Control Posted December 13, 2020 Author Posted December 13, 2020 Anyone watched any of the DDT D-King tournament? Curious how Uncle Jun is doing in the new environment.
Doragon Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) I watched the Jun performances, he is doing good. The final is Konosuke Takeshita vs. Jun Akiyama. Edited December 13, 2020 by D.Z 1 1
Doragon Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 Zeus wants to face Tanaka in a singles match. Suwama vs K.Sato maybe. Probably see more Cima in AJPW. 1
Spontaneous Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 New NJPW Young Lion debuted at the Super J Cup, Kevin Knight from the LA Dojo. Teamed with Ren Narita, who the commentators stated this was his was first start of his excursion. Kevin Knight tapped to Kenta's Boston Crab. He had a real nice dropkick. Super J Cup was ok. It was held in the same arena as the NJPW Strong tapings. I think the set up for these shows suffer from how quiet it is. Same problem with this though at least Lio Rush vs El Phantasmo in the first round used it to trash talk. Winner: Spoiler El Phantasmo defeated ACH in the Finals. He will face Hiromu on 1/4 and winner of that faces Ishimori on 1/5 I think.
Archibald Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 It didn't feel like its own thing, but more like a special episode of NJPW Strong. But hey, right man won.
Evil Otto Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 I thought it was a fun show overall. El Phantasmo vs. Lio Rush was pretty great, and is a match I wouldn't mind seeing again somewhere down the line. All the J-Cup matches were good, but that was the only one that truly felt special. Besides that, Blake Christian vs. Rey Horus was also quite enjoyable and worth a watch.
Doragon Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) "The other ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING" Edited December 14, 2020 by D.Z 1
Doragon Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 Stolen from Purolove but here AJPW "NEW YEAR WARS 2021", 01/02/2021 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1. Izanagi & Shigehiro Irie vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO 2. Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura 3. Jake Lee, TAJIRI & Francesco Akira vs. Shotaro Ashino, Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama 4. Yoshitatsu, Ryuji Hijikata, Takayuki Ueki & Chikara vs. Takao Omori, Black Menso ~ re, Osamu Nishimura & Ryuki Honda 5th New Year Special Singles Match: Zeus vs. Masato Tanaka 6. Koji Iwamoto & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe 7th New Year Battle Royal: 8th AJPW World Tag Team Title: Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa (c) vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi AJPW "NEW YEAR WARS 2021", 01/03/2021 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1. Takao Omori & Black Menso ~ re vs. Shigehiro Irie & UTAMARO 2. Francesco Akira & X vs. Ryuki Honda & Alejandro 3. Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto & TAJIRI vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura 4. Shotaro Ashino, Kuma Arashi & Yusuke Kodama vs. Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO 5. GAORA TV Title: Yoshitatsu vs. Jun Kasai 6. All Asia Tag Team Title: Zeus & Izanagi (c) vs. Hokuto Omori & Koji Doi 7. Triple Crown: Suwama (c) vs. Yuma Aoyagi 1
Jiji Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 Oh shit, Wakabayashi! So what's the deal with the retro AJPW stuff?
Doragon Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) The retro stuff for the Amazon Prime show produced by Kenso. They seem to also use NTV themes or jingles or so Japanese twitter says. To attract lasped era fans. Edited December 14, 2020 by D.Z 1
Gordi the BJW fan Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) If: - I lived in Tokyo - I had unlimited funds - there was no Corona virus I think I would go to shows on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th of January. I wonder if I would be burned out before the Jay White title match, in those circumstances. Even relaxing at home/at my buddy Chris's house... I might be. I think Zeus vs Tanaka and Hiromu vs El Phantasmo, and Shingo vs Cobb are the matches I'm most looking forward to across those four days. Not exactly underwhelming... but nothing really has me on tenterhooks or marking out just yet. Still, four straight days of pro wrestling! I can think of worse ways to kick off a COVID-limited new year. Edited December 14, 2020 by El Gran Gordi 1
Doragon Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 Dragon Gate will have their own Amazon Prime show with Shuji Ishikawa and Shinya Aoki appearing as well. 1
Jiji Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 That sounds like a random event from TEW or some sports sim game. Incredible. 1
Doragon Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 It has kept AJP alive while losing 90s percent of its wrestling ticket sales to Corona this year. AJP will strive to help keep making more movie hits to stay afloat and spread the AJP name to the movies industry. With the amount of their media content expanding and the departed people leaving (Jun, Yusuke) and maybe hopefully lock down ending this year, lot of money to be gained.
Spontaneous Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Is AJPW starting as a wrestling company a funny anecdote in 200 years? 1 2
Control Posted December 16, 2020 Author Posted December 16, 2020 There is no way Jun Kasai vs Yoshitatsu will be any good, but I’m really looking forward to it.
Ryan Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Kasai will make him bleed all over and it will be the best match ever. Yoshi in 3 minutes.
lostinube Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 1:47 PM, Curt McGirt said: The fuck? What movie was it? Howling Village
lostinube Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/15/2020 at 11:51 PM, D.Z said: Dragon Gate will have their own Amazon Prime show with Shuji Ishikawa and Shinya Aoki appearing as well. This is going to be another episode of the thing they did with Amazon that was released back in September.
Doragon Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Jun is on posters and with top billing slots for DDT next year. Looks like he is really done with AJP, hopefully Yusuke follows him to DDT.
matwarz Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 Sigh. There really is nothing like the New Years puroresu glut. Jan 2 always a soft spot for me as it meant two trips to Korakuen followed by beer and steak. It’s really hard to get fired up about anything due to all the restrictions, but the AJPW tag title match on jan 2 is top of my list to look forward to.
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