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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 30, 2021 7:39:33 GMT -5
Yeah, it was Tanahashi requesting for Jericho to grant him a title shot if Tana beat him, and Jericho accepted that. It was never anything necessarily "official". I forget if NJPW mentioned it themselves in the promotion or not. They talked about it on commentary but then that isn’t really so much NJPW themselves as Kevin Kelly just helping to add drama to things. Makes sense, though I imagine if it had been verboten, they would have probably told him ahead of time not to mention it. Personally, I'm not entirely sure what exactly I want to happen. I would love to see a relationship between the two companies, not the least reason being that I really want NJPW to get further Western exposure, but it makes it really difficult to picture exactly what form that's going to take during a pandemic, between travel restrictions and just safety concerns. Moxley mentioned Tokyo, so presumably, the plan is just to keep it clear that the match will be happening, but obviously, plans can change. Worst comes to worst, he could lose it on a Strong, but that does not appear to be what NJPW wants to do.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Jan 30, 2021 8:46:37 GMT -5
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jan 30, 2021 10:05:07 GMT -5
For one, I've been a huge fan of most of these guys dating back to their New Japan days so I'd love some crossover just for storyline purposes (and you know the matches would be fantastic). But something else worth mentioning is that a lot of the wrestlers on podcasts have mentioned how hard it's been wrestling only once or twice a week because your body just isn't as used to the bumps as it once was. I think a lot of these guys would love to work more and this gives them a chance to do that if the door gets opened. And that's especially true for the younger guys. I'd love to see Top Flight get some experience with the New Japan juniors. They'll get better faster and give us some fun matches along the way.
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Post by 67 more on Jan 30, 2021 10:27:44 GMT -5
Yeah, it was Tanahashi requesting for Jericho to grant him a title shot if Tana beat him, and Jericho accepted that. It was never anything necessarily "official". I forget if NJPW mentioned it themselves in the promotion or not. They talked about it on commentary but then that isn’t really so much NJPW themselves as Kevin Kelly just helping to add drama to things. The videos at the time were also put up on NJPW World of them challenging each other, don't know if they're still there. EDIT: Oh, here we go, Jericho's challenge is actually in the VTR for the match so would've been seen at Wrestle Kingdom njpwworld.com/p/o_original_0158_63
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Post by bob on Jan 30, 2021 10:31:02 GMT -5
who is Kenta?
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Post by 67 more on Jan 30, 2021 10:38:15 GMT -5
If a genuine question, he was Hideo Itami on NXT and 205 Live. Was GHC champ for NOAH before joining WWE. He left 205 at the start of 2019, joined the G1, turned heel and joined Bullet Club and had a career resurgence, winning the NEVER title and had a big profile IWGP double title match last February. Won the New Japan USA Cup earning the right to challenge Mox for the US title. If not a genuine question, please ignore.
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Post by Tenshigure on Jan 30, 2021 11:03:48 GMT -5
If a genuine question, he was Hideo Itami on NXT and 205 Live. Was GHC champ for NOAH before joining WWE. He left 205 at the start of 2019, joined the G1, turned heel and joined Bullet Club and had a career resurgence, winning the NEVER title and had a big profile IWGP double title match last February. Won the New Japan USA Cup earning the right to challenge Mox for the US title. If not a genuine question, please ignore. Also the guy that innovated the Go To Sleep, and more than a decade later still (kayfabe?) wants his royalty check from CM Punk for using it!
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Post by bob on Jan 30, 2021 11:18:43 GMT -5
If a genuine question, he was Hideo Itami on NXT and 205 Live. Was GHC champ for NOAH before joining WWE. He left 205 at the start of 2019, joined the G1, turned heel and joined Bullet Club and had a career resurgence, winning the NEVER title and had a big profile IWGP double title match last February. Won the New Japan USA Cup earning the right to challenge Mox for the US title. If not a genuine question, please ignore. Also the guy that innovated the Go To Sleep, and more than a decade later still (kayfabe?) wants his royalty check from CM Punk for using it! genuine question all I know about him is that for some reason he used to use all uppercase letters in his name years ago, not sure if he still does
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Jan 30, 2021 11:22:12 GMT -5
Also the guy that innovated the Go To Sleep, and more than a decade later still (kayfabe?) wants his royalty check from CM Punk for using it! genuine question all I know about him is that for some reason he used to use all uppercase letters in his name years ago, not sure if he still does He generally still does. Japanese wrestlers have their name in all caps to indicate that it is written in Romanji/the Roman alphabet instead of hiragana, kanji, or katakana. (This was itself a choice to distinguish his name from Kenta Kobashi, who was the biggest star in Japan and in the same promotion as KENTA when the latter debuted. KENTA's real name is Kenta Kobayashi, so the need for distinction was palpable.)
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 30, 2021 11:30:14 GMT -5
genuine question all I know about him is that for some reason he used to use all uppercase letters in his name years ago, not sure if he still does He generally still does. Japanese wrestlers have their name in all caps to indicate that it is written in Romanji/the Roman alphabet instead of hiragana, kanji, or katakana. (This was itself a choice to distinguish his name from Kenta Kobashi, who was the biggest star in Japan and in the same promotion as KENTA when the latter debuted. KENTA's real name is Kenta Kobayashi, so the need for distinction was palpable.) It also seems to often be something that heel or rough around the edges character do a lot, I notice.
