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Post by funakifan88 on May 18, 2016 12:39:25 GMT -5
One was before an episode of RAW and the next was the following days Smackdown taping. For the former he was managed by Harley Race and for the latter he was managed by Tony Atlas. f***ing bizarre... www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1213&page=4&s=600 |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 18, 2016 13:44:31 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hammers on May 18, 2016 14:33:31 GMT -5
Didn't another NOAH guy get try outs around the same time, i'm thinking Marufuji had a dark match.
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Post by Mayonnaise on May 18, 2016 15:13:40 GMT -5
Yeah the rumor at the time was he had been hyped to PS Hayes as a Japanese version of Bam Bam Gordy and when Hayes finally saw him, he was unimpressed and actually angered over the comparison. I think had that comparison not been made to Hayes, he might have gotten a WWE run.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 15:22:40 GMT -5
Wasn't he also negotiating a new deal with NOAH?
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Post by Fundertaker on May 18, 2016 15:24:45 GMT -5
Didn't another NOAH guy get try outs around the same time, i'm thinking Marufuji had a dark match. It was Go Shiozaki. You know, the "too Asian" one? |
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Post by ________ has left the building on May 18, 2016 15:28:17 GMT -5
Morishima did the dark matches with NOAH's approval. He was working with ROH at the time and NOAH called WWE seeking a tryout for him. WWE did have interest with him but balked signing him after the conditions NOAH wanted. They would basically lease Morishima to WWE for 2 years which he would return back home.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on May 19, 2016 17:14:12 GMT -5
Didn't another NOAH guy get try outs around the same time, i'm thinking Marufuji had a dark match. Yes Go Shiozaki was the other one, he was also Tony Atlas was his manager, I was at that match, I think if I recall right he faced Jimmy Wang Yang. |
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Post by sonofsharknado on May 19, 2016 17:15:14 GMT -5
And they never signed him? I always thought the rumor was that they WANTED to sign him, but the negotiations fell through because his people wanted some stupid bullshit like for him to win the World title and never lose a match. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 19, 2016 18:02:26 GMT -5
And they never signed him? I always thought the rumor was that they WANTED to sign him, but the negotiations fell through because his people wanted some stupid bullshit like for him to win the World title and never lose a match. A big fat agile hoss who stiffs the shit out of people SHOULD be a top contender and rarely lose. |
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on May 19, 2016 19:12:36 GMT -5
Didn't another NOAH guy get try outs around the same time, i'm thinking Marufuji had a dark match. Yikes, screw Morishima; Marufuji in the WWE? ....it'd probably be as exciting as KENTA in the WWE turned out to be but STILL |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 12:18:08 GMT -5
I was there for one of them. From what I remember, 90 percent of the crowd had no idea who he was. The other 10 percent (including myself) went insane. He beat Charlie Haas who wore a bunch of different masks I believe. Jack Swagger also worked a dark match that night under his real name if I am not mistaken.
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Post by 魔界5号 on May 21, 2016 12:32:26 GMT -5
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Post by Alexander The So-so on May 21, 2016 17:00:40 GMT -5
I was there at one of his matches too: it was in Chicago, before the episode of RAW.
He actually built up a pretty decent reaction. Most of the crowd was silent when he started, since they had no idea who he was, but by the end, a pretty decent "Morishima" chant had broken out.
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on May 21, 2016 18:10:35 GMT -5
Didn't another NOAH guy get try outs around the same time, i'm thinking Marufuji had a dark match. Yes Go Shiozaki was the other one, he was also Tony Atlas was his manager, I was at that match, I think if I recall right he faced Jimmy Wang Yang. $20 Vince thought Yang would be able to talk Japanese to Shiozaki. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 18:24:10 GMT -5
Yes Go Shiozaki was the other one, he was also Tony Atlas was his manager, I was at that match, I think if I recall right he faced Jimmy Wang Yang. $20 Vince thought Yang would be able to talk Japanese to Shiozaki. I get the joke but Yang actually would be a good opponent in a try out for someone like Shiozaki. Yang wrestled in Japan for several years. |
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on May 21, 2016 18:25:50 GMT -5
$20 Vince thought Yang would be able to talk Japanese to Shiozaki. I get the joke but Yang actually would be a good opponent in a try out for someone like Shiozaki. Yang wrestled in Japan for several years. And they both work a fast-pace, I totally get the fit. |
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