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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Mar 17, 2021 10:38:04 GMT -5
Has Alvarez lost his mind? It's pretty consistent with his opinions on the Miz. Guy gets really fired up about specific execution things, and can miss the value of the whole package.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 11:35:45 GMT -5
Has Alvarez lost his mind? Alvarez got worked, hard. Also they can't stop talking about her on their channel recently so I think that kind of leads to examples of her overness currently... simply talking about her gets views.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 11:37:12 GMT -5
That would, in fact, be the f***ing dirt worst holy shit. I'm really not sure what this is directed at? Maki going full time with AEW and no longer working Japan? I mean AEW's been her dream, but AEW's been very flexible with Joshi and working Japan... but it wouldn't shock me if they wanna give Maki a full deal down the line.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 17, 2021 11:41:45 GMT -5
Has Alvarez lost his mind? It's pretty consistent with his opinions on the Miz. Guy gets really fired up about specific execution things, and can miss the value of the whole package. He was really down on her in ring work last week on Dynamite and to be fair, it wasn't her best match. He's definitely leaning way too hard on that one performance though. I haven't seen a ton of her Japanese work but she's been serviceable to good in every AEW match thus far. I like Bryan but he sometimes harps on something too much when he gets a lot of push back.
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Post by toodarkmark on Mar 17, 2021 12:15:22 GMT -5
Has Alvarez lost his mind? Alvarez, and many journalists, get attacked all day for liking AEW. So they have to be hyper critical of something if they don't like it, to seem balanced for all the anti-AEW people online. There's one journalist I loved, and he was really enjoying AEW, until he constantly got email after email, comment after comment about how AEW was paying him, and now he's negative about really good segments. It's what happens. Noise ruins good things. Great thing about Maki is she uses the negative noise and builds on it.
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Post by pinja on Mar 17, 2021 12:23:13 GMT -5
Did I misunderstand? He said her punches are bad, that she's green, but that being green is no shame and that she'll improve. Seems like a reasonable sentiment overall.
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Post by eJm on Mar 17, 2021 12:41:40 GMT -5
Did I misunderstand? He said her punches are bad, that she's green, but that being green is no shame and that she'll improve. Seems like a reasonable sentiment overall. Yeah, and it seems she’s improved from where she was a couple of years ago so makes sense. Having said that, he didn’t need to start the Maki/Kairi debate. Wars have been started for less.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 12:51:58 GMT -5
Maki will improve. Riho's a 13 Year Veteran and comparing her strikes from even last year to this year is like night and day
It's really not impossible. Helps she's also only 25, she's not even close to what a wrestling prime is yet.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 17, 2021 13:26:24 GMT -5
That sick smile she had while the ref counted to five was just ace.
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Post by Bo Rida on Mar 17, 2021 15:47:13 GMT -5
I've seen three matches of hers and can appreciate there's some depth to the character, hum her theme and instantly think of a few signature spots and catchphrases.
There are wrestlers I've watched for years I can't say that about.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Mar 17, 2021 22:20:29 GMT -5
So the announcement she made is that while AEW gave her more confidence she’s ever felt, she’s staying in TJPW because her goal is to be the top of it. I was ready to translate stuff but the thread below is better to read as it does the whole stream perfectly. twitter.com/ddtpro_eng/status/1372379071645065219?s=21My personal favorite things about this is how much she likes Taco Bell and when told about how she has haters, she welcomes them to hate her and considers them as simps too Part of her announcement was challenging for the tjpw title as well
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Post by Dub H on Mar 17, 2021 22:23:24 GMT -5
So the announcement she made is that while AEW gave her more confidence she’s ever felt, she’s staying in TJPW because her goal is to be the top of it. I was ready to translate stuff but the thread below is better to read as it does the whole stream perfectly. Pretty much a kayfabe reason on why she wont appear more,i'm sure TJPW currently has big plans for Maki and down the line after the pandemic we will see her again.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Mar 17, 2021 22:26:56 GMT -5
So the announcement she made is that while AEW gave her more confidence she’s ever felt, she’s staying in TJPW because her goal is to be the top of it. I was ready to translate stuff but the thread below is better to read as it does the whole stream perfectly. Pretty much a kayfabe reason on why she wont appear more,i'm sure TJPW currently has big plans for Maki and down the line after the pandemic we will see her again. She’s challenging for the title so that’s definitely big. Her committing to tjpw doesn’t mean she can’t appear, just sparingly like Yuka does. Keep in mind tjpw has an international title they essentially made to use for aew matches and both maki and Rosa have held it. The current holder is Kamiyu who speaks fluent English. I imagine itoh gets it in the near future as it’s meant to be used in international matches.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 17, 2021 23:03:38 GMT -5
