The Puro Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

The Dragon Gate "Kobe World" show is pretty fucking amazing, and if it's the last USTREAM iPPV ever, USTREAM is going out with a bang:

7/20/2014 Hyogo, Kobe World Kinen Hall ~Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2014~ USTREAM

0-1. Shachihoko BOY vs. "Mr. High Tension" Kotoka vs. Ryotsu Shimizu
0-2. K-ness, Super Shisa vs. U-T, Yosuke♡Santa Maria
1. 15th Anniversary Special 6 Man Tag Team Match: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Gamma vs. Uhaa Nation, Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa, Jushin Thunder Lyger (New Japan Pro Wrestling(
2. Jimmy Kanda, Jimmy Kagetora vs. Mondai Ryu, Punch Tominaga
3. Open the Brave Gate Championship Match: Flamita vs. Dragon Kid
4. Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match: Naruki Doi, Cyber Kong, Kzy vs. Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Susumu, Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin
5. International Dream Tag Match: Masato Yoshino, Ricochet vs. CIMA, Matt Sydal
6. Open the Twin Gate Championship Match: Akira Tozawa, Shingo Takagi vs. T-Hawk, Eita
7. Open the Dream Gate Championship Match: YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Through five nights, this year's G1 is actually better than last year's, which is amazing. All five shows were nothing less than good, with three show of the year contenders. Many are calling night four one of the best shows ever, and then two nights later night five topped it.The booking is so much better this year with even the low card guys like Yano & Shelton having storylines. Aside from Gallows & Suzuki the entire field has brought something great to the table.

USTREAM isn't dead yet. Dragon Gate has Scandal Gate on 8/5, and also runs 8/17.

On 8/17 there will be a Dragon Gate iPPV, AAA Triple Mania, and SummerSlam.

 

[EmpireWF]

Watched AJ/Suzuki. Fun match, when Suzuki punches him before the end, I popped.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Warner...do your boy a solid. Can you compile a list in chronological order of the ***3/4+ matches from G1. Been traveling so I haven't seen anything. Also...maybe the 2-3 definitive shows? I would read reviews but dont want to be spoiled.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Warner...do your boy a solid. Can you compile a list in chronological order of the ***3/4+ matches from G1. Been traveling so I haven't seen anything. Also...maybe the 2-3 definitive shows? I would read reviews but dont want to be spoiled.

1, 4, 5, 7, 8 have gotten Show of the Year buzz. Yes, that many.

I've seen people say 5 & 8 are among the best shows ever.

Consensus order of best to worst of those seems to be 8, 5, 4, 7, 1.

3 is the only one so far i'd call skippable, but it wasnt bad at all.

Words can not describe how great it has been. Remember how awesome last year was? Best tournament ever, yadda yadda? This year is roughly 100X better, and i'm not exaggerating. Even people who aren't big New Japan fans like Dylan Hales have given most of the shows rave reviews.

I'll put together a match list soon.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

1, 4, 5, 7, 8 have gotten Show of the Year buzz. Yes, that many.

I've seen people say 5 & 8 are among the best shows ever.

Consensus order of best to worst of those seems to be 8, 5, 4, 7, 1.

3 is the only one so far i'd call skippable, but it wasnt bad at all.

Words can not describe how great it has been. Remember how awesome last year was? Best tournament ever, yadda yadda? This year is roughly 100X better, and i'm not exaggerating. Even people who aren't big New Japan fans like Dylan Hales have given most of the shows rave reviews.

I'll put together a match list soon.

I havent seen any of the shows yet. The goal is to watch the best of matches from the non-essential shows....but the best shows get full watches.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

1, 4, 5, 7, 8 have gotten Show of the Year buzz. Yes, that many.

I've seen people say 5 & 8 are among the best shows ever.

Consensus order of best to worst of those seems to be 8, 5, 4, 7, 1.

3 is the only one so far i'd call skippable, but it wasnt bad at all.

Words can not describe how great it has been. Remember how awesome last year was? Best tournament ever, yadda yadda? This year is roughly 100X better, and i'm not exaggerating. Even people who aren't big New Japan fans like Dylan Hales have given most of the shows rave reviews.

