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Post by chrom on Jan 21, 2015 16:10:00 GMT -5
After watching Wrestle Kingdom I thought to myself "I may just fallen in love with New Japan but I dont want to wait for another big show for English commentary" so I freaked out when I saw this show had also been announced, watched it over the weekend and it was great, watching Tanahashi and Okada again only left me wanting more and I liked being able to see more of their history. I like the music in New Japan, makes me feel like Im experiencing some sort of epic adventure. It was a bit weird having commentary that you know is freshly recorded but they had to act like they were watching it live in 2013 but I was fine with it, they couldnt do it any other way and I appreciated their enthusiasm, Im looking forward to hearing them again. I watched the latest Botchamania video right after I watched this and just hearing snippets of Cole and guy's crap and irrelevant banter, promotion and lame corporate speak (King: "He's getting encouragement from the Universe!" or something, sounds so ridiculous) made my stomach churn, it's hard to imagine watching that on a weekly basis now (havn't since 2010, the awful commentary was a large contributing factor in that decision) after seeing it presented on New Japan the way I had dreamed of for years. From bits of ROH Ive seen over the last while I like it about them as well but it's just good to be able to see it with a national/global level company like NJPW and especially with the internet and how small the world is now it's like we didn't even realise that the big rival promotion to WWE doesnt even have to be American (not saying they'll topple them anytime soon but in terms of support from the likes of me). I didnt look through the list of upcoming matches so I can be surprised but hope we get Nakamura soon! Going by the schedule Nakamura's on this week in a six man tag and they'll also be showing his match with Ibushi in the 2013 G1 on the 20th next month.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 12:04:36 GMT -5
Just a reminder, two episodes will air back-to-back tonight. I believe the second one (episode 3) is the one Dave Meltzer called the best one-hour wrestling show he's ever seen.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 23, 2015 17:15:56 GMT -5
New Japan on AXS tonight from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time The second show, which is a one hour show airing the April 7, 2013 Tanahashi vs. Okada IWGP title match is almost a sure thing to be the best pro wrestling television show of 2015. The match won match of the year and the announcing by Mauro Ranallo and Josh Barnett in this match is incredible. Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii & Jado vs. Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto for the Japan Cup finals and an IWGP title shot Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP title
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 20:58:38 GMT -5
Last week leading into New Japan on AXS... a Steve Austin interview.
This week: Hulk Hogan interview. This is turning into a really cool night on AXS for wrestling fans.
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Post by thetower52 on Jan 23, 2015 21:04:07 GMT -5
Archer got fat
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:04:15 GMT -5
Tonight:
TAKA Michinoku, Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer v. Shinsuke Nakamura, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 21:07:04 GMT -5
Pretty nice factoid there, Bryan saying Nakamura is the best in the world.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:08:58 GMT -5
This event took place on my birthday...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 21:10:43 GMT -5
Nakamura reminds me of Dean Ambrose, he's pretty awesome.
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Post by thetower52 on Jan 23, 2015 21:10:58 GMT -5
I like that guys ring presence
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:22:12 GMT -5
Alright, Mauro is starting to get on my nerves... his voice sounds pretty affected. He doesn't need to start out at 10 and stay there, if you catch my meaning.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 21:26:21 GMT -5
Alright, Mauro is starting to get on my nerves... his voice sounds pretty affected. He doesn't need to start out at 10 and stay there, if you catch my meaning. Love his passion, but his style is exhausting.
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 23, 2015 21:34:57 GMT -5
Is Karl Gotch gonna do a run in tonight or something? Otherwise I have heard enough about him for ten years.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:37:08 GMT -5
Okada seems to have taken from Randy Orton and John Cena...
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:47:27 GMT -5
The referee made that corner move look even more lethal...
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 23, 2015 21:49:00 GMT -5
Mauro is straight annoying.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jan 23, 2015 21:51:49 GMT -5
Anybody know if Time Warner gets this channel or am I just out of luck?
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:51:50 GMT -5
The announcing and commercials are pretty consistent in the way they pronounce Kazuchika. I guess they are right, though I've always heard it said differently.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:53:06 GMT -5
RAINMAKER!
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jan 23, 2015 21:53:39 GMT -5
Anybody know if Time Warner gets this channel or am I just out of luck? I did a quick google search, I think Time Warner dropped the channel back when it was called HDNet...
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