New Japan is getting a weekly tv show?

[Jeff Mangum PI]

I've never heard of AXS TV, but I guess i'm about to get pretty familiar with it.




Christ, at this point we're gonna have to turn TNA/ROH/NJPW/Lucha Underground into their own board.

[JTG Fan]

Looked it up, AXSTV is formerly HDNet.

[Mayonnaise]

AXS TV is the former HD Net which had ROH's first show.

[Jeff Mangum PI]

Huh, ROH's old spot. As happy as I am to see New Japan in the states, i'm a little sad that these are the only channels that'll even take a look at wrestling these days.

[chrom]

I think I have that channel!

[Professor Chaos]

Wow I have that channel too I think. I'll check it out if I do.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Upon seeing this news Tyson Kidd will no longer been seen

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

I remember one of my old EWR feds got a show on AXS TV. Anyway, this is cool

[Mayonnaise]

Nov 23, 2014 21:15:07 GMT -5 Brood Lone Wolf Funker said:

Upon seeing this news Tyson Kidd will no longer been seen

Why do you think he was celebrating at the end of the Womens' Tag? I saw him with his phone out during the match.

[chrom]

If this true, will it be like an hour long show like Lucha Underground? I figured they would tape matches from their tours at places like Korakeun and air them on it with English Commentary.

[Deleted]

I just had such a markgasm.

[Mozenrath]

More wrestling with outlets is always great news. Excellent.

[Deleted]

Unfortunately Time Warner dropped the network years ago, so I'm probably out of luck.

[HMARK Center]

This is kind of a strange development, but it's pretty logical: as cable TV expands, as channels get more and more niche, it's actually kind of creating a new territory system, for lack of a better term.

I kind of hope the Monday Night Wars era was an outlier; enough of there being just a couple national companies competing to drive one another out of business, let's have a bunch of different companies running on a bunch of different channels, each existing on their own and nurturing their audiences as best they can.

...I know, it's not a perfect comparison, but maybe this is simply the direction things are headed.

[Deleted]

fightnetwork.com/news/52253:njpw-to-air-on-axs-tv-in-2015/

AXS TV has released a trailer for their 2015 programming and includes New Japan Pro Wrestling as part of the lineup for the new year.

The LAW can report that AXS TV has a deal to run 13 episodes (including the 2013 G-1 Climax tournament) and the first episode will feature the Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match from the 2013 Tokyo Dome show.

The broadcast team will consist of Mauro Ranallo and UFC heavyweight Josh Barnett and will be taped in December.

We have not heard a start date for the series.

[metylerca]

Better exposure than Destination America?

[andrew8798]

Would say so. I actually get the channel on Dish

[Mayonnaise]

Nov 23, 2014 22:08:14 GMT -5 @noggy said:

fightnetwork.com/news/52253:njpw-to-air-on-axs-tv-in-2015/

AXS TV has released a trailer for their 2015 programming and includes New Japan Pro Wrestling as part of the lineup for the new year.

The LAW can report that AXS TV has a deal to run 13 episodes (including the 2013 G-1 Climax tournament) and the first episode will feature the Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match from the 2013 Tokyo Dome show.

The broadcast team will consist of Mauro Ranallo and UFC heavyweight Josh Barnett and will be taped in December.

We have not heard a start date for the series.

So they're going to debut by showing a match from 2 years ago? I know that series of matches is lauded but going with something that old seems odd.

[Deleted]

13 episodes, including the 2013 G-1. So it's not going to be the up to date, weekly tv show. More like archived footage. Better than nothing.

[ayumidah]

I may get it, I'll double check that tomorrow but yeah... I'm always down for more wrestling.