Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 8:39:27 GMT -5
For those who watched it, how does Okada/Omega 4 match up with the 3 from last year. My favourite from them was the G1 match It was very, very good but to me Dominion last year is still the best one. Amazing match though.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 8:50:49 GMT -5
Odds on the new Golden Elite t-shirts being what the Bucks sent Kenny on BTE?
|
|
The Kevstaaa
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Heck of a wrestler, great technician, and a jam up guy.
Posts: 18,476
|
Post by The Kevstaaa on Jun 9, 2018 8:59:48 GMT -5
Haven't made it to Omega/Okada IV yet, but this how I had the first three ranked
G1
WK11
Dominion
|
|
|
Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jun 9, 2018 9:12:29 GMT -5
I can’t decide if this one or the G1 27 match was my favorite. There’s not a bad one in the bunch, but they’ve gradually been getting better and finding different ways to transition and play off one another.
|
|
Totorob101
Hank Scorpio
Glob Glob Glob
Posts: 5,807
|
Post by Totorob101 on Jun 9, 2018 9:14:50 GMT -5
Sounds like an awesome show, i really need to watch more njpw as its the best in pro wrestling from the sounds of it. Is it fair to say WWE is for kids and casuals while NJPW is for the real pro wrestling fans?
|
|
|
Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jun 9, 2018 9:19:02 GMT -5
Sounds like an awesome show, i really need to watch more njpw as its the best in pro wrestling from the sounds of it. Is it fair to say WWE is for kids and casuals while NJPW is for the real pro wrestling fans? That's the way to put it if you want to sound really off putting and snobby about it, yeah.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 9:40:15 GMT -5
There's no such thing as 'real fans', in any medium.
|
|
MrElijah
Crow T. Robot
Posts: 45,035
Member is Online
|
Post by MrElijah on Jun 9, 2018 9:42:43 GMT -5
Jericho, First guy to hold both Intercontinental Heavyweight Championships.
Who'd thunk it?
|
|
|
Post by cabbageboy on Jun 9, 2018 9:46:32 GMT -5
Yeah, boy! Admittedly this show was on at a crazy hour so I have yet to see it but the first thing I did this morning was get up and check the results. The main event was exactly what I was hoping would happen (other than maybe Omega busting out a new submission or secondary finisher for one of the falls, but that's a nitpick). And they also did the Cody tease a la Owen at WM 10, did they not? That perfectly sets up the Cow Palace if they want to do Cody/Kenny for the title and for undisputed Bullet Club leadership. That should move some tickets.
As far as the rest of the card, I am curious as to them putting the IC on Jericho. It sounds like it was a bloody brawl of a match so it doesn't really sound like that feud is a done deal. Would Jericho do a rematch at the Cow Palace show or has he strictly said he won't wrestle in opposition to Vince in the States? Some might think it was early to put the heavyweight tag belts on the Bucks but really were Evil and Sanada really doing much with the belts anyway? May as well strike while the iron is hot. In fact it is kind of curious looking at the results and note that the gaijin went over in most of the main matches aside from the Hiromu/Ospreay match. That's probably why Hiromu went over....they needed some kind of notable Japanese guy to win, haha. But in a lot of ways the booking made sense in those matches. Juice Robinson went over to set up a U.S. title match at the Cow Palace (logical booking). Suzuki and Ishii had a wild pull apart brawl to set up a hopeful Cow Palace match and the right guy lost (Yano). I'm not sure what to make of Elgin winning the NEVER title (another gaijin going over...hmmm), but at least the right guy lost in Taichi. Let's be honest if this is WWE they would probably give Taichi some dorky title run. In NJPW the joke comedy guy gets his ass kicked. The Bullet Club 6 man tag makes sense given that Cody needed a win there and Liger is the oldest and most washed up so he took the pin. Not like they jobbed Tanahashi there, though him vs. Cody might prove interesting.
Anyway sounds like a tremendous show. Any idea how much will air on AXS before the Cow Palace show? I would think at least the main title matches would need to.
|
|
|
Post by AwamoriRock on Jun 9, 2018 9:55:53 GMT -5
There's no such thing as 'real fans', in any medium. The funny thing is the people who would use that term in Japanese wrestling fandom usually scoff at NJPW lol Just dive into things and like what you like. TJP is like one of my favorite promotions and I would have never thought that a year ago.
|
|
|
Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jun 9, 2018 10:04:38 GMT -5
That perfectly sets up the Cow Palace if they want to do Cody/Kenny for the title and for undisputed Bullet Club leadership. That should move some tickets. Was their first match really loved by Bullet Club fans? Because I thought their ROH match was hot garbage.
|
|
|
Post by Psy on Jun 9, 2018 10:08:41 GMT -5
Dominion 2018: Night of the Gaijin
|
|
|
Post by AwamoriRock on Jun 9, 2018 10:09:45 GMT -5
That perfectly sets up the Cow Palace if they want to do Cody/Kenny for the title and for undisputed Bullet Club leadership. That should move some tickets. Was their first match really loved by Bullet Club fans? Because I thought their ROH match was hot garbage. It’s funny how stacked that weekend looked and they ended up having the worst of the big matches booked.
|
|
|
Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jun 9, 2018 10:12:04 GMT -5
Was their first match really loved by Bullet Club fans? Because I thought their ROH match was hot garbage. It’s funny how stacked that weekend looked and they ended up having the worst of the big matches booked. Yeah! I was there for the weekend and going in, I remember everyone talking about Omega/Cody over and over. On podcasts and message boards. It was the thing that people said was gonna steal the entire weekend. It happened and NO ONE talked about it at all. Good or bad!
|
|
Shai
Hank Scorpio
Posts: 6,507
|
Post by Shai on Jun 9, 2018 10:25:11 GMT -5
I promptly passed out right after Kenny won and didn't really get the full effect of my happiness. I woke up and thought that shit was a dream. But it's not and I'm so goddamn happy that I'm crying.
|
|
|
Post by abjordans on Jun 9, 2018 10:27:42 GMT -5
So, Naito is NJPW’s most over guy. A part timer tells him he is going to whoop his ass, he calls his shot and beats his ass and leaves him in a bloody heap. And takes his belt. In his second match. If WWE did this, fans would riot.
|
|
|
Post by Chris Hammers on Jun 9, 2018 10:37:05 GMT -5
Definitely keeping NJPW World. This has been the most fun I've had watching a show live in years, even if I'm exhausted now. If you're new to NJWorld, just remember they charge your card the first of every month and not the date you signed up on each month.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 10:42:14 GMT -5
Wtf Omega won? Didn't expect that lmao!!
|
|
|
Post by Sparvid on Jun 9, 2018 10:48:22 GMT -5
It's WORKING. Kenny had a strategy and it's clearly working. Some of the best physical storytelling I've seen. "You see, the Rainmaker has a preset kill limit. Knowing its weakness, I let him hit it over and over until it reached its limit and shut down."
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 10:50:47 GMT -5
So, Naito is NJPW’s most over guy. A part timer tells him he is going to whoop his ass, he calls his shot and beats his ass and leaves him in a bloody heap. And takes his belt. In his second match. If WWE did this, fans would riot. I think that's the benefit of the doubt you acquire when you build trust with your fanbase. Naito lost but there's no reason to believe that this is something he can't recover from. Also when Brock Lesnar returned to WWE, people weren't thrilled that he lost to Cena either. Everything's case by case.
|
|