[WillTheBloody]

Originally Posted by Devildude

If you think Hulk vs Yokosuka was bad, you should probably avoid Naoki Tanizaki vs. Kzy from the 28/12 Final Gate event - it was almost as bad as Evans vs Hart from Final Battle in terms of selling, I shit you not.

I've heard this as well. It's disappointing, as their previous PPV match was short and had good heat to it.

BTW, one thing Dragon Gate does I love that others don't is that, when wrestlers come out to confront another, they are rarely dressed for the occasion. CIMA and Gamma came out recently half-dressed in their gear. Gamma still had his tooth brush in his mouth. Tanizaki has confronted Kzy in the ring twice soaking wet wearing nothing but a towel, like someone popped in the shower and told Naoki, "Hey, Kzy's talking shit about you."

[Devildude]

So DDT, K-Dojo and BJW teamed up for a New Years event with the main event being this:

9. 108 Person Battle Royal: Jun Kasai besiegt Great Kirara mit dem Pearl Harbor Splash (85:12). Reihenfolge des Ausscheidens: Dark Miyako Man (2:10), Yukihiro Abe (5:30), Kaji Tomato (5:49), Oriental Dragon (Ryuji Ito) (6:13), Masked Holstein (6:34), Western Tiger (Takashi Sasaki) (10:18), Tanomusaku Toba (10:58), Taishi Takizawa (11:05), "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (11:42), Kankuro Hoshino (11:46), Bambi (12:02), Chou-un Shiryu & Kim Nam Seok (12:50), Brahman Shu (15:52), Masashi Takeda (16:25), Kunio Toshima (16:30), Miyako Man (16:35), Takumi Tsukamoto (16:40), A. YAZAWA (Antonio Honda) (17:25), Great Kojika (17:40), Kazuki Hashimoto (17:48), Francesco Togo (19:28), Sanshiro Takagi (19:50), The Winger, Handsome JOE & Kashiwa Megane (22:30), Poison Sawada JULIE & Aku-kun (22:50), Qiball Man (26:20), Hiro Tonai (29:02), PSYCHO (29:04), Shadow WX (29:20), Shining Tiger ("Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa) (29:45), Antonio Honda (30:20), Ryuji Ito (31:10), Daisuke Sekimoto (31:40), MEN´s Teioh (32:10), MIKAMI (36:40), Gota Ihashi (36:46), Daikokubo Benkei (36:58), Madness Dragon (Shinya Ishikawa) (37:40), KUDO & Shiori Asahi (38:18), Kota Ibushi (38:30), Mobara Star Festival 7 (39:00), Shuji Ishikawa (40:30), Toru Owashi & MIYAWAKI (42:00), Randy Takuya (42:08), Shining Tiger Big Buddy (Yuji Okabayashi), Ken Ohka & Yasu Urano (42:50), Brahman Kei (45:48), Craig (46:02), Taro Peanut (46:12), Tomokazu Taniguchi (46:30), Buta Gunso (Abdullah Kobayashi) (47:00), Reconstruction Snake Human Jakaider (Poison Sawada JULIE) (47:30), Michael "CEO" Nakazawa (48:05), Yoshihito Sasaki (50:10), Ryuichi Sekine (51:40), Yotsukaida (53:18), Keisuke Ishii (54:11), Masa Takanashi (54:15), Sasaki And Gabbana (55:01), Ryuichi Kawakami (55:10), Yuichi Taniguchi (55:30), KAZMA & Yuji Hino (56:04), Pierre Saionji (Kankuro Hoshino) (57:41), Yuji Okabayashi (58:40), Yuko Miyamoto, Shawn Michaels (?) (Antonio Honda) (59:30), TAKA Michinoku (59:50), YOSHIYA (61:02), Madness Tiger (63:03), TAJIRI (63:40), MASADA (63:52), Atsuo "Malenko" Sawada & Sanshiro Takagi Binnsenn Bun (64:20), GLOBO Mask (64:30), Satoru (65:42), O.K. Revolution (Ken Ohka) (65:45), Kobe Megane (67:44), YOSHIHIKO & Abdullah Kobayashi (68:21), Yuu Yamagata (69:24), Kenny Omega (70:20), Yuki (70:51), Toru Momowashi (Toru Owashi) (71:50), Marines Mask (72:51), Hardcore Kid Kojiro (72:56), Pepe Michinoku (TAKA Michinoku) (73:03), Takashi Sasaki (76:42), Dick Togo (76:48), Daisuke Sasaki (76:52), Tomomitsu Matsunaga & London Kid (78:50), Kengo Mashimo (80:30), Atsushi Ohashi (80:35), Yuichi (80:39), Takao Soma (80:40), Boso Boy Raito (80:52), Isami Kodaka (81:40), Daigoro Kashiwa (82:40), Danshoku Dino (83:25), & Great Kirara (85:12).

