*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[Dan]

There were reports that Orton would be taking a pretty light schedule throughout the first half of 2018, tbf. Not inconceivable that he finds himself further down the card/pecking order.

Oh btw, you've finally won Spikey. Guess who just dropped 999 yen on NJPWWorld.

 

[Spikey]

Should I bombard you with match links

 

[Spikey]

I did this 12 months ago and would probably pick different matches but whatever. That should be the NJPW World links

Tanahashi
vs AJ Styles, 2015.08.14: ?????????ULIZA
vs Okada, 2012.06.16: ?????????ULIZA
Note: This is the second match in the Okada feud that the last 5 years was mostly built around

Okada
vs Ishii, 2016.08.06 ?????????ULIZA
vs AJ Styles, 2015.07.05 ?????????ULIZA

Nakamura
vs Ibushi, 2015.01.04 ?????????ULIZA
vs Tanahashi, 2015.08.16 ?????????ULIZA
vs AJ Styles, 2016.01.04 ?????????ULIZA

Omaga
vs Tanahashi, 2016.02.14 ?????????ULIZA
vs Naito, 2016.08.13 ?????????ULIZA
vs Goto, 2016.08.14 ?????????ULIZA

Naito
vs Okada, 2012.03.04 ?????????ULIZA
vs Shibata, 2016.07.30 ?????????ULIZA

Ishii
vs Homma, 2015.02.14 ?????????ULIZA
vs Nakamura, 2014.08.01 ?????????ULIZA

Shibata
vs Tanahashi, 2014.09.21 ?????????ULIZA
vs Honma, 2014.08.03 ?????????ULIZA

Ishii vs Shibata
2013.08.04, ?????????ULIZA
2016.01.04, ?????????ULIZA
2016.02.11, ?????????ULIZA

Minoru Suzuki
vs AJ Styles, 2014.08.01 ?????????ULIZA
vs Tanahashi, 2012.10.08 ?????????ULIZA

Junior Matches
Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi (Now known as Hiromu Takahashi), 2016.01.24 ?????????ULIZA
KUSHIDA vs Kyle O'Reilly, 2015.06.07 ?????????ULIZA
KUSHIDA vs Kyle O'Reilly, 2016.05.21 ?????????ULIZA
KUSHIDA vs Ricochet, 2014.06.08 ?????????ULIZA
KUSHIDA vs Will Ospreay, 2016.04.10 ?????????ULIZA
Will Ospreay vs Ryusuke Taguchi, 2016.06.07 ?????????ULIZA
Will Ospreay vs Ricochet, 2016.05.27 ?????????ULIZA
Ricochet vs Kota Ibushi, 2014.06.21 ?????????ULIZA
Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson, 2014.06.21 ?????????ULIZA

see also: https://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=7&page=7&sortby=colRating&sorttype=DESC

 

[Spikey]

njpw put the Naito/Okada title match from 2016 on youtube, so that and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZgZEgCkrs0 explains the main event

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I'm gonna be at work and not able to watch until I get home at around 11pm and let me tell you that is going to suck dongz.

 

[Athlai]

Going through a weird personal thing and not sure I’ll be able to catch it or appreciate it if I do also. Bit gutted.

 

[Spikey]

my internet is due for a **** day so it'll probably be tomorrow

I will say last year okada/omega basically started at 11.

 

[Mike5181]

These big New Japan events are one of the few things left that can successfully get my mind off real world problems. That and whiskey.

 

[Mike5181]

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) (c) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (Gauntlet match)
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Chaos (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) vs. Michael Elgin and War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Takashi Iizuka and Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi and Togi Makabe)

Special Singles Match
Cody (with Brandi Rhodes) vs. Kota Ibushi

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) (c) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil and Sanada)

NEVER Openweight Championship (Hair match)
Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Hirooki Goto

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Marty Scurll (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kushida vs. Will Ospreay

IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White

IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (No DQ)
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Chris Jericho

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Is anyone as excited for Okada's entrance as me? Best entrance in all of wrestling imo.

 

[Spikey]

Suzuki's music might be performed live so

 

[Mike5181]

Is anyone as excited for Okada's entrance as me? Best entrance in all of wrestling imo.

It's really well done. I prefer Naito's one, especially when he pulls out the white suit.

 

[Mike5181]

Dudes, I'm super pumped for this.

 

[Agent TBY]

 

[Athlai]

Is anyone as excited for Okada's entrance as me? Best entrance in all of wrestling imo.

Definitely the best, Balor a distant second

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I'm gonna get home from work and watch the whole ****in thing. Who cares if I go to bed at 6am

 

[Spikey]

hey man I'll probably be posting throughout WK. I'll try spoiler proof my posts, particularly for the main event, but yeah, a head's up for you and anyone else who might not be able to watch live

The Voices of Wrestling 2017 NJPW yearbook is out. It's always a good read with essays, wrestler profiles and cool art. It's pay what you want so I'd suggest checking it out

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I'll avoid the thread until I watch it all I think. Cannot wait.

 

[Spikey]

There's an Australian in the rumble!

 

[Spikey]

Rumble is done. Was a fun affair as always. Not too many old guys, the Liger pop is worth catching. The winner was Masahito Kakihara, a former wrestler who had a cancer battle.