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2021 11:31:03 GMT -5
This is the biggest news piece. Moxley has only been allowed to appear for NJPW in Japan. He didn't wrestle here but it's definitely a move in the right direction. There's also this: That about confirms there's at least something here AEW promoting this to let their fans know more so Moxley is getting into this altercation is something they didn't have to do, but they did This would be huge obviously. I honestly wonder if Beach Break's gonna have a huge ending. no it doesn't you guys so want there to be something beetween NJPW and AEW and there just ins't right now just Moxley has been in NJPW for abaout as long as long he has AEW we knew this was gonna happen eventually because oh idk MOX is a champ in NJPW
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Jan 30, 2021 12:21:44 GMT -5
That about confirms there's at least something here AEW promoting this to let their fans know more so Moxley is getting into this altercation is something they didn't have to do, but they did This would be huge obviously. I honestly wonder if Beach Break's gonna have a huge ending. no it doesn't you guys so want there to be something beetween NJPW and AEW and there just ins't right now just Moxley has been in NJPW for abaout as long as long he has AEW we knew this was gonna happen eventually because oh idk MOX is a champ in NJPW Going to start saving posts like this.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 30, 2021 12:31:56 GMT -5
That about confirms there's at least something here AEW promoting this to let their fans know more so Moxley is getting into this altercation is something they didn't have to do, but they did This would be huge obviously. I honestly wonder if Beach Break's gonna have a huge ending. no it doesn't you guys so want there to be something beetween NJPW and AEW and there just ins't right now just Moxley has been in NJPW for abaout as long as long he has AEW we knew this was gonna happen eventually because oh idk MOX is a champ in NJPW I get that you're probably worked up, but do you want to maybe compose yourself first? Like, this isn't worth getting really mad about.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 30, 2021 13:03:06 GMT -5
That about confirms there's at least something here AEW promoting this to let their fans know more so Moxley is getting into this altercation is something they didn't have to do, but they did This would be huge obviously. I honestly wonder if Beach Break's gonna have a huge ending. no it doesn't you guys so want there to be something beetween NJPW and AEW and there just ins't right now just Moxley has been in NJPW for abaout as long as long he has AEW we knew this was gonna happen eventually because oh idk MOX is a champ in NJPW It doesn't hurt to hope for something even if something doesn't happen at this time, that's one of the joys of being a wrestling fan, is thinking of dream scenarios. As someone else said it's not something to get pissed over, I certainly am not going to if nothing in fact does happen, I just wanna be excited about possibilities
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Post by . on Jan 30, 2021 13:25:57 GMT -5
I'd rather nothing come of it. Really don't see much benefit in them working together. ..lol,what? You don't see the benefit of having (eventually) cross-promotional events and matches and talent swaps? Alright then.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2021 13:30:39 GMT -5
Whether this is just Mox defending/dropping the belt or if this is the start of an actual crossover remains unknown to us.
There are people here saying that there is no way AEW and NJPW are working together. How do we know that one way or another?
There is something to be said for the fact that Moxley is feuding with both the Japanese and American Bullet Clubs at the same time though.
There is also something to be said for Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi being World Champs of two companies that may or may not be working together.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 30, 2021 13:40:20 GMT -5
I'd rather nothing come of it. Really don't see much benefit in them working together. ..lol,what? You don't see the benefit of having (eventually) cross-promotional events and matches and talent swaps? Alright then. I will never understand this way of thinking tbh. The prospect of crossover and big dream matches even if they were to save them for like a ROH/NJPW style big card down the road, absolutely has appeal and would have appeal for a lot of fans of wrestling.
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2021 14:01:34 GMT -5
no it doesn't you guys so want there to be something beetween NJPW and AEW and there just ins't right now just Moxley has been in NJPW for abaout as long as long he has AEW we knew this was gonna happen eventually because oh idk MOX is a champ in NJPW Going to start saving posts like this. i’m not worked up at all
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Jan 30, 2021 14:36:01 GMT -5
..lol,what? You don't see the benefit of having (eventually) cross-promotional events and matches and talent swaps? Alright then. I will never understand this way of thinking tbh. The prospect of crossover and big dream matches even if they were to save them for like a ROH/NJPW style big card down the road, absolutely has appeal and would have appeal for a lot of fans of wrestling. I mean, I understand the skepticism from a “who loses and who wins” type of deal. Like, I’m sure NJPW officials don’t want Okada to come in just to lose a bunch of matches to Cody and make one of their top guys look like shit. And on the same side of the coin (heh), I’m sure Tony Khan wouldn’t want his guys just to get their shit kicked in by NJPW wrestlers in every match. I just figure their’s gonna be people on both sides working together to make sure all companies and talent come out of this looking good.
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Post by clifford on Jan 30, 2021 15:19:26 GMT -5
You know...they've really been pushing the whole 'Bullet Club' aspect of The Elite and the Good Brothers forming an alliance...and KENTA and plenty of other 'actual' BC members are on Strong...
I wonder if we could see some good brother or even perhaps...the AEW world champion, who Moxley is currently feuding with, make an appearance in the likely Mox/KENTA title match?
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