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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 24, 2022 7:12:31 GMT -5
Why is the Anniversary Show card so awful. No champ vs champ main event, no title matches or singles matches at all. It’s a freakin Road To show. Woof Because New Japan puts the anniversary shows as more of a celebration for fans than an actual big event? Also, you clearly show your lack appreciation for that card, with the OG GBH reunion, the legends appearing, STRONG HEARTS in force, etc. Heck, aside from the first match (which seems to exist to give HoT anything to do with the show), there's something enticing (usually returns) in every match. Match 2 has the return of Minoru Tanaka to New Japan after about 15 years or so. Match 3 has the STRONG HEARTS trio in full force and they'll probably be around for the near future Match 4 has Ibushi returning + the entire United Empire contingent in Japan together again Match 5 has the GBH reunion + Shiro Koshinaka returning + it's vs the ever popular LIJ Match 6 is heavy tag champs vs jr heavy tag champs Match 7 has 3 aces (Fujinami of yore, Tanahashi of closer past and Okada in the present) vs the 3 murderous submission specialist So, yeah, if you're looking for a "good wrestling show", this won't be it, but if you're a fan of the company, this should be right up your alley.
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Post by chrom on Feb 24, 2022 11:50:11 GMT -5
Hopefully Strong Hearts will be around for a while and go for the Jr tag and Never Trios
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2022 13:07:19 GMT -5
Agreed with hoping Strong Hearts are around for a while. Could see a good feud with any of them verse Desperado for the Junior title. That plus legends and the GBH reunion a think makes a solid anniversary show.
Also as said the two different tag champs are fighting on the anniversary show, The single champs are facing in a really cool match for the NJ cup. Which you could argue is means much more than an exhibition match.
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Post by lockedontarget on Feb 24, 2022 13:29:51 GMT -5
Why is the Anniversary Show card so awful. No champ vs champ main event, no title matches or singles matches at all. It’s a freakin Road To show. Woof Because New Japan puts the anniversary shows as more of a celebration for fans than an actual big event? Also, you clearly show your lack appreciation for that card, with the OG GBH reunion, the legends appearing, STRONG HEARTS in force, etc. Heck, aside from the first match (which seems to exist to give HoT anything to do with the show), there's something enticing (usually returns) in every match. Match 2 has the return of Minoru Tanaka to New Japan after about 15 years or so. Match 3 has the STRONG HEARTS trio in full force and they'll probably be around for the near future Match 4 has Ibushi returning + the entire United Empire contingent in Japan together again Match 5 has the GBH reunion + Shiro Koshinaka returning + it's vs the ever popular LIJ Match 6 is heavy tag champs vs jr heavy tag champs Match 7 has 3 aces (Fujinami of yore, Tanahashi of closer past and Okada in the present) vs the 3 murderous submission specialist So, yeah, if you're looking for a "good wrestling show", this won't be it, but if you're a fan of the company, this should be right up your alley. Uh yeah the Anniversary show has always had at least a few matches that actually mattered as long as I’ve been watching. There’s usually the heavyweight champion vs jr champ main event, and at least a couple title matches. This is a significant step down. Sorry I can’t get excited for Road To tag matches. I’m tired of them.
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Post by chrom on Feb 24, 2022 17:55:58 GMT -5
Ryohei, Kosei and Yuto have a combined win loss record of 1 win, 77 losses and 57 draws.
You mean they couldn't get the rest of Strong Hearts or Minoru Tanaka to get in The New Japan Cup but they can?
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Post by chrom on Feb 24, 2022 23:09:17 GMT -5
Gabriel Kidd has returned to The UK and is taking a leave of absence.
Hopefully he will get some help
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 25, 2022 4:21:56 GMT -5
Ryohei, Kosei and Yuto have a combined win loss record of 1 win, 77 losses and 57 draws. You mean they couldn't get the rest of Strong Hearts or Minoru Tanaka to get in The New Japan Cup but they can? Why would you put the Young Lions who have a combined 1-105 record in the tournament when Cima's Strong Hearts stablemates are right there? For them to gain high-stakes experience? Because an upset is always possible, especially in a tournament context? Because they have proved themselves to the comittee that they deserve to be there despite their losses? Because, perhaps, the other STRONG HEARS fellows refused to participate and the young lions are fill-ins for them? There, 4 kayfabe reasons just for you in less than 5 minutes.
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Post by chrom on Feb 25, 2022 12:15:35 GMT -5
Ryohei, Kosei and Yuto have a combined win loss record of 1 win, 77 losses and 57 draws. You mean they couldn't get the rest of Strong Hearts or Minoru Tanaka to get in The New Japan Cup but they can? For them to gain high-stakes experience? Because an upset is always possible, especially in a tournament context? Because they have proved themselves to the comittee that they deserve to be there despite their losses? Because, perhaps, the other STRONG HEARS fellows refused to participate and the young lions are fill-ins for them? There, 4 kayfabe reasons just for you in less than 5 minutes. 1. The New Japan Cup should be represented by guys who could potentially challenge and dethrone the current World Champ. Everyone has won one title before or Main Evented a Show
2. They have a total of 1 win between them, the next guy with least amount of wins has at least over a hundred times more than them. And the sole win which Ryohei has, he wasn't even involved in the finish of the match he won.
