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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 4, 2020 2:31:08 GMT -5
I wonder if Juice is hurt again or something. Even with the usual stagnation of the heavyweight tag scene, feels weird. It has been treated like dirt Essentially over the last two years it has been G.O.D or nothing. Hell, LIJ has the 2nd longest tag reign in 5 years at 156 days besides G.O.D. recent reign and it doesn't feel like it They have had chances to put together good teams: ZSJ/Minoru, Shingo/Evil, Ishii/Goto along with former and currents teams Finjuice, Sanada/Evil but they refuse to make good on anything
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 4, 2020 2:44:36 GMT -5
I wonder if Juice is hurt again or something. Even with the usual stagnation of the heavyweight tag scene, feels weird. It has been treated like dirt Essentially over the last two years it has been G.O.D or nothing. Hell, LIJ has the 2nd longest tag reign in 5 years at 156 days besides G.O.D. recent reign and it doesn't feel like it They have had chances to put together good teams: ZSJ/Minoru, Shingo/Evil, Ishii/Goto along with former and currents teams Finjuice, Sanada/Evil but they refuse to make good on anything I get that something's got to give, and that not every division is going to be equally a priority, but it's just irritating how they handle it. Further makes me want the suggestion several of us have made about having Okada maybe seek the tag gold with YOSHI-HASHI to prove a point. That'd at least be an angle. I'd suggest merging the tag division temporarily, but that'd just mean Roppongi 3k jobbing to GOD, and f*** that noise. Both teams are wearing out their welcome, but at least 3k are less bland. Makes me wish Tama wasn't a wildly mediocre singles act, and Toa even more limited, because needing to keep them in the division is hurting things.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 4, 2020 2:51:25 GMT -5
It has been treated like dirt Essentially over the last two years it has been G.O.D or nothing. Hell, LIJ has the 2nd longest tag reign in 5 years at 156 days besides G.O.D. recent reign and it doesn't feel like it They have had chances to put together good teams: ZSJ/Minoru, Shingo/Evil, Ishii/Goto along with former and currents teams Finjuice, Sanada/Evil but they refuse to make good on anything I get that something's got to give, and that not every division is going to be equally a priority, but it's just irritating how they handle it. Further makes me want the suggestion several of us have made about having Okada maybe seek the tag gold with YOSHI-HASHI to prove a point. That'd at least be an angle. I'd suggest merging the tag division temporarily, but that'd just mean Roppongi 3k jobbing to GOD, and f*** that noise. Both teams are wearing out their welcome, but at least 3k are less bland. Makes me wish Tama wasn't a wildly mediocre singles act, and Toa even more limited, because needing to keep them in the division is hurting things. Tama Tonga isn't stupid he knows what he is doing which is why he said last year i'm not doing the G1 and don't ask me. He knows he can just fit in the Karl Anderson role real good but the difference Karl actually had enough talent as a singles wrestler to at least merit a IC title reign But Tama/Toa are where they are and tag team is perfect for them but not for them to take on the whole division. I do want Roppongi 3K to go HW because they are equally played out in the Juniors division but you also want to keep both guys alive for Junior runs. Yoshi Hashi/Okada is def a team I want to see get a chance and even with them teasing Tana/Ibushi is also good but something has to give with G.O.D. They wasted LIJ atleast with SANADA/EVIL and FinJuice while popular now has I think one of the 5 shortest reigns in the tag division history so that hurts them. Gedo really does not care for any of the three tag divisions as they stop mattering once WK passes and it goes back to the status quo
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2020 3:04:41 GMT -5
Lineup for today's show.
Ryusuke Taguchi vs Gabriel Kidd
Taiji Ishimori vs Yuya Uemura
Great Bash Heel vs Toa Henare and Yota Tsuji
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi vs Minoru Suzuki and Douki
Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto and Robbie Eagles vs Evil, Shingo Takagi and Hiromu Takahashi
Tetsuya Naito, Sanada and Bushi vs Jay White, Kenta and El Phantasmo
Elimination Match: Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Roppongi 3K vs Zack Sabre Jr, Taichi, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 4, 2020 3:06:52 GMT -5
Solid card. I wonder if we'll be getting any upsets, or if this is going to be pretty solidly filler.
