Wrestle Kingdom 16 Discussion - January 4, 5, and 8, 2022 on NJPW World

[Comrade Khan]

Bruh...no fucking way he shoot changed the rules right?

lol nah njpw answered and say they wouldnt punish him so im thinking this is just some fun clever kayfabe stuff. and im all for it

 

[Chris]

lol nah njpw answered and say they wouldnt punish him so im thinking this is just some fun clever kayfabe stuff. and im all for it

That's what I assumed lol imagine the madman doing it tho

 

[Comrade Khan]

your assessment makes a lot of sense for the EVIL match btw too. anywhere else it would a passable, wtv, pretty bad but probably servicable match. ur right that wk has a prestige of never really having duds as far as singles matches on this show so ya im not surprised its all time bad in that regards

the one solace we have I guess is with that title HoT can fuck off further from the ME scene lol. but man. how do u have a b ad match with ishii

 

[Chris]

Yeah I guess the NEVER title will just be held hostage for a few months, shoulda just let EVIL keep challenging Yano for the KOPW ffs

 

[Spitfire]

Rambo was interesting - just on the basis that both Minoru and CIMA will be involved with two of our KOPW favourites. Not actually the worst Rambo in recent years.

 

[Spitfire]

- Yoh vs. Sho - it was the match that just had to happen at WK and a great way to officially begin proceedings of the first night of WK 16. It was very much a crowd warmer though, and I think the match the two had how many months ago when they first split up was a lot better than this. It felt like it was better in my memory anyway.

- Tanahashi & The Mega Coach vs. ELP, Ishimori and KENTA - a great trios match for everyone to enjoy. And the first "tooo sweeeet" of the year. The DQ finish makes sense, as it helps the build up towards day two.

Deffo have to try and watch a few more matches tomorrow [4+ hours of wrestling is enough for one day]

 

[Chris]

Pre show matches for N2 announced

• Pre-show match: Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI
• Pre-show match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Master Wato vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
• Pre-show match: Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Luck Fale, Gedo & Jado

 

[FatBagzJones]

Pre show matches for N2 announced

• Pre-show match: Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI
• Pre-show match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Master Wato vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
• Pre-show match: Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Luck Fale, Gedo & Jado

Whait did Shingo went from main event to pre show, I get that 2 Night card was announced in advance but still.

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[Chris]

I mean if that matters to you yeah, I never rate "so and so is on pre show now" talk without context tho and the context here is they couldn't realistically give him a match without spoiling the main event of N1 so it's either pre-show or no match as your choices.

 

[Chris]

Bro the tag and junior title matches

They were both fucking STATEMENT victories for the underdogs (CHAOS and Despy), not squashes but I mean dominant lmao back to back matches like that is a bit weird but honestly i loved it, especially the Despy win. Good subverting of expections

 

[Chris]

Despy and Hiromu was also hard hitting af, didn't notice how swollen Despy's eye was until commentary pointed it out after....and dude is wearing a mask lmao

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Time to dig into some Wrestle Kingdom action and boy did Taka's Theme wake me up after a long day of Work. Mother...FUCKER

 

[Chris]

Main event was great, def better than the Shingo/Okada matches last year which I expected since Okada is at 100% now. Not anything to crazy rave about but it did meet my fairly high expectations and was booked about how I expected as well

English commentary ruled, credit to those dudes calling that shit live remotely

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Oh yes I survived that snoozefest of a Match with SHO and YOH now it's time really enjoy the Show with ELP, Ishimori, and KENTA coming out. They better be the 69th Tag Champs tomorrow 69 me dog.

 

[Chris]

Oh yes I survived that snoozefest of a Match with SHO and YOH now it's time really enjoy the Show with ELP, Ishimori, and KENTA coming out. They better be the 69th Tag Champs tomorrow 69 me dog.

Oh bro when Chris Charlton said that I instantly jumped on the Mega Coaches bandwagon the absolute memes if Taguchi is the 69th champion AGAIN you can't pass this up Gedo, you got Tiger Mask as a damn champion rn what's your excuse