get a couple BML-level shows, it's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Fine, we'll get UWAI Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 What exactly what the deal with Big Mouth Loud? It seems to have a lot of New Japan guys. And Fujiwara. Was he the promoter? How long did it last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I don't really remember but apparently it was owned by Fumihiko Uwai. When it collapsed, he opened Uwai Station, another U-style promotion that only lasted a year. So seems like a UWF mark resurrection project that failed sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 BE MAD WITH ATTACK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Big Mouth Loud was established by former NJPW executive officer and match maker Fumihiko Uwai, to create "True or Real Strong Style". Gleat however aims for U style and fighting pro wrestling. Edited August 20, 2020 by D.Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 6 hours ago, D.Z said: Gleat =Great, Lidet = Ridet. Anyway there will be some crossover with NOAH. Kenoh vs Tamura? Maybe. But Ridet isn’t a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 It is a word in Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/18/2020 at 10:49 PM, Death From Above said: He definitely has a noticable bump up towards being seen as a full equal to Misawa and Kobashi in the early days of NOAH, as opposed to a wink-wink equal. Then as it became more clear Kobashi's body wasn't going to hold up I suppose it only went further on, though to be honest I started losing interest in NOAH full-time when Kobashi wasn't really around so there's a lot of stuff that is new for me. Same here. I watched NOAH from 2003-2006 and the famous December 2007 Kenta Kobashi return match from beating cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 15 hours ago, D.Z said: It is a word in Latin. Is that even relevant to the actual company name? Ridet means something like laugh or smile? LOL@NOWA indeed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 GLEAT will annouce all the matches for their show on 8/27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 This is insane! 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Look at AJ, being only moderately unsuccessful! Only being down 4 gs last year! I think a lot of online folks look at who gets booked by companies, etc., and speculate about personalities and politics when money is probably the bottom line. Just thinking about this year’s CC, and how it’s a small tourney with almost all in-house AJ guys. The choice was probably 100% practical, influenced by lost revenue and also the fact that, should they have to go back to lock down, they can still pull the tournament off without an audience and without having to pay like 8 outsiders an additional wage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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