Puro question

[Koru]

I was wondering when compared to WWE and TNA, how much of Puro as a whole, is scripted? I assume feds like Hustle and DDT likely are heavily scripted, but I'm more curious about NOAH, AJPW and NJPW.

Also, does anyone else love Nakamura's weirdo/cocky persona? That and the hair just do it for me.

[Johnny B. Decent]

They work a bit stiffer in some places, but yes, it's just as scripted nowadays.

[Djm Doesn't Find You Funny]

I'm a bit tired of Nakamura. Yeah, he was cool for a while, but I'm on the Hirooki Goto bandwagon, and seeing anyone else get a title shot just makes me mad now.

[Koru]

Dec 19, 2011 20:54:41 GMT -5 Djm Doesn't Find You Funny said:

I'm a bit tired of Nakamura. Yeah, he was cool for a while, but I'm on the Hirooki Goto bandwagon, and seeing anyone else get a title shot just makes me mad now.

+1 for that bandwagon. Enjoy watching him kick ass. And I'm not ashamed to admit, he's a sexy mofo too. ;D

[Steveweiser]

There was a period where New Japan was all about scripted MMA worked shoots, but Jado and Gedo who have the book now are WWE fans, so it's essentially more logically booked WWE with better workers.

[DeathRay]

Dec 20, 2011 8:15:59 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

There was a period where New Japan was all about scripted MMA worked shoots, but Jado and Gedo who have the book now are WWE fans, so it's essentially more logically booked WWE with better workers.

and titles that actually mean something.

[baronmordo]

The New Japan MMA era was horrendous. Thank god Inoki is gone, running his own shitty fed now. Have fun running that show in North Korea next year, lantern jaw!

[Turd Ferguson]

Dec 20, 2011 19:58:36 GMT -5 baronmordo said:

The New Japan MMA era was horrendous. Thank god Inoki is gone, running his own s***ty fed now. Have fun running that show in North Korea next year, lantern jaw!

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

Dec 19, 2011 20:54:41 GMT -5 Djm Doesn't Find You Funny said:

I'm a bit tired of Nakamura. Yeah, he was cool for a while, but I'm on the Hirooki Goto bandwagon, and seeing anyone else get a title shot just makes me mad now.

After watching a fair bit of the G1 Climax, I'm all about Toru Yano.

[Johnny B. Decent]

Dec 21, 2011 11:02:34 GMT -5 Turd Ferguson said:

Dec 20, 2011 19:58:36 GMT -5 baronmordo said:

The New Japan MMA era was horrendous. Thank god Inoki is gone, running his own s***ty fed now. Have fun running that show in North Korea next year, lantern jaw!

He is right, though. Inoki almost killed his own fed with his incredibly dim, near-sighted goals and it was only after he was gone that NJPW is slowly reviving itself.

[mjolnir]

I mean, it got so bad that NOAH was doing better than them, NOAH. That's the company that rides the money train based solely on past names & couldn't figure out what the hell it wanted to do or be.

Hell, even now that Misawa is gone & they're more or less crippled they're still struggling to figure out what they want to do and who they want to be.

Say what you will about the wrestling quality but at least even places like Dragon Gate, HUSTLE, and DDT had/have those figured out.

It's sad because it's an age old story that's been seen in the states repeatedly too. The very man that created NJPW almost became the thing that killed it. Ugh, dark days those were.

Personally I love all of the big four, Tan, Naka, Togi and Goto. Though I wouldn't mind Goto getting some more shine put on him compared to the other three.

[Turd Ferguson]

I always dug that despite being in competition with each other, all the Japanese promotions could kinda put it all aside and do unified shows while retaining their individuality. I know that stemmed from Baba/Inoki being rivals, but originally friends.

[Bruce Leroy]

Add me to the Naito bandwagon with NJPW. Barber Yano's fun to watch too. But yeah, puro's still scripted. It tends to be a harder-hitting style, but they have the format where they have tours for a while and then have an extended break, rinse and repeat.

[Jacob Lee]

Can somebody please help me understand what is going on in AJPW right now? They seem to be a mix of talents from several feds at the moment.

[Djm Doesn't Find You Funny]

Dec 23, 2011 19:19:52 GMT -5 Jacob Lee said:

Can somebody please help me understand what is going on in AJPW right now? They seem to be a mix of talents from several feds at the moment.

They have an awesome Junior Division and seem to be making some risky booking decisions, which I like.

But they have an awesome Junior Division.

[Steveweiser]

They've got a good angle going where all four of their belts are held by outsiders. Three of them are awesome. Sorry, Dark Ozz and Dark Cuevo...

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Dec 21, 2011 13:40:14 GMT -5 mjolnir said:

I mean, it got so bad that NOAH was doing better than them, NOAH. That's the company that rides the money train based solely on past names & couldn't figure out what the hell it wanted to do or be.

Hell, even now that Misawa is gone & they're more or less crippled they're still struggling to figure out what they want to do and who they want to be.

Say what you will about the wrestling quality but at least even places like Dragon Gate, HUSTLE, and DDT had/have those figured out.

It's sad because it's an age old story that's been seen in the states repeatedly too. The very man that created NJPW almost became the thing that killed it. Ugh, dark days those were.

Personally I love all of the big four, Tan, Naka, Togi and Goto. Though I wouldn't mind Goto getting some more shine put on him compared to the other three.

To be fair to NOAH, its hard to make new stars at 3am in the morning on TV. Or with no TV at all, nowadays.