General WWE II: The Most Electrifying ROH Appreciation in Sports Entertainment

[Melena]

Taya got pulled from bound for glory cause she didn’t get her permanent residence card submitted in time and there was fear she wouldn’t be able to come back to the United States after the PPV

[Kalmado]

Looks like Cody has also picked his opponent for the Dome.

https://twitter.com/njpw1972/status/927180316283879424

So the card would look something like:

Spoiler: show

Okada vs. Naito
Tanahashi vs. White
Omega vs. Jericho
Suzuki vs. ???
Scurll vs. Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu
KES vs. ???
RPG3K vs. Young Bucks
Cody vs. Ibushi
LIJ vs. ??? (Gauntlet?)

New Japan Rumble

Who even faces Suzuki? People would want Ishii or something like that. Not Makabe, hopefully, unless he finds his mojo during WTL. Juice or Elgin would fit this theme which is a ton of foreigners in major matches.

There are a lot of regular names out of there. Unless they want to get people on the main card and make a big tag match to avoid the Rumble, they'll possibly add some other "Special Singles Match" which could be a de facto #1 contender's match for one of the titles. They did Goto/Shibata, Styles/Naito, Goto/Naito in recent years.

I am so PUMPED for WK12 now and that card is looking ridiculous. Only match I'm not a fan of is RPG3K vs. Bucks because I think the former got the belts too quick. However, I'm hoping they added Hiromu to the 4 way so he can win and later on him and BUSHI pick up the Jr belts so both can be double champions.

I know I'm going to get torched for this, but I was never much of a Jericho fan. I've always thought though he was a top tier guy. This match for WK12 is so huge because everyone knows Jericho and this is another great step towards NJPW having ground in the US due to Chris lending his star power to their biggest show.

I'm hoping for a KES vs. GoD vs. potentially EVIL & Senada. That's really my fantasy booking though so LIJ can have two groups of dual champions with their leader Naito winning the IWPG Heavyweight belt. Would be the ultimate faction coronation on their biggest state. I could see it happen due to how much merch LIJ moves alone.

[Delirium]

Sanada, EVIL, and Bushi will probably defend the NEVER trios titles vs some Suzuki-Gun people and/or some Chaos/BC team.
Tag titles are a little weird right now because NJPW doesn't have a lot of teams on the roster. Dont know if they bring War Machine back. Just going to throw this out there though, KES vs Brian Cage and Michael Elgin.

[Kalmado]

I'm surprised Ryback hasn't shown up in ROH or NJPW. Still think him and Cage should team.

[Delirium]

I just remembered that they have the tag league tournament coming up. Winner of that will probably face KES. Too bad Riddle was removed. KES vs Riddle/Cobb would have been fire.

Also some random Stardom news/results

Spoiler: show

Bea Priestley and Kelly Klein won the Goddesses of Stardom tournament. They will challenge Kagetsu and Hana for the tag titles.
Sumire Natsu joined Oedo Tai. Hana and Tam Nakano were not happy.
Momo Watanabe returned! She has been out since February with an injury. She lost to Kris Wolf after Oedo Tai interfered. Queen's Quest and Oedo Tai need some super blowoff, but it may not happen for awhile.
Xia Brookside, Viper Kay Lee Ray, Miranda Salinas, Rachel Ellering, and Nicole Savoy will be the foreigners wrestling for Stardom in January.

[Vil]

Wait, what happened with Riddle?

The problem isn't lack of teams. It's that they just don't use them. That's more of the booking philosophy with the factions, so they get deemphasized when not chasing the title. There's no reason EVIL/Sanada couldn't at least challenge for the tag titles some month this past year. I don't know that Chaos featured a team once Ishii/Yano lost the titles back in the spring. Ishii/Goto/Beretta/Yano/Yoshi-Hashi. Pull two names out of a hat every 3 months if you want to shake it up.

With 2017 being a big year down the stretch for Juice, if Finlay must stay around rather than going on excursion for even a few months, have the tag together regularly.

Oh look, Alberto El Patron is back on BFG *twirls finger* si si si si si si si si si x100

Crying about a paper champion and how he was unfairly suspended and he's the real champion. They're going to put the title back on this jackass tonight, aren't' they?

[Krandor]

NJPW found out he likes weed (which apparently they didn't know) and axed the deal was the last I heard.

[Vagrant]

Supposedly some people were saying NJPW got scared off of using Riddle due to his very pro marijuana stance and how things went with Matt Sydal there last year. No clue if that is the real reason he's not working the tag league though.

