ill add to the board of potential 'updates' lol
ty so muchMight be my fav NJPW show so far and it was without Okada or Black
- Damn, that’s a dream match there right from the start. Garcia versus Aerostar… awesome to see and obviously Garcia wins, which is of course fine. I want to know which AAA talent will face him, because there is a lot of dream match potential in it. Danhausen segment for the win too, especially with giving us Baszler in it as well. Also Matt Ryder Very strong start from AEW.
- Decisive victory for H4RL4ND and The Slaughterhouse and that’s good. Monsters have to be booked strong. I’m not on the same page as William Regal here, but that’s because I’m one of the few people who don’t mind a non-finish, if it is presented the right way. Fair enough to book Belair versus Deonna one more time, of course. Ruby’s gonna riot and I’m here for it.
- Pretty good match between JAS and BUSSY, storywise with an absolute fitting aftermath. Hager against Shingo sounds pretty rad, to be honest. Jake Lee winning in the following match is an alright choice, I would say. Good stuff from Gable afterwards and that performance enhancing drugs idea is, at least for me, right on the line between amazing and neckbreaking. I hope this story stays on that line and doesn’t swerve too far to the latter site. Taz promo was again good stuff then and then we got a, for me, surprising win for The Academy. Always interesting to see a Heel versus Heel match as well, so props for that.
- Happy for Omega that he got a well-deserved mini vacation and he’s not wrong. If someone wants his title, that someone has to bring everything. The FTR promo was a alright. Anything else but them going 1-1 next week against Horus & Flamita would be surprising… and probably not ideal right before a PPV. Hager with a dirty win is okay, builds up the anticipation of them finally getting their asses handed to them in a nice way. Main Event was to be expected a brutal, good affair. Deonna as the victorious one fits, in my eyes.
- Very cool opening with Edge and Christian, with some great throwbacks. Something, I always love. I’m not completely sold on the Jungle Boy stuff though, but we’ll see what further down the path in that regards. Nice promo work from Sterling then and Punk versus KENTA also fit perfectly. Interesting dynamic with Kamille, Bunny and Ford, since it looks like Kamille favors The Bunny a bit. I don’t know if that was intended, or I’m reading too much into it, but that would be an interesting touch to the whole story.
- The next match is a nice lead-in for the following segment and heck, I kinda hope David screws the Bullet Club now. Now, bringing two new titles in at the same time can be a bit much, but what for me doesn’t work is bringing them in during a crossover PPV. I mean yes, the Juicyverse is of course way more fluid and there is a lot of spilling over into different promotions, but it just doesn’t sit right with me that a company would start two new titles, which both could end up at a competing organization, before your own talent even held them once.
- I really like how Kamille is portrayed. Heel gimmick with those characteristics are always fun to watch. Maria’s announcement was alright. Guess at least the Trios Title will safely stay at TNA. Interesting stuff in the Kingston/Dickinson match then and good idea to put some new female talent into the spotlight, with letting them simply wrestle and have nothing take away from their in-ring talent.
- While I like what’s going on with Low Ki, Homicide and Kingston over this show, it feels a bit weird to have Kingston featured that much here, right after the declared to be the newest addition of ROH’s roster. I think ROH and TNA sabotaged each other a tiny bit here, because it feels off, at least for me, that Kingston has this contract segment on ROH, while also having unfinished business in TNA and getting featured heavily right after that as well.
- Shame to see The Osirian Portal lose, but I guess Young needed to get one over the League. Great segment from Mercedes after that. Not a bad way to introduce Alize as a new TNA roster member as well. Ford versus Flair worked like a charme and I wasn’t sure at first about the count out, since The Bunny won her match on ROH via pinfall, so it’s not completely balanced out, but I guess it’s okay. Flair taking the victory like that definitely fits though.
- Suzuki promo was absolute gold then and my god, Ziggler is just a wild addition. In the most positive way, of course. Suzuki-gun definitely looks strong now. Page with the obvious victory then. Can’t complain about that. Man, a Wrestling match contract signing that doesn’t end up in chaos. Kind of refreshing, surprisingly. Okay… maybe that was done, because the Main Event would end in chaos. Classic, good ol’ way to end a go-home show though.