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Post by Cyno on Jan 4, 2023 22:28:27 GMT -5
This is wonderful.
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Post by chrom on Jan 4, 2023 22:35:58 GMT -5
How long until Kenny and Okada's paths cross once again?
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Jan 4, 2023 22:51:20 GMT -5
How long until Kenny and Okada's paths cross once again? It's happening sometime this year, I think.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Jan 4, 2023 23:28:01 GMT -5
I'm going try to watch New Year Dash live. I know it usually has pretty big things happen right? like new faction feuds, new factions period, etc.
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Post by jm on Jan 4, 2023 23:34:41 GMT -5
How long until Kenny and Okada's paths cross once again? Forbidden Door 2 perhaps?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 5, 2023 2:10:31 GMT -5
I'm going try to watch New Year Dash live. I know it usually has pretty big things happen right? like new faction feuds, new factions period, etc. Often, yeah, like it's their equivalent of the Raw after 'Mania, where it typically will have some indication of what direction storylines are going to go for the year.
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Jan 5, 2023 3:31:05 GMT -5
Just finished myself. Going in I had interest in a few matches, but this was a one match show for me. Omega vs. Ospreay.
And holy hell did it deliver in spades. Nothing came close to that match.
As for the show overall...it was....okay....like no bad matches, but I've seen better of so many of the title matches at Wrestle Kingdoms. I thought the 4 way Jr. Championship was a lock to be neck in neck for MOTN, and it just wasn't. Tag Title match didn't do it for me. Jr. Tag Match had moments, but ultimately was just alright.
Maybe that's just me, but a lot of the matches felt flat coming in, and felt flat when they were done.
Jay White is on another level as a heel, but as others have said he needs a change of scenery, as was also said Jay under HHH would be a license to print money. Jay is the best heel in wrestling bar none. AEW is far too bloated, and too many people are floundering/forgotten there as it is.
I get why Okada won, but he legit made me stop watching New Japan a few years back. I find him boring, and uninteresting. He's a fine athlete and wrestler, but everyone around him shines brighter for me. I did a reaction to the show, and I said that pretty much anyone else vs. White would have been a more interesting match to me. But I get it, especially with Inoki passing, I totally get it. It's the same way how Cena would win the title back, and the product would go cold for me. But hell the fans love him so what do I know?
And the undercard didn't light the world on fire. I may check out New Year's Dash as that usually has some good stuff happening, but the ravenous fan that I was a few years ago seems to still be MIA.
Also Kenny Omega feels so much more special in New Japan. The promos in Japanese, the aura, all of it. The man was made for NJPW, and him being a heel in AEW with the same presentation, only cutting promos in Japanese would be money. I haven't seen "this" Kenny Omega in a long, long time.
Kairi vs. Nakano was good, I wish they'd gotten more time. Respect to Mercedes for doing what so many have been afraid to do: take a risk, and bet on herself. Although her theme song is god awful.
I also still maintain they should never have combined their World and IC belt, and the new IWGP belt still looks awful to me. I've been giving it time to see if I'd warm up to it. And no.
My brain hurts from watching like 6 hours of wrestling, that's all I got for now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2023 3:38:35 GMT -5
How long until Kenny and Okada's paths cross once again? I'm thinking they give it another year, maybe a bit longer. Both guys are still excellent and are firmly cemented active legends, but I think the match would be better without championship implications and is served well by keeping us waiting a bit longer for it to happen. I think Forbidden Door 2024 could work well.
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Post by ANuclearError on Jan 5, 2023 4:32:34 GMT -5
New Year Dash starting now. Going to be weird not having the 50th Anniversary decor around. Not expecting a big angle this time around.
No card announced ahead of time, just need to wait and see who comes out.
First up we have Honma, Tiger Mask and Ren Narita versus House of Torture.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 5, 2023 4:35:27 GMT -5
The House of Torture feels so very, "The Bullet Club sold shirts at Hot Topic, let's be even MORE Hot Topic and that'll make us the best!"
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Post by ANuclearError on Jan 5, 2023 4:36:40 GMT -5
The House of Torture feels so very, "The Bullet Club sold shirts at Hot Topic, let's be even MORE Hot Topic and that'll make us the best!" I always had more of a "lead coffin to contain the toxic spillage" vibe from them. EVIL's heel music is still a banger though.
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Post by Andy Martin on Jan 5, 2023 4:46:51 GMT -5
SUZUKI!
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Post by ANuclearError on Jan 5, 2023 4:50:15 GMT -5
Looks like Narita's got some admirers in Despy and Suzuki. That's a trio I want to see more of. Guessing that'll be our next 6 man belt challenge.
Now we have Taichi, DOUKI and Kanemuru with TAKA. Looks like they're Just Four Guys.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 5, 2023 4:54:05 GMT -5
The House of Torture feels so very, "The Bullet Club sold shirts at Hot Topic, let's be even MORE Hot Topic and that'll make us the best!" I don't get them. EVIL and SHO obviously could both be doing better outside of this, though I guess this is probably more or less Yujiro's ceiling.
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Post by ANuclearError on Jan 5, 2023 4:56:59 GMT -5
Just Four Guys versus United Empire. Taichi, DOUKI and Kanemuru with TAKA versus Ospreay, Akira, and TJP. Amazed to see Will working tonight.
DOUKI pinned one half of the JR tag champs. Guessing we'll see DOUKI and Kanemaru challenge.
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Post by ANuclearError on Jan 5, 2023 5:16:02 GMT -5
Up next is TMDK versus CHAOS.
ZSJ, Haste, Nichols versus Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Ishii.
These would be good feuds for the tag & TV belts.
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Post by chrom on Jan 5, 2023 5:23:11 GMT -5
Ren joining Suzuki is interesting.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 5, 2023 5:25:44 GMT -5
That was a hell of a dropkick.
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Post by chrom on Jan 5, 2023 5:25:48 GMT -5
Sabre taking command of TMDK is just what the group needed after JONAH left.
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Post by chrom on Jan 5, 2023 5:26:21 GMT -5
Beauty of a dropkick
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