Laces
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Post by Laces on Dec 10, 2020 14:07:58 GMT -5
Tanahashi
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Rave
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Post by Rave on Dec 10, 2020 16:54:51 GMT -5
Ishii.
I can hear Gedo laughing from here.
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Dec 10, 2020 17:32:45 GMT -5
Ibushi for me, there's already built in story that would draw huge, plus he can work with anyone.
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Post by sportatorium on Dec 10, 2020 19:19:30 GMT -5
1. Naito 2. okada 3. White 4. Ibushi 5. tanahashi
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 10, 2020 19:22:41 GMT -5
Does Tanahashi speak English?
It'd be cool to see him have a high-profile run in the states before his career wraps up, but it's tougher to sell a guy who doesn't do promos and doesn't have a cool mask to a mass audience.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 1:16:32 GMT -5
Naito as a tag team with Orange Cassidy.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Dec 11, 2020 8:11:12 GMT -5
Satoshi Kojima
#BreadClub4Loaf
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Post by Viking Hall on Dec 11, 2020 9:18:36 GMT -5
I'd like to see Minoru Suzuki do a year long run of just being a terrifying psycho.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 11, 2020 9:23:00 GMT -5
Ishimori, just to say someone not named already, but obviously, there are a lot of interesting options.
If this was reversed, I'd be curious to see how NJPW fans would take to Luchasaurus, and I know they'd probably adore Jungle Boy, who is the sort of babyface that'd translate seamlessly.
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Bad Moon
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Post by Bad Moon on Dec 11, 2020 13:20:23 GMT -5
Okada is the biggest star and Ibushi is the greatest worker, but AEW's biggest strength is in getting characters and personality over so I think Naito would be the guy they get the most out of.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 15:02:57 GMT -5
There's too many that I don't even want it.
I just want NJPW to have the type of relationship with AEW that they had with WCW, then TNA for a lil bit, then ROH. There's so much good talent that all in one promotion is too many people to book regularly, but dream matches and crossovers and stuff would be great.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 18:30:17 GMT -5
Minoru Suzuki. I don't care if he's in his fifties. He's still a main event calibre talent.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Dec 11, 2020 19:14:25 GMT -5
If I'm being honest, nobody really, especially at a full time jump. I'd prefer NJPW guys, especially top guys, just be NJPW guys, I'd rather, when it's possible (unfortunately I don't think it will be for quite a while), they take more advantage of their access to DDT, because there are a few guys there who don't have quite the exposure but would be talked about like Okada, Naito, Ibushi etc. more abroad if featured in big matches.
If I had to pick though I'd honestly probably go with someone like Shingo or Ishimori. They still feel like freelancers even though they're not, and check all the boxes of the style of wrestling AEW fans seem drawn to.
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Post by cassonova on Dec 12, 2020 11:30:38 GMT -5
That's right, Toru Yano.
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Mochi Lone Wolf
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Dec 14, 2020 22:02:36 GMT -5
Thing is, you have to look for people on the New Japan roster who fit AEW's look. AEW has a feel of a land of misfit toys. So, while the likes of Okada and Tanahashi would be amazing to see(especially Tanahashi), you have to look for talent that are a little more out there in their personality and presentation. With that said, your best bets are any member of Los Ingobernables de Japon, as well as guys like El Desperado, Taichi, Juice Robinson, EVIL, El Phantasmo, KENTA in his current persona.
There are others but, based on my criteria, those are the ones that come off the top of my head.
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Post by The Spelunker! on Dec 14, 2020 23:31:28 GMT -5
Phantasmo or Desperado as they’re both acts who have huge unrealized ceilings that will not likely get there, and haven’t really been exposed at all to the audience here. They’d be great steals that would likely benefit both the worker and the company.
Tanahashi or Osprey would be my dream ones.
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