Guessing DOUKI and BUSHI take the falls in their respective matches.
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2020 8:25:51 GMT -5
Good show today
Main event was good
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2020 11:12:09 GMT -5
Ospreay pinned Sabre in the Main Event and in doing so will be getting another shot at the British Heavyweight Title at RPW High Stakes on February 14th
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2020 17:02:21 GMT -5
Lineup for tomorrow
Yuya Uemura vs Gabriel Kidd
Ryusuke Taguchi vs Yota Tsuji
Great Bash Heel vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi
Tomohiro Ishii and Birds of Prey vs Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr and Douki
Hirooki Goto and Toa Henare vs Evil and Shingo Takagi
Kazuchika Okada and Roppongi 3K vs Taichi, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Elimination Match: Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi vs Jay White, Kenta and Bone Phantasmo
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Post by ANuclearError on Feb 4, 2020 17:16:50 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if the tag title switch was caused by disappointing ticket sales in the tour, as a sorta "Yeah, we sorta f***ed it a bit, here's a title change".
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2020 18:41:19 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if the tag title switch was caused by disappointing ticket sales in the tour, as a sorta "Yeah, we sorta f***ed it a bit, here's a title change". Screwing over FinJuice and going back to the status quo again because of poor sales is TNA levels of stupid idea.
No one benefited at all from it. If Gedo doesn't want to book the tag scene and only resorts to R3K and GOD, then hand the tag booking over to someone who gives a damn about it.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Feb 4, 2020 21:24:05 GMT -5
DOUKI’s name is never going to not be funny.
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2020 21:41:06 GMT -5
DOUKI’s name is never going to not be funny. His win loss record is like his name
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Post by HMARK Center on Feb 4, 2020 22:31:51 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if the tag title switch was caused by disappointing ticket sales in the tour, as a sorta "Yeah, we sorta f***ed it a bit, here's a title change". I thought they sold out a number of the shows? Small venues, yes, but still sell outs in a few of them. When I first heard the news I thought they'd have GoD winning it early in the tour and dropping it back later, but it was at the end, so I was off.
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Post by chrom on Feb 4, 2020 22:50:45 GMT -5
New Japan will be at WrestleCon during Mania weekend
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Post by chrom on Feb 5, 2020 4:38:05 GMT -5
Show has started
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Post by chrom on Feb 5, 2020 5:03:26 GMT -5
Been liking what I've seen from Kidd so far
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Post by chrom on Feb 5, 2020 18:14:42 GMT -5
Lineup for tomorrow
Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura
El Phantasmo vs Gabriel Kidd
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi vs Tomoaki Honma and Toa Henare
Will Ospreay and Roppongi 3K vs Zack Sabre Jr, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Kazuchika Okada, Togi Makabe and Ryusuke Taguchi vs Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Douki
Tetsuya Naito, Sanada and Hiromu Takahashi vs Jay White, Kenta and Taiji Ishimori
Never Openweight Trios: Evil, Shingo Takagi and Bushi vs Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto and Robbie Eagles
Odds are we'll get another title change tomorrow
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 5, 2020 18:56:54 GMT -5
I understand that it's a result of them being a face stable currently, and Okada/Tanahashi having mutual respect that extends to Tana's buddies like Taguchi, but it's still kind of weird to me that Okada pals around with people outside of his stable for tag matches as much as he does.
And yeah, guessing a title change to have Shingo not be double champions. Ishii and Goto have better things to be doing, but I mean, it's title gold on Eagles, and that's nice.
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Post by chrom on Feb 6, 2020 7:43:56 GMT -5
Surprisingly LIJ retained today.
But then of course Yano comes out
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Post by chrom on Feb 6, 2020 12:38:48 GMT -5
So how much is Jericho offering Suzuki to take out Moxley?
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