I think there have been a lot of "fun things" going on during and around the G1, but the matches have been varied. Some of them have been exciting to watch (Omega vs. Ishii, Ibushi vs. SANADA, Okada vs. EVIL, to name a few I really enjoyed), but it hasn't been as solid as previous years.
I've had a bit more fun watching the tag match-ups outside of the actual tournament than watching some of the official matches.
― hourspass, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
I've been too busy to watch any of the G1 so I'm just gonna make time for the Yano matches before this weekend's final shows. When is the first Sumo Hall show, Friday?
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
Oh wait it's Budokan not Sumo Hall. Friday it is.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 22:47 (six years ago) link
yes please!
Kenny Omega -VS- Pentagon September 1st #ALLin pic.twitter.com/3ej5rn659z— All In (@ALL_IN_2018) August 12, 2018
where can i watch this??
― Mordy, Sunday, 12 August 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
The G1 definitely nailed the landing. The overall quality still wasn't as good as past years but the best stuff was some of the best pro wrestling you'll ever see.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 13 August 2018 11:46 (six years ago) link
Mordy, I don't know if you're still trying to find the match, but NJPW World has All In available on their streaming service.
― hourspass, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 08:57 (six years ago) link
thx!
― Mordy, Friday, 14 September 2018 02:23 (six years ago) link
going to the njpw show in long beach on sunday - where every man, woman and child owns a bullet club tshirt. the last one was excellent so I'm pretty pumped. in spite of the fact that the line to get in, food, drink and bathroom situation is fucking abysmal
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link
How was it? So far I've only watched Scurll vs Ospreay from that show, I have a lot of catching up to do. I haven't watched anything from All In yet. KOPW is around the corner but I'm not really feeling it.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
How were the lines this time? 'Cause the place looked about a third empty for the first half of the show.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
Had a great time and great seats. The opener with Liger was great, everyone seemed like they were really enjoying themselves. Bucks match wasn't nearly as good as the last one (but thats kind of unfair) but the back injury plot was kinda stupid, imo. I guess they needed an excuse for the Bucks to lose. I didn't take detailed notes or anything but the show was definitely less crowded than the last, filled in more as it went on. there were dedicated beer vendors for the first time which made life 100% better unless you wanted to eat food. then you were fucked either way bc there were only two kiosks for the whole venue.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
Did not expect that news on Raw. Damn.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
Huge bummer, rooting for him
It's obviously trivial in the scheme of things but he'll finally be the mega-over top babyface he was meant to be if he makes it back after this
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
Brutal. Hope he Superman punches leukemia back into remission.
I'm not sure how I feel about the Ambrose heel turn happening on the same night.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
i feel like if it had been drawn out for weeks of “brotherhood above all” the leadup to the turn would have seemed too over the topi liked this former wwe writer’s spin on it (thread). grief does crazy things to people
See, even that, I think, can be explained. I don't think Dean (the character) planned this. I think they won, because that's what Dean does. And then he turned.. and he saw Seth smiling.. and in that one second... that one moment after Roman ripped open his soul... and...— Tom Casiello (@tommiecas) October 23, 2018
― maura, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
That's how I rationalize it too, the turn had been building for weeks and Ambrose (the character) is unstable enough as it is. When Reigns made his announcement, something inside him snapped. He still needed to win the tag title to prove to himself that he could.
There are plenty of storyline ways to explain it, but every one of them involve using someone's life-threatening cancer diagnosis to manipulate the fans and help get a wrestling angle over. If there was ever a week to send people home happy, it was this one. Couldn't the same storyline goal have been achieved by doing the turn next week?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 06:54 (five years ago) link
i mean roman probably signed off on this turn because it’s “good for business”
― maura, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 10:11 (five years ago) link
I'm sure they asked him and he said he was ok with it, but it's still tasteless.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 25 October 2018 03:25 (five years ago) link