What is the appeal of the Junior Heavyweight 2.0 style that New Japan pushes in their main events? Is it just WWE babbies who've jumped on the bandwagon marking for spotfests?
I myself have always been uninterested in Tanahashi's junior style and didn't enjoy his matches, but at least there was some other stuff going on. Now it seems all the top guys wrestle that way, and the ones that don't have stupid and unnecessary gimmicks.
I think the retirement of Shibata has really shown how important he was to keeping the balance in New Japan. Now it's all Naito and his bullshit moveset, Kenny and his move spam, and Tana being Tana.
It's like the King's Road All Japan style of the 90s but they've added flips, removed psychology and somehow have more move-spam and kick-outs. Oh and no one looks tough like those guys either.
>>3011781
there's only one gaijin who can fix the problem.
Yeah I can't say I'm too big of a fan of the current njpw heavyweight division either.
Okada, Fale and Tanahashi are okay but the rest are pretty shit. Hopefully guys like Kitamura and Oka will help freshen things up instead of a bunch of junior heavyweights playing heavyweight
>>3011781
It could be a lot of WWE fans just marking for a style of wrestling they haven't seen before, or in a long time. I'll admit to just being excited by the drama, and anxious over some of the moves and outcomes. The best matches in NJPW get my heart racing and put me on the edge of my seat, and that's something WWE has managed to do for me exactly 4 times in the last 22 years that I can remember. So far in 2 years of watching NJPW, I've gotten to the point of biting my nails in at least a dozen matches. With that in mind, can you really blame us?
>Vince McMahon asked Dave Meltzer to talk to Steve (stone cold) when he left the company to convince him to return in which he did.
BASED MELTZ BURIED SNOREBIN
FURRIES BTFO
I read somewhere that Vince would leak shit to Dave during the 90s to help get ratings up. Apparently they would talk on the phone once a week and were pretty good pals. It's funny, because I imagine Dave represents everything Vince hates about wrestling.
Vince should really start feeding shit up to Dave again
>>3011754
It's possible but wasn't cena and Bryan already burying him on smackdown last week? Perhaps they were all in it
OFFICIAL LAUGH AT BARON CORBIN THREAD
>>3011307
HEY JINDER
>>3011307
Kekkity Kek Balding Baron got Rekt
First for FUCKING JUST
Lana using her cunning cunny edition
Too sweets for entry
I WANT TO CUM INSIDE CARMELLA!
>>3010503
>Lana is now managing divas
Based Ravishing Era is upon us
Just a reminder, these are the available tickets for tonight's Smackdown. Be sure to post your favorite empty crowd and low attendance shots which'll probably be the best part of the show. Enjoy!
>>3009507
I WANT TO CUM INSIDE CARMELLA
>>3009507
>tfw you know Cuckdown won't measure up to last nights based RAW with their inferior storylines and 'superstars'
We just keep on winning fellow Rawlphas
He really is a cuck. Holy shit.
>>3009327
He doesn't even remember the title of his wifes book. What the fuck is wrong with Phil?
>>3009327
There's literally nothing wrong with being cucked by a hot girl.
>>3009327
I figured she was the one starstruck by him and he brainwashed her into quitting wrestling.
Post sexiest MILF pics of this little minx
post one with her teeth in it and you wont be jerkin much longer cuz you'll have gone limp
>>3009093
But do she got tha booty tho
>>3009700
no but she's probably got aids now
You have 6 seconds to name a better wrestler. Go.
okada
fpbp
>>3006517
I really mean it, either him or Jimmy Ocean
Easy one
Bra and panties match when? Edition
based red paint
Based Bray pouring HIV+ blood on Finn
Que lindo es ser un /Smack/ hermano
*single handedly saves WWE*
based bully bogans
who?
I think you mean this guy op
Why the fuck can't we have this on this board?
>>3000320
The mods on this board can't even delete spam threads, let alone monitor discussions
>>3000337
The mods are awful in general. I got banned for "dubs/trips posting" in a post with a pic of Triple H and calling him "Trips". I also got banned for reporting the guy who reposts the previous reply with the reason "nonsense reports". I'm guessing that mods can only see the isolated post that gets reported, not the entire thread. At this point I'm convinced that mods only make /asp/ worse.
>>3000347
>literally every post on the front page right now is the last post spammer
What a fucking joke this board is. This guy's been around for how long now and he still hasn't been banned?
>"ahhh I didn't know this was a shoot! M-Mickey please stop!!!"
What did Phil mean by this?
>>2998097
W...why was Phil getting an erection during this???
>>2998097
Based Mickey working the liberal cuck
>>2998097
Aww he even wore little gloves and everything
Kenny Omega, Young Cucks, Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito ABSOLUTLEY BTFO by Kevin Nash.
"Awesome Wrestling Entertainment ran a PPV on 10/15 from Fisherville, VA. The show drew 2,000 fans, and anyone but WWE these days would kill for a number like that." - Dave Meltzer (31st October 2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceVB9se3Zl8
>Big Sexy headlined indie show
10/15 Fisherville, VA (AWE PPV - 2,000):
>Card
Dennis Condrey b Bill Mulkey,
Tommy Dreamer b Terry Funk,
Sonjay Dutt b Jamin Olivencia,
Perry Saturn b C.W. Anderson,
Jim Duggan b Mohammed Akbar,
Alex Silva b Fit Finlay,
Short Sleeve Sampson b Obo Shango,
Kevin Nash MURDERED Ricky Morton
>NJPWeebo in 2017
5/26 Nagano (New Japan - 913)
5//27 Tsukuba (New Japan Best of the Super Juniors tournament - 1,213)
5/28 Takasaki (New Japan Best of the Super Juniors - 1,375)
5/29 Tokyo Korakuen Hall (New Japan - 1,311)
5/31 Osaka (New Japan - 1,118)
6/9 Tokyo Korakuen Hall (New Japan - 1,557):
>Card
Desperado & Taka Michinoku b Shota Umino & Tetsuhiro Yagi,
Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask & Hirai Kawato & Tomoyuki Oka b Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Liger & Katsuya Kitamura,
Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi b Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo,
Cody & Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa b Michael Elgin & David Finlay & Ray Rowe & Hanson,
Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi b Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Jado,
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi & Juice Robinson & Ricochet & Kushida b Tetsuya Naito & Seiya Sanada & Evil & Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi,
Kenny Omega & Young Bucks b Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero & Baretta
NJPWeebo is pathetic!
>>2993931
>"Awesome Wrestling Entertainment ran a PPV on 10/15 from Fisherville, VA. The show drew 2,000 fans, and anyone but WWE these days would kill for a number like that." - Dave Meltzer (31st October 2011)
yup thats how much of an anti draw cancer cm punk was kek
now they do almost double that on average
based Terry Funk drawing 2,000 with his name alone at 73
>>2993954
No. All the promotion was for Nash vs. Morton.
Break It Down Edition
Highlights/Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DacaVmXioEg
Comic Con Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7dJkp4NcKY
Whats the Tea? episode 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXjdpfhnoMz/
Previous Thread: >>2957166
gonna kick the shit out of you bexbro
semifinals edition
WHERE THE FUCK IS EVERYONE
almost time
6 MINUTE HYPE