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NJPW 40th Anniversary Show 3/4/12:
Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito ~ ****1/2

What a finish. I knew Naito didn't win, yet I still got caught up in his nearfalls. Naito GLOATING after he landed out of the german suplex, while the fans were going bonkers, was

Gonna go find that 6/6 show you guys were mentioning. Saw the card and I HAVE to give PAC vs Devitt a watch. I really do have to.

[Bruce L]

Originally Posted by Hailsabin

Gonna go find that 6/6 show you guys were mentioning. Saw the card and I HAVE to give PAC vs Devitt a watch. I really do have to.

They're actually talking about the June 16th show, which is supposedly also a strong show of the year candidate.

The June 6th show is just a random Super Juniors show that's not really anything to get excited about as a whole -- but yes, you do have to see Devitt/PAC, which is considerably better than anything from 6/16 other than the main event.

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My love for junior heavyweight style must have assured me that's what it was.

No worries. 6/16 it is.

[Seabs]

I've got working links in the Puro Media Forum for the 6/16 show and the PAC/Devitt match Cody. Go fish them out. 6/16 show I'd consider one of the best top to bottom shows I've ever seen anywhere, not just Japan and PAC/Devitt is awesome, probably the best juniors match in recent years.

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Superb.

Might as well go and watch the first Tanahashi/Okada Championship match while I'm at it. Hype myself up for the rematch at the 6/16 show.

[sXeMope]

Anyone here ever buy DVDs from Bahu? (The guy who runs fmwwrestling.us) Looked through his collection and I really want to have those Hayabusa DVDs, and I was wondering if he's legit

[MF83]

Yeah, he's the king of sleazy indies online and I believe he lives there and is actually a friend of the BJW crew. He's legit.

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Watched Misu vs Tanahashi and it was marvelous, as expected. Really enjoyed the little things. Especially Tana playing the air guitar then throwing MiSu to the ground and not following up like a boss. I've mentioned before itt how I hate the 'i slap you you slap me games' but MiSu brought this to a new level when he kept slapping despite Tana answering with some of his own. Just a couple of great moments out of a match filled with them.

I think Tana vs Okada was a bit better than this though and a big reason is because he showed more diversity, making it fresh and more exciting, and not going through the formulaic match he has all to often (like vs MiSu, albeit still an awesome match).

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New Japan Pro Wrestling - King of Pro Wrestling 10/8/12


1) Manabu Nakanishi Return Match:
Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, & Strong Man vs Takashi Iizuka, Toru Yano, & Tomohiro Ishii ~ ***


2) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov(c) vs Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA ~ ***3/4


3) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship:
Kota Ibushi(c) vs Low Ki ~ ****


4) IWGP Tag Team Championship:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima(c) vs Lance Archer & Davey-Boy Smith Jr. ~ ***1/4


5) Tetsuya Naito vs Yujiro Takahashi ~ *


6) Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba ~ ***1/2


7) IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership in Tokyo Dome:
Kazuchika Okada(c) vs Karl Anderson ~ ****


8) IWGP Intercontinental Championship:
Shinsuke Nakamura(c) vs Hirooki Goto ~ ***3/4


9) IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:
Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs Minoru Suzuki ~ ****3/4


Unreal iPPV.

That main event was one of my favorite forms of human chess that I've ever seen. The constant destruction of Tanahashi's arm and Suzuki's knee/leg...wow. Never seen rope pyschology used to near perfection in a match like that. Those guys RELIED on those ropes. They used them as part of the story. They weren't just there to break one meaningless hold in the first minute of the match. They were there because that was their only sanctuary for having either of the tenacious wrestlers release the holds. Loved that.

Poor Naito. He's got HEART.

Other note worthy moments were: the Okada/Anderson fantastic finishing stretch, Laughter7 being totally LEGIT, Jr. Heavyweight Championship ruling and even using the slight off finish for a good excuse for Ki to KILL Ibushi w/the super fisherman buster, and NAKAMURA SWAG. (I want that hair cut. badly.)

Nothing left to say other than

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Haven't watched a full NJPW card in a while but going through the rest of the matches from 8/10 now realize how awesome it is again. I mark for just about everybody. NJPW easily has the best talent in the world and I'm glad they made a belt for the guys they don't want to elevate to Tanahashi/Okada level.