LEGION Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 That's awesome. Have a great time and kick some Young Lions, if you have the chance And yeah. Suzuki is a surprisingly chill guy irl, which you would never guess with his character and history. The fact that he's a huge One Piece fan and even appeared on the spin-off is a minor give-away though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 - NJPW spoke with Jado about his old friend, Chris Jericho and his upcoming match against Kenny Omega. Jado talked about Jericho being the challenger in the match and NJPW being able to put together a match that WWE couldn't. "I think his radar picked up that Kenny's doing big things and that they're from the same home town of Winnipeg, so he decided something had to happen," Jado said. "Again, I thought that it's really like him, to have the intuition to choose Kenny who's on such a rise. And he did it on NJPW World so the whole world could see. He wanted to send that message, 'I'm number one in Canada, and I'm number one in the world'. But I think this is a bigger topic in America than it is here. I mean, with this match, New Japan is doing something that WWE couldn't hope to put together. There's probably a lot of pissed off people over there right now [Laughs]." - Via Yahoo! Japan, Kenny Omega was interviewed more about which match should go on last at Wrestle Kingdom 12. He maintains that Naito vs. Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship should go last, since he lost to Naito at the G1 Climax Finals and couldn't beat Okada for the title, but still thinks the world is going to be watching Jericho vs. Omega. Chris Charlton (@reasonjp) transcribed his words to English, which you can read below. https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/945931868678979586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/945932134757277696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/1227/635319/njpw-star-on-what-match-wwe-couldnt-put-together/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 And yeah. Suzuki is a surprisingly chill guy irl, which you would never guess with his character and history. The fact that he's a huge One Piece fan and even appeared on the spin-off is a minor give-away though I heard a story that a guy at a signing asked him to sign a Lion Mark flag and he flat out refused and looked disgusted, so he keeps the gimmick going, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Chris Jericho recently appeared on the Ross Report (via wrestlinginc.com), here are the highlights… On Building The Match With Omega: “I think when this match was made, Alpha vs. Omega, Jericho vs. Omega, a month-and-a-half ago in Osaka [Japan] or wherever it was, it makes me laugh that people think, ‘Jericho announces a match, here we go, it’s going to be a big match, we’ll see you in Tokyo [Japan] in a few months on January 4 [2018]!’ As if I wouldn’t do something to build an angle. I’m too much of a disciple of Vince McMahon/Bill Watts/Stu Hart. Any great promoter would do an angle to build the match, to sell the tickets. So once again, in Fukuoka, Japan and I attacked Kenny Omega from behind, nobody saw that coming. And I love that! To me, that’s what [pro] wrestling’s all about. When you can surprise the fans and the ‘smart marks’ that think they know everything, but they don’t know anything, it makes me laugh because even you, Jim, would understand as an old school guy, of course I’m going to build an angle! Of course I’m going to do that. That’s what wrestling is!” On Getting Physical With Omega: “He’s a great performer,” Jericho said. “He’s a great worker. And once again, it was pretty heavy stuff. And [Ross] know this, in 2017, for some reason, if you get busted open, your mentor Gordon Solie, ‘his face is a crimson mask’ and that’s what it was. And we don’t see that a lot. For me, I think it has been 10 years since someone has been busted open in a match that I was involved with and it felt good. There [are] certain rules and regulations that we have to abide by in the United States, in the WWE at this point in time, so to come into New Japan and have no rule, but there [are] still rules, I mean, listen, I understand the concept of [pro] wrestling, so I know what to do, but to have Kenny Omega busted open and to feel that, maybe, power, vibe, or energy, there’s nothing like it. And in the right circumstances, when you can bust somebody open, when you can get some color, as we used to say, it means the world because people understand that more than anything. This is the real deal. After 10 years to have a guy I’ve never been in the ring with, to see the reaction of the people, the reaction of the worldwide audience, and to see those pictures that were taken of Kenny Omega with the aforementioned crimson mask, wow, that sells tickets!” On His Match With Kenny Omega Being The Biggest In Pro Wrestling Today: “This is a Tokyo Dome main event and if you can’t have some color and have someone busted open for that, when can you have it? And to me, this is the biggest match in [pro] wrestling today because we’ve seen [John] Cena