>Dave Meltzer confirmed that the tournament was taped at the Ice Ribbon Dojo with no audience on a closed set. Emi Sakura founded the Ice Ribbon promotion in 2006, and Shida started out her wrestling career in Ice Ribbon in 2008.>Shida is currently in Japan and assisting in producing the matches. The winner of the Japanese side of the bracket will go to the U.S. and face the winner of the U.S. of the bracket.>However, it is not clear as to how AEW will air the taped matches from Japan. So far only the Hirsch vs. Rosa match has been confirmed for TV.
>>12936835>Filmed in a dojo with no crowd with people not many people know and even many fans have only heard the name ofIt's going to have to be a damn good match to be tv worthy.
>>12936882So, like the Atlanta tapings in QT's gym after Covid started?
>>12936835Any chance of spoiler leak?
>>12936897With no people ringside and a smaller ring.
>emi and shida both from the same promotionnot a good selling point
That's like a half sized ring. Might as well have filmed them rolling around on that dirty mat that one fetish promotion uses.
>>12936936they're half sized wrestlers so it's fine
I've been wrong before but I imagine this dying in the ratings if they show it on TV
>>12936949>I imagine this dying in the ratings if they show it on TVb-but joshi are draws....
>>12936882That's why they're putting this side of the tournament on youtube, it has been announced by marvelous already.
>can have fans in japan>don'tkek
>>12936930Kek
>>12936949>let's put Peter Avalaon, Ryan Nemeth & Joey Janela on TV instead
>>12936835Pretty certain they confirmed it will just go up on youtube like their last womemes tournament.
>women's wrestlingmake a bra-and-panties tournament and I'll tune in, otherwise fuck off
>>12936915>From Japan>Shida surrounded by people she trustsGood luck
>>12937060Yeah but if there is something really good they should put it on tv, or at least make a highlights reel.>>12937081I got the impression Ryan Nemeth was pretty good.
Why is Riho fighting on the american side?
>>12937219If by 'pretty good' you mean pale imitation of his brother, then yeah, I guess so.
>>12937226Because she moved.
>>12937226RIHO MOVED TO THE U. S. AND WILL LIVE HER FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE FOR THE 10000000000TH TIME
>>12937081Peter Avalon is absolutely based.Can't argue about the other two tough, I'm giving you this one.
>>12937257So based he shit the bed with Cody
>>12937226Beacause she`ll be in final
>>12937153Yappy could tell
>>12937319Yappy is trustworthy. I'd trust Yappy with my life.
>>12937232Yeah, his character basically being 'little Ziggler' dragged him down but his actual wrestling was good and he tried to 'entertain' in the ring. If he had an actual real gimmick I think he'd be good.
they should have just booked it at chocopro square
>>12937325Never trust a P*noy
>>12937426With commentary from Jim Cornette
>>12937452theyre the strongest race in the world.
Anonymous insider from AEW said it`s Aja Kong.Apparently she had great macthes with Shida, AEW also think that japanese fans would love to see them on Dynamite since Awesome Kong angle flopped."Goodbye & goodnite, bang!" - added the insider
>>12937081Where did I say that was a good idea? Fuck off with your whataboutism.
>Ice Ribbon is working with them tooBased Stardom, Seadling, and Sendai Girls no-selling the desperate tranny fed
>>12937618Seadlinng is working with them -Ryo Mizunami's home promotion is Seadlinng.
>>12937618>granny fujimoto will soon bury everyone live on tnt
>>12937618>Sendai Girlsoh yeah that place whose owner is gonna job in the C show of WWE C show.
>>12937618Chris Brookes and DDT just held a show at the same location. Its just a cheap venue.
>>12937722It looks better than NXT.
>>12937618>StardomThe Forbidden Door is opened faggot. Cry more.
>>12937458I would honest to god pay a lot of money for that. Worlds would collide and reality would shatter
>>12936835>Emi Sakura founded the Ice Ribbon promotion in 2006, and Shida started out her wrestling career in Ice Ribbon in 2008.That literally means nothing. Part of how Ice Ribbon makes money is by renting their dojo out for promotions to run smaller shows there. TJPW runs their fan club shows there, the Chris Brookes produce show from a few days ago was there and other small promotions will run shows there.
