[Ham and Egger]

Originally Posted by Derek

Apparently the source is Meltzer.

If this is true..... then I'm MARKING OUT!

[EmbassyForever]

Some matches annouced:

NJPW 1/19/2013:
Shinsuke Nakamura will make his V5 IWGP Intercontinental title defense vs. La Sombra.

NJPW 2/10 (iPPV?):
Hiroshi Tanahashi will make his V7 IWGP Heavyweight title defense on 2/10 vs. Karl Anderson
Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr. will face Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima for their IWGP Tag title V3.
Apollo 55 EXPLODES on 2/10 when Prince Devitt makes his IWGP Jr. title V2 defense against his long-time partner Ryusuke Taguchi
Another tag rivalry will see its 3rd bout when Shelley/KUSHIDA make their IWGP Jr. Tag V1 against former champs Romero/Koslov on 2/10.

[Bubz]

Wrestle Kingdom was a great show all around apart from the booking of the main event imo.

Nagata/Suzuki, Makabe/Shibata, Tanahashi/Okada and especially Nakamura/Sakuraba (AMAZING) were all ****+ matches. I'll write about them in the MOTYC thread.

Opener was fine, Tanaka/Benjamin was decent enough and I enjoyed it. Tag title match was very good, Archer was great and the KES are growing on me a lot. Goto is good in tags and Anderson is just great. The special tag match was meh, and the 3 way JR's match was a lot of fun, even if just for Low Ki wrestling in a fucking suit that at first seemed random, but as soon as he started wrestling it became amazing. Match itself was a fun spotfest. So yeah, a great show and the last two matches ruled.

[EmbassyForever]

The iPPV looks very good, looking forward to Anderson vs Tanahashi and Devitt/Taguchi but I'm really sick of TenKoji vs KES even if it'll sure be a good match. Time Splitters vs Koslov and Romero sounds good on paper but I hope this feud won't be the next NRC/Apollo 55 with 1000000 matches over and over again.

[bigbuxxx]

Originally Posted by Defrost

Tanahashi should wrestle CIMA in a match of champions people bitch about winning all the time

I don't think many people have a problem with Tanahashi winning his matches, most have a problem with Okada losing this match, myself included.

[Nervosa]

the feed cut out during the Tenkoji vs. Mutoh/Otani match, so I'm just now seeing it. I gave it ***1/2. Really fun and the crowd ate it up.

Better than Makabe/Shibata for me. I have no clue what you guys who thought that match was 4 stars are seeing.

also rewatched benjamin/Tanaka and I have no clue at all why I gave it ***1/4. It's like **1/2 maybe.

[Defrost]

Unless there is any possibility of Okada leaving then Tana winning was smart even if Okada stays. Remember January is when NJPW contracts are up so if there is really any ambiguity over Okada having him win would be bad. Even if they are 75% sure he's staying he still had to lose.

As for Shibata yeah that was bad, but wrestling politics are what they are.

[MTheBehemoth]

Originally Posted by Yeah1993

Wrestle Kingdom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YtK5fzFYo

Thx.

[Crusade]

Absolutely loved Wrestle Kingdom. Can't wait for the next NJPW IPPV. I'll do a short review later.

[MTheBehemoth]

Originally Posted by Heavenly Invader

If this is true..... then I'm MARKING OUT!

..Really? Even if WWE uses him right (which isnt going to happen), it's not gonna be better than him participating in Great matches in NJPW month after month after month after month.