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@The Q heres a few matches to show why I love watching Suzuki against guys you know. Just a heads up, some don’t have English commentary. The final two are a phenomenal match between Okada and Omega.
 

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@The Q Here's the match that Dave Meltzer rated as match of the year back in 2012. One of the many damn good Tanahashi vs Suzuki matches. Let me know what you think about these.

 

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For anyone interested, www.NJPWworld.com has a few free shows up at the moment: G1 Supercard from last year with ROH (also on Youtube), Royal Quest and night 1 from Wrestle Kingdom 14, which had a couple of really great matches with Kota Ibushi vs Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay vs Hiromu Takahashi matches.
 

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I know this is a few days late but RIP Hana Kimura. I never got to see any of her matches but I heard that she was going to be one of the top names in the Stardom promotion when things opened back up. Cyberbullying is the fucking shits.
 

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411MANIA | Minoru Suzuki to Miss New Japan Cup Finals and Dominion Due to Fever Symptoms

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Not shocked at all the EVIL won and turned on LIJ. Figures though that every time someone turns, it’s always to Bullet Club and never to Suzuki gun. :mad2:
 

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Random thoughts after reading the results of Dominion last night (about to watch the show after this). Taichi and ZSJ winning the tag belts doesn’t surprise me. The tag division is weak so they’re as good as anyone to carry the belts for a bit. Tanahashi and Ibushi I’m guessing will go back to being singles, unless they have them continue to feud with Zack and Taichi. EVIL winning the belt is something I really don’t like. Guys like Ishii and Suzuki have busted their asses and are way more over and deserve it more. EVIL is fine as an upper midcarder but I’ve yet to see any reason to put him anywhere close to IWGP title contention. My guess is Gedo is trying to keep Bullet Club relevant and all their big names are unavailable right now. Finally, as of this moment, this Master Wato gimmick is awful.
 
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Random thoughts after reading the results of Dominion last night (about to watch the show after this). Taichi and ZSJ winning the tag belts doesn’t surprise me. The tag division is weak so they’re as good as anyone to carry the belts for a bit. Tanahashi and Ibushi I’m guessing will go back to being singles, unless they have them continue to feud with Zack and Taichi. EVIL winning the belt is something I really don’t like. Guys like Ishii and Suzuki have busted their asses and are way more over and deserve it more. EVIL is fine as an upper midcarder but I’ve yet to see any reason to put him anywhere close to IWGP title contention. My guess is Gedo is trying to keep Bullet Club relevant and all their big names are unavailable right now. Finally, as of this moment, this Master Wato gimmick is awful.

Show worth watching? I've already read the results, well, at least the big matches.
 

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Show worth watching? I've already read the results, well, at least the big matches.
SHO and Shingo and the Tanahashi/Ibushi vs ZSJ/Taichi matches would be the only ones I’d consider. The tag match starts slow but gets better as it goes along. SHO I believe will be the bigger singles wrestler if they ever decide to breakup Roppongi 3K. The main event has the typical numerous Bullet Club run ins, which gets old really quick. Also, at over 35+ minutes, the main event ran way longer than it should’ve. EVIL is a guy that probably shouldn’t have his matches go over 20-25 minutes. Don’t know why they’re trying to build up Yujiro Takahashi when he’s been one of the BC job guys for years. Seems like a waste of Okada.
 
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SHO and Shingo and the Tanahashi/Ibushi vs ZSJ/Taichi matches would be the only ones I’d consider. The tag match starts slow but gets better as it goes along. SHO I believe will be the bigger singles wrestler if they ever decide to breakup Roppongi 3K. The main event has the typical numerous Bullet Club run ins, which gets old really quick. Also, at over 35+ minutes, the main event ran way longer than it should’ve. EVIL is a guy that probably shouldn’t have his matches go over 20-25 minutes. Don’t know why they’re trying to build up Yujiro Takahashi when he’s been one of the BC job guys for years. Seems like a waste of Okada.

I'm fairly surprised they put both belts on Evil. He's fine and all but I just never envisioned him being in that scenario
 

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I'm fairly surprised they put both belts on Evil. He's fine and all but I just never envisioned him being in that scenario
I don't have a problem with his ability but he's always just seemed like a mid-upper midcard guy that can have a solid but not great match, maybe like a Perry Saturn in WCW type person. I'm interested in how they'll book the 6 man championship since it was him, Shingo and BUSHI holding those belts.
 

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NJPW announces New Japan Road lineup
EVIL vs. Hiromu Takahashi headlines NJPW Sengoku Lord card
A few takeaways from this. I'm guessing that either YOSHI-HASHI's injury isn't that bad along with Minoru's fever disappeared or this was made before those things happened and they didn't bother correcting it.
I have a feeling that with both Okada matches, it's going to be loads of Bullet Club interference because nobody would actually take Yujiro as a serious threat to beat Okada one on one.
Don't sleep on the Shingo-El Desperado match. El Desperado had a way better than expected match with Ishii in the 1st round of the New Japan Cup.
Hopefully the Master Wato stuff comes across better this go around because judging from these past two shows, this gimmick is going to make this guy irrelevant in no time if it continues.
 

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This was found on Will Ospreay's Instagram. I am glad that he made the choice of living because when things get back to some type of normalcy, this is a guy I can see being a future main eventer in New Japan. I hope that he gets the help that he needs to overcome it because having those types of thoughts in your head is seriously damaging to the psyche.
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