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What is it with American indie wrestlers and rolling for no reason? I like this combo, but it would be way better without all the unnecessary movement.

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He can do this spot with everyone bigger than him on the roster and I'd pop every time.

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HOLY FUCKING BASED

>>21454797
kitamura tribute spot

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>>21454822
Yet another reason Nakahara is incredibly based

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A certified "you know what, sure. fuck it. do whatever" spots.

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BIG BOLTIN

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This combo's my favorite thing that came out of the SJrTL.

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TOP GUY NAGAI

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Good sell here.

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Ospreay makes both of these look great.

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These look good too. What a fucking disservice this match was to the BROTHERS, though. It's a trend that continues through the entire show, unfortunately. This is a tag title match that's actuially just a setup for an AEW crossover match.

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Sincerely, what the FUCK were they thinking?

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Boltin was done so fucking dirty this match. I get that it sort of played into the story of Kenny challenging Tsuji to an unwinnable match, but Boltin just getting the OWA and tossed to the side felt really bad.

>>21454606
Just give Taichi the world idgaf about any of this AEW crossover nonsense, him and Yuya at WK would've be a barnburner and fulfill Yuya's "wrestle the J5G" in epic fashion as Taichi holds a singles belt and hands him the torch

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>>21455848
EXTREMELY fucking based

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Punished Taichi making a return will always get a pop from me.

>>21454606
Based

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I think it's cute how this move keeps sneaking back into all of Taichi's big matches.

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I'm happy for my boy for getting a main event, and I gotta give them kudos for actually making me bite a couple of times with the later kickouts in this match. What a mess of a show, though. I try not to be too negative in my threads since the board has more than enough negativity already, but watching Power Struggle is the most unhappy I've been with NJPW in the entire time I've been watching, even through the pandemic and all. It felt like the entire show was hijacked to set up five (5) AEW matches for WK. If each one had been tied to Death Riders and it had been a full-on invasion angle I think I'd be more open to it, or if it had been for an explicit crossover show, but MJF just showing up in a VTR to challenge the G1 winner at the biggest show of the year, presumably not even wrestling one tour match beforehand feels like an insult. A shame.

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Next up's Tag 5 from AJPW's Raising an Army Memorial Series!

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Such an insanely based finish. I'm not surprised that Suzuki consistently has the most entertaining match on any given card for me, but I am surprised at his consistency.

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Excited for these two matching up. Their match in the CC rocked, and I think Kikuta has only gotten better since turning heel.

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>>21454606
Haha time for the best thread of the week!

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HOLY BASED
>>21456196
Happy to have you here, brother. Enjoy the webms!

>>21456040
Couldn't agree more with you. The G1 was excellent and proved that the next generation of NJPW has arrived... and now we're just replacing WK with Forbidden Door garbage.

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I didn't quite get that fabled "top gear" feel from Honma that I've so far only seen in the Kento match from last year's Oudou Tournament, which was a shame. Still, worth noting that this is by far his best look ever, to me.
>>21456247
I would've been very surprised if I was alone in that take. I try my best to keep my threads positive, but the AEW involvement in Power Struggle was so impossible to ignore through the booking of the show that it soured me on the whole thing.

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Some of the best this move has ever looked.

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We're gonna close out with a walk down the King's Road! This is Kobashi vs. The Gladiator from 04.09.1999. Fun little match!

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AJPW crane cam my beloved

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new Ryu Fuda look with the perfect react potential

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>>21456353
Holy fucking DIMES

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God I love Kobashi.

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Love Kato. He¨s like T-Hawk, but for some reason it works

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>>21456382
Love the OC, thanks! I'm really excited for that match, I love SMJ a ton and I feel like he rarely gets to get outside of the tag scene in DG.

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>>21456405
They're really pushing him as the rival/first hurdle of Kato and his Dream Gate reign. Think it's J's first time challenging for the belt. So I'm excited to see how J will work as a Dream Gate contender and how Kato will do without a veteran like Kzy making him look awesome.

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Just a nuts jump for a guy his size.
>>21456412
Exciting! I really haven't had time to watch as much DG as I've wanted to, but I'm definitely going to check out the title match. Would be crazy if they pivoted off Kato this early, but I'm open to the idea.

>>21456425
I can't imagine they'll pivot off of him atm. He's not even 3 years in the business yet and a 3x Triangle Gate champion, 2x All Asia Tag Team champion, the current Sou Ryuo Tag Team and Twin gate champion and Dream Gate champion.
But who knows. Kzy only reigned for 74 days ;_;

>>21456430
*4 years in the business

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Really heavy looking German.
>>21456430
Yeah, I was stunned Kzy's reign ended so quickly, but with an upset challenger like Kato it makes sense. I wonder if he's ever gonna hold it again.

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THE DISTANCE!

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>>21456208
>Enjoy the webms!
Always do, webmbro. And thanks again for the Takayama recs last weekend.

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Crazy good impact here.
>>21456491
Anytime, brother. Make sure you share your thoughts in here when you get around to watching them!

