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Post by chrom on Mar 18, 2024 15:40:11 GMT -5
Sanada they wanna rebuild so Goto is more expendable at this point
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Post by chrom on Mar 18, 2024 17:34:33 GMT -5
Tanga has made a challenge to O-Khan
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 18, 2024 21:44:30 GMT -5
If SANADA wins, eh, it just means he goes to face Naito again and loses, which isn't super interesting. Tsuji at least would get his first Cup and gets to avenge losing to SANADA before.
I do like SANADA more than I guess most of us do here in these threads, but winning the Cup two years in a row would do a lot less for him.
I am kind of glad Goto didn't win because I just do not have faith he's ever winning the title. Of course, he might get a Nakanishi "thanks, man" win sometime, and I'd welcome that, but I am not holding my breath. It's just not something NJPW does often.
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Post by chrom on Mar 19, 2024 8:47:22 GMT -5
Finals start at 4 tomorrow
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Post by chrom on Mar 19, 2024 11:12:42 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Mar 19, 2024 12:38:43 GMT -5
Rocky and Mascara Dorada advanced to the finals of CMLL's Parejas Tournament. The tourney they hold where rivals of different alignments have to team up.
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Post by chrom on Mar 19, 2024 18:07:39 GMT -5
Today's Taichi's birthday
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 6:19:16 GMT -5
Tsuji is The 2024 New Japan Cup winner
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 6:20:13 GMT -5
Will challenge Naito at Sakura Genesis
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 6:23:48 GMT -5
Having a staredown with Naito who asks him if he's ready
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 6:32:18 GMT -5
Tsuji said he'll take New Japan to new heights
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 7:49:45 GMT -5
First time ever LIJ members face off with a title on the line
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 8:48:56 GMT -5
It was a good finals
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 9:50:18 GMT -5
Goto tried and failed to do the Rainmaker
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 10:20:46 GMT -5
Shingo made a challenge for the Never Title
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Post by Convoy on Mar 20, 2024 13:06:47 GMT -5
Goto's journey was obviously unexpected, but they should be very proud of that Cup Final. That was a great match to end things on. It felt like they telegraphed Goto losing earlier in the night with both Chase/KENTA antagonizing YOSHI and Shingo challenging for the NEVER, but I still bit at the Shouten Kai pin. Tsuji has wrestled a diverse and fun tournament, and you can't tell me any of Umino, Uemura or Narita could put those matches together back-to-back as well. We saw power, speed, shenanigans and blunt force matched perfectly along his path. He is something special regardless of how Sakura Genesis ends.
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 13:10:00 GMT -5
Nemeth has challenged Ishii for Windy City Riot
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 14:02:43 GMT -5
I think it's time to pull the trigger on Yota and have him win it.
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 16:05:14 GMT -5
Shota promised he was gonna have someone with him to face Perry
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Mar 20, 2024 17:12:48 GMT -5
I think it's time to pull the trigger on Yota and have him win it. I mean yeah, NJPW has the most absolutely dire main event scene of any company not named NWA, so they really can't afford to be killing young stars right now. I mean they have Naito whose knees are being held together by bubblegum and the wishes of small children, Sanada whose title run they utterly sabotaged last year after spending 7 years repeatedly demonstrating to the fans was not at a main event level, David "We have Jay White at home" Finlay, and The House of Torture (I don't even need a snarky comment, their existence speaks for itself.) The only bright spots they have are Zack Sabre Jr., Shota Umino and Yota Tsuji, but they have to pull the trigger on them f***ing yesterday.
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