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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Feb 12, 2021 13:25:00 GMT -5
I'm disappointed it's Yuka vs. Mei in round 1. Not that it won't be a good match, but I can't see Yuka losing, and I wanted Mei to get more of a chance to shine.
I also think people are misunderstanding Itoh's character a little bit. She's not a jobber; in TJPW's kayfabe, she's at least upper-mid-card, and she's portrayed as constantly improving. It wouldn't be some huge shocker for her to beat any of their top stars one-on-one. Their ace legit sees her as a rival and tags with her all the time. (EDIT: In fact, I strongly suspect they're pushing them to the titles, finally, which should lead to some hesitancy on fans' part about Maki getting scooped up by AEW any time soon.)
It's just that she has no common sense, so she gets in over her head all the time. And in big feuds, she self-sabotages because of her low self-esteem. But it's not like she never wins.
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Feb 12, 2021 15:24:07 GMT -5
Maki Itoh's history of failure does require her to actually get into positions where the failure has the most emotional impact to her, as well as the fact that she is not going to stop and always impoves. Yeah.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Feb 12, 2021 19:58:15 GMT -5
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Post by markymark on Feb 12, 2021 22:30:42 GMT -5
Ryo is gonna stiff the hell out of Maki lol.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Feb 12, 2021 22:44:33 GMT -5
The main is really worth checking out for a preview of most of the Japan side, really fun chaotic match.
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Feb 12, 2021 23:21:18 GMT -5
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 12, 2021 23:43:51 GMT -5
Obviously not women related but Chocopro related, wouldn't be shocked if we just saw Babilyion Akki show up on a DARK at some point.
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Feb 13, 2021 0:02:40 GMT -5
I really hope Akki gets big time matches somewhere, dude is so great.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Feb 13, 2021 0:11:58 GMT -5
I really hope Akki gets big time matches somewhere, dude is so great. He’s coming off wrestling Takeshita in DDT and looks to be having another AJPW match soon, so I think his booking has been opening up in the past year.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 13, 2021 6:57:03 GMT -5
I really hope Akki gets big time matches somewhere, dude is so great. He’s coming off wrestling Takeshita in DDT and looks to be having another AJPW match soon, so I think his booking has been opening up in the past year. When travel opens back up more I can undoubtedly see him being someone we see on AEW DARK and even as a liason for the Joshi like how Nakazawa is for certain talents as well.
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Post by Dub H on Feb 13, 2021 7:33:57 GMT -5
Honestly if AEW manages to get a focus on the Japanese side I could see easily the Joshi overtaking the regular AEW women's roster in popularity
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Post by markymark on Feb 13, 2021 11:24:32 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Feb 13, 2021 11:26:21 GMT -5
Honestly if AEW manages to get a focus on the Japanese side I could see easily the Joshi overtaking the regular AEW women's roster in popularity They were before Corona
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Post by markymark on Feb 13, 2021 14:58:29 GMT -5
I wonder how on earth will they have the finals on March 3rd for the US side unless they start doing 2 women matches because having them on Dark will not get positive reaction.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 13, 2021 15:20:12 GMT -5
Shida looks to be having a ton of fun back in Japan. Really glad that she got to have this trip and she's probably learning a ton by helping put all this together.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 13, 2021 15:24:37 GMT -5
I wonder how on earth will they have the finals on March 3rd for the US side unless they start doing 2 women matches because having them on Dark will not get positive reaction. Yeah I've been thinking about this and I can't figure it out. I can't see either of the other first round matches being on DARK and even if you double up and do multiple tournament matches on Dynamite, you can't really get to the US Finals before Revolution unless they hold semis and finals in the same night. I mean there's no need to rush through things so I wouldn't mind them just having the US finals at Revolution and doing the actual finals afterwards.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Feb 13, 2021 16:05:57 GMT -5
The tight timeline is making me wonder if there will be an angle where Britt Baker gets a bye to make for one less match...
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Post by toodarkmark on Feb 13, 2021 17:22:44 GMT -5
I wonder how on earth will they have the finals on March 3rd for the US side unless they start doing 2 women matches because having them on Dark will not get positive reaction. Did you see a mention of the US final being on March 3? I thought this would go through March.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Feb 13, 2021 17:25:02 GMT -5
I wonder how on earth will they have the finals on March 3rd for the US side unless they start doing 2 women matches because having them on Dark will not get positive reaction. Did you see a mention of the US final being on March 3? I thought this would go through March. They mentioned on commentary for Hirsh/Rosa that the winner would take on Shida for the title at the PPV but then that could be changed.
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Post by markymark on Feb 13, 2021 18:05:25 GMT -5
Did you see a mention of the US final being on March 3? I thought this would go through March. They mentioned on commentary for Hirsh/Rosa that the winner would take on Shida for the title at the PPV but then that could be changed. Should do the finals at the Buyin then face Shida in the main show, doing double duty.
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