I'll put together a match list soon.

 

[EmpireWF]

huh?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Hey fuck face, I figured I'd wait for it to end.

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._caught_up_with_njpw_g1_climax_24_all_4_star/

Toss in Tanahashi/AJ & Nak/Okada from the finals. 33 matches, see you next spring.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Hey fuck face, I figured I'd wait for it to end.

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._caught_up_with_njpw_g1_climax_24_all_4_star/

Toss in Tanahashi/AJ & Nak/Okada from the finals. 33 matches, see you next spring.

Perhaps I wanted to watch the finals last night live...I couldn't do it...all because of you. Now they'll never get my $35!

 

[EmpireWF]

AJ/Tanahashi was good, but the final 8-10 minutes of Nakamura/OKada was great.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I thought Okada has never looked more like a star than he did last night. The finish of that match was fucking savage. He murdered Nak decisively & definitively with those THREE Rainmakers. That was a "I'm the fuckin man, m'fer" moment.

Then he yanked the mic from Gedo and talked for himself. The translations were great. Dropping F-bombs, calling out AJ saying he's coming for HIS title, telling Nak he respects him but that he's ready to beat his ass whenever he's ready for it again...just awesome.

Okada went from humble chosen one to IM THE FUCKIN MAN AND THIS IS MY COMPANY AND YOU HAVE TO KILL ME TO TAKE MY SPOT killer last night. Loved it.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

FOUR major shows on Sunday 8/17. SummerSlam, TripleMania, and these two..

Dragon Gate "Dangerous Gate"
0. K-ness, Kenichiro Arai vs. Shachihoko BOY, Ryotsu Shimizu
1. Jimmy Kanda, Jimmy Kagetora, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! vs. Yosuke♡Santa Maria, Gamma, Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
2. Don Fujii, Yuga Hayashi vs. Jimmy Susumu, "Mr. High Tension" Kotoka
3. No DQ Match: CIMA vs. Punch Tominaga
4. Open the Brave Gate Championship Match: Flamita vs. Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin
5. Open the Twin Gate Championship Match: T-Hawk, Eita vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Dragon Kid
6. MONSTER EXPRESS vs. MAD BLANKEY Loser Revives Survival Instant Comeback Captain's Fall Elimination Match: Masato Yoshino, Shingo Takagi(c), Akira Tozawa, Uhaa Nation vs. YAMATO(c), Kzy, Cyber Kong, Mondai Ryu
7. Open the Dream Gate Championship Decision Match: Naruki Doi (Interim Champion) vs. BxB Hulk (20th Champion)

And this show, the yearly DDT big show which sold out Sumo Hall well in advance:

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014 ~MAYBE SUMMER WILL CHANGE MY LIFE~”, 17/08/2014
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Dark Match – DDT Vs Union: Daichi Kazato, SAGAT, Mitomi Masayuki & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Hoshitango, Rion Mizuki, Gota Ihashi & Shunma Katsumata
0. Dark Match – Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita, Chikage Kiba & KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki & Erin
1. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs MIKAMI & GENTARO
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Akihiro (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Toru Owashi Vs DJ Nira Vs Shiro Koshinaka Vs Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu Vs FUMA Vs Kizaemon Saiga Vs Yoshihiko
3. Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Ladybeard Vs Aja Kong, Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Street Wrestling Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Minoru Suzuki & Michael Nakazawa
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. DDT Extreme Title – Important Something Timed Blast Death Match: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Muscle Sakai
7. Special Single Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Shuji Kondo
8. Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title – 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega Vs Isami Kodaka

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

The G-1 Climax documentary, which airs at movie theaters in Japan (not sure if it has opened or not yet), features a really emotional scene as Okada and Gedo are headed to their hotel after Okada had beaten Nakamura at the Seibu Dome, where Gedo broke down and cried. The story is basically that Gedo, as the booker, decided he was going to build Okada as the company’s new young star when he came back from TNA, even though he did nothing in TNA. At first, it was rocky, but now, after a couple of IWGP title wins, two G-1 wins and numerous incredible matches, and being over at the level of a guy at the top as opposed to a paper main eventer, he was emotional about the plan working probably better than he ever could have anticipated.