Indy: All-Purpose Non-WWE Discussion Thread -- Part 2 [NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco July 7]

[GKJ]

Sounds like Bound for Glory was bad.

In 2017 you can’t have bad shows. This company won’t make it.

 

[Kimi]

TNA is gonna TNA. They had a TNA show, and it was as TNA as you would expect. Except worse 'cos everyone has left.

They'll keep on existing, and they'll keep wasting every chance they get.

 

[SeidoN]

Cody v Ibushi now? damn this WK12

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Kenny Omega said in the WK12 press conference that everyone in WWE is below him.

He's not wrong.

 

[Kimi]

Lies. He's only like 180cm. Loads of guys are taller than that in WWE.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Kenny’s like 5’10” lol. 175cm or so.

 

[joshyhockey26]

Lies. He's only like 180cm. Loads of guys are taller than that in WWE.

Dead.

 

[offkilter]

Per Brian Zane on Wrestling with Wregret' s facebook page it looks like TNA is so desperate for a live audience they are looking to pay 50 to 75 actors to sit in the crowd and cheer for their Ottawa shows from the 7th to the 9th.

 

[Disclose]

yeah, i saw the actual ad.

Bound for Glory wasnt as terrible as i thought. it was. fun, but in anymeans good either.
The AAA match... that Pagano dude. not giving a crap. it was terrible. what a bad wrestler.

Also the two people who recognized Jimmy Jacobs. kudos to them. what a bad crowd.

Albertos promo... lol.

the rest was a show. "fun" but "tna" didnt hated it.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Only 100 people attended apparently. That still shocks me tbh.

 

[Disclose]

pretty sure i read it was sold out. there was definitely more than 100 persons in the audience. if they paid or not thats another story.

still terrible idea to do this in ottawa.

edit; guess your talking about the ad thing to go to the tapings?

 

[Shoalzie]

World Tag League participants announced:

World Tag League 2017 entrants announced! Juice and Callahan! Elgin and Cobb! Henare returns! The tournament will kick off from Korakuen Hall on November 18 and will air on NJPWWORLD for FREE‼︎ | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING

B Block seems super stacked. Killer Elite Squad, Guerillas of Destiny and War Machine are all on that side. Ishii and Yano won the tag belts at WK11. Other intriguing teams are Elgin and Jeff Cobb and Baretta and Chuckie T (Chuck Taylor).

A Block is pretty wide open...Evil and Sanada, Page and Fale, Goto and Yoshi Hashi. Juice and Sami Callihan is an interesting team.

Starts next weekend...runs until December 11.

Road to Tokyo Dome is December 17 and 18 and before you know it...January 4 is almost here.

 

[Disclose]

Lucha Underground 4 made official by El Rey network. (yay!)

 

[Disclose]

Johny Mundo, Son of havok, chavo guerrero and pj black confirmed to comming back to Lucha Underground s04

 

[quoipourquoi]

Glad to hear PJ Black is going to be back. Hopefully the time between the seasons is enough for him to be 100%.

 

[Kimi]

That's kinda lame. I was hoping that it would be done so that people could get out of their contracts.

 

[Disclose]

True in a way but im sure those guys can work with tna, aaa, noah with their partership.
Its not as bad either since the season wont be filmed 18 months before it airs.

 

[Kimi]

Yeah, but I'd rather they sign with NJPW or WWE as those are the non-indies that I actually watch. But if they don't have forever sitting about waiting it won't be as bad. The Ricochet problem was annoying as everyone knew where he wanted to be years ago, but he was forced to wait for no return.

 

[ColePens]

I tuned into ROH... and I don't really watch ROH a lot. I saw a Lethal promo where he was interrupted by a guy named Marty Scurll. Dude has a f***ing awesome entrance and an awesome theme.

Guy any good? Because it was extremely captivating.

 

[ColePens]

Jesus this is awesome

 

[Kimi]

I tuned into ROH... and I don't really watch ROH a lot. I saw a Lethal promo where he was interrupted by a guy named Marty Scurll. Dude has a ****ing awesome entrance and an awesome theme.

Guy any good? Because it was extremely captivating.

He's f***ing amazing. He's one of the top three UK guys, along with Ospreay and Sabre Jr..

If you want some of his matches, the ones against Ospreay and Sabre Jr. are always good. And with usual names like Hero, O'Reilly, Ricochet, and so on. He also tags with Sabre Jr. (as The Leaders Of The New School), and they're awesome together (they've been a team for like a decade now).

 

[ColePens]

Thank you! Now it looks like I have a lot to watch. The guy was just so captivating. Really stole my attention.

 

[Disclose]

everything about Scurll is amazing.
besides the matches listed check when they kick out Adam Cole off BC to replace him with him. pretty fun moment where the crowd erupts.

 

[JackSlater]

This Jericho-Omega match has really piqued my interest, for a variety of reasons. First off, the build-up could be great. Jericho and Omega both love to hype their products up, and I enjoy almost (Fozzy) everything that Jericho does. Omega seems pretty ambitious so I am curious to see what they come up with. The idea of the match alone is already pretty unique.

Second, I am curious to see how the match plays out. I am not a big Omega fan, but I recognize that he is great at a certain kind of match, namely the high speed spot trading matches. I can't imagine that kind of match working with 47 year old Jericho. If he can pull a great match out of Jericho at this point and in this context then I will be very impressed. Presumably the match will require both Jericho speeding up and Omega slowing down.

Third, I find this a very interesting addition to Jericho's already very unique career. He is pretty much the last guy of the territory system generation still going, he had a mid 40s renaissance this past year and now is going back to a company he hasn't worked for in two decades (and that has changed significantly since then) to have a prominent match at its biggest event of the year. Jericho isn't the best ever, but his career is possibly the most interesting ever.

 

[GKJ]

Marty Scurll is so awesome