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HashtagLapsed

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What is WrassleGAF's favorite, Nakamura vs AJ or Nakamura vs Ibushi?

I still think Nak vs Ibushi was the better match, even though both were great.
 
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slightconfuse

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What about AJ vs ibushi
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Egg0

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I think I liked AJ/Nak better because at the time, it was the first ever 1v1 match between the two. Then like a day later, we find out it's probably the last singles match they'll have together at NJPW.
 
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RecRoulette

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HashtagLapsed said:
What is WrassleGAF's favorite, Nakamura vs AJ or Nakamura vs Ibushi?

I still think Nak vs Ibushi was the better match, even though both were great.
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Nakamura vs Ibushi easily for me, then again that show was my first NJPW show I watched so I'm biased towards it.
I think Nakamura vs AJ is overrated though. A good match, but I expected a lot more out of a match between those two.
 
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HashtagLapsed

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OwensIsNow said:
Ibushi for sure. I wish Ibushi and NJPW could work something out to where he isn't a jabronie on the lower card.
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Me too. Hopefully they do something to let the Omega Ibushi feud happen. Its so fucking dumb right now.

RecRoulette said:
Nakamura vs Ibushi easily for me, then again that show was my first NJPW show I watched so I'm biased towards it.
I think Nakamura vs AJ is overrated though. A good match, but I expected a lot more out of a match between those two.
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I think it is a really good match but still overrated too. The pacing was really, really slow at the start IIRC.

I think a lot more people came in to NJPW around WK10 than WK9.
 
broz0rs

broz0rs

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I feel Ibushi secured jobs for Kendrick and Alexander during the CW tournament. I wish he signed that NXT contract, which currently feels stale.
 
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serenewarfare

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NXT has been much, much better lately. I feel it's really the best it's been in a long time. It's really the only thing in WWE worth looking forward to now. Even the MYC, as excited as I am for it, loses so much hype for me given the fact that it's gonna sit in the can for a fucking month after they tape it and they are doing the finale in front of a SD crowd that will give it the 205 Live treatment.
 
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Foggy

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serenewarfare said:
NXT has been much, much better lately. I feel it's really the best it's been in a long time. It's really the only thing in WWE worth looking forward to now. Even the MYC, as excited as I am for it, loses so much hype for me given the fact that it's gonna sit in the can for a fucking month after they tape it and they are doing the finale in front of a SD crowd that will give it the 205 Live treatment.
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That decision has good intentions, but that has DOA written all over it. What a terrible idea.
 
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serenewarfare

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Foggy said:
That decision has good intentions, but that has DOA written all over it. What a terrible idea.
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It doesn't make sense though. The CWC aired weekly over the exact same period last year, and not only did it not suffer from it, but it was consistently the top watched show on the Network every week. It sends a terrible message regardless for them to not show the same faith in the MYC.
 
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serenewarfare said:
It doesn't make sense though. The CWC aired weekly over the exact same period last year, and not only did it not suffer from it, but it was consistently the top watched show on the Network every week. It sends a terrible message regardless for them to not show the same faith in the MYC.
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Honestly going to be tough for them to show less faith in the tournament considering all the winner has to look forward to is eventually being called up into one of the two current main roster womens divisions, where you'll either be squashed for liking the sport or have men win stuff for you because you can't do it yourself

Optimists will try and say it's not that bad, but the last time they openly gave this little shits about the division, Gail Kim had to tell management backstage she eliminated herself from a battle royal and was quitting the company, because management weren't watching the match as it happened on their own program
 
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avengers23

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I really enjoy the story that they told in Miyahara vs. Ishikawa and Miyahara vs. SUWAMA. I wrote about those matches in greater length here and here, respectively, but in short, I like that Ishikawa had Miyahara thoroughly scouted. He could block the Blackout knee and break out of the Shutdown German suplex. He was smart enough to give up the Splash Mountain when Miyahara countered it the first time with a headscissors. On the other hand, Miyahara had no answers for Ishikawa's offense, and that was enough for Ishikawa to beat him.

In the next major singles match, Miyahara tries something new by targeting SUWAMA's arm. However, Miyahara's not a submission specialist, so it's all fairly new to him. This allows SUWAMA to use his power offense to take Miyahara down.

