WWE / TNA

[roboratzinger]

Please naman sana "work" lang 'to para sa Ladder Match nila sa Sunday.

 

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/0518/626321/breaking-former-nxt-title-holder-reportedly-injured-at-live-event/

 

[iggyb]

I think it's legit. They never do worked angles on live shows. Read on reddit that the ref threw an X sign. No word on how severe the injury is.

And if you guys haven't seen it yet, check Ospreay vs Ricochet from NJPW BoSJ 24 Day 2 (last night, May 18). I enjoyed it better than their bout last year. Easily 5 stars if you ask me. Here's one of the crazy spots that happened:

 

[roboratzinger]

Ngayon ko lang nabalitaan na magkakaroon na pala ng IWGP U.S. Championship ang NJPW. Mukhang tuloy-tuloy na yung plano nilang to go global. Hopefully this opens the possibility for a "gaijin" to win in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom.

Eto pala yung itsura nung belt:

 

[iggyb]

Check /r/squaredcircle on reddit for the latest news. Mukha pa rin talagang baliktad sakin yang belt. Haha! I think it's too early for a gaijin achieve that pero Gedo fucks up fans with his bookings (in a good way) so who knows? Pakiramdam ng marami makukuha ni Kenny yung IWGP HW belt next month sa Dominion 6.11. Eksaktong US tour after nun, fitting lang na siya ang champion. As for WK12, sa tingin ko Okada vs Naito ang magiging main event. Redemption story from WK8, nung pinili yung Intercontinental match (Nakamura vs Tanahashi) na mag-main event imbis na sila.

WWE news naman.

• Sprain lang daw yung kay Ciampa. Match is on as of now.

https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/865597324072013824

• Io Shirai has signed with WWE

http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/io-shirai-accepts-offer-join-wwe-235591

• From WON: (Kairi) Hojo was given the word that she has to come up with a new finisher. A lot of people questioned that. Hojo has the coolest looking elbow off the top rope in pro wrestling, probably the best since a young ICW-era Randy Savage. She was told that’s Bayley’s move. To those in Japan, it’s considered ridiculous because that’s the move she’s known for, but it’s a different world.

Kairi's elbow drop:

 

[This_Is_The_End]

WWE Backlash 2017 Highlights

https://youtu.be/klQl8blXqgM

Results:

• Tye Dillinger def. Aiden English via pinfall (Kickoff Show)
• Shinsuke Nakamura def. Dolph Ziggler via pinfall
• SmackDown Tag Team Championship -- The Usos (c) def. Breezango via pinfall to retain the titles
• Sami Zayn def. Baron Corbin via pinfall
• The Welcoming Committee def. Becky Lynch, Naomi & Charlotte Flair via submission
• United States Championship - Kevin Owens (c) def. AJ Styles via countout
• Luke Harper def. Erick Rowan via pinfall
• WWE Championship - Jinder Mahal def. Randy Orton (c) to win the title*

*If you told me a year ago that WWE Championship and Jinder Mahal would be in the same sentence, I would have told you to lay off the meth.

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On unrelated note, Hojo looks like a beefed up CL (from 2ne1) and that's not a bad thing.

Edited May 22, 2017 by This_Is_The_End

[iggyb]

Si Io Shirai yung may belt sa taas sir. Si Kairi yung nasa gfycats.

Here's a pic of Kairi:

Sabi nga sa Wiki ng Stardom: Stardom also places heavy emphasis on the physical attractiveness of its workers, and publishes several modeling photobooks and calendars of its workers per year.

And here's Bray summing up my reaction to Orton vs Mahal:

 

 

[This_Is_The_End]

Yup. She looks like CL. Less make-up and a harder body although CL is also quite big-boned so there's that too.

[N-eazy]

On 5/19/2017 at 9:21 PM, iggyb said:

I think it's legit. They never do worked angles on live shows. Read on reddit that the ref threw an X sign. No word on how severe the injury is.

And if you guys haven't seen it yet, check Ospreay vs Ricochet from NJPW BoSJ 24 Day 2 (last night, May 18). I enjoyed it better than their bout last year. Easily 5 stars if you ask me. Here's one of the crazy spots that happened:

 

Grabe ang smooth ng execution ng Dragonrana ni Ospreay plus mas mahirap na springboard pa. Props sir @iggyb  di ko narining na may part 2 pala tong laban nila. I'll check this match out.

