Guest Fight Me. Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 I'm *censored*ing hyped about Chris Sabin. I think Shelley wants to do Japan again, but says he's back in school right now and can't be flying overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Ha, neeeeeerd! https://twitter.com/suzuki_D_minoru/status/993721830027378688 June 23rd, Okada vs Suzuki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fight Me. Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Is Omega/Okada IV before or after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffan Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Scurll is as much a rival of his as is Taguchi. Hell, right now Despy is a bigger rival than Scurll. Dragon Lee and KUSHIDA though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Is Omega/Okada IV before or after that? Before, Dominion is on the 9th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Trying to get caught up now. I really don't know what I should watch, or when I even dropped off. But I'm starting with the Dontaku event from the 4th. Guess I'll just watch that and then try to do a better job of keeping up with the new stuff. Lol @ them hyping the return of Bone Soldier as a big deal. Captain *censored*ing New Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmVD Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Trying to get caught up now. I really don't know what I should watch, or when I even dropped off. But I'm starting with the Dontaku event from the 4th. Guess I'll just watch that and then try to do a better job of keeping up with the new stuff. Lol @ them hyping the return of Bone Soldier as a big deal. Captain *censored*ing New Japan. Well Bone Soldier is being played by someone who isn't ass, this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 You know what? I was listening to the Super J cast (previous Purocast) and it hit me that Cody is pretty much The Miz of NJPW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Vercetti Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/rossonrasslin/status/993900482526633984?s=21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmVD Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 You know what? I was listening to the Super J cast (previous Purocast) and it hit me that Cody is pretty much The Miz of NJPW. Those two have the Joey Ryan effect for me. From the bits that I've seen of Joey's sleazy/Hollywood Submission Machine run in PWG, the most important bits of him were before and after the matches. During the matches, he was passable but nothing to go out of your way to see, unless it was a gimmick match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 But people come to see Joey Ryan because of a spot in his matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmVD Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 But people come to see Joey Ryan because of a spot in his matches. I'm talking about pre-Dick Flip era Joey Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Oh, my bad. Misread your post. Daisuke Sekimoto vs Shota Umino tomorrow at Lion's Gate Project. Could be a hell of a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Sekimoto said after his match that he is Big Japan all the way but if hes free he would love to return. Put this man in the G1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 Chris Jericho was interviewed by The Mirror to promote his "Words of Jericho" one-man shows in Glasgow, Manchester and London next week. Below are a couple of highlights: Making sporadic appearances and people not knowing when you may turn up or what shows you might be on, gives you a 'marquee attraction' feel as a performer, similar to what Brock Lesnar has in WWE. It keeps an appearance by you a special event, in of itself. "Well, Brock Lesnar has what Chris Jericho has in WWE, you know what I mean? I come and go when I feel it's right. I'm there more than Brock is when I'm there, but as far as being there/not being there, I'm not under contract to WWE. Everyone always thinks that, they're always like 'oh is WWE cool with you working in New Japan?' It doesn't matter if they're cool or not because I'm not under contract. My contract with them ended in May of last year. So I have the right to do whatever I want to do, I don't have to ask permission from anybody. I tell them what I'm doing out of courtesy because I respect the company and respect Vince McMahon, but I don't have a contract with anybody, other than the match I have with Tetsuya Naito coming up." You made a dramatic return to NJPW on May 4, ambushing NJPW icon Tetsuya Naito. The seeds had been sown for that back in January, when you first attacked him the day after Wrestle Kingdom. You have long been the master of keeping people guessing, spreading misinformation, and down the years you have kept a lot of big surprises secret, such as your appearance at the Royal Rumble in 2013. This time there were a few rumours and the cat got out the bag - why do you think that was? "I don't know man. It's one of those things, the cat got out of the bag, but everyone was convinced I was going to be in Long Beach too [NJPW held a show titled Strong Style Evolved in California on March 25]. You can't tell me that you really knew for sure because no one knew for sure. I have found out that fans have a way to track your flight patterns now... which really makes me feel safe. Maybe that's how, they found out that Chris Jericho was flying into Tokyo or whatever it was, but once again, I don't feel bad because we were very specific, very secret about it. I flew into Haneda Airport, stayed a night there, then secretly flew into Fukuoka and stayed at a different hotel, so if people say they knew I was there that's wrong, because there might have been some rumors, but it's not like I was busted or caught red-handed or anything along those lines. If I hadn't have been there, people would have just said 'oh that's Jericho, we thought he was going to be at Long Beach