Screw WWE vs TNA, screw the Dome show, those are small-time. 108-man Battle Royale's are where it's at baby!

[S-Mac]

Originally Posted by Devildude

So DDT, K-Dojo and BJW teamed up for a New Years event with the main event being this:



Screw WWE vs TNA, screw the Dome show, those are small-time. 108-man Battle Royale's are where it's at baby!

Need to watch this now

[GOD of CUNT]

Originally Posted by TheUnholyDragon

Arisa Nakajima vs. Yumiko Hotta - JWP - 12/28/2008 - *****

First match I've rated ***** since 2004, iirc. Hotta is an unstoppable bitch, and Nakajima can't so much as hurt her. A lot of this is either Hotta slapping Nakajima around effortlessly or Nakajima throwing offense which Hotta just shrugs off, making her look like an ineffectual little girl against an unstoppable monster. Which is exactly why this works. Hotta beats on Nakajima until she can't even stand, while Nakajima refuses to stop getting back up. She just keeps coming and coming and coming, trying again until she can find something that works. In the end, Hotta is just too much for her, but even after the match Nakajima just won't stop.

I really have to see the rest of this feud. I can't remember the last time I've seen a match this good.

Fuckin' HOTTA. Hotta kicking the stuffing out of people is a dynamic I tend to like a lot, so I'll give this a watch. Don't think I've seen a joshi match since '06, and I had no idea this even happened. Never heard of this other chick, either. Still... Hotta.

[El Gamo]

Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - AJPW 06.12.1996 - ****3/4
Meltzer gave this 5 stars and I can totally see why. Really awesome match which a hot crowd. All 4 guys are great but Kawada and Misawa really steal the show. I've never given a 5 star rating but this is really close to that score. If anybody hasn't seen it, this comes highly recommended.

[Halfnelson]

Matches announced for the next NJPW tour

New Japan Pro-Wrestling - "CIRCUIT 2010 NEW JAPAN ISM"

NJPW, 30.01.2010 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Naomichi Marufuji (c) vs. Prince Devitt


NJPW, 14.02.2010 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (c) vs. Jado & Gedo
2. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Terrible & El Texano Jr.
3. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Manabu Nakanishi

I mentioned in the Dome thread that I wanted a rematch for the title between Devitt and Marufuji but I didn't expect to see it so soon, great to see it's at Korakuen too.

[Devildude]

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Naomichi Marufuji (c) vs. Prince Devitt
3. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Manabu Nakanishi

DO WANT!

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (c) vs. Jado & Gedo
2. IWGP Tag Team Title: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Terrible & El Texano Jr.

DAMMIT NJPW!

[KingKicks]

Can't wait for Marufuji/Devitt. Considering how enjoyable their first match was (plus already wrestling that night), I expect this match to be even better.

[TaylorFitz]

Originally Posted by Devildude

So DDT, K-Dojo and BJW teamed up for a New Years event with the main event being this:



Screw WWE vs TNA, screw the Dome show, those are small-time. 108-man Battle Royale's are where it's at baby!

How many rings did they need?

And I thought WCW's old 60 man Battle Royal was a clusterfuck I can only imagine what a mess/how awesome this must have been.

Pretty sure I've said this before but I recently watched some more of Dynamite Kid and I have come to the conclusion that Dynamite Kid was doing at least half the stuff that we see in the indies today in the 80s. It's insane to think how ahead of his time he was.

[Maxx Hero]

I have not seen very much of Dynamite Kid, do you have an good suggestions that prove that point of yours and give me a good idea of what he is like?