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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Dec 10, 2016 16:20:08 GMT -5
Odds are the big multi man filler match they'll do is Tatsu bringing in Road Dogg and X-Pac to fight Bullet Club. He brought Gunn in, might as well bring the rest of DX also. Doesn't X-Pac have hepatitis? I thought he basically had to retire because of it.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 10, 2016 16:38:37 GMT -5
Plus I'm fairly certain Road Dogg is still signed to WWE on an agent/occasional wrestler deal.
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Post by chrom on Dec 10, 2016 18:31:49 GMT -5
On Twitter of the New Japan site, they mentioned a possible match up for the NEVER Trios titles between Los Ingobernables and Kojima/Finlay/Ricochet.
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Post by thetower52 on Dec 10, 2016 21:15:48 GMT -5
Plus I'm fairly certain Road Dogg is still signed to WWE on an agent/occasional wrestler deal. He's one of the heads of creative on smackdown
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Post by thetower52 on Dec 10, 2016 21:17:09 GMT -5
"The American Nightmare" Cody debuts in NJPW as the newest member of Bullet Club soon. Cody is becoming super oversaturated and over rated
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Post by chrom on Dec 10, 2016 21:58:53 GMT -5
Anyone else think Cheeseburger will return for The Pre Show Rumble?
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Post by corndog on Dec 11, 2016 12:06:45 GMT -5
Looking at the schedule, there is a press conference Monday to announce the entire card for Wrestle Kingdom. Obviously Great Bash Heel will get their shot at the tag titles and Goto looks set against Shibata for the NEVER openweight title. Considering Cody Rhodes has officially joined Bullet Club and said he would be at Wrestle Kingdom, I would expect a match for him as well.
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Post by Raskovnik on Dec 11, 2016 13:16:03 GMT -5
I'm not very hyped for this show because I've fallen off of watching pretty much all wrestling this year, but I'm always down for Goto vs Shibata.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 11, 2016 17:07:41 GMT -5
Manabu Nakanishi has demanded a match with Yuji Nagata at some point in the near future. Unclear if that means Wrestle Kingdom or New Years Dash. Possibly even later.
Juice Robinson also demanded a match with Cody, which is likely to happen at WK.
Shibata vs Goto is all but confirmed.
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Post by chrom on Dec 11, 2016 17:32:05 GMT -5
Shibata vs Goto does make sense as both over the past year have gone in the opposite direction, Goto has floundered and became a sidekick to Okada in Chaos, whilst Shibata has reigned as a champion over the past year taking on and defeating all comers, even becoming a double champion in the process.
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Post by corndog on Dec 11, 2016 23:54:34 GMT -5
Shibata vs Goto does make sense as both over the past year have gone in the opposite direction, Goto has floundered and became a sidekick to Okada in Chaos, whilst Shibata has reigned as a champion over the past year taking on and defeating all comers, even becoming a double champion in the process. As much as I love Shibata and he has been at the top of his game this year, I actually kind of want him to drop the title. One, he really has nowhere to go with NEVER openweight championship and two, I would prefer to see him chase one of the top belts. Besides, all year Goto has been chasing the IWGP championship, so it only makes sense for him to get some gold.
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Post by corndog on Dec 11, 2016 23:55:27 GMT -5
Manabu Nakanishi has demanded a match with Yuji Nagata at some point in the near future. Unclear if that means Wrestle Kingdom or New Years Dash. Possibly even later. Juice Robinson also demanded a match with Cody, which is likely to happen at WK. Shibata vs Goto is all but confirmed. I would be cool with Juice facing Cody, he's really stepped up lately.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Dec 12, 2016 1:12:46 GMT -5
I'm a little disappointed over Shibata vs. Goto, but that's my fault. I'd heard and read some rumblings about a possible Shibata vs. Minoru Suzuki match at WK11 and got my hopes up just little too much.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 12, 2016 6:23:06 GMT -5
Cody vs Juice Robinson, Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship, David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima vs Bad Luck Fale, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay and YOSHI-HASHI vs BUSHI, EVIL and SANADA in a gauntlet match for the NEVER 6 Man Championships, GOD vs GBH for the Tag Team Championships and Tiger Mask W vs Tiger The Dark have all been officially added.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 12, 2016 7:03:59 GMT -5
I'm imagining Cody is mostly just in BCROH
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 12, 2016 8:06:14 GMT -5
The full card is.. New Japan Pro Wrestling “WRESTLE KINGDOM 11 in Tokyo Dome”, 1/4/2017 [Wed] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan(0) Battle Royal ~ New Japan Rumble: (1) TV Anime “Tiger Mask W” Special Match: Tiger Mask W vs. Tiger The Dark (2) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [48th Champions] Matt & Nick Jackson vs. [Challengers] Rocky Romero & Barreta ~ 3rd title defense. (3) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Gauntlet Match: [8th Champions] Satoshi Kojima, Ricochet & David Finlay vs. [Challengers] Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay vs. Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Hangman Page vs. SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI ~ 2nd title defense. ~ Two teams compete at a time, winning teams moves on against the next team, until only one team remains. (4) Special Single Match: Juice Robinson vs. “The American Nightmare” Cody (5) ROH Sanctioned World Championship Match: [Champion] Kyle O'Reilly vs. [Challenger] Adam Cole (6) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [72nd Champions] “G.O.D.” Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. [Challengers] “G.B.H.” Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma ~ 1st title defense. (7) IWGP Junior Championship Match: [75th Champion] KUSHIDA vs. [Challenger] Hiromu Takahashi ~ 1st title defense. (8) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [14th Champion] Katsuyori Shibata vs. [Challenger] Hirooki Goto ~ 1st title defense. (9) IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [15th Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Hiroshi Tanahashi ~ 2nd title defense. (10) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Kenny Omega ~ 2nd title defense.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 12, 2016 8:11:48 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Dec 12, 2016 8:12:24 GMT -5
I did wonder what they were going to do for the show with guys like Ishii and Ospreay, that's a good way to use them as it could be a fun match as barring the Bullet Club team, they're all good combinations.
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Post by chrom on Dec 12, 2016 8:22:00 GMT -5
Cody had better bring his A Game, this is New Japan's biggest show and they letting him debut on it as they're doing him a huge favor. If he puts out a sour performance, there goes any chance of having any appeal to the fans there.
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Post by froggyfrog on Dec 12, 2016 9:02:59 GMT -5
Tiger the Dark eh
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