Convoy
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Post by Convoy on Jan 7, 2018 22:41:02 GMT -5
Interesting item:
Twelve years between a full-on native tag title match. I can see not counting Yano/Iizuka's teams.
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Post by corndog on Jan 7, 2018 23:08:29 GMT -5
A couple of matches have been announced for TakaTaichiMania which is at Korakuen Hall on the 23rd. No word yet if its airing on New Japan World. Takashi Iizuka [SZKG] v. Jun Kasai [FREEDOMS] TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] & Kaji Tomato [K-DOJO] v. BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] Taichi 15th Anniversary Match: Taichi [SZKG] v. Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] This NEEDS to be on New Japan World! Naito vs Taichi is going to be the most trollific match ever.
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Post by Skeletor on Jan 8, 2018 1:49:43 GMT -5
I want to watch this show, but I don't have ANY options... Somebody care to inform me how to see it in America??!! Get New Japan World. link?
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 8, 2018 1:56:39 GMT -5
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 8, 2018 6:55:20 GMT -5
Are we sure Jericho/Naito is happening at New Beginning? His tour might preclude him from coming back that early. They might save it for Dominion. That's a good point; I'm not sure they'd wait all the way until June for Dominion, but it's certainly possible they'd do it then or a bit earlier, instead, maybe Strong Style Evolved or Sakura Genesis, rather than going all in for New Beginning. That said, if it does happen at New Beginning and Naito loses, people shouldn't freak out too quickly; "loses at the Tokyo Dome then hits a small losing streak" is not an uncommon storyline for NJPW main eventers. They've often used it to explain why Tanahashi and Okada have frequently lost in the first round of the New Japan Cup, and Naito's on that level and might get the same treatment. I'm actually a bit disappointed they're going to immediately do the R3K vs. Bucks rematch, though; kind of wanted that to be spaced out a bit, let the Buck's 7th run get some oxygen and show R3K fighting from beneath for a bit, which they haven't had to do yet. As said often in the WK thread, though, NJPW is a great example of "trust the process" with a lot of this stuff; even if you want to argue that they could've done something better/more interesting in a given situation, you at least know there's a plan 95% of the time and they're not flying by the seat of their pants/re-editing the outcomes the day of the show (even if they sometimes don't tell the wrestlers who's going to win until very close to show time).
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jan 8, 2018 8:26:40 GMT -5
Meltzer said on Observer Radio that Jericho-Naito would not be at New Beginning due to his tour but it could be on the Long Beach show.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 8, 2018 9:26:53 GMT -5
Meltzer said on Observer Radio that Jericho-Naito would not be at New Beginning due to his tour but it could be on the Long Beach show. Good; that's a huge ticket seller, plus it ensures that both guys have some time to bounce back fully from their WK losses...though the angle they did at Dash basically got that recovery jump started pretty quickly already. If it indeed does go down in California, I'll be fascinated to see the US audience's reaction to those two against one another. Obviously Naito's got a big following here, but my feeling in Long Beach last year is that he wasn't quite as over with the audience as Kenny or Okada...still very over, don't mistake me, and maybe he's even more so since his G1 win and the build to WK 12, but just not quite at the same level. Jericho will obviously be very over with a US audience, just goes without saying, so it'll be fun to see how their popularity stateside will clash.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Jan 8, 2018 10:50:01 GMT -5
So if I'm booking this show (which I'm not and I'm generally awful at predicting New Japan's frequently nonsensical booking) here is what I do.
Night one in Sapporo Tanahashi loses the IC Title to Suzuki,
Night 2 in Sapporo LIJ retain the tag belts.
Osaka Okada retains vs Sanada and points out that he is one match from Tanahashi's record. Tanahashi then confronts him and challenges him to title match for the record, Okada agrees and the match is set for the Anniversary event.
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the2ndevil
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Post by the2ndevil on Jan 8, 2018 11:15:56 GMT -5
I’m starting to wish they’d give Jericho a run, however brief with the IWGP Heavyweight Title.
It’s pretty obvious he has helped them a lot with the expansion into the USA, if that number of new NJPW World subscribers is accurate. I can only imagine how much of a boost him going for the title would give them, as well.
