*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Only Elgin/Okada is a must watch, although I suspect this advice has come too late. This broadcast was shared with Japanese TV in some way which led to some production oddities and, I suspect, a longer upload time

Show wasn't bad, had it on in the background while cooking. Okada-Elgin was gold.

 

[Spikey]

ishii/ibushu is on right now

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Not that I love Kevin Kelly or anything but as someone who's still pretty new to NJPW it's a shame that there's no more English comms until the final days.

 

[Athlai]

Highlight of Battleground so far is Fashion Files.

Unlikely to change either. I did miss the tag match though

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

What an awful show this has been.

 

[Athlai]

Natalya was pretty good in the five-way, such a gulf in talent between Becky, Nattie, Charlotte and the other two, match totally fell apart whenever they were dictating the action (outside one or two Tamina impact spots).

 

[Athlai]

This is so stupid.

 

[Athlai]

Super stupid.

 

[Athlai]

What the ****

 

[Athlai]

I suppose population wise 4 Indians vs. 1 American makes sense.

 

[Spikey]

hahahahahahahah this company. They've signed so many of the best wrestlers in the world and this is what they're doing in the main event.

 

[Athlai]

I do hope the Singh brothers get involved in the tag division, they try really hard to make their spots great. I want to see Big E throw one into the sun

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Man I just watched the match, wtf lol.

 

[Spikey]

I do hope the Singh brothers get involved in the tag division, they try really hard to make their spots great. I want to see Big E throw one into the sun

as far as I can tell, of the 5 people now involved in this, these two are the only stars

I guess once Cena gets involved there'll be some actual star power

 

[OverratedSanity]

OMG I wish I'd seen this live. Sounds hilarious.

I'm hyped for his return tbh

 

[duffer]

Haven't watched it yet but it sounds terrible.

Might need to get into the Japanese stuff you guys are into.

 

[Athlai]

Haven't watched it yet but it sounds terrible.

Might need to get into the Japanese stuff you guys are into.

The singles matches are so consistently great for NJPW that it can be hard to watch WWE at all.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I gotta be honest I found the Punjabi Prison match kinda entertaining, which in a way is what I guess Vince is after. It's a nothing wrestling match and had basically no value as that, but having recently watched the Batista-Khali match from No Mercy '07, it wasn't so bad at being what it was. The Singh brothers were great as always. Sell hard and do massive spots.

NJPW is insanely good. Cannot recommend it highly enough. Ishii vs. Ibushi last night was amazing, lshii is like watching a brick wall wrestle. I just love everything about his character.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Haven't watched it yet but it sounds terrible.

Might need to get into the Japanese stuff you guys are into.

Njpw is amazing. WWE feels like a complete joke in comparison atm.

Also, Lucha underground. Dario is still the best character in wrestling.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]