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Post by ace on Mar 20, 2024 17:39:04 GMT -5
Wasting that year with SANADA only for everyone to leave sure was a mistake. If only someone would have said that last year when Tsuji challenged for the title.
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 17:39:51 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. They've got to make a new Ace of the Promotion, it's important that they do it now.
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Post by Starshine on Mar 20, 2024 18:15:02 GMT -5
Wasting that year with SANADA only for everyone to leave sure was a mistake. If only someone would have said that last year when Tsuji challenged for the title. I find it funny that there was this long plan to build the guy to run the gambit on his prior stablemates all leading to facing his former leader, which would be a fine story... except that by the time they got there, no one cared about him. Besides that recent Jay White reign where he was in absentia most of the time, I don't remember another title reign from the company being as flat, at least during the Okada era.
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 19:38:37 GMT -5
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 20, 2024 19:53:18 GMT -5
Tsuji winning the title the first time would have been the hotshottyest of hotshots. I don't think it'd have been the right idea, but I also would not have mired SANADA in a dogshit feud with EVIL then tried to pretend it was his fault. Breaking up the original Just Five Guys lineup when they did really did not do anyone any favors, either, since it just distracted from the already weak EVIL feud, further diluting it instead of feeding it. Should have come post-title loss, instead, in order to particularly make any sense. Like, as it is, they had Kanemaru leave the group of the world title holder to... do what, exactly? How did it make any sense?
Now, though, I'd accept it. I do think he'd just be keeping it warm for Zack Sabre Jr. if he *does* win it, but that's fine. Give him a short reign and have him chase to get it back, let him have a taste before ripping it away so fans will ache for it right there with him.
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 20:08:21 GMT -5
Sanada's reign was starting off well, as he had good matches against both Hiromu and Yota. It was only when he got dragged down into feuding with HoT that it went bad.
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Post by ace on Mar 20, 2024 20:23:09 GMT -5
Tsuji winning the title the first time would have been the hotshottyest of hotshots. I don't think it'd have been the right idea, but I also would not have mired SANADA in a dogshit feud with EVIL then tried to pretend it was his fault. Breaking up the original Just Five Guys lineup when they did really did not do anyone any favors, either, since it just distracted from the already weak EVIL feud, further diluting it instead of feeding it. Should have come post-title loss, instead, in order to particularly make any sense. Like, as it is, they had Kanemaru leave the group of the world title holder to... do what, exactly? How did it make any sense? Now, though, I'd accept it. I do think he'd just be keeping it warm for Zack Sabre Jr. if he *does* win it, but that's fine. Give him a short reign and have him chase to get it back, let him have a taste before ripping it away so fans will ache for it right there with him. The only thing that’s changed between now and then is that he went 50/50 a lot and isn’t as hot as he was on day one. This idea that A: hotshotting the young guys isn’t exactly what they needed to do B: SANADA wasn’t cold as f*** and needed the belt off of him Immediately Is completely wrong. I told you last June that Tsuji had to win and exactly why he had to do it. Now here we are. With a Tsuji you’re ready to win? Against an actual top guy…after being started and stopped for the last nine months since the SANADA match? Come on. If you think that was too early…and then watched six months of SANADA on top, the product turn to ice, Tsuji meander around until this tournament…and top guys walk away…but now is fine? You don’t really believe the former. You’re just incapable of admitting you were wrong. It should have happened when he showed up like a bolt of lightning, looking ten times the star the champion was, and they didn’t reek of desperation. That moment is gone. Too soon
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 20:58:08 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2024 21:06:37 GMT -5
Three matches made for Riot.
