The Puroresu (Japanese Wrestling) thread

ERG89 · 07-04-2019 2:44am

RollieFingers wrote:

Was that Enzo jumped the rail at the end? Bully Ray legged it down

ROH have fallen so far in my estimation the last 3 hours. When you don't have much depth in talent you don't book them as bad as they have tonight on their biggest ever stage.
Going to bed after this match. Just f**ked tired & I don't have PCO level recovery.

ERG89 · 07-04-2019 3:39am

That was so good. I now must go to bed as if I don't I feel one day I'll tell a doctor that I stayed up until 4 am to watch a Matt Taven match & then will be diagnosed with severe depression.

sky88 · 07-04-2019 2:05pm

The new japan side of things were great emm roh Jesus it was rough for the most part they won’t last long of new japan decides to go with aew

RollieFingers · 07-04-2019 3:40pm

Was gone after Ibushi/Naito myself. What a match, they're unbelievable, that rana off the apron was so slick.

The ROH side of things was so rough, the ladder match was ok but went way too long. The Bully brawl was just meh, should have given more time to the Juniors 3 way.

That was great, so was Ospreay VS Cobb, ZSJ VS Tanahashi and the main.

CastorTroy · 07-04-2019 3:52pm

Have WWE and AEW taken so much of the talent that they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for who to sign? Why Enzo and Cass?
Signing Velvet isn't a bad thing though.

ERG89 · 07-04-2019 4:42pm

ROH have still some decent talent but my god their booking was horrific.
You have Gresham, Cobb, Rush, Bandido, Lethal, Scurll & Gordon the latter 2 will both be leaving as soon as their contracts are up. Then you have Castle, the Briscoes, Brody King and PCO who are capable but after that its slim pickings.
I read on twitter that mgmt pushed for Enzo/Cass to debut against the creative teams wishes; also that wan with the Beautiful People is Delirious (the booker) girlfriend, Velvet Sky is Bully's wan too.
Now we're past the MSG show I imagine New Japan will be looking at their agreement closer. I think they like Cobb & want Flip, Bandido for the BOSJ in the summer. But I'm sure they know who and what the fans were into last night.

B.A._Baracus · 07-04-2019 7:05pm

Good show.
Great to see muta there too.

RollieFingers · 22-04-2019 12:40am

Ibushi vs ZSJ was great, they're so easy to watch. Looks like Naito up next...again

Can't complain though, will be another banger.

RollieFingers · 23-04-2019 12:26pm

https://www.njpw1972.com/48629

Lineup announced for Best of the Super Juniors. Shingo, Bandido, Dragon Lee, Ishimori, Scurll, Ospreay, Flip, Gresham, Sho & Yoh among others. Lovely.

ERG89 · 23-04-2019 12:33pm

Mysterious X is likely Phantismo who was already announced as coming a month ago.
Would love if it were Fenix but it won't be.
Too soon for Hiromu imo

ERG89 · 03-05-2019 2:55pm

Moar teasers....I'm guessing Chris Brookes. I was right with Shingo so I hope I'm correct again

Somedaythefire · 03-05-2019 3:05pm

I'm not a big fan of Brookes but maybe I just haven't seen the right matches

sky88 · 03-05-2019 3:58pm

brookes i always felt is a great tag team wrestler but doesnt do much for me as a singles guy

ERG89 · 04-05-2019 10:27am

That IWGP Heavyweight title match was fantastic. Very good card this morning. Haven't finished yesterday's one yet

RollieFingers · 05-05-2019 12:15am

Good main event, I thought Okada was going to pass out from Skull End at one stage. Jericho up next should be interesting. Ishii/Evil and Dragon Lee/Ishimori were great too, and nice debut for ELP. Wasn't expecting Cobb to lose already.

ERG89 · 07-05-2019 8:56am

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1125642122064015360?s=19

sky88 · 07-05-2019 10:28am

thought that sanada/okada match was boring was just one of the overly long new japan main events (happens everywhere now though) that happen too much. why cant more main events just be around 20 mins

interesting mix for BOSJ with a few new names in there

RollieFingers · 07-05-2019 10:43am

Some crackers in the BOSJ, should be good. Particularly looking forward to seeing Shingo vs Sho, Shingo vs Ishimori, Shingo vs Dragon, Gresham vs Titan and Bandido vs ELP. Block A is stacked.

ERG89 · 07-05-2019 3:53pm

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1125764751135522817?s=19

Expected this at Dominion tbh.
Wonder who they'll wrestle on that show. Poor Tanahashi should have had a longer break he has a really rough looking scar now too. His sleeve will cover it I imagine.

https://twitter.com/AHROOMEE/status/1124880190390202368?s=19

RollieFingers · 09-05-2019 11:45pm

https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2019/05/09/njpw-best-of-the-super-juniors-26-all-in-one-preview-schedule/

Excellent preview for BOSJ there, the opening night has a few gems on the card, Shingo vs SHO

ERG89 · 10-05-2019 9:32am

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1126759731492560897?s=19

Narita should be interesting. Never even heard of DOUKI before. Shame they hadn't better replacements if I'm honest.
Surprised Flip Gordon had visa issues tho. Someone clearly f**ked up.

RollieFingers · 10-05-2019 10:33am

That sucks about Flip, what happened to Desperado? Injured?

Big chance for Ren Narita, he's probably the standout young lion with Umino. Never heard of the other guy either.

ERG89 · 10-05-2019 10:50am

RollieFingers wrote:

That sucks about Flip, what happened to Desperado? Injured?

Desperado broke his jaw a few days ago at a TakaTaichi Mania 2 show.....it's a shame they don't work with any other major Japanese promotions. Probably way too late to get someone from overseas.

ERG89 · 11-05-2019 10:47am

LOVE this Megaman style art for the BOSJ

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RollieFingers · 14-05-2019 12:03am

Very solid start to the tournament. Shingo vs Sho was exactly what I was hoping for, MOTY contender for me so far. Dragon Lee and Ishimori were as good as ever, nice little showing for Gresham too.

RollieFingers · 16-05-2019 12:49pm

SHO has been the star performer so far, two great matches against Shingo and Dragon Lee.

ERG89 · 20-05-2019 10:33am

So far behind, still on night one. Thrones is over so I'm moving onto binging the best matches of this. Have Sho vs Shingo to watch now after watching the Gresham vs Scurll one last night.

RollieFingers · 21-05-2019 3:44pm

Really enjoying it so far, been some great matches already. Ospreay vs Romero was really good, Rocky rolling back the years. Some belters coming up this week, Shingo vs Dragon, Ospreay vs Phantasmo and Ospreay vs Bandido should be sweet.

ERG89 · 23-05-2019 3:40pm

The last 2 days of shows at Korakuen Hall have been outstanding, especially in pacing. Not sure tomorrow's card will match them on paper.

RollieFingers · 23-05-2019 4:15pm

Yeh the cards in Korakeun with all tournament matches are great, can't remember them doing it last year. Robbie Eagles has been flying under the radar so far, the match with Taguchi was really good.

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