01-01-2021, 02:49 PM | #1 |
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NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom 15
Night 1 IWGP Heavyweight Championship & IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Great-O-Khan IWGP United States Championship "Right to Challenge" Contract Match KENTA (contract holder) vs Satoshi Kojima IWGP Tag Team Championship Match Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) vs Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) #1 Contender's Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Hiromu Takahashi vs El Phantasmo 22-Man New Japan Rambo (final four advance to challenge for the KOPW 2021 trophy on Night 2) (Dark Match) Night 2 IWGP Heavyweight Championship & IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Champion (Tetsuya Naito or Kota Ibushi) vs Jay White IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori vs (Hiromu Takahashi or El Phantasmo) SANADA vs EVIL NEVER Openweight Championship Match NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs Jeff Cobb IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship Match IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions Suzuki-Gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs One or Eight (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) Fatal 4 Way Match for the KOPW 2021 Trophy 6-Woman Tag Team Match (Dark Match) Queen's Quest (Saya Kamitani, AZM, and Utami Hayashishita) vs Donna Del Mondo (Maika, Natsupoi, and Himeka) Mayu Iwatani and Tam Nakano vs. Donna Del Mondo (Syuri and Giulia) (Dark Match) Last edited by GD; 01-04-2021 at 10:44 PM. |
01-01-2021, 03:55 PM | #2 |
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I sincerely hope that Ibushi finally wins the IWGP Heavyweight title. Is anyone else "underwhelmed" by Jay White?
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01-02-2021, 11:16 AM | #3 |
It's a blood match!
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I haven't watched NJPW since Wrestlebone last year. I'm just not that into it anymore. This card feels like I've seen it before. I'm sure the matches will be great I'm just so distant from the product now. I think this will be the first time I don't watch since Wrestlebone 9.
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01-02-2021, 11:18 AM | #4 |
It's a blood match!
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Yeah I totally understand the Jay White sentiment. He is obviously capable of great stuff it's just the slow start in long matches and usually fuckery finishes wears tired more and more.
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01-02-2021, 11:27 AM | #5 |
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Tokyo about to go under a state of emergency so it’s possible this winds up getting cancelled or fans will be disallowed, meaning performing in front of a gigantic empty Tokyo Dome.
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01-02-2021, 11:31 AM | #6 |
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Totally get Jordan’s sentiment though. Naito and Ibushi wrestled so many times in the past few years. SANADA and EVIL have worked a couple of G1s. Hiromu and Ishimori will always put on a good match but again, it’s been done so many times.
I can’t completely fault the company because it’s been a weird year to manage with the pandemic but it’s easily the least interested I’ve been in a WK since I started following the product a few years ago. Add it to the fact that I’m not gonna be able to watch live this year, I’ve been off last week and will have a shitload to do at work on Monday so I’m not getting up at 2 AM. Don’t know if this card would prompt me to watch live even if I could. |
01-02-2021, 11:53 AM | #7 |
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It’d be a bummer if the show got cancelled. I wouldn’t mind an empty dome show.
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01-02-2021, 01:29 PM | #8 | |
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I'm just not ready for another heavyweight title reign from him this soon. They gotta pull the trigger on Ibushi here. |
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01-02-2021, 02:09 PM | #9 |
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did the evil guy lose the title??
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01-02-2021, 02:17 PM | #10 |
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01-02-2021, 08:58 PM | #11 |
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For once I'm off for both fucking nights...holy god!
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01-02-2021, 11:28 PM | #12 |
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Someone give me a link to send my support.
Helm gave me support to tell the King and his goons to fuck off. I'll eat their balls in my new air fryer |
01-04-2021, 02:26 AM | #13 |
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haven't watched new japan in forever and am reminded it has the best camera work in wrestling
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01-04-2021, 02:26 AM | #14 |
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01-04-2021, 02:41 AM | #15 |
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TORU YANO IS THE ACE OF NEW JAPAN AND THE KING OF PRO WRESTLING
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01-04-2021, 02:46 AM | #16 |
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They really did Ishii dirty this year. He should be main eventing.
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01-04-2021, 02:54 AM | #17 |
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01-04-2021, 02:57 AM | #18 |
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01-04-2021, 02:59 AM | #19 |
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I would like to wish both Naito and Ibushi's necks well in their recovery.
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01-04-2021, 03:05 AM | #20 |
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This WK theme song is great.
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01-04-2021, 03:15 AM | #21 |
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IT'S DARYL TIME
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01-04-2021, 03:49 AM | #22 |
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so attracted to zsj and sanada
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01-04-2021, 04:09 AM | #23 |
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prob going to sleep soon...hope Okada and Sanada matches are great and both look hot...
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01-04-2021, 04:18 AM | #24 |
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Sanada match is on night 2.
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01-04-2021, 04:25 AM | #25 |
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mmmm Sanada
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01-04-2021, 04:58 AM | #26 |
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Great O Khan sucks...
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01-04-2021, 05:01 AM | #27 |
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Tanahashi selling like his life depends on it to try and make Great O Khan look good
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01-04-2021, 05:54 AM | #28 |
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Ending of Ospreay and Okada was intense as fuck.
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01-04-2021, 06:32 AM | #29 |
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My God, Naito and Ibushi must hate being able to walk.
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01-04-2021, 06:41 AM | #30 |
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Another top flight ending. Tomorrow should be fun too.
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01-04-2021, 07:23 AM | #31 |
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Missed Ibushi’s big win
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01-04-2021, 08:57 AM | #32 |
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Going to watch the main event in its entirety now.
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01-04-2021, 09:12 AM | #33 |
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ELP's new theme is fucking awesome!
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01-04-2021, 09:12 AM | #34 |
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The eerie quiet is very overwhelming.
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01-04-2021, 09:17 AM | #35 |
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Naito trying to break Ibushi's neck
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01-04-2021, 09:27 AM | #36 |
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lol at Chris Charlton’s voice echoing through the dome.
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01-04-2021, 09:43 AM | #37 |
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That was a solid bout! I'm so happy that Ibushi has finally won the heavyweight title
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01-04-2021, 09:45 AM | #38 |
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Osprey champion in 2021? I could honestly see it.
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01-04-2021, 09:45 AM | #39 |
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Ibushi not realizing that he won the straps...this is so cool <3
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01-04-2021, 10:00 AM | #40 |
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Said it before, I'll say it again...Bea Priestley is a bombshell.
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