It's a smaller scale version of the story NJPW is telling about the diminishing reliability of Okada's Rainmaker. Miyahara relies heavily on the Blackout knee and Shutdown German suplex, but those moves have been figured out by his opponents. It's now on Miyahara to figure out something new or fall to the wayside.
 
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avengers23

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slightconfuse said:
It's pretty cool that ajpw has carved a nice niche out for itself. They basically switched places with Noah
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Attendance has been on the rise too, and there are some fresh title matches with Ishikawa. Ishikawa made a name for himself with BJW and DDT, so he should be a good touring champion for AJPW.

There's something about this title run that reminds me of Morishima's run in ROH, and it's not because they're both Japanese. It's how they are these athletic hosses who dethroned fan favorites suddenly and now have some new title matches that they can use to elevate folks. Lee vs. Miyahara deserves a bigger story since that would implode NEXTREAM, but they can have Lee face SUWAMA without too much build. Similarly, Sapolsky paired Morishima with surprising contenders like Strong, Brent Albright, and Claudio to start building the idea that these guys could main event at some point.
 
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Sweeney Tom

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First House of Horrors
Then Alexa/Bayley on a pole
Now women's MITB

At least WWE have accepted nothing they do can positively top any Okada/Omega match this year, so they're only going out of their way to make sure New Japan can't beat them for worst match too at this point. What's going to top women's MITB? Find out repeatedly over the next 5.5 months!
 
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serenewarfare

Banned
Sweeney Tom said:
Honestly going to be tough for them to show less faith in the tournament considering all the winner has to look forward to is eventually being called up into one of the two current main roster womens divisions, where you'll either be squashed for liking the sport or have men win stuff for you because you can't do it yourself

Optimists will try and say it's not that bad, but the last time they openly gave this little shits about the division, Gail Kim had to tell management backstage she eliminated herself from a battle royal and was quitting the company, because management weren't watching the match as it happened on their own program
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Hyperbole is cool.

People forgot how bad the Divas division stuff actually was really, really fast.
 
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Zach

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Twin Peaks was good again. :D

Sounds like Menome in the Bank was a must-watch super event. I'll check it out in the morn.
 
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serenewarfare

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Sweeney Tom said:
First House of Horrors
Then Alexa/Bayley on a pole
Now women's MITB

At least WWE have accepted nothing they do can positively top any Okada/Omega match this year, so they're only going out of their way to make sure New Japan can't beat them for worst match too at this point. What's going to top women's MITB? Find out repeatedly over the next 5.5 months!
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Women's MITB was far, far, far from worst match of the year candidate. Like light years away. It had a terrible finish, yeah, but the match itself was good.
 
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slightconfuse

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avengers23 said:
Attendance has been on the rise too, and there are some fresh title matches with Ishikawa. Ishikawa made a name for himself with BJW and DDT, so he should be a good touring champion for AJPW.

There's something about this title run that reminds me of Morishima's run in ROH, and it's not because they're both Japanese. It's how they are these athletic hosses who dethroned fan favorites suddenly and now have some new title matches that they can use to elevate folks. Lee vs. Miyahara deserves a bigger story since that would implode NEXTREAM, but they can have Lee face SUWAMA without too much build. Similarly, Sapolsky paired Morishima with surprising contenders like Strong, Brent Albright, and Claudio to start building the idea that these guys could main event at some point.
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He has a great look and fresh champs always have solid runs because of how new they are. Hi like that he changed is look to more like a traditional wrestler.

I thought know ishikawa vs Alkiyama could be fun
 
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serenewarfare

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Foggy said:
They don't have to forget, they can just watch Lana vs Naomi
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And that was clearly a one-off thing done because they had no other option for this month and needed a match on the PPV. It was even presented as Lana being bad and undeserving.

And even then, it was still better than a majority of Divas-era stuff.
 
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Brian_FETO

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Why are you cancelling your subscription?

"So much incredible talent on your roster that it's almost impressive how little interest I have in the product"

Twin Peaks, now there's a show I'll pay $10 a month and tune in every week for
 
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