Shota vs Perry
Nemeth vs Ishii
And a Fatal Fourway for The Strong Tag Belts
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 20, 2024 21:48:38 GMT -5
Tsuji winning the title the first time would have been the hotshottyest of hotshots. I don't think it'd have been the right idea, but I also would not have mired SANADA in a dogshit feud with EVIL then tried to pretend it was his fault. Breaking up the original Just Five Guys lineup when they did really did not do anyone any favors, either, since it just distracted from the already weak EVIL feud, further diluting it instead of feeding it. Should have come post-title loss, instead, in order to particularly make any sense. Like, as it is, they had Kanemaru leave the group of the world title holder to... do what, exactly? How did it make any sense? Now, though, I'd accept it. I do think he'd just be keeping it warm for Zack Sabre Jr. if he *does* win it, but that's fine. Give him a short reign and have him chase to get it back, let him have a taste before ripping it away so fans will ache for it right there with him. The only thing that’s changed between now and then is that he went 50/50 a lot and isn’t as hot as he was on day one. This idea that A: hotshotting the young guys isn’t exactly what they needed to do B: SANADA wasn’t cold as f*** and needed the belt off of him Immediately Is completely wrong. I told you last June that Tsuji had to win and exactly why he had to do it. Now here we are. With a Tsuji you’re ready to win? Against an actual top guy…after being started and stopped for the last nine months since the SANADA match? Come on. If you think that was too early…and then watched six months of SANADA on top, the product turn to ice, Tsuji meander around until this tournament…and top guys walk away…but now is fine? You don’t really believe the former. You’re just incapable of admitting you were wrong. It should have happened when he showed up like a bolt of lightning, looking ten times the star the champion was, and they didn’t reek of desperation. That moment is gone. Too soon If he's cooled off for good, then he ain't shit and giving him the belt would have been a mistake. They don't need a fluke, they need someone they can rely on. Luckily, I think Tsuji has more in the tank than that and that, of the Musketeers, he's definitely the furthest along, though I think Umino has potential, too. I mean, they all do, obviously, but Tsuji's the man. They DO need new stars, but they need to book for both now AND the next 5-10 years. They need staying power.
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 7:12:14 GMT -5
Moxley joins Shota for Sakura Genesis
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 9:41:24 GMT -5
Lineup for Sakura Genesis
Zack Sabre Jr and Kosei Fujita vs Ryusuke Taguchi and El Desperado
Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi vs David Finlay and Gedo
Sanada, Yuya Uemura and Douki vs Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan and Callum Newman
IWGP Jr Tag Championship: War Dogs vs Catch 2/2 vs Intergalactic Jet Setters
IWGP Tag Championship: Kenta and Chase Owens vs Bishamon
IWGP Jr Championship: Sho vs Yoh
Jon Moxley and Shota Umino vs Jack Perry and Ren Narita
Never Openweight Championship: Evil vs Shingo Takagi
IWGP World Championship: Tetsuya Naito vs Yota Tsuji
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 10:01:05 GMT -5
KOPW Title is on the 31st
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Post by Convoy on Mar 21, 2024 10:05:59 GMT -5
Drilla Moloney has cut ties with RevPro, as the owner both (1) refuses to pay him merch royalties and (2) is now selling misprinted Drilla shirts without prior approval. It wouldn’t surprise me if, despite his other issues within UK indies, Ospreay was keeping RevPro honest and humble over the past few years. Moloney has called them home for a while, and even got into NJPW originally by being recruited to United Empire on one of their shows. We’ll see if he works the annual Royal Quest show later this year.
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 10:30:11 GMT -5
Dick move by them
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 10:34:24 GMT -5
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Post by Talent Name on Mar 21, 2024 11:15:14 GMT -5
Sanada's reign was starting off well, as he had good matches against both Hiromu and Yota. It was only when he got dragged down into feuding with HoT that it went bad. Does that make HoT the Don Callis Family of NJPW?
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 11:30:50 GMT -5
Sanada's reign was starting off well, as he had good matches against both Hiromu and Yota. It was only when he got dragged down into feuding with HoT that it went bad. Does that make HoT the Don Callis Family of NJPW? Yep
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 12:11:43 GMT -5
Nemeth vs Ishii is being advertised as non title
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Post by chrom on Mar 21, 2024 15:43:51 GMT -5
Tsuji's talking about undoing the Unification and fully retiring The Intercontinental Title.
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