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*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

Athlai

Not Terrible
ZSJ all have great moments but they also tend to completely ring false to me in parts. It just doesn’t make sense to me that Okada doesn’t overpower him when he’s fresh at the start of the match and doesn’t elbow the **** out of him when he’s in ten different cravat headlocks.

Twenty minutes into the match when the bendy son of a bitch is doing about twenty different submissions to counter every Okada movement? Sure. But ZSJ totally disconnects with me in places every single time.

I liked the Fale match more than this one, I definitely liked the Cody match more than this one. The Evil one is the only maybe.
 

Mike5181

International Captain
Best:
Omega II
Omega I
Shibata
Marufuji
Naito @ WK
SANADA
Suzuki
Cody
Bad Luck Fale
EVIL

Probably liked the Suzuki match quite a bit less and the Naito match quite a bit more than you. Fell asleep before the ZSJ match.
 

Spikey

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Athlai is just making it worse for himself. i'm gonna have to destroy his loved ones too
 

Agent TBY

International Captain
The Suzuki/Naito thing is fascinating.

Suzuki started it off by saying he was going after a guy who thought he was "above us all," which I can only presume referred to Naito's claims that he'd transcended the championships. And now, he's repeatedly calling him a hypocritical con man who only says what the people want to hear and does what they want to see. He tops it off with, "Do you know why LIJ has so many fans who are children? Because they're easily deceived."

I don't know if this will lead anywhere or mean anything in the long run, but if they let it play out and actually affect Naito's character arc, I think it'd add a fantastic meta layer to his development. "Failed face decides to be the cool heel (originally) that the fans love because he's secretly still dying for adulation" would be perfectly consistent with Naito's performance at WK12 and give him a much-needed emotional obstacle to overcome before rising to the very top, if he's ever meant to.
 

Agent TBY

International Captain
Speaking of Suzuki:



Since this is my first ever piece of autographed merch, it didn't hit me for a while that I'd never be able to wear this shirt...
 

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