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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 13, 2024 1:23:17 GMT -5
It took them forever to put the belt on Ibushi and SANADA because they wouldn’t get off their freelancer contracts and become NJPW exclusive. Now, they’ve given the belt to a guy who doesn’t even regularly wrestle in the same country as the company.
Whatever. It’s what they get for not doing developing a successor to Okada and bring obsessed with being a “global” brand.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 13, 2024 1:28:11 GMT -5
The only bit of amusement I get out of this is seeing New Japan going through the same treatment from AEW that they’ve put literally every other puro company through at one point or another.
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Post by Some Guy on Apr 13, 2024 1:34:38 GMT -5
It took them forever to put the belt on Ibushi and SANADA because they wouldn’t get off their freelancer contracts and become NJPW exclusive. Now, they’ve given the belt to a guy who doesn’t even regularly wrestle in the same country as the company. Whatever. It’s what they get for not doing developing a successor to Okada and bring obsessed with being a “global” brand. I disagree with it taking forever to put on SANADA because that implies he ever deserved it, which he did not. Ibushi, well it definitely took way too long but his win was perfect.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 13, 2024 1:40:46 GMT -5
It took them forever to put the belt on Ibushi and SANADA because they wouldn’t get off their freelancer contracts and become NJPW exclusive. Now, they’ve given the belt to a guy who doesn’t even regularly wrestle in the same country as the company. Whatever. It’s what they get for not doing developing a successor to Okada and bring obsessed with being a “global” brand. I disagree with it taking forever to put on SANADA because that implies he ever deserved it, which he did not. Ibushi, well it definitely took way too long but his win was perfect. I wouldn’t say it was perfect. It was the during the pandemic era in front of a limited clap crowd at the dome. Not anyone’s fault but it definitely deserved to have the same fanfare Naito’s double title win did in 2020.
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Post by chrom on Apr 13, 2024 1:55:56 GMT -5
Mox isn't some guy who just showed up, he's been part of New Japan events for the past five years, whether in America or Japan. It was the first place he showed up after he left WWE. The fans there love him as well.
It's not really a big surprise that he won.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Apr 13, 2024 2:53:35 GMT -5
I wonder who will take it off him and if there will be an unexpected buffer title change to get it back on a NJPW guy. Naito fans have to be pissed but who is going to take it?
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Post by ANuclearError on Apr 13, 2024 3:05:00 GMT -5
Just woke up and seen the result of the main event.
I would have preferred if Naito held on until Dominion. However, I do think there is a scenario where things play out nicely.
We have Dontaku and Resurgence where there'll likely be defences of the belt in quick succession . We'll then have BoSJ where Mox isn't going to be as essential, so we could see him represent the belt in AEW during this time to round off May
We then have Dominion and Forbidden Door in June. Either of these events would be fine for dropping the belt, though I think the reign should end in Japan if you start it in the US, think the optics of a reign starting and ending in the US isn't great.
So Moxley dropping at Dominion followed by losing the rematch at Forbidden Door would actually be a reasonable path. I think Mox can take two defeats in a month at this point, his credibility is untouchable really.
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Post by chrom on Apr 13, 2024 5:44:48 GMT -5
I wonder who will take it off him and if there will be an unexpected buffer title change to get it back on a NJPW guy. Naito fans have to be pissed but who is going to take it? I think Shota at Dominion or Forbidden Door
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Post by chrom on Apr 13, 2024 5:55:27 GMT -5
As I mentioned earlier, odd that Nemeth/Ishii wasn't a title match
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 13, 2024 6:13:15 GMT -5
I wonder who will take it off him and if there will be an unexpected buffer title change to get it back on a NJPW guy. Naito fans have to be pissed but who is going to take it? I know they just put the TV belt back on him, but I'm still thinking ZSJ. Assuming TK gets to decide the matches for Forbidden Door, and therefore gets to decide who Mox loses to, I just get the feeling he'd want Mox/ZSJ more than he'd want Mox/Shota.
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Post by chrom on Apr 13, 2024 6:52:25 GMT -5
Team Filthy is no more
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Post by AwamoriRock on Apr 13, 2024 8:21:19 GMT -5
I wonder who will take it off him and if there will be an unexpected buffer title change to get it back on a NJPW guy. Naito fans have to be pissed but who is going to take it? Naito will just win it back
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 13, 2024 8:31:31 GMT -5
I wonder who will take it off him and if there will be an unexpected buffer title change to get it back on a NJPW guy. Naito fans have to be pissed but who is going to take it? Naito will just win it back Probably so, yeah. If it's at Forbidden Door, hopefully the t-shirt comes off.
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Post by chrom on Apr 13, 2024 10:46:32 GMT -5
Two title matches tomorrow
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Post by Error on Apr 13, 2024 11:21:01 GMT -5
So I saw that Riddle no sold his loss and match to ZSJ, dancing and high fiving fans as he left. Gee, wonder why MLW is the only place wanting him?
And who would have thought during the "Dean Ambrose isn't real" era that he would go on to become one of the biggest and most important stars in wrestling just 12 years later?
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Post by Convoy on Apr 13, 2024 12:37:52 GMT -5
Might just continue this thread for Dontaku, as that kicks off in a week and then we have All Together a few days after.
We can make a new thread for BOSJ/Resurgence/Dominion/DESPE-invitacional. It's always nice to build the OP for tournaments with all their info and score-keeping.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Apr 13, 2024 12:56:45 GMT -5
I wonder who will take it off him and if there will be an unexpected buffer title change to get it back on a NJPW guy. Naito fans have to be pissed but who is going to take it? Naito will just win it back I think that's what will happen. Mox drops it back to Naito then Tsuji or Shota gets coronated by beating Naito at WK. I think they'll want their next guy to go over their own top full-time guy to cement them. In an ideal world they would have done it with Okada before he left.
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Post by Some Guy on Apr 13, 2024 13:12:28 GMT -5
People would probably get mad but I'd honestly rather Mox hold it until Wrestlekingdom and lose it to Shooter after he wins the G1/have Mox go through all the young guys before ending at him.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 13, 2024 15:19:28 GMT -5
Matt Riddle is a guy who had everything waiting for him in wrestling and pissed it away by being an idiot.
He’s lucky ZSJ is, by all accounts, a consummate professional. Someone like Minoru Suzuki might not have responded as well to his bullshit.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 13, 2024 15:20:54 GMT -5
People would probably get mad but I'd honestly rather Mox hold it until Wrestlekingdom and lose it to Shooter after he wins the G1/have Mox go through all the young guys before ending at him. If he can defend it regularly, I’d end up not minding that too much.
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