GDT: New Japan/Stardom Thread - Wrestle Kingdom/Dynasty

[Big Poppa Puck]

Forget who it was but someone cut a promo on him a year or two ago and said "You enter like Moxley, look like Tanahashi and talk like Naito" and it was so true to the point of almost burial. Reminded me of the Adam Cole promo on Killer Kross in NXT.

They clearly want him to be the next top guy there but it hasn't landed yet. Okada, White and Ospreay all leaving at basically the same time kinda had them rushing his push too.

 

[GKJ]

Forget who it was but someone cut a promo on him a year or two ago and said "You enter like Moxley, look like Tanahashi and talk like Naito" and it was so true to the point of almost burial. Reminded me of the Adam Cole promo on Killer Kross in NXT.

They clearly want him to be the next top guy there but it hasn't landed yet. Okada, White and Ospreay all leaving at basically the same time kinda had them rushing his push too.

Naoto went through the same thing. The company was in a position where someone had to get inserted just in case it worked, or see how they can react to make it work. The reaction to El Phantasmo suggests he should get a chance right now.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I really enjoyed Shota/Zack personally. I thought it was a real good show overall although the Douki injury was a massive bummer.

Takeshita/Shingo was really good. AZM/Mayu was probably the best sub-10 minute match I've seen in quite sometime, if not ever. Finlay/Tsuji was excellent.

 

[hockey20000]

ricochet for njpw world champ?

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

 

[The Marquis]

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Your own shot from your own seat? That’s the dream, bud.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Your own shot from your own seat? That’s the dream, bud.

Yeah. Just luck that I had reason to be over in this part of the world at this time.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Good experience with BuySumoTickets. Retrieved my ticket at 7/11, which are ubiquitous here. No hassle.

My American mind is blown at the lack of a metal detector/wand. Just walked right on in.

Awesome stage/lighting.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Good experience with BuySumoTickets. Retrieved my ticket at 7/11, which are ubiquitous here. No hassle.

My American mind is blown at the lack of a metal detector/wand. Just walked right on in.

Awesome stage/lighting.

I had a similar experience at Fighting Spirit Unleashed in Lowell. They had a couple people scanning for tickets but no metal detector/wand/pat down at all. Even the people who were scanning tickets were just kinda roaming around nonchalantly. I feel like if someone was determined to sneak in, they could.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I don’t know what that was, but it was entertaining as hell.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Umino’s entrance was like Biker Taker crossed with Liberace.

Two guys in front of me were not YB fans.

I can’t get over how good the entrances look and sound.

Omega - Kidd is getting 5 stars for sure. Crowd ate that up. “Gabay!”

 

[sabremike]

Good freaking luck topping Omega vs Gabe Kidd for 2025 MOTY. Absolutely incredible.

 

[SimpleJack]

Good freaking luck topping Omega vs Gabe Kidd for 2025 MOTY. Absolutely incredible.

Great match no doubt, super happy about Omega being back. But I'm sure before the years over we'll see better matches than that.

 

[CDJ]

having that kind of performance coming back from that long of a layoff and that bad of a health situation is quite special

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Kenny brought Tana to tears! Star making performance for Gabe....I feel like the only thing missing is his look. That still doesn't do it for me.

 

[GKJ]

Kenny brought Tana to tears! Star making performance for Gabe....I feel like the only thing missing is his look. That still doesn't do it for me.

 

[GKJ]

Mercedes now has 4 belts after beating Mina Shirakawa for the undisputed British women’s championship (RevPro)

 

[GKJ]

Athena took her first loss in 2 years being pinned in the international women’s cup 4-way after Thekla ran interference allowing Momo Watanabe to hit her with a baseball bat. Momo gets to challenge for any belt she wants in any of Stardom/CMLL/AEW/NJPW, but they set up Thekla/Athena for the ROH title at Korakuen Hall. They ran a run in after teaming together the other night in Stardom

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Charlton was genuinely awful on commentary though lol

 

[Masked]

As expected Kidd-Omega made WD decent. WK19 was a better show. The crowd at WD was dead for most of the show.

 

[Masked]

Good experience with BuySumoTickets. Retrieved my ticket at 7/11, which are ubiquitous here. No hassle.

My American mind is blown at the lack of a metal detector/wand. Just walked right on in.

Awesome stage/lighting.

Once you're in Japan, using the ticket system at Lawson works well. Just need Google Translate on your phone to help you out unless you understand Japanese.

 

[GKJ]

 

[SimpleJack]

Great match no doubt, super happy about Omega being back. But I'm sure before the years over we'll see better matches than that.

Just rewatched it and man….idk…you might be right after all. Let’s just call it a leading early candidate. Looks like another classic that’s just gonna keep getting better and better every time you watch it.

 

[Sheppy]

For Omega to look like that after the layoff is actually insane. f*** he’s one of the best to do it.

 

[sabremike]

Just rewatched it and man….idk…you might be right after all. Let’s just call it a leading early candidate. Looks like another classic that’s just gonna keep getting better and better every time you watch it.

It reminded me in some ways of Bret-Austin in that it turned a megaheel into a top level babyface and made the guy in one night.