[This_Is_The_End]

I've missed out on a lot of wrestling recently but my feed was abuzz with the Alexa Bliss' "This is Your Life" segment and how awful it was. Some outlets went full editorializing. Didn't saw it myself but that's the big thing with RAW this week much to the WWE's chagrin.

https://youtu.be/8V_4JgN-3kw

 

[This_Is_The_End]

WWE Extreme Rules 2017 Highlights

https://youtu.be/sS6AI6G8lQg

Results:
- Kalisto vs. Apollo Crews (Pre-Show) - Kalisto wins via pinfall
- Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz (Intercontinental Championship) - The Miz wins via pinfall to claim the IC title
- Sasha Banks and Rich Swann vs. Naom Dar and Alicia Fox - Banks and Swann win via pinfall
- Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley (Raw Women's Championship; Kendo Stick on a Pole Match) - Bliss wins via pinfall to retain the women's title
- The Hardys vs. Cesaro and Sheamus (Steel Cage Match; Raw Tag Team Championship) - Cesaro and Sheamus win via escape to become the Raw tag team titles
- Neville vs. Austin Aries (Submission Match; Cruiserweight Championship) - Neville wins via submission to retain the Cruiserweight Championship
- Extreme Rules Fatal 5-Way Match to Decide the Universal Title No. 1 Contender - Joe wins via referee stoppage to become No. 1 contender

 

[iggyb]

The following Raw episode was better than usual. Joe winning is a very welcome surprise. Just made me watch his classic ROH match against one of the GoATs Kenta Kobashi. He's well over his prime but I'm still hoping for a hard hitting shoot fight in his upcoming match against Brock. Sana kasing brutal ng KUSHIDA vs Ospreay 3 (happened last Sat).

Been checking potential Mae Young Classic competitors lately. Really liking 21 year old Toni Storm. Not as polished as Kairi or Io in the ring but she's really hot. Haha! WWE seems high on her and has been pursuing her hard the last few months. She was featured on WWE Axxess 2 months ago.

And in case you haven't heard yet, something big will happen this Sunday.

 

[This_Is_The_End]

Man, she's T H I C C. Anyway, Joe's win was unexpected but I think he'll deliver. There would be a lot of physicality between the two (I mean more than expected in a wrestling match). When Orton bled during his match with Brock, I think it was cringe-inducing more than anything but with Joe you kinda expect that it would be hard-hitting and pushing the envelope what PG WWE can do. At least that's what I can see in my head what the match would be.

 

 

[roboratzinger]

Mga tol san pwedeng mapanood yung Okada vs Omega 2? 

Andaming nagaganap ngayon both inside and outside the ring sa mundo ng wrestling. Pero eto para sa akin ang pinakamalaking balita para sa Money in the Bank ppv.. .

 

[This_Is_The_End]

I can't find a YT channel that has uploaded the whole show yet.

Results:
- David Finlay, Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino def. Hirai Kawato, Katsuya Kitamura & Tetsuhiro Yagi
- Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask, Tiger Mask W & Yuji Nagata def. Satoshi Kojima, Jushin Thunder Liger, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, SANADA & EVIL) def. Taguchi Japan, Suzuki-gun, CHAOS & Bullet Club
- The Young Bucks def. Roppongi Vice to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
- Guerrillas of Destiny def. War Machine to win the IWGP Tag Team Championships
- Cody Rhodes def. Michael Elgin
- KUSHIDA def. Hiromu Takahashi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
- Minoru Suzuki def. Hirooki Goto
- Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP Intercontinental Champion
- Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega went to a one hour draw.

I'd be lying if I say I know most of these guys (is it still the original Jushin Thunder Liger? That guy's like 200 years old now). it doesn't help na my interest in wrestling right now is waning - it'd probably pick up later. Anyway, I've seen sa Twitter that there are people campaigning for the inevitable third part to be done in the US. I don't know about that but I kinda like the more subdued approach of Japanese production.

 

[iggyb]

@roboratzinger, you can check the watch wrestling sites.

Uno is my go to.
http://watchwrestling.uno/watch-njpw-dominion-osaka-2017-61117/
The match is on part 5 and 6 of the dailymotion links.

Was able to watch it live. May just be the best match I've ever watched. Meltzer gave it 6.25 out of 5 stars.

KUSHIDA vs Takahashi was also great. KUSHIDA's on fire. His match against Ospreay from 2 weeks ago (Best of Super Juniors Finals) got 5 stars.

Let's hope Nak gets the chance to go all out. Given the right scenario, he can have 5 star matches with AJ and Sami. One last takeaway, he mentioned Ziggler might go to Japan when his WWE contract is done.

[This_Is_The_End]

WWE Money in the Bank 2017 Highlights

https://youtu.be/EENKeIhriz0

Results:

• The Hype Bros vs. The Colons - Ryder and Rawley win via pinfall
• Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match - Carmella wins
• The Usos vs. The New Day (SmackDown Tag Team Championship) - The New Day wins via count-out. The Usos retain the titles
• Naomi vs. Lana (SmackDown Women's Championship) - Naomi wins via submission
• Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton (WWE Championship) - Mahal wins via pinfall to retain the championship
• Breezango vs. The Ascension - Breezango wins via pinfall
• Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match - Corbin wins via retrieving the briefcase.