too'." Are there opponents still in WWE that you would love to work, a long program with [Daniel] Bryan for example? "It's all about the story. If it's a good story I will work with anybody. I enjoy wrestling still but I enjoy the storyline behind it. I liked the idea of a surprise attack on Naito, I like all these type of things that you don't really expect to see. That's why I still enjoy wrestling. Yeah sure, working with [braun] Strowman would be great, working with Daniel Bryan would be great, working with any of those guys would be great, I love Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins and all of those dudes. But what's the story behind it? If we can come up with a good story, then I'm all in. If not, then I will just continue doing what I'm doing right now and having a lot of fun doing it." Jericho also discussed why he doesn't take audience questions during his shows, juggling his music and wrestling careers, his WrestleKingdom match with Kenny Omega and more. You can check out the full interview by clicking here: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/wrestling/wwe-legend-chris-jericho-its-12542732 http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0516/639943/chris-jericho-on-which-wwe-stars-he-wants-to-work-with/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 The 25th Best of the Super Juniors tournament kicks off tomorrow and Saturday in Korakuen Hall. Friday 5/19 will see the opening matches in Block A, while Saturday 5/19 will focus on Block B: 5/18: KUSHIDA & Shota Umino vs. Chris Sabin & Ren Narita Dragon Lee & Tomoyuki Oka vs. SHO & YOSHI-HASHI Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Chase Owens & Marty Scurll Block A Tiger Mask IV vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru Flip Gordon vs. ACH YOH vs. BUSHI Will Ospreay vs. Taiji Ishimori 5/19 Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita ACH, Tiger Mask IV & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Will Ospreay, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI Flip Gordon & Toa Henare vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru SANADA & BUSHI vs. Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori Block B Dragon Lee vs SHO Ryusuke Taguchi vs El Desperado KUSHIDA vs Chris Sabin Marty Scurll vs Hiromu Takahashi. Both shows are live at 5.30AM Est/10.30AM UK on New Japan World. https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=117534 Ospreay vs. Ishimori straight away. Alright then, so looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 EVIL & Hiromu vs Chase Owens & Marty Scurll is a pretty dope sounding match. Think I'll watch that and the singles matches tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 As we previously reported, NJPW hired a new president for the promotion named Harold Meij. In an interview, Meij said that he wants to expand the company worldwide and bring in $90 million in three years. He said: Long term, I want us to trouble WWE. If you just look at our product youll see thats not out of the question. https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/996915072361422848 https://411mania.com/wrestling/njpw-president-wants-trouble-wwe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 The Young Bucks were recently on Chris Jerichos Talk Is Jericho and spoke about why they arent surprised in signing with WWE right now. They said that it would be a dumb move for them to move to WWE right now because WWE wouldnt pay them what they are making right now and they would be on a heavier schedule on top of that. You can listen to the full interview here: http://podbay.fm/show/767016946/e/1525240800?autostart=1 http://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/955965-the-young-bucks-reveal-why-they-wont-sign-with-wwe-right-now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Just watched the show. My fav match was ACH vs Flip Gordon, that was an incredible match. Gordon looked better than he did in his New Japan debut and I loved ACH's selling. Ishimori vs Ospreay was a bit disappointing, thought they would go much longer, still a really good match, though. The other two matches were good too, as was Marty & Owens vs Hiromu & EVIL. Didn't watch the rest of the undercard, might do later. https://twitter.com/RealJeffCobb/status/996911365959774208 Looks like Jeff Cobb is coming back to New Japan soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Tournament matches from night 2: Sho vs Dragon Lee was freaking awesome and MOTN. Slightly better than ACH vs Flip Gordon from the night before. Dragon Lee is the man, baffling that he isn't one of CMLL's top stars. Despy vs Taguchi wasn't bad, but it was just there. The worst match of the first two nights. Sabin vs KUSHIDA was pretty good but the crowd wasn't very hot for it. Hiromu vs Marty was pretty great, as you'd expect. A bit better than their match last year, I'd say. Still interesting to see that neither main event was MOTN from the opening two shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Vercetti Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 https://twitter.com/HEELReport/status/998894094243024898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 God damn, Hiromu vs Despy was the best match of the tournament thus far, imo. Really great stuff, didn't realize they had so much history with eachother, you could clearly tell they have a lot of chemistry. I think today's show was the best tournament matches wise, didn't watch the undercard. KUSHIDA vs Marty and Sho vs Sabin were great matches too, and Dragon Lee vs Taguchi was real good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Cornette's back on the insults again. Now aiming them at Kota Ibushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Finally got NJPW World. bit difficult to navigate but i'm looking forward to Dominion, getting a bunch of friends together for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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