GDT: New Japan/Stardom Thread - Life Post-Okada

[GKJ]

Sumie Sakai has announced she is retiring on January 11 at Battle in the Valley. She has asked Hiromu Takahashi to be her opponent in a mixed trios match(2 women, 1 man). Mayu Iwatani has been tweeting that she wants to make the trip for the match. Obviously others want a spot as well.



She was a woman alone in Ring of Honor for ages.

 

[GKJ]

Mayu coming to San Jose

 

[GKJ]

Stardom Dream Queendom, December 29:

Tam Nakano (c) vs. Saya Kamitani for the red belt

Natsupoi vs. Starlight Kid for the white belt

Thekla & Momo Watanabe vs. Hanan & Saya Iida for the goddess belts

Maika vs. Natsuko Tora, No DQ

Syuri vs. Konami, submission match

Should be a good show.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Dustin/Sammy vs. SHO/Kanemaru for the ROH tag titles at Wrestle Dynasty. HOT bollocks commence.

 

[Masked]

Dustin/Sammy vs. SHO/Kanemaru for the ROH tag titles at Wrestle Dynasty. HOT bollocks commence.

Wrestle Dynasty is looking like the worst big NJPW show in quite some time.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

ELP has beaten cancer and will be added to the TV title match to make it a 4 way <3

The KOPW title will be retired at WK.

Wrestle Dynasty is looking like the worst big NJPW show in quite some time.

It lacks star power. No Mox, no Swerve, no Hangman. Ospreay and Okada don't appear to be returning. There's a lot of fun matches on the card and I'm looking forward to it, but it could use a boost.

My biggest gripe with the NJPW/AEW partnership is the lack of juniors wrestling. no JR HW title matches or JR tag matches on any joint show has put a bit of a ceiling on what they could reach. A match like Hiromu/Darby or seeing Catch 2/2, Fujita/Eagles, Maloney/Connors take on a team like Top Flight could add a fun dynamic not to just this show but to future FDs.

 

[Masked]

It lacks star power. No Mox, no Swerve, no Hangman. Ospreay and Okada don't appear to be returning. There's a lot of fun matches on the card and I'm looking forward to it, but it could use a boost.

My biggest gripe with the NJPW/AEW partnership is the lack of juniors wrestling. no JR HW title matches or JR tag matches on any joint show has put a bit of a ceiling on what they could reach. A match like Hiromu/Darby or seeing Catch 2/2, Fujita/Eagles, Maloney/Connors take on a team like Top Flight could add a fun dynamic not to just this show but to future FDs.

Most of the AEW guys are just there, thrown into matches for no apparent reason. Omega/Kidd is the only real NJPW/AEW match with some excitement even though you know Omega is going over. You know that the only AEW guys going over have been EVPs at AEW.

I had hopes that with NJPW running things it would be a whole lot better than this year's crappy Forbidden Door. I'm not sure now.

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