3. No one is going to even remotely buy into them even being a possible threat against who they face. There's no Cinderella story with them
4. Guys from either NOAH or Strong Hearts would draw far more interest in being in the tournament, same with those from NJOA.
5. If they want experience, keep wrestling on the undercard and opening matches and petition for The Young Lion Cup to return.
There's five reasons in Kayfabe they shouldn't be in it.
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 25, 2022 12:33:45 GMT -5
1- Considering almost everyone is in this tournament, that's not the theme for this year, nor was it in 2020 during the first NJC of the pandemic era. Also, if you're not a YL (and even those do sometimes), chances are that you're going to main-event a show in NJPW so not that high a bar. And people have won the cup without winning titles before.
2- Perhaps your sole good reason. And even then, there's still a chance they'll pull the upset, like those teams that luck themselves into going to Koshien against competition that should've demolished them.
3- You never know until you try! (because wrestling is live-action sports anime!);
4- That's your preference speaking, not kayfabe. Kayfabe wise fans want to see every wrestler, so that's a non-reason. And even if we go outside of kayfabe, there's still Covid related limits going on during the tournament, so no need to pull in outside help to sell a few more tickets;
5- I said high-stakes experience. They won't be fighting for titles anytime soon unless one wins this, there's not enough YLs around to do a YL Cup, so this is what they can aim for at the moment.
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Post by Convoy on Feb 25, 2022 15:05:53 GMT -5
I'm not watching Impact, but have heard all the shake-up with Bullet Club happening over there. On one hand, it sounds as though Jay has kicked GoD from the group, but it also looks like the team of White/Good Brothers/Bey are now referring to themselves as "Bullet Club Hollywood."
Feels like "Hollywood" is code for "not doing the trip to Japan anytime soon" but whatever the case I guess that makes three subgroups in the faction (BC, Hollywood & House of Torture).
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Feb 25, 2022 18:38:52 GMT -5
So, who leads BC Japan? ELP?
Also, that group better have eyes in the back of their heads watching Gedo. First moment Jay’s group comes back, he’s joining right up with then
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 25, 2022 18:46:16 GMT -5
So, who leads BC Japan? ELP? Also, that group better have eyes in the back of their head watching Gedo? First moment Jay’s group comes back, he’s joining right up with then Good question. Does leave room for someone to grasp for it, and with KENTA out on injury, ELP would be an interesting option. Would increase his tension with Ishimori, possibly some answer on if G.O.D. and co are out, or if the others might second-guess White's decision and back them up, if EVIL might try to take advantage of this situation, and if White's going to take offense no matter who might try to step up to bat. Lot of possible threads, or maybe Bullet Club largely just do their own thing. Still, they may want to do something, considering Jeff Cobb being injured does put a lot of limitations on what United Empire can get up to right now. O-Khan's pretty good and picking up interest, but Henare's not really been able to do that much, Ospreay and TJP and the like are not in Japan right now, and I just feel Bullet Club may need to fill that void on the heel faction front.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Feb 25, 2022 18:49:25 GMT -5
So, who leads BC Japan? ELP? Also, that group better have eyes in the back of their head watching Gedo? First moment Jay’s group comes back, he’s joining right up with then Good question. Does leave room for someone to grasp for it, and with KENTA out on injury, ELP would be an interesting option. Would increase his tension with Ishimori, possibly some answer on if G.O.D. and co are out, or if the others might second-guess White's decision and back them up, if EVIL might try to take advantage of this situation, and if White's going to take offense no matter who might try to step up to bat. Lot of possible threads, or maybe Bullet Club largely just do their own thing. Still, they may want to do something, considering Jeff Cobb being injured does put a lot of limitations on what United Empire can get up to right now. O-Khan's pretty good and picking up interest, but Henare's not really been able to do that much, Ospreay and TJP and the like are not in Japan right now, and I just feel Bullet Club may need to fill that void on the heel faction front. Ospreay is back in Japan for the cup. Though that’s no guarantee he sticks around afterwards.
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Post by chrom on Feb 25, 2022 21:01:55 GMT -5
Ishii vs Chris Dickinson has been made official for Lonestar Shootout
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Post by chrom on Feb 26, 2022 9:59:22 GMT -5
JONAH has been announced for Bloodsport 8
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Post by chrom on Feb 26, 2022 10:15:16 GMT -5
TJP heads back to CMLL on the 18th
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Post by chrom on Feb 26, 2022 11:34:20 GMT -5
Balcony Seats for Mutiny are sold out
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Post by chrom on Feb 26, 2022 12:42:43 GMT -5
Ishii and O-Khan have been announced for the Mutiny tapings
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Post by chrom on Feb 26, 2022 15:49:33 GMT -5
Lineup for tonight
Karl Fredericks vs Ethan HD
El Phantasmo vs Matt Rehwoldt
Strong Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor vs Taylor Rust
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Post by chrom on Feb 26, 2022 20:02:44 GMT -5
Ethan making his New Japan debut
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