Horangi Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Probably the best night so far last night, I enjoyed everything, with the main event, SHO/Robbie and Despy/Uemura really standing out to me. Not that I'm happy Kanemaru missed due to injury, but like last year with Narita, the fiery young lion matches are so much fun to watch. I'm a huge Eagles fan, but the Robbie Robbie Robbie chant made me cringe. Please stop. I don't think he is turning either...how far off is YOH from returning? He could be one i could see maybe joining The Empire. I really hope that's last we see of Taguchi's ass... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I think Yoh should be back by spring. As for the tournaments, I think that WTL is actually good this year, not that we get one or two decent matches like previous years, but that overall WTL shows are enjoyable. BotSJ suffers a bit that asides of Eagles we have seen plenty of action with other 7 guys so it doesn't feel as fresh as previous junior tournaments that usually would bring either new guys or some that we haven't seen for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Despy, burying Wato beneath the bus he’s just run him over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Desperado just dropped the wrestling equivalent of Ether on Wato! Really pulling for Desperado, his promo on Hiromu the other night was great trash talking. "A submission, you won't forget that one anytime soon". I think also not having everyone wrestling every night has helped guys cut loose more. They are getting more off days between shows, I felt it helped a lot in the G1 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Weakest of the tournament so far today. Nothing offensive though. GOD-Dangerous Trekkers seemed to be somewhat holding back for a rematch down the line. Big test tomorrow with Desperado-Wato as the main event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) From the last few days the matches that really stood out to me were Hiromu-Uemura, Wato-Desperado, Ishimori-Uemura, Hiromu-DOUKI, Desperado-SHO, CHAOS-LIJ, and Henare and Tanahashi-EVIL and Yujiro. Surprised Eagles is eating so many losses up front but I imagine he is in a holding pattern until he can join The Empire? Master Wato is tied with Hiromu and Ishimori for the lead! Way to the Grandmaster! Edited November 26, 2020 by Six String Orchestra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 "I think one went inside" "You need more than one" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I have no idea who is winning WTL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Wondering if they are doing two tag title matches at WK since it'll be two nights. Crazy how tight the standings are. Could see something like Sabre-Taichi vs SANADA-Shingo on night 1 and the winners vs GOD on night 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Feels like FinJuice have to be there as well. Their last match against ZSJ/Taichi was probably match of the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Finals will be Hiromu vs Desperado and GoD vs Finlay/Juice. We also got a strong hint that Shingo/Cobb for NEVER title might be happening at WK. From the last show Finlay/Juice vs Goto/Yoshi was very fucking good. In general Finlay had an outstanding tournament and they deserve to win this, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Finlay pinned Shingo as well earlier in the tournament, after the Finals I could see him challenge Shingo on one of the nights for WK. When they said a Goto/Yoshi-Hashi win meant a three way tie i wanted that to happen instead. Guessing Hiromu and GoD are winning. Hopefully we get a clearer picture of Wrestle Kingdom's double cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Full card announced: 1ST MATCH 30 MINUTES LIMIT Toru Yano/Robbie Eagles/SHO vs Bad Luck Fale/Chase Owens/Taiji Ishimori 2ND MATCH 30 MINUTES LIMIT Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi/Toa Henare vs Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/Jeff Cobb 3RD MATCH 30 MINUTES LIMIT SANADA/Shingo Takagi vs Yujiro Takahashi/EVIL 4TH MATCH 30 MINUTES LIMIT Master Wato/Kota Ibushi vs Tetsuya Naito/BUSHI 5TH MATCH NO TIME LIMIT DOUBLE MAIN EVENTⅠ/WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2020 FINALS Tama Tonga/Tanga Loa vs Juice Robinon/David Finlay 6TH MATCH NO TIME LIMIT DOUBLE MAIN EVENTⅡ/BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. 27 FINALS Hiromu Takahashi vs El Desperado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) Hiromu Takahashi would be fine if he was just a great workrate guy / madman character. He'd still be an elite workrate guy in the elite-est workrate company, he'd still produce around half-a-dozen classics a year. What blows me away about the man, the thing that really puts him over-the-top, is that he also might be the best guy in NJPW when it comes to incorporating storylines into his matches. Despy deserves just as much credit for what happened in today's match, which will certainly be a strong MOTYC most places you ask, but Hiromu has been doing this kind of extra story work all year. His IWGP match with EVIL wasn't just better than both the Naito matches, it was Hiromu's pained screaming during his challenge that made the betrayal and the match mean that much more.. His run as Junior Heavyweight ace in the NJ Cup made for the most interesting matches in the tournament, his tag stuff w/ BUSHI is some of the most underrated stuff I've seen all year (lot of good face/heel work w/ Suzuki-gun), he sold his shoulder like a pro when Ishimori needed to be more heelish in his title win. Pre-pandemic he and Lee did a great job playing off the neck injury, his comeback story against Ospreay was as electric and sincere as anything I've seen in 2020. His work is so good he doesn't need to have this bombastic character. He doesn't need Daryl or the BosJ Official Crayon Strategy Guide or his Vlogs or a catchphrase or thinking that Will Ospreay is a cat or maintaining constantly evolving personal storylines with the majority of the Junior Heavyweight roster. He just does it anyway, because he's the fucking best. Edited December 11, 2020 by John E. Dynamite 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Hiromu-Despy was excellent, worth going out of your way for. The rest of the show was fun, lots of much needed set up for Wrestle Kingdom. Would like to know what matches are going where. Spoiler Desperado losing his mask! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Watching these interviews is awesome. I've never seen a team that seems to match so well speaking different languages, as if each knows exactly what the other is saying. I think that isn't the case but I could be wrong... and the doubt is what's so great about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Watching these interviews is awesome. I've never seen a team that seems to match so well speaking different languages, as if each knows exactly what the other is saying. I think that isn't the case but I could be wrong... and the doubt is what's so great about it. Keep the IWGP Tag Team Championship on Dangerous Tekkers for a long time. The tag team division been helped this year by them and Golden Ace, shame their run with the gold was brief. Thought at one point they'd go into Wrestle Kingdom 15 with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Zack Sabre Jr's promos are some of my favourites in wrestling today with Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston. Probably missing someone obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, The Natural said: Probably missing someone obvious. Jumpin' Jeff Farmer? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 I don't know how Hiromu is not MVP of 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Hiromu deserves it this year, but Despy needs to be Top 5 as well. He's right there. Despy deserves the Jr belt more than Goto ever deserved the IWGP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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