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That'll be all for me for today! A bit slower tempo than usual, which I apologize for, but I'll be back tomorrow at full force starting out with Gate of Destiny 2014! Thank you all for spending some time in my thread. I'll see you all tomorrow! Goodnight, bros.

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>mfw i bump the webm thread

>>21456341
when WWE brought out the drone for Logan Paul's match I thought it was going to lead to wider adoption of them for overhead cams and more of this type of footage. Disappointed it didn't.

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I'm just posting to confirm that Power Struggle indeed fucking sucked.

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>>21456496
Will do!

>>21456545
Goodnight, based webmbro. This bump is 4u.

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*sip*

>>21459324
based sip poster

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I'm back! Thank you all for keeping us bumped. Like I said, I'm starting off with DG's Gate of Destiny 2014, the whole mid-and-upper card of the show. I was originally just going to watch the main event, but I couldn't find an upload of just that online, so I figured why not. And I'm glad I did! There's a lot of fun stuff in the tags on this show, especially the Monster Express vs. Dia.Hearts match.

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So damn slick.

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My favorite part of this is Mochi's little tap to the back of the head. "fuck outta here"

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SHIMIZU

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SLICK

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I really like how Yoshino leaves the ground a little early for this, makes the stunner look so heavy.

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I love the leg to hook the guy out of the corner.

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BOOM

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I really like the way Shingo wraps Shimizu over the ropes here.

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If you gotta do any spot like this, at least follow have the decency to set it up well.

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>>21460478
at least follow Blankeyz' advice here and have the decency*, my bad saars

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Weird-ass jackhammer.

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This German landing does NOT look pleasant.

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Fuuuuucking hell.

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Onto the main event! This was what I "actually" watched the show for.

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>>21461104
The way he hits the apron here is so nasty.

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Next we're gonna travel back in time! I don't know if this even counts as King's Road, technically. This is Jumbo & Kobashi vs. Tenryu & Ogawa from 19.08.89. This is of course primarily booked for the (essentially perpetual) Jumbo vs. Tenryu feud, but the coolest part of this to me is getting to see Kobashi and Ogawa this early on in their careers.

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The intensity between these two is always so good. Tenryu has my favorite lock-in of a headlock ever with how he snaps it in, and I love the elbows Jumbo throws to break the toe hold here too.

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Kobashi's SUCH a baby.

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Red trunks Ogawa's so strange.

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Really good improv from Kobashi here. It's weird where this spot if executed perfectly probably wouldn't be very notable to me, but the way they transition from something that could've looked awkward to a recovery that works both in and out of kayfabe is really impressive to me, especially considering that Kobashi wasn't even a year and a half into his career at this point.

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What the FUCK did Tenryu (39 at the time, 76 currently) mean by this?

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So fucking weird to see Kobashi doing stuff like this.

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Such a HEAVY back elbow. Ogawa's head whip sells it so well, too.

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"nah"

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I'm closing out with a jump ahead, this time to true King's Road territory. This is Kobashi, Akiyama & Shiga vs. Takayama, Omori & Fuchi from 9.10.1999.

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Kobashi and Akiyama bring Burning's rookie, Shiga, while Takayama and Omori bring Fuchi, early 90's AJPW multi-man tag demon who's notorious for his unrivaled animosity towards anyone who happens to be younger than him. Needless to say the two take to each other well.

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>>21461571
Gotta love Kobashi, you just gotta! (unless you are Stan Hansen)

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No-selling but if it was fucking AWESOME
>>21462361
Or Jumbo, or Fuchi, or Kawada, or Taue, or Misawa (sometimes)

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And it didn't escape Fuchi that Akiyama also happens to be a generation younger than him and he hasn't tried standing on his head yet. So he does.

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This might've worked for Fuchi in '91. '99, not so much.

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GO SHIGA GO

>>21462573
K I N O

>>21462573
bearded Kobashi is underrated. Was a dimes look

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>>21462598
I'm sure you've seen this posted before, but if not, you'll like it. Similar structure to that spot.
>>21462605
Yeah, I agree. I get why it came and went in-kayfabe, but it does suit him.

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Almost got the upset, Shiga. So close.

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I like how Fuchi clearly has full control of Kobashi and Takayama still finds it necessary to stomp on his head.

>>21459969
its insane that Kid is 50, just two years or so after a pretty serious neck injury and still not that far off the level he was at in 2014

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>>21462670
Yeah, I was thinking about that while watching the show too. It's from 12 years ago and you can barely notice that Kid's aged at all since. This is 20 years ago and there's genuinely very little noticeable difference. He's a medical marvel.

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That's all I've got for this week! For next week you can expect NOAH's event from the week, and hopefully both DG's event from this weekend and Despy's produce show, assuming I can find good sources for them. And there'll most likely be some King's Road to close the thread out, too. Thank you all for spending some time in my thread! I hope everyone found something save-worthy. I'll see you all next week! Goodnight, bros.

Thanks as always.