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Post by Mondai Rogue on Jan 6, 2016 19:16:10 GMT -5
Cheeseburger easily has the potential to be the NJPW equivalent to Stalker Ichikawa, especially on the Lion's Gate shows.
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Post by Phil Parent on Jan 6, 2016 19:23:58 GMT -5
Cheeseburger easily has the potential to be the NJPW equivalent to Stalker Ichikawa, especially on the Lion's Gate shows. Great comparison! Is Stalker Ichikawa still active? I was always partial to Ebessan/Kikutaro when it came to comedy, plus he was a better wrestler if he had to be, but in terms of sheer comical ineptitude, Ichikawa has the crown. Totally hopeless weakling.
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Post by Mondai Rogue on Jan 6, 2016 19:32:46 GMT -5
Cheeseburger easily has the potential to be the NJPW equivalent to Stalker Ichikawa, especially on the Lion's Gate shows. Great comparison! Is Stalker Ichikawa still active? I was always partial to Ebessan/Kikutaro when it came to comedy, plus he was a better wrestler if he had to be, but in terms of sheer comical ineptitude, Ichikawa has the crown. Totally hopeless weakling. Very much so, he just had a Coliseum battle with Masakatsu Funaki at Final Gate where he came out dressed like a Gracie. Spoiler Alert: The Coliseum portion went 54 seconds. They then had a normal pro wrestling match which lasted slightly longer. Was a wonderful spectacle. On some tour shows before hand, he was busting out Stan Ichikawa teaming with Bruiser CIMA but I've not seen footage of this yet.
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Post by Talent Name on Jan 6, 2016 19:37:22 GMT -5
Can we have Haku lead the Bullet Club
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 19:48:12 GMT -5
^Meng was still pretty darn good despite being out of ring shape.
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Post by chrom on Jan 6, 2016 21:08:15 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 22:39:09 GMT -5
Who doesn't love Tana? He's adorable.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 2:49:19 GMT -5
The best part of this was the amazing entrances
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Post by 魔界5号 on Jan 7, 2016 5:13:03 GMT -5
Is the Honma stuff just forgotten?
It did seem strange she'd just come out with it now as he was about to win the tag league and eventually tag titles.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 9:34:30 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Omega's promo on Styles as he fired him was amazing.
Because Bullet Club is fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-LIFE (except for AJ Styles)
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 7, 2016 10:36:15 GMT -5
Is the Honma stuff just forgotten? It did seem strange she'd just come out with it now as he was about to win the tag league and eventually tag titles. Japan is not like the US where a story like that stays in the public's eye. Taichi's adultery was a bigger story in Japan due to it being a cultural taboo. I sadly think due to Honma's popularity that the story faded away and going to be one of those quiet rumors like Super Hate's beating was a Yakuza payback.
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Post by Error on Jan 7, 2016 14:29:01 GMT -5
Is the Honma stuff just forgotten? It did seem strange she'd just come out with it now as he was about to win the tag league and eventually tag titles. Story I remember from Meltzer was no one believed her story so it wasn't going to affect anything.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 14:54:34 GMT -5
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Post by 魔界5号 on Jan 7, 2016 14:59:40 GMT -5
Apparently it's a false report.
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Post by Phil Parent on Jan 7, 2016 16:20:24 GMT -5
The best part of this was the amazing entrances I always point to this and Kensuke Sasaki's entrance from the Life Or Death match VS Nagata when I need to prove that Japanese crowds aren't always civil & polite. MAAAAANNN, I'm not sure what it was, either. It's not like being a garbage guy is such a sin, they took to Honma just fine a couple years later. At the same time, Onita's entrance here is one of the most electric entrances I've seen ever. At least with Kensuke's entrance it was clear, they hated him for being a disloyal treacherous pig that after years of being a hero turned his back on the company, left it altogether and left the young boys he was mentoring out to dry. Shame NJ World doesn't have entrances, I would love to have these in HD.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 18:00:36 GMT -5
The best part of this was the amazing entrances I always point to this and Kensuke Sasaki's entrance from the Life Or Death match VS Nagata when I need to prove that Japanese crowds aren't always civil & polite. MAAAAANNN, I'm not sure what it was, either. It's not like being a garbage guy is such a sin, they took to Honma just fine a couple years later. At the same time, Onita's entrance here is one of the most electric entrances I've seen ever. At least with Kensuke's entrance it was clear, they hated him for being a disloyal treacherous pig that after years of being a hero turned his back on the company, left it altogether and left the young boys he was mentoring out to dry. Shame NJ World doesn't have entrances, I would love to have these in HD. I've never gotten the "quiet and respectful" thing at all. Anyone who actually watches puroresu can tell that the fans really get into it.
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Post by Fundertaker on Jan 7, 2016 18:20:58 GMT -5
I always point to this and Kensuke Sasaki's entrance from the Life Or Death match VS Nagata when I need to prove that Japanese crowds aren't always civil & polite. MAAAAANNN, I'm not sure what it was, either. It's not like being a garbage guy is such a sin, they took to Honma just fine a couple years later. At the same time, Onita's entrance here is one of the most electric entrances I've seen ever. At least with Kensuke's entrance it was clear, they hated him for being a disloyal treacherous pig that after years of being a hero turned his back on the company, left it altogether and left the young boys he was mentoring out to dry. Shame NJ World doesn't have entrances, I would love to have these in HD. I've never gotten the "quiet and respectful" thing at all. Anyone who actually watches puroresu can tell that the fans really get into it. I actually started to think that the "quiet" part was WWE's way of masking the complete apathy most of their wrestlers were met with out of the gate. But the crowd is mostly respectful anyway. They're there for the show and be entertained, it's EXTREMELY rare for them to start wanting to be the show or crap on everything like in quite a few American promotions.
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Post by Raskovnik on Jan 7, 2016 18:46:45 GMT -5
Okada vs Tanahashi got a well-deserved five stars from Papa Meltz himself.
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Post by berlynwright on Jan 7, 2016 22:00:45 GMT -5
Also the usual 'AJ Styles Special 4.75' for the IC title
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Post by Raskovnik on Jan 7, 2016 22:23:32 GMT -5
I think that's a fair rating. 5 stars is usually reserved for builds as well and all the build reserved for this was "DREAM MATCH." The Suzuki match should have f***ing been five stars though.
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