[Vil]

Yeah, that makes sense. I just figured they knew about it before and didn't care and thought maybe he got hurt recently or something. We'll see what they do with Cobb then. Someone like Elgin wouldn't bad. The crowds would eat that shit up. Juice announced his partner is Sami Callihan, which is fucking bizarre. I thought that him going to TNA/IMPACT/GFW meant him going to NJPW for this was off.

Oh, the blocks are revealed.

Block A-

Fale/Owens
EVIL/SANADA
Hangman/Yujiro
Goto/Yoshi-Hashi
Tencozy
Juice/Sami Callihan
Nakanishi/Nagata
Suzuki/Iizuka
(oh fuck that @ those last 2 even though I love Nagata)

Block B-
Beretta/CHUCKIE MOTHERFUCKING T!!!!
KES
Finlay/Kitamura
War Machine
Henare/Makabe (I thought Henare is hurt, idk)
Cobb/Elgin
GoD
Ishii/Yano

This is very strange. Thank GOD Tana is getting some rest. Dude deserves it. Still, no Naito, Tana, Okada, or Omega? They've all been banged up a lot and there's going to be a lot on their shoulders at the Dome, so this is probably wise. Nobody gives a flying fuck about WTL. KES in the same block as War Machine and GoD makes me feel even more confident that this will have 3 (or 4) teams at the Dome. That would mean Tencozy or Goto/YH winning probably and KES eating losses to War Machine & GoD.

Didn't know what to expect for Jay White, but for the best he's not here. At best he could bring in an outsider, but that's not the best move now, and this way his faction affiliation won't have to be revealed so soon.

[Delirium]

Just read the results of Bound for Glory. LOLTNA.

[Delirium]

Apparently, the Yeti guy from Tough Enough got cut. I think Patrick(Velveteen Dream) is the only guy left from that show. I think the women's side only has Daria and Mandy Rose left in WWE.

It's funny, looking back on people that didn't win, but are still around vastly outranks people who won. The only winner that went on to be anything was John Morrison.
Season 1 - Josh Matthews
Season 2 - Kenny King, Matt Morgan
Season 4 - Miz, Ryback
Season 5 - Ivelisse, Marty The Moth Martinez, Matt Cross (Lucha Underground season apparently)

[Anoat]

Spoilers for Raw if you want to save yourself three hours:

Spoiler: show

Jordan beats Elias in guitar on a pole match
Miz vs Braun goes to no contest as Kane interferes
Joe vs Balor goes to double countout, Angle puts both on team Raw
Enzo promo is interrupted by MOTHERFUCKING PETE DUNNE, DUNNE beats Enzo in non title match
Announced the U.K. Division roster will be on 205 Live tomorrow night
Sheamus and Cesaro defeat Ambrose and Rollins for the tag titles after New Day interferes with more #UnderSiege
Roman still ded

[Delirium]

Any idea when the only interesting thing in the spoilers happens? Like which hour?

Spoiler: show

Pete Dunne is what I mean

[Kalmado]

Spoilers for Raw if you want to save yourself three hours:

Spoiler: show

Jordan beats Elias in guitar on a pole match
Miz vs Braun goes to no contest as Kane interferes
Joe vs Balor goes to double countout, Angle puts both on team Raw
Enzo promo is interrupted by MOTHERFUCKING PETE DUNNE, DUNNE beats Enzo in non title match
Announced the U.K. Division roster will be on 205 Live tomorrow night
Sheamus and Cesaro defeat Ambrose and Rollins for the tag titles after New Day interferes with more #UnderSiege
Roman still ded

Was gonna sorta watch while watching MNF, but now I'm not even tuning in. Thanks for the post.

[Anoat]

Any idea when the only interesting thing in the spoilers happens? Like which hour?

Spoiler: show

Pete Dunne is what I mean

Appeared in the middle of the show looks like so I guess 9pm hour?

[Melena]

Jesus fuck, this card is lit, 30 miles from home, and I'm going to be at my dad's wedding.

[Kalmado]

Sorry Dad, bad ass wrestling card happening. I'll stay as long as I can, but I can't promise how long I'll be there.

[Tyrath]

Any idea when the only interesting thing in the spoilers happens? Like which hour?

Spoiler: show

Pete Dunne is what I mean

I hit the spoiler and have no idea who that is.

Man I'm super casual.

[Kalmado]

I hit the spoiler and have no idea who that is.

Man I'm super casual.

Bruh, he's a future absolute superstar. Skills, talking, and the rest of what makes a top tier player. Youtube his matches ASAP.

Just watched Scurll vs. Ospreay. Will with his yelling while selling is nails on chalkboard irritating. When he was doing it I actually thought that kind of selling would fit perfect in WWE....

[Tyrath]

So what you're saying is that he's destined to rot in WWE midcard.