So the announcement she made is that while AEW gave her more confidence she’s ever felt, she’s staying in TJPW because her goal is to be the top of it. I was ready to translate stuff but the thread below is better to read as it does the whole stream perfectly. My personal favorite things about this is how much she likes Taco Bell and when told about how she has haters, she welcomes them to hate her and considers them as simps too Part of her announcement was challenging for the tjpw title as well We'll see her when Pandeic restrictions lessen, but if she returns with the TJPW title it'd be an even bigger moment.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Mar 17, 2021 23:18:02 GMT -5
So the announcement she made is that while AEW gave her more confidence she’s ever felt, she’s staying in TJPW because her goal is to be the top of it. I was ready to translate stuff but the thread below is better to read as it does the whole stream perfectly. My personal favorite things about this is how much she likes Taco Bell and when told about how she has haters, she welcomes them to hate her and considers them as simps too Part of her announcement was challenging for the tjpw title as well We'll see her when Pandeic restrictions lessen, but if she returns with the TJPW title it'd be an even bigger moment. Very unlikely she wins the top title anytime soon, but I think she might have the international title when she next shows up, would be a great way to have aew/tjpw wrestlers visit each other’s promotion
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Post by Welfare Willis on Mar 18, 2021 0:44:23 GMT -5
Has Alvarez lost his mind? Alvarez got worked, hard. Also they can't stop talking about her on their channel recently so I think that kind of leads to examples of her overness currently... simply talking about her gets views. The thing about Alverez is I think his radio personality took over. I mean he has always been this way but there are times when he argues with Meltzer and I'm just like, "Shut up and let Dave talk".
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 18, 2021 4:25:37 GMT -5
We'll see her when Pandeic restrictions lessen, but if she returns with the TJPW title it'd be an even bigger moment. Very unlikely she wins the top title anytime soon, but I think she might have the international title when she next shows up, would be a great way to have aew/tjpw wrestlers visit each other’s promotion Yeah, I love Maki, but her winning the Princess of Princess title right now would feel more motivated to capitalize on international attention on her than something reflecting where she ought to be right now. Like, she's getting better, but she's not "top champion" better right now unless there was a justification like some sort of transitional reign.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Mar 18, 2021 16:50:51 GMT -5
Very unlikely she wins the top title anytime soon, but I think she might have the international title when she next shows up, would be a great way to have aew/tjpw wrestlers visit each other’s promotion Yeah, I love Maki, but her winning the Princess of Princess title right now would feel more motivated to capitalize on international attention on her than something reflecting where she ought to be right now. Like, she's getting better, but she's not "top champion" better right now unless there was a justification like some sort of transitional reign. ehhhhhh Itoh's no worse than Miu Watanabe, and we were supposed to take her seriously as a contender. She's not much worse than Rika (who I may well be underrating because I have never liked her at all). But TJPW has never been a promotion to do something like hotshot a title reign; they take their longform storytelling seriously. But it wouldn't be hard to have her vie for the title, especially if they finally decide to give Sakisama a reign or if Miyu wins again.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 18, 2021 16:54:29 GMT -5
Yeah, I love Maki, but her winning the Princess of Princess title right now would feel more motivated to capitalize on international attention on her than something reflecting where she ought to be right now. Like, she's getting better, but she's not "top champion" better right now unless there was a justification like some sort of transitional reign. ehhhhhh Itoh's no worse than Miu Watanabe, and we were supposed to take her seriously as a contender. She's not much worse than Rika (who I may well be underrating because I have never liked her at all). But TJPW has never been a promotion to do something like hotshot a title reign; they take their longform storytelling seriously. But it wouldn't be hard to have her vie for the title, especially if they finally decide to give Sakisama a reign or if Miyu wins again. Challenging for the title, totally, I'm down for that, but I was talking more about if Maki Itoh won it. I feel like that day will come, she has a lot of potential, but not just yet as a main event talent.
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Post by Glitch on Mar 18, 2021 17:27:10 GMT -5
I love how she read out loud the english translations from twitter of what she was saying. That's so Maki.
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