Jmare007 Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Isn't the "rumor" just Jericho saying on Twitter he's not working for New Japan anymore, or are there other reports/sources? Jericho's gotta be the least trustful source when it comes to these kind of stuff, though they haven't done shit in 2 months with that potential feud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Jericho even mentioning NJ on twitter could as easily be him working an angle as it is a shoot comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Guessing it's an angle. Wouldn't be surprised if the match happens at Dominion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Wiz Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 If it's just Jericho saying it, I wouldn't put too much weight in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoryukens Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 ZSJ and Ibushi had an incredible match. It may be my favorite match of the year so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Probably the best NJPW match this year, for sure. The Cup has overall been really good with Archer-Fale and Tanahashi-Taichi arguably being the only two skippable matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartMark15 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Wouldn't say it's the best NJPW match all year but ZSJ-Ibushi was quite fun. While Ibushi doesn't have that nice limb selling I enjoy, he does bring a lot of intensity to his matches that seem to be structured around moments meant to up the ante of the match. That much I enjoyed as well as his struggle to hit the V Trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 The longer we get away from this year's Dome show, the more I feel Naito should have been put over. NJPW direction outside Golden Lovers has been subpar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoryukens Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 I agree with you on Naito. But what about NJPW makes you say it's been subpar? I feel like it's been on par with past years, with this NJ cup being especially strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodate Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 all new japan is right now is all japan of the 1990's with lesser worker thye no long use strong style they use kings road style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Golden Lovers - Young Bucks was everything I expected and more. 40 minutes loaded with subtext and drama. Not excessive on the near falls, and the ones they did work in were really spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 The show was super easy to watch. Yano being over like rover was pretty cool. The main event was excessive, but it is the zeitgeist. (ok, I didn't watch Hangman vs Vampiro Jr. because what the hell, life's too short) Okada & Ishii vs Sabre & Suzuki was great. The Cody match I enjoyed a whole lot, bullshit and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricR Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 I wrote up the Strong Style Evolved show. I really liked Liger/Ospreay and the Sabre/Suzuki tag. Main event was what I expected, with some great peaks, and plenty of stuff that I've seen called "subtle" that couldn't have come off more hammy. But overall it went by smooth (except for White/Page, which took a couple hours). Â http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2018/03/new-japan-pro-wrestling-strong-style.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Signed up to NJPW World today and saw the 2 multi man tags from the post Dome Korakuen Hall show and they were exactly what you'd expect from these post Dome show Korakuen Hall multi man matches -- throwaway tags. I'm going to watch the Dome show and some of the other matches mentioned on here -- the Young Bucks vs. Roppongi 3K, Bullet Club vs. Golden Lovers, SANADA vs. ZSJ, Elgin vs. Ishii, Tanahashi vs. Taichi, Ibushi vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Naito vs. ZSJ, Tanahashi vs. ZSJ, etc. That should give me a solid idea if I should cancel this early or keep it for another month. Â I watched them both with English commentary and that was a huge mistake. I don't speak Japanese, but I much prefer the Japanese commentators to the English commentators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB8 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 I've been thinking about signing up for a month as well. I kind of want to try and catch up with some stuff I've missed from the point it blew up again around 2012, but there aren't that many guys I like and in general it's not a style I'm a fan of, so I'd need to be picky. If I wound up tapping out on the more recent stuff early then I'm sure I'd find enough from the 90s to keep me going for at least a month, so I guess there's always that. Â I also would not be fucking with the English commentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Kevin Kelly and Don Callis aren't bad, Callis in particular toned down his schtick when he became an exec with Impact. The AXS shows with JR and Barnett are another story. AXS's production has been WCW level and JR has been mailing it in so hard that Kevin Nash would call him lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 I enjoyed JR calling the Long Beach show a lot more than I did Kelly over the years, especially since he's been on "5 stars matches" bullshit mode. JR's laid back, it's quite refreshing compared to the overexcited bots we hear everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Thought most of the show was skippable but there were still some good matches. I could watch LIJ and Taguchi Japan fight all day. Those are the kind of multi-man tags I want to see: balls-to-the-wall, fast-paced action. Ospreay vs. Liger was good and proof that Liger needs a gold watch championship run of some kind. Dude is still great. Ishii and Suzuki were incredible in the tag match with Okada and Zack and the main event might be my favorite match this year despite how hokey the acting got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB8 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 I enjoyed JR calling the Long Beach show a lot more than I did Kelly over the years, especially since he's been on "5 stars matches" bullshit mode. JR's laid back, it's quite refreshing compared to the overexcited bots we hear everywhere. Â I've always preferred listening to the Japanese commentary anyway (I don't speak a lick of Japanese, btw), but I'm all about commentators from yesteryear who were prone to over-excitement or hyperbole making a comeback in 2018 by just chilling and calling the action straight. Tony Schiavone was on the MLW show I watched recently and I had no idea he was doing pro-wrestling commentary these days, but there was something about him being there that just felt RIGHT. I'll absolutely check out more MLW this year and it honestly has a lot to do with Schiavone calling things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 As for Sakura Genesis, I think the main event has the potential to be great if they stick with the formula Zack used for the NJ Cup and not what Suzuki used at New Beginning last year. Very tired of Marty getting these title matches but he and Ospreay have good chemistry even if their matches tend to get out of hand. And the Golden Lovers stuff has been fire thus far so I expect the match with Cody and Page to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Â I enjoyed JR calling the Long Beach show a lot more than I did Kelly over the years, especially since he's been on "5 stars matches" bullshit mode. JR's laid back, it's quite refreshing compared to the overexcited bots we hear everywhere. Â I've always preferred listening to the Japanese commentary anyway (I don't speak a lick of Japanese, btw), but I'm all about commentators from yesteryear who were prone to over-excitement or hyperbole making a comeback in 2018 by just chilling and calling the action straight. Tony Schiavone was on the MLW show I watched recently and I had no idea he was doing pro-wrestling commentary these days, but there was something about him being there that just felt RIGHT. I'll absolutely check out more MLW this year and it honestly has a lot to do with Schiavone calling things. Â Â I watched the show in Japanese because I heard they were really bad. I also thought they were bad last year as JR sounded like he didn't care and didn't know at least half the guys' names. Josh is also pretty useless. I will co-sign on Schiavone in MLW, though. Only saw one of their shows but thought he did a good job of just trying to have fun, which ended up working really well for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Watched a lot of the matches ShittyLittleBoots posted about and am less than thrilled with the majority of them. Glad he enjoyed them, but they're not my thing. And even though I'll most likely continue some new NJPW stuff, I'm not sure how long I'll stick around if a lot of those matches I watched are their best stuff. I still haven't watched anything from the Dome show, however. Â Suzuki vs. Tanahashi was the best out of the bunch from the ones I've seen and even then that was good at best, but way to long. Â I'm a big fan of Ishii, but I'm not thrilled about watching a close to 30 minute match with Elgin who's pretty terrible from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Bologna Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 I didn't think much of the Dome show. Elgin's the worst guy in the company. Â I suggest running through the G1. It'll give you a good sense of what these guys are capable of, and a lot of it was really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 I haven't followed New Japan regularly since around 2004 and even then I thought Noah was far better. Â I'll give the G1 a shot this year as long as I don't have to sit through a Goto 30 minute time limit draw. Â Also I like Ishii a lot, but I prefer watching work against Japanese indie scum like Sekimoto or Mammoth instead of American indie scum like Elgin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 IMO, the matches in 2018 NJPW have not been very good so far. I did love Sabre’s run through the Cup, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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