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Post by chrom on Aug 18, 2022 12:19:20 GMT -5
Eagles has been cleared to compete in The Gran Prix tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 12:34:35 GMT -5
Yeah its clearly them recognising theyre not the force they once were internationally. Britwres twitter has mostly written off New Japan. A combination of the awful 2020/21 product, guys like Ospraey and Sabre not being liked by a large part of the audience post Speaking Out and, frankly most significantly, TV Asahi being legal nightmares over gifs has killed so much goodwill. But to fair, aa rhe quote goes britwres is dead. Was anything brought up about Sabre during Speaking Out? I hear nothing about him. No nothing. But the fact that he was so close to a lot of people who were and went completely radio silent (he hasn't posted on his twitter since the day before it kicked off) left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths, especially since he was such a big name in the britwres circuit.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Aug 18, 2022 13:22:28 GMT -5
Was anything brought up about Sabre during Speaking Out? I hear nothing about him. No nothing. But the fact that he was so close to a lot of people who were and went completely radio silent (he hasn't posted on his twitter since the day before it kicked off) left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths, especially since he was such a big name in the britwres circuit. I don't know, I find it hard to blame the guy for being quiet about it. It had to be a hard pill for him to swallow that longtime friends of his were apparently scumbags. I found myself in a situation like that not long ago. Quietly cutting ties is a lot easier when dealing with things like this. Frankly it sounds like people are overreacting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 13:55:54 GMT -5
No nothing. But the fact that he was so close to a lot of people who were and went completely radio silent (he hasn't posted on his twitter since the day before it kicked off) left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths, especially since he was such a big name in the britwres circuit. I don't know, I find it hard to blame the guy for being quiet about it. It had to be a hard pill for him to swallow that longtime friends of his were apparently scumbags. I found myself in a situation like that not long ago. Quietly cutting ties is a lot easier when dealing with things like this. Frankly it sounds like people are overreacting. I mean that's a fair take. But where there's a vacuum people will fill it with their own assumptions.
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Post by chrom on Aug 18, 2022 14:09:47 GMT -5
Tickets for Rumble go on sale on the 25th
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Aug 18, 2022 14:26:23 GMT -5
Yeah its clearly them recognising theyre not the force they once were internationally. Britwres twitter has mostly written off New Japan. A combination of the awful 2020/21 product, guys like Ospraey and Sabre not being liked by a large part of the audience post Speaking Out and, frankly most significantly, TV Asahi being legal nightmares over gifs has killed so much goodwill. But to fair, aa rhe quote goes britwres is dead. Was anything brought up about Sabre during Speaking Out? I hear nothing about him. Nothing on Sabre but, he’s not popular in the BritWres scene since moving to Japan on a more permanent basis.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Aug 18, 2022 14:29:05 GMT -5
Chris Ridgeway is doing something kind of similar in NOAH. Quietly distancing himself from the British scene.
Good on them. BritWres deserves nothing after selling out to Hunter and after Speaking out
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 18, 2022 14:33:24 GMT -5
I don't know, I find it hard to blame the guy for being quiet about it. It had to be a hard pill for him to swallow that longtime friends of his were apparently scumbags. I found myself in a situation like that not long ago. Quietly cutting ties is a lot easier when dealing with things like this. Frankly it sounds like people are overreacting. I mean that's a fair take. But where there's a vacuum people will fill it with their own assumptions. I know a _TON_ of people will disagree with me on this, but nobody should have to turn everything into a public performance.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 14:54:08 GMT -5
I mean that's a fair take. But where there's a vacuum people will fill it with their own assumptions. I know a _TON_ of people will disagree with me on this, but nobody should have to turn everything into a public performance. Literally just said that's a fair take. But when you are a public performer by nature, saying nothing as the scene you helped build is ravaged by abuse? Being pissed at that is a fair take as well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 14:55:10 GMT -5
