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Post by BRAINFADE on Mar 6, 2017 14:23:55 GMT -5
Who's gonna replace Honma? I'd assume it'll be Makabe. |
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Post by AwamoriRock on Mar 7, 2017 0:20:54 GMT -5
Who's gonna replace Honma? I'd assume it'll be Makabe. It's just been announced it will be Nagata. |
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Post by BRAINFADE on Mar 7, 2017 0:29:26 GMT -5
I'd assume it'll be Makabe. It's just been announced it will be Nagata. I'm cool with that. |
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Post by 魔界5号 on Mar 7, 2017 3:55:50 GMT -5
Let's go Yuji. TenCozy are tag champs once again, now let's have Nagata as IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
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Post by chrom on Mar 7, 2017 19:39:38 GMT -5
At the end of the week, Satoshi Kojima will have held the IWGP Tag title an combined thousand days.
If they're still champions by the end of next month, Tenzan will have held it for over two thousand days.
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Post by Adam Black on Mar 8, 2017 2:59:01 GMT -5
How the f*** is Omega gonna One Wing Angel Ishii? Straight down on his head?
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Post by chrom on Mar 9, 2017 21:16:25 GMT -5
Lion's Gate makes its return on April 13th.
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 10, 2017 11:44:32 GMT -5
Nagata being a replacement works great, given his historical success in the NJC. Good continuity.
Between the press conference and the 3/7 Korakuen show, stuff like this is why I enjoy NJPW so much more than a lot of more mainstream attempts at US wrestling. We all know full well going into this thing that there are some guys in this tournament who have no prayer of winning anything; most of them have names that rhyme with "Mujiro Bakatashi". However, this hasn't stopped NJPW from letting each man have just about an equal say at the podium during the press conferences (though obviously EVIL/Tana and Shibata/Suzuki got the most hype), and then using the various multi-man matches to showcase each first round match and make them all feel at least a slight bit more important. You'd think "let's make each match seem more important, it'll sell more tickets and make the fans feel more invested in what's happening" would be common damn sense, but, well, WWE and TNA are things.
Really not sure who's winning, though. I'd put the odds with Kenny, but I don't feel like they're going to pull the trigger on the inevitable Omega/Okada rematch as soon as April. Hard to think from a storyline/build perspective who it'll be, but I guess that at least makes things feel more wide open.
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Post by chrom on Mar 10, 2017 12:08:56 GMT -5
I have the finals as Omega vs Elgin
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Post by chrom on Mar 10, 2017 17:35:04 GMT -5
Tonga, Elgin, Nagata and Evil are my picks for tomorrow
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 11, 2017 1:38:50 GMT -5
Another weekend another NJ show
Should be a good one
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 11, 2017 3:35:48 GMT -5
Does Yano pull off another upset
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 11, 2017 4:19:26 GMT -5
Card for tonight
Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirai Kawato vs. Desperado & Taka Michinoku
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Jushin Liger vs. Tomoyuki Oka & Tiger Mask & Manabu Nakanishi
Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Kenny Omega & Yujiro Takahashi
Katsuyori Shibata & Juice Robinson & Kushida & David Finlay vs. Tetsuya Naito & Seiya Sanada & Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi
Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto & Gedo & Jado vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi
First round tournament matches
Yuji Nagata vs. Tanga Roa
Toru Yano vs. Tama Tonga
Bad Luck Fale vs. Michael Elgin
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Evil
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Post by 魔界5号 on Mar 11, 2017 4:23:33 GMT -5
My predictions:
Nagata
Tonga
Elgin
Tanahashi
I don't see Fale beating Elgin since, yes, he's big, but he loses way too often to be considered any major threat. Nagata is basically a given, Tanga is basically nothing more than a comedy guy at this point. Tonga will probably beat Yano if they're building him up like they seem to be, and I don't see Evil beating Tana just yet. However, part of me thinks he will at the same time.
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Post by Sparvid on Mar 11, 2017 4:36:16 GMT -5
How the f*** is Omega gonna One Wing Angel Ishii? Straight down on his head? "Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." |
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 11, 2017 4:52:54 GMT -5
The man right now
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Post by 魔界5号 on Mar 11, 2017 4:55:09 GMT -5
What ever happen to Cody hall. Did he ever come back after he got hurt Released. |
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 11, 2017 4:56:50 GMT -5
A shame really
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 11, 2017 5:26:06 GMT -5
And Okada gets the win for his team
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 11, 2017 5:29:40 GMT -5
Time for the NJ Cup Portion of the show
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