>>12937675No its not lol
Isn't Ice Ribbon's ring like ultra small?
>>12938010...yes it is?
>>12938037No its nothttp://seadlinnng.com/profile
>>12938056i didnt say she was signed i said it was her home promotion.
>>12936835Fucking Hell. The Ice Ribbon dojo is the biggest piece of shit ever. See, that's what you get for nepotism, Hikaru Shida helping their friends. They could've used the Korakuen Hall + TJPW ring from tomorrow's show. Ice Ribbon's dojo looks awful, like it smells bad, and the ring is SUPER SMALL.
>>12936835>Dave SaidFUCK DAVE
>>12937762Now repeat that in normal speak without using meaningless reddit buzzwords. If you're implying Stardom will work with AEW I highly doubt it considering they just fired Riho over it
>>12938081They sure as fuck couldn't have used Korakuen and shouldn't especially since the venue is going to be empty. I agree that they could've used one of TJPW's regular venues.
>>12938167They could've done it after the show was over. TJPW shows end at like 2 PM.
>>12937064its all mostly boomers taking pics of the wrestlers. dont think people want to see that
>>12938180the venue where they did the first PPV would be ideal
They could've had Shinjuku Face or Shinkiba 1st Ring, but no, they had to choose this shitty, small as fuck and smelly dojo. Man, AEW does so much good but always fucks up in the details.
>>12937064since it's being filmed, you'd want to avoid spoilers
>>12938232it was probably free instead of low cost like FACE. Shida probably pulled some strings
>>12938180There's a boxing event at 6PM that day.
>>12938270Hikaru's strings are all related to low-end shitty looking rings since she was a freelancer for most of her career. Khan can't be so cheap, they'd probably record the tournament in 1 day.
>>12937465Then why did they need MacArthur and his Yanks to get rid of the Nips in the 40s?
After all, Sheeder was always a small fry
>>12937081dumbass. the peter avalon shit has the benefit of being in an impressive venue with the wrestler-fans making noise, which is important. WWE had to make that Thunderdome thing because burgers don't actually like wrestling and want to see impressive looking sets and audiences/faux audiences.
>>12938180What would be the point in paying out money to rent something like Shinjuku FACE, Narimasu, Kitazawa or even Shin-kiba or Itabashi if you're not going to be drawing fany fans and just need a quick place to film for a day?It's way easier and cheaper to rent IR's dojo for it.
>>12938102Stardom will do what they're told to do faggot. Don't stop crying.
>>12938372For presentation value.
>>12937226It's not based on nationality but where the bracket was taped. Riho came to America after Stardom dropped her so she's in the American bracket.
>>12938389>after Stardom dropped herWhy would they do that? I liked her in STARDOM
>>12938401Stardom wanted Riho to be exclusive to Stardom and Riho either refused or couldn't do it because of her AEW contract.
>>12938425sucks
>>12938102Really I think the Stardom issue probably lies in they know AEW is making heavy use of TJPW talent who is one of Stardom's main competitors. The AEW men's division isn't really using any Japanese talents from another company since they dropped Cima so NJPW doesn't have as much to worry about.
>>12938388Do you think filming a larger empty venue will actually look better?
>>12936835riho is literally the ugliest joshi they could find and one of the worst wrestlers I've ever seen
>>12938492A bigger venue where you can fit a decent sized ring and not that 3x3 metres trash
>>12938401They want exclusive contracts only now
>>12938447No its just they want total exclusivity and for Stardom to be the only place where you can see Stardom wrestlers which is why they will sooner fire someone than let them have a dual contract like Riho tried to do. I doubt they care much about conflicting with TJPW when they are a feeder fed for Stardom
>>12938648>They are a feeder fed for StardomNice headcanon
>>12938648except for marvelous, seadlinng, assembly, and aew (bea has mentioned she will be there once restrictions end)
>Stardrones still seething about RihoShe's back in the big leagues, accept it.
