New Japan Pro-Wrestling General Discussion Thread

[Prince Bálor]

Little Finlay is in the BOSJ? Awesome!

 

[Black Iron PJ]

Me and @Indy

 

[Indy]

Me and @Indy

Beautiful.

Have you seen that Lion Gate show? It was pretty fun. Robinson/Shiozaki was really good stuff, didn't imagine this from Robinson, never saw him as a good worker tbh.

 

[Stopspot]

Opening day of BOSJ 2016 was better than the final from last year. Real good showing.

 

[Not Awesomenrh]

That entire show was just amazing, no bad matches at all, and the main event was just incredible.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Hiroshi Tanahashi will be taking time off over the next four weeks in order to heal up ahead of his ladder match against Kenny Omega.

During night one of the Best of the Super Juniors, Bullet Club attacked Tanahashi with a ladder, effectively writing him off of the rest of his BOSJ appearances. Tanahashi will still compete in the ladder match against Kenny Omega at Dominion on June 19.

The plan earlier this year was for Tanahashi to scale back for a while in the ring, often just tagging with Michael Elgin. However, with the defection of AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson and Shinsuke Nakamura, as well as Kota Ibushi not returning to NJPW, Tanahashi was needed in the ring.

Source

 

[Prince Bálor]

Pretty cool documentaries.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Ospreay vs Ricochet was pretty damn great.

 

[Stopspot]

Pretty pathetic reaction from Ricochet and Ospreay to shit on people who didn't like the match tho. Unprofessional.

 

[Roadster]

I like how Osperay did a Vader bomb.

 

[Stopspot]

I like how Osperay did a Vader bomb.

I thought he came off as such a brat.
"Vader didn't like my match. I'm gonna mock him!"
You can see Trent hanging his head in disappointment in the background, which makes it comedy gold.

 

[Cloud]

Anyone know where I can watch this Osperay and Ricochet match everyone is bugging out about?

 

[Cloud]

Found it! The crowd is eating it up so not sure why the fuss. Surely if the crowd is into it then that's all that matters?

 

[Stopspot]

Found it! The crowd is eating it up so not sure why the fuss. Surely if the crowd is into it then that's all that matters?

It's a matter of perspective. Some, like Ospreay, tend to think of this super flippy style as the evolution of wrestling. Whilst old timers like Vader, preferred the style of his generation. This happens all the time and the only reason this blew up as it did is because a lot of the high flyers like Ospreay and the young bucks, have super thin skin and absolutely hate to be critized, and will publicy out whoever doesn't like it on twitter for sympathy.

Wrestling is an art form that fits so many different styles, so everything fits in it. Ricochet himself said on this match that it was something special, but even he wouldn't be able to watch a show consisting only of this match.

I can definitely see why people dislike, but also like it. I myself prefer more ground based juniors like O'Reilly and Kushida, but that's me.

 

[Cloud]

It's a matter of perspective. Some, like Ospreay, tend to think of this super flippy style as the evolution of wrestling. Whilst old timers like Vader, preferred the style of his generation. This happens all the time and the only reason this blew up as it did is because a lot of the high flyers like Ospreay and the young bucks, have super thin skin and absolutely hate to be critized, and will publicy out whoever doesn't like it on twitter for sympathy.

Wrestling is an art form that fits so many different styles, so everything fits in it. Ricochet himself said on this match that it was something special, but even he wouldn't be able to watch a show consisting only of this match.

I can definitely see why people dislike, but also like it. I myself prefer more ground based juniors like O'Reilly and Kushida, but that's me.

I can see why a full card of this sort of match would be a bore to watch. But as a match and to get a crowd going like that then for me it'ss a good thing. Diversity is what makes wrestling great we don't always need the brutes kicking ten bells of beef out of each other. I presume that's why this cruiserweight tourney for the WWE though as it brings in a style that the WWE doesn't have in vast amounts and the people they have that do are very grounded. A match like that could reignite a PPV that has collapsed on itself or has had a great match before and just switches the style up to get the crowd pumped again. The more difference in styles the better as there is something for everyone.