[Crusade]

Originally Posted by JoeRulz

How's it moronic? They would just use him to put over Devitt, Taguchi or whoever the Ace is.

In heavyweight class, he would be floating around as a CHAOS thug at best.

I know you hate KENTA but he would not be jobbing Taguchi, let's get real here. He would be positioned higher than him. KENTA would be a coop for any japanese jr. division including NJPW. He would probably be built up to a program with Devitt as Devitt's arch rival. I'm not saying he would go over Devitt or become the ace, but even you surely would understand that KENTA would be a big part of that division. I would like to think NJPW would not be like WWE and get their ego's in the way just because he is not a star made by NJPW, and evidence suggests that would not happen.

At the same time though the argument that KENTA would help NOAH get a huge shove in the right direction is also completely stupid. I have not seen any evidence to suggest KENTA is or will be become a huge draw for the company. He might help them a little bit as champion and certainly has the reliability and loyalty factor but it's going to take more than one star to revive interest in the company and even if one wrestler could turn the whole company round, I definitely cannot see it being KENTA.

They need something huge to get the interest and buzz back around the product and 1 classic match right now isn't going to cut it.

[JoeRulz]

Originally Posted by Crusade

I know you hate KENTA but he would not be jobbing Taguchi, let's get real here. He would be positioned higher than him. KENTA would be a coop for any japanese jr. division including NJPW. He would probably be built up to a program with Devitt as Devitt's arch rival. I'm not saying he would go over Devitt or become the ace, but even you surely would understand that KENTA would be a big part of that division.

But that's basically what I said, lol: "They would just use him to put over Devitt, Taguchi or whoever the Ace is."

[Crusade]

Originally Posted by JoeRulz

But that's basically what I said, lol: "They would just use him to put over Devitt, Taguchi or whoever the Ace is."

You were talking as if KENTA would be nothing but a jobber for NJPW which you know is complete crap.

[leglock]

Kobashi still loves his boy.

[BKKsoulcity]

Originally Posted by leglock

Kobashi still loves his boy.

LOVE IT

[Seabs]

All Japan drew 1,500 in Korakuen with a strong card. And they want to run Tokyo Dome next year without outside talent

Teams for NOAH's Tag League:
1. KENTA & Yoshihiro Takayama
2. Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji
3. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
4. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls
5. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima
6. Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone
7. Eddie Edwards & Bobby Fish
8. Akitoshi Saito & Tomoaki Honma
9. Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa
10. Yujiro Takahashi & Maybach Taniguchi

Naturally only 4 teams of NOAH contratced regulars. Sums their current situation up right now.

[antoniomare007]

Yoshihito vs Sugi, Kensuke, Takayama, KENTA and Nakajima should be fun to watch. Of course none of those matches are gonna be televised I suppose.

[JoeRulz]

NJPW, 3/11/13 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,950 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Tomohiro Ishii beat Satoshi Kojima (13:37) with a brainbuster.
2. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hirooki Goto beat Tama Tonga (9:37) with the Shouten Kai.
3. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Toru Yano beat Manabu Nakanishi (6:18) by pinfall.
4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Karl Anderson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8:42) with the Gun Stun.
5. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley beat Captain New Japan, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (12:09) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Captain.
6. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Yujiro Takahashi beat Togi Makabe (10:45) with a Bukko Nuki German suplex hold.
7. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Minoru Suzuki beat Yuji Nagata (10:24) with a Gotch-style piledriver.
8. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Kazuchika Okada beat Lance Archer (10:14) with the Red Ink.
9. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Shinsuke Nakamura (13:06) by pinfall.


NJPW, 3/17/13 (Samurai! TV)
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium

1. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii
2. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
3. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
4. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Karl Anderson vs. Kazuchika Okada

Jado and Gedo are reading my damn mind. The show was booked exactly the way I wanted.

[Crusade]

Goto/Ishii and another Anderson/Okada match? awesome.

Nakamura getting knocked out in the first round is not what I expected though. Disappointed by that

[PacoAwesome]

I'm seeing round 3 matches being Okada/Smith Jr. and Suzuki/Ishii...well that's what I'd like it to be.