Stardrones are the worst joshi fans, legit, all fans from other feds should ally and take on those pathetic cunts
>>12938949One match in Seadling is used to promote a special singles match taking place in Stardom. Its the exception to the rule obviously.>and aew (bea has mentioned she will be there once restrictions end)I don't know what her future plans are but foreigners don't really matter to Stardom so they might be more flexible with her unlike the way they treated Riho
>>12939004You will still be outnumbered, also like 98% of joshi fans suck.
>>12938648>feeder fedwhen they start signing young talent that looks promising that'll be an issue, but older midcard to lowcard wrestlers leaving aren't an issue. Only one of value was poi, but from how she left I don't think most of the promotion cared about seeing her go.
>>12939343>when they start signing young talent that looks promising that'll be an issue>TJPWYou can't sign something that doesn't exist
>>12938648>Riho tried>TJPW is a Stardom feeder fedKill yourself drone.
>>12938505They can't Thunderdome Shinjuku FACE. Running an empty real venue would look worse.
>>12939395Suzume and Mirai are promising young rookies while Unagi and Mina suck at 33.
This tournament will unfortunately be quite jarring. The Amercian side will look good with the production because it's in Daily's Place with a live crowd. That will be on Dynamite. The Japanese side...it's literally going to be like P's Party but worse because no fans. That will be on Youtube.TBQH, maybe they should have just planed them all into the US. Then they could have done it all from Daily's Place. They could also work DARK waiting for their tournament matches, and that could have been used to build each of them up. Or at least pony up Shida to book a produce show from like Shin-Kiba, and sell tickets. Call it "Shida Produce AEW".
>>12939736>maybe they should have just planed them all into the US. Then they could have done it all from Daily's PlaceThat's literally impossible because of their commitments, but they could've just rented the Tokyo Dome City Hall or something pretty like that that DOESNT need to point to the empty seats, but the stage (just like daily's place).
>>12938101What did Dave Hebner do to draw your ire?
>>12939784be related to earl
>>12939793Excuse me, they aren't related. Earl is some guy that got a ton of plastic surgery to look like Dave in order to trick Hogan
>>12939477Stardom has an overabundance of promising young wrestlers, and TJPW's are 3rd rate talents compared to the ones in Stardom and Marvelous. They need attractive faces to put on posters, do pr work, and take pins in the midcard because they have so many protected people.
>>12939809earl hebner RAPED ALL OF CANADA and I won't hear this apologist garbage
>>12939824He also got blow js from all the knockouts
>>12939820Yeah if there is anything the Stardom roster lacks it's probably veterans but those aren't easy to come by.
>>12939762There's a reason shows aren't being made regularly on the TDC Hall... I think you know why...
>>12940031Because it's expensive, but this is AEW, that excuse doesn't work for them
>>12939123Since when? Maybe Kidani thinks differently but gaijin have always gotten pushed well in Stardom because or Rossy's white girl fetish.
>>12940063>no fans>taped matches>shell out money for an expensive venue Do you see the dumb logic here money mark?
>>12939762Korakuen Hall alone costs something like 1 million to 1.5 million yen to rent. TDCH would be considerably more expensive. Again, why shell out so much money when you're not going to to be drawing any fans to recoup the costs.Do you think AEW, between the airfare to and from Japan for Shida and whoever wins that bracket and the money they'll be paying all the wrestlers is also going to shell out additional thousands to tens of thousands of dollars for a bigger venue when they'll never be able to make that money back becaus there aren't any paying fans?
>>12939736I'm sure AEW would have been really happy with that but I don't think their home promotions would want to lose them for 3 weeks or w/e
>>12940256this. i hope when they announce that the joshi matches will be on youtube and at the IR dojo, the people who watch joshi actual understand their decisions for doing this
>>12940256The promoter they're doing this for IS a money mark.
The AEW shills in the replies defending the smelly venue is impressive, they truly are a cult.
>>12940199Showa/Heisei gaijin pushes are still alive... as long as said gaijin are good!!
>>12936835
>not filming it in the Gatoh Move Ichigaya stadium
>>12936882I'm very surprised by this
>>12940433Why's Bea pushed then?
>>12942741To keep Billy GOAT happy
>>12938401>I liked her in STARDOMliterally whyshe hadn't done shit in stardom cause they couldn't let her lose any matches but they couldn't push her either since she had obligations to aew
