General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Comrade Khan]

and lol a hart beiung us champ in 2010 wtf lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

tail end of that era but yes, in just a couple years WWE was better and NJPW was the NJPW we know now

right i forgot that a portion of japanese wrestling ,esp njpw was complete ass during that time too. meltzer prob almost commited suppuku

 

[Chris]

the justin roberts thing is wild I always assumed it was a rib firing but ig not

I always heard it was sponsor pressure and Vince didn't wanna do it that's why they brought him back so quickly and in a better spot than he even would have been in

 

[Comrade Khan]

And then the Hogan sex tape happened from banging that DJ's wife (and he said the N word afterward)

man that feels like it was still yesterday as if that was in the early 10s

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Nakamura was on top in NJPW around that time but he hadn't discovered being a heel yet so he was boring

 

[Comrade Khan]

I always heard it was sponsor pressure and Vince didn't wanna do it that's why they brought him back so quickly and in a better spot than he even would have been in

such a Vincism to fire someone he doesnt want to only to bring them back stronger

 

[Chris]

Nakamura was on top in NJPW around that time but he hadn't discovered being a heel yet so he was boring

Tanahashi wasn't himself yet either but he was getting there. NJPW had their pieces in play and were transitioning out of the MMA shit

 

[Comrade Khan]

Nakamura was on top in NJPW around that time but he hadn't discovered being a heel yet so he was boring

I dont think he had very good rivals either. i could be wrong be the second best japanese guy at the time was prob Kenta and he was in Noah ya?

 

[Comrade Khan]

and japanese wrestling mb was going thru a corruption scandal?

 

[Leon TrotSky]

It was like a year before CHAOS started

 

[Comrade Khan]

or was that early 10s, idk, there was a lot of drama and i need to brush up on my history

 

[Chris]

There was a yakuza scandal on the mid 2000s I don't remember how much it affected what companies tho

 

[Comrade Khan]

It was like a year before CHAOS started

so swaggerless Naka

 

[Comrade Khan]

There was a yakuza scandal on the mid 2000s I don't remember how much it affected what companies tho

i think it hurt perception a lot iirc

 

[Comrade Khan]

but i also wasnt in japan so speculative ig, seems like business wasnt great