Chris Ridgeway is doing something kind of similar in NOAH. Quietly distancing himself from the British scene. Good on them. BritWres deserves nothing after selling out to Hunter and after Speaking out The Ridgeway situation is way more deeply f***ed, but yeah, there are certain guys who think they can disappear into the Japanese scene. Hell Elgin tried and failed because he's a car crash of a human being.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Aug 18, 2022 15:01:25 GMT -5
Chris Ridgeway is doing something kind of similar in NOAH. Quietly distancing himself from the British scene. Good on them. BritWres deserves nothing after selling out to Hunter and after Speaking out The Ridgeway situation is way more deeply f***ed, but yeah, there are certain guys who think they can disappear into the Japanese scene. Hell Elgin tried and failed because he's a car crash of a human being. Wait, what happened with Ridgeway?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 15:10:28 GMT -5
The Ridgeway situation is way more deeply f***ed, but yeah, there are certain guys who think they can disappear into the Japanese scene. Hell Elgin tried and failed because he's a car crash of a human being. Wait, what happened with Ridgeway? Christina van eerie accused him of abuse during their relationship. Subsequently NEW JAPAN of all places puller him from NJPW cards. Ridgeway pulled himself from a GCW card and basically disappeared from the US scene and showed up in NOAH. Last I heard he has or is threatening to sue Van Eerie of 'lost earnings' or some shit. And pretty much the only vibes coming from people on the scene was... well yeah probably. Oh and this was backed up by another woman who accused Ridgeway of controlling, abusive behaviour
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Aug 18, 2022 15:19:10 GMT -5
Wait, what happened with Ridgeway? Christina van eerie accused him of abuse during their relationship. Subsequently NEW JAPAN of all places puller him from NJPW cards. Ridgeway pulled himself from a GCW card and basically disappeared from the US scene and showed up in NOAH. Last I heard he has or is threatening to sue Van Eerie of 'lost earnings' or some shit. And pretty much the only vibes coming from people on the scene was... well yeah probably. Oh and this was backed up by another woman who accused Ridgeway of controlling, abusive behaviour Wasn't that Chris Dickinson?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 15:26:12 GMT -5
Christina van eerie accused him of abuse during their relationship. Subsequently NEW JAPAN of all places puller him from NJPW cards. Ridgeway pulled himself from a GCW card and basically disappeared from the US scene and showed up in NOAH. Last I heard he has or is threatening to sue Van Eerie of 'lost earnings' or some shit. And pretty much the only vibes coming from people on the scene was... well yeah probably. Oh and this was backed up by another woman who accused Ridgeway of controlling, abusive behaviour Wasn't that Chris Dickinson? f*** that's on me, confused my Chris'. Apologies.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Aug 18, 2022 15:35:18 GMT -5
Wasn't that Chris Dickinson? f*** that's on me, confused my Chris'. Apologies. Ridgeway basically disappeared once the pandemic began until NOAH brought back gaijins.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Aug 18, 2022 15:57:09 GMT -5
I know a _TON_ of people will disagree with me on this, but nobody should have to turn everything into a public performance. Literally just said that's a fair take. But when you are a public performer by nature, saying nothing as the scene you helped build is ravaged by abuse? Being pissed at that is a fair take as well. See I don't know that that's a fair take on the other end. A lot of people forget that performers are people themselves. When people they've had longstanding friendships with are exposed for this kind of thing, making a public spectacle of their private lives is terrible for your already damaged emotional and mental state. If people want to make assumptions they're wrong to do so. You're innocent until proven guilty.
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Post by chrom on Aug 18, 2022 17:04:27 GMT -5
So set for next month in Japan and Stateside
Okada vs JONAH
White vs Tonga
Sabre vs Lawlor
Kushida vs Ishimori
Hiroshi vs Anderson
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Aug 18, 2022 19:13:31 GMT -5
So, what are the chances Jay White leaves the dome with the belt?
20 percent is my ceiling there.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 18, 2022 19:25:08 GMT -5
He might, but I could see him losing since, well, I feel like by the time of WK that his title run will have been played out. Winning at Forbidden Door was probably something of an apex for his reign.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Aug 18, 2022 20:03:34 GMT -5
He might, but I could see him losing since, well, I feel like by the time of WK that his title run will have been played out. Winning at Forbidden Door was probably something of an apex for his reign. I also feel like he's already a made man without needing a Dome main event win under his belt.
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