 

[iggyb]

NJPW last year:

WWE this year:

Cena vs Styles and Bate vs Dunne both got 4.75 this year. Hindi siguro papayag tong dalawang to na pagdamutan pa sila ng .25 ni Meltzer.

BONUS 

 

[This_Is_The_End]

More videogame than actual wrestling but damn, the 2K18 trailer is something else.

https://youtu.be/7ZpzXEIkSaw

 

[roboratzinger]

[iggyb]

The first IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion has been crowned.

Kairi Hojo is now WWE's Kairi Sane and has officially entered the Mae Young Classic. Here she is in an NXT pool party.

Left to right: Dakota Kai (Evie), Nixon Newell, Julia Ho, Taynara Conti, Abbey Laith (Kimber Lee ), Kairi Sane (Kairi Hojo), Demi Bennett and Nicole Zhao

List of entries so far the MYC:

Lacey Evans	United States
Sarah Logan	United States
Toni Storm	Australia
Princesa Sugehit	Mexico
Kavita Devi	India
Taynara Conti	Brazil
Abbey Laith	United States
Tessa Blanchard	United States
Jazzy Gabert	Germany
Dakota Kai	New Zealand
Kairi Sane	Japan
Piper Niven	Scotland
Bianca BelAir	United States
Vanessa Borne	United States
Zhao Xia	China

[This_Is_The_End]

The fourth girl from the left, she's the Olympian BJJ chick that was in their performance center something, something...I wasn't really paying that much attention and I don't know where I'm going with this but she's hella cute.

...and WWE released Austin Aries. No details on the release yet but the smarks are abuzz with speculations behind the release. As it is now, this isn't doing 205 Live any favors.

Source:

http://bit.ly/2sXqlRL

 

[roboratzinger]

 

On 7/3/2017 at 5:50 PM, iggyb said:

The first IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion has been crowned.

 

And WWE responded with this .. .

 

[This_Is_The_End]

WWE Great Balls of Fire results:

• Cruiserweight Championship - Neville (c) def. Akira Tozawa via pinfall to retain the title
• Bray Wyatt def. Seth Rollins via pinfall
• Big Cass def. Enzo Amore via pinfall
• Tag Team Championship (30-Minute Iron Man Match) - Sheamus & Cesaro (c) def. The Hardy Boyz 4-3 to retain the titles
• Women's Championship - Sasha Banks def. Alexa Bliss (c) via pinfall; Bliss retains the title
• Intercontinental Championship - The Miz (c) def. Dean Ambrose via pinfall to retain the title
• Ambulance Match - Braun Strowman def. Roman Reigns
• Heath Slater def. Curt Hawkins via pinfall

from CBS:
Only about half of the match was shown as WWE cut backstage to show the fire department opening the ambulance. The announcement of Slater as the winner could be heard in the background, and one would assume it was via pinfall. LOL

• Universal Championship - Brock Lesnar (c) def. Samoa Joe via pinfall:

[This_Is_The_End]

A few days late, sorry

WWE Battleground 2017 Highlights

https://youtu.be/fgpPHFsNuVA

Results:

- Aiden English defeated Tye Dillinger
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (with Big E) defeated The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) (c) - Tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin by disqualification
- Natalya defeated Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Lana, and Tamina - Fatal 5-Way elimination match to determine the #1 contender for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship at SummerSlam
- Kevin Owens defeated AJ Styles (c) - Singles match for the WWE United States Championship
- John Cena defeated Rusev - Flag match
- Sami Zayn defeated Mike Kanellis (with Maria Kanellis)
- Jinder Mahal (c) defeated Randy Orton - Punjabi Prison match for the WWE Championship

[iggyb]

WWE has been shit lately. Things might get interesting soon if they book Summerslam right. If it tanks, there's NXT Brooklyn 3.

A Fatal-4-Way match is already set for the Universal Championship. Brock may drop the belt since he's declined to re-sign with WWE. His contract ends around WrestleMania 34. Basing from the Summerslam poster, we might get a Triple-Threat for the WWE Championship (Mahal vs Cena vs Nak). Nak vs Cena is set to happen next SD for a #1 Conterder's match.

If you're tired of Sports Entertainment and want some good Strong Style Professional Wrestling, check out NJPW's G1 Climax right now (started on July 17). It's a round robin tournament with two 10-men blocks. That means 9 single matches against different opponents just for Kenny Omega. He's on the same block as Okada and their 3rd match is set to happen on August 12.