General Wrestling VII: Beyond Thunderdome

[Melena]

Fuck it, put the title on Woods now so Brock can beat him for it and complete the new day conquest.

[NynJa]

Shortest match of the night was the fatal 5 way main event...lol

[Tomiko]

Stardom's first event will be live free on YouTube tonight as 12:30am EST.

https://twitter.com/wwr_stardom/stat...17222617300993

[Delirium]

Cool. I gotta go back to work tomorrow, but I also need to stay up late to see who the Momo's are (not Watanabe).

[Melena]

Ric Flair is not having a good couple of days on Twitter.

First he went off on a bleacher report opinion piece that said Jericho is the GOAT of all time over past legends.

Then yesterday, he went off cause Becky Lynch posted a tweet with Migos saying the next single they will do is Big Time Drip.

This really ruffled Ric cause of his appearance in Offsets video for Ric Flair drip.

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[Tomiko]

I completely forgot Wrestle Kingdom was tonight (and tomorrow). I was thinking it was still a couple of days away for some reason.

Start Time (both nights): 2am EST; 7am GMT

Night 1: (in order)

1. Kick-Off: KOPW 2022 New Japan Ranbo
2. YOH vs SHO
3. Rocky Romero, Ryusuke taguchi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs BULLET CLUB (KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo)
4. Los Ingobernables De Japon (SANADA, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay & Great-O-Khan)
5. Catch Wrestling Rules: Katsuyori Shibata vs ???
6. NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs EVIL
7. IWGP Tag Championship: Dangerous Tekkers (c) vs Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi
9. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs Kazuchika Okada

Night 2: (in order)

1. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask) (c) vs Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) vs BULLET CLUB’s Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori)
2. STARDOM Special: Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani
3. KOPW 2022 Four Way: Final 4 of New Japan Ranbo on Night 1.
4. NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO) (c) vs CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH)
5. SANADA vs Great-O-Khan
6. Tetsuya Naito vs Jeff Cobb
7. IWGP US Heavyweight Championship; No DQ: KENTA (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
8. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: [Winner of Night 1] (c) vs Will Ospreay

The STARDOM match is highlighted just because I thought it was worth pointing out that they finally have a match on the actual card as opposed to a dark match that not many see.

[Delirium]

The cards are really good, but the hype around NJPW is kinda low right now. Doesn't feel like much of anything exciting or fresh is happening.

[Krandor]

New Japan just did not have a good 2021.

Still put on quality matches but a lot of the booking was outright bad, the new belt is trash, and some very poorly timed injuries.

[NotGreyheim]

3 Wrestle Kingdom (night 1) things:

Spoiler: show

An actual DQ finish in NJPW and it's fucking Hiroshi Tanahashi in the fucking Tokyo Dome, what the fuck?
House of Perverts needs to just fuck all the way off. All of them.
And fuck Okada for making me root for him and then picking the Milton Bradley belt.

[NotGreyheim]

I guess if anyone could ever manage to drag a shitty match out of Ishii at the Dome, it was gonna be EVIL.

[Tomiko]

https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1478460071831080967

[Delirium]

I guess if anyone could ever manage to drag a shitty match out of Ishii at the Dome, it was gonna be EVIL.

EVIL isn't even bad. His Bullet Club crap with Dick Togo needs to end though. It's just terrible.

[NotGreyheim]

As someone who has been interested in Stardom but never had a chance to catch a show, it's so goddamn cool to see them take the stage in the main show at Wrestle Kingdom

[Tomiko]

As someone who has been interested in Stardom but never had a chance to catch a show, it's so goddamn cool to see them take the stage in the main show at Wrestle Kingdom

Seconded. I really need to make more of an effort to watch their shows.

[Tomiko]

That finish to KENTA vs Tanahashi

[NotGreyheim]

Holy fuck KENTA just fell off of what must have been a 12ft ladder directly on his face. That's not even hyperbole. He landed on his face. What a dumb fucking spot.

[NotGreyheim]

Just look at the smear on that table after the finish. KENTA's face fucking exploded. Jesus fuck.

[Melena]

Surprisingly, he only had a couple of small cuts on his nose. He just gushed like a mother fucker.

[Delirium]

Easiest way to watch Stardom is the "We are STARDOM" SHOWS on YouTube. Stardom-World is pretty cheap though, like $10, and has subtitles whereas YouTube doesn't.

[Delirium]

WWE released a bunch of non-wrestlers today including William Regal, Ryan Katz, Ace Steel, and Dave Kapoor. Road Dogg might be gone too? SRS reported it then says it "wasn't official".