El Pollo Guerrera
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Mar 14, 2016 3:00:28 GMT -5
When it comes to Japanese pro wrestling, what are the shows that you would consider "must see"?
Definitely Super J-Cup '94, and I think IWA-Japan King of the Deathmatch Tournament '95 qualifies, but what else?
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Post by 魔界5号 on Mar 14, 2016 3:44:22 GMT -5
King Of Pro Wrestling 2012 and WK9 come to mind for shows.
If you wanna see some "must see" matches..
Minoru Suzuki vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH Great Voyage 2015 In Osaka
Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - New Beginning In Sendai '15
Kota Ibushi vs Katsuyori Shibata - G125
Tomohiro Ishii vs Katsuyori Shibata - G123
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi - WK9
Masaaki Mochizuki vs Shingo Tagaki - Dragon Gate (sometime in late 2015, not sure of the show)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki - King Of Pro Wrestling 2012
That's just off the top of my head. I could probably think of more.
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Post by Mondai Rogue on Mar 14, 2016 5:15:47 GMT -5
Masaaki Mochizuki vs Shingo Tagaki - Dragon Gate (sometime in late 2015, not sure of the show) Dragon Gate Gate of Destiny - 01/11/2015 |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 14, 2016 12:18:05 GMT -5
Pretty much literally anything involving any combination of Misawa, Kawada and Kobashi fits this just fine.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Mar 14, 2016 12:45:05 GMT -5
Battle Formation '96 headlined by Hash/Takada. Also has Tenryu/Fujinami, Mutoh/Shinzaki and the excellent Sasuke/Liger.
As I recall Meltzer didn't rate much of it that highly but as strange as it seems now, Meltz was quite anti-NJPW at that point.
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Post by Fundertaker on Mar 14, 2016 14:27:51 GMT -5
Battle Formation '96 headlined by Hash/Takada. Also has Tenryu/Fujinami, Mutoh/Shinzaki and the excellent Sasuke/Liger. As I recall Meltzer didn't rate much of it that highly but as strange as it seems now, Meltz was quite anti-NJPW at that point. Meltzer only began supporting NJPW openly after the first KOPW. Before that it was mostly doom, gloom and Inoki being crazy/awesome. |
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Mar 14, 2016 14:30:47 GMT -5
Battle Formation '96 headlined by Hash/Takada. Also has Tenryu/Fujinami, Mutoh/Shinzaki and the excellent Sasuke/Liger. As I recall Meltzer didn't rate much of it that highly but as strange as it seems now, Meltz was quite anti-NJPW at that point. Meltzer only began supporting NJPW openly after the first KOPW. Before that it was mostly doom, gloom and Inoki being crazy/awesome. Yeah, and to be honest I totally agree with him when he was shitting on 2000s NJPW because Inoki was doing his level best to kill the company but in the 90s they were awesome. For whatever reason though, Meltzer was far more into AJPW than NJPW at the time. |
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Post by sonofsharknado on Mar 14, 2016 20:41:17 GMT -5
Pick any All Japan main event basically from 1992 until NOAH becomes a thing.
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