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 8, 2018 11:19:30 GMT -5
Meltzer said on Observer Radio that Jericho-Naito would not be at New Beginning due to his tour but it could be on the Long Beach show. Good; that's a huge ticket seller, plus it ensures that both guys have some time to bounce back fully from their WK losses...though the angle they did at Dash basically got that recovery jump started pretty quickly already. If it indeed does go down in California, I'll be fascinated to see the US audience's reaction to those two against one another. Obviously Naito's got a big following here, but my feeling in Long Beach last year is that he wasn't quite as over with the audience as Kenny or Okada...still very over, don't mistake me, and maybe he's even more so since his G1 win and the build to WK 12, but just not quite at the same level. Jericho will obviously be very over with a US audience, just goes without saying, so it'll be fun to see how their popularity stateside will clash. On the one hand, Jericho will go to damn near any length to make sure he gets heel heat, but on the other, I can see fans agreeing with his position that Naito shouldn't have been complaining about Jericho taking his Main Event spotlight away.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 8, 2018 12:31:30 GMT -5
Meltzer said on Observer Radio that Jericho-Naito would not be at New Beginning due to his tour but it could be on the Long Beach show. Good; that's a huge ticket seller, plus it ensures that both guys have some time to bounce back fully from their WK losses...though the angle they did at Dash basically got that recovery jump started pretty quickly already. If it indeed does go down in California, I'll be fascinated to see the US audience's reaction to those two against one another. Obviously Naito's got a big following here, but my feeling in Long Beach last year is that he wasn't quite as over with the audience as Kenny or Okada...still very over, don't mistake me, and maybe he's even more so since his G1 win and the build to WK 12, but just not quite at the same level. Jericho will obviously be very over with a US audience, just goes without saying, so it'll be fun to see how their popularity stateside will clash. Jericho said on his podcast that at this point he's only willing to do stuff that interest him so I fully expect him to go full in for their match if it happens at Long Beach. He's going to play his role perfectly which you would think gets more fans for Naito. I'm still of the mindset that we get Jericho and Okada at some point
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Post by corndog on Jan 8, 2018 12:44:50 GMT -5
Naito is going to be over at Long Beach, not sure why people don't think he's over in the states and now more than ever. Jericho is going to get cheered, but I think it's going to be 50/50 as far as the match is concerned.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 8, 2018 12:59:45 GMT -5
Naito is going to be over at Long Beach, not sure why people don't think he's over in the states and now more than ever. Jericho is going to get cheered, but I think it's going to be 50/50 as far as the match is concerned. Naito def going to be way over that's without question
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 8, 2018 13:22:40 GMT -5
Naito is going to be over at Long Beach, not sure why people don't think he's over in the states and now more than ever. Jericho is going to get cheered, but I think it's going to be 50/50 as far as the match is concerned. Never said he wasn't, he's hugely popular; just that when I was there it felt like Kenny and Okada got bigger overall responses. I'm betting that's shifted a bit in recent months, but I'm just speculating that the crowd reaction if he's in the US against Jericho could be kind of fun.
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Post by eJm on Jan 8, 2018 14:02:14 GMT -5
If you have a card of Naito/Jericho, Okada/Ibushi and, I don’t know, Omega/Cody (if this is all leading to a separation) then you’d have a pretty sweet star packed card.
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Post by KofiMania on Jan 8, 2018 14:08:58 GMT -5
If you have a card of Naito/Jericho, Okada/Ibushi and, I don’t know, Omega/Cody (if this is all leading to a separation) then you’d have a pretty sweet star packed card. What size building are they running for the US show?
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Post by eJm on Jan 8, 2018 14:11:48 GMT -5
If you have a card of Naito/Jericho, Okada/Ibushi and, I don’t know, Omega/Cody (if this is all leading to a separation) then you’d have a pretty sweet star packed card. What size building are they running for the US show? Walter Pyramid can hold up to 5,000 apparently.
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chrom
Backup Wench
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Post by chrom on Jan 8, 2018 20:11:30 GMT -5
Still nothing on Fantastica Mania. Tour starts Friday and they haven't announced matches and lineups for it.
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Post by Skeletor on Jan 8, 2018 22:29:58 GMT -5
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Post by flowercity on Jan 8, 2018 23:07:56 GMT -5
I dig this Okada/Goto v Evil/Sanada rivalry they’re doing. It’s something different and adds some much needed life to the tag division.
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