vs. [brock] Lesnar, we’ve seen Roman [Reigns] vs. Cena, we’ve seen those matches. They’ve done those a couple of months ago. Tell me any other match in wrestling today, any country with any combination that has a bigger buzz than Alpha vs. Omega, Jericho vs. Omega. I don’t think you can do that.” https://411mania.com/wrestling/chris-jericho-says-match-kenny-omega-biggest-pro-wrestling-today/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beardd Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Chris Jericho recently appeared on the Ross Report (via wrestlinginc.com), here are the highlights… On Building The Match With Omega: To me, that’s what [pro] wrestling’s all about. When you can surprise the fans and the ‘smart marks’ that think they know everything, but they don’t know anything, it makes me laugh because even you, Jim, would understand as an old school guy, of course I’m going to build an angle! Of course I’m going to do that. That’s what wrestling is!” Hehehehehe. Love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 You're getting worked. So NJPW will be making an announcement regarding a New Japan video game at the WK fan fest on the 3rd. Hope it's a full blast wrestling game, not just a full release of the horse racing game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 I would play the shit out of that horse racing game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 It's weird seeing Warzecha in a suit since he's usually dressed very casually on Afterbuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lunchbox Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 So two days away.....who ya got?! Roppongi 3K over Young Bucks Taguchi Japan over Bullet Club, CHAOS, Suzuki Gun and War Machine/Elgin Kota over Codi LIJ over KSE Goto over Suzuki; Goto's hair is too beautiful KUSHIA over Scrull, Ospray, and Takahashi Tanahashi over Jay White Omega over Jericho Natio over Okada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGPLX. Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Roppongi 3K Bullet Club Ibushi EVIL/Sanada Goto Takahashi (really unsure about this one) Tanahashi Omega Naito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 BUSHI winning the Rumble 3K over Bucks Bullet Club retaining the 6 Man belts Kota over Cody LIJ over KES Goto shaves Suzuki Hiromu wins back Mr. Belto Jay White beats Tana Omega retains Naito wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E#37 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Roppongi 3K GOD & Fale Cody Evil & Sanada Suzuki Takahashi Tanahashi Omega Natio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MopOfVirtue Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Here are my predictions: Bushi to win the NJPW Rumble Roppongi 3K Bullet Club Ibushi LIJ Suzuki Hiromu White Omega Naito Also, fan fest was today, and it was awesome. I held a full scale official replica of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, there were in-ring promos for most of the matches, Suzuki and Goto almost brawled, and the Young Lions showed some good progress. Oka, Kitamura, Yagi and Kawato all look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Monster promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 With nL discording these shows, I look forward to it so much more. Usually can't sit through an entire NJPW in one sitting, but I'm rather hyped for this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 So glad that I have the day off tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Just watched the promos from the fan fest and Ospreay and Jay White had really good ones. Surprised there was no Jericho/Omega but I guess it makes sense in kayfabe. Oh and Tanga Roa's promo is must watch as well. The whole event is free on NJPWWorld, fyi. Jericho dedicating his match to a couple of old friends... https://www.instagram.com/p/BdfXpUjlQnS/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willows Way Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 With nL discording these shows, I look forward to it so much more. Usually can't sit through an entire NJPW in one sitting, but I'm rather hyped for this show. Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Just watched the promos from the fan fest and Ospreay and Jay White had really good ones. Surprised there was no Jericho/Omega but I guess it makes sense in kayfabe. Oh and Tanga Roa's promo is must watch as well. The whole event is free on NJPWWorld, fyi. Jericho dedicating his match to a couple of old friends... https://www.instagram.com/p/BdfXpUjlQnS/ Yooooooo, the whole PPV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 I'm gonna be catching a replay because *Censored* staying up all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St★rstruck Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 I'm debating on staying awake until 3 AM to watch this, but thankfully my plans for tomorrow (and probabaly the rest of the week) got cancelled because this shitty weather...so I just might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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