Jon Moxley seems to be really over with the Japanese audience. Smart move by New Japan to bring him in. It's only gonna last until AEW's TV show starts. Better to cash in on his popularity now.
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Not hard to do considering how bad WWE booking is and how your creative freedom is suppressed.
TNT you mean and that's not gonna happen. NJPW will get the belt off of Moxley before the show in October. Also, from my understanding AEW is undecided on whether or not they will even acknowledge that Moxley won the IWGP United States Championship.
The Jericho/Okada match went pretty much like I expected. The only thing that sucked was the out of nowhere finish. But yeah they weren't gonna put the IWGP Heavyweight championship on Jericho. What will probably happen is Naito will challenge Okada for the strap in an effort to become double champ. Jericho will come back later in the year and challenge Tanahashi. New Japan has a problem because their main eventers are thin. They need some new blood in the worse way. Right now it's Okada, Naito, Tanahashi, and White.
I think Ibushi will finish the year strong. He'll probably win the G1.
Ibushi needs to be careful with those neck bumps. In the Naito match he took a bump to the back of his neck off the ring apron that could've broken his neck. Ospreay had that same problem but wised up and has been working a lot safer.
Ibushi isn't happy if he doesn't do a neck bump.
Kenny or somebody needs to talk to his ass before he kills himself.
I don't know what to think about Jericho's new "Judas Effect" finisher. I get the psychology behind it because in real life a spinning elbow to the head can knock you out but the way Jericho executes it looks weak. It's gonna take some getting use to.
It needs to be a combination maneuver with the code breaker. You gotta over sell the move to make it look like a match ender.
I'd be having my retirement press conference after this match. Fuck this shit
Just brutal. They need to eliminate spots like this on the ring apron. The margin for error is too slim and accidents like this are bound to happen.
Listening to Busted Open this morning and they were trying to compare this spot to the Goldberg/Taker dumpster fire. These two aren't even close, this was an accident. The WWE ish was just egos that could have got someone killed.
Yeah Lance Storm said the same thing about apron spots. At least NJPW they have about a good foot of extra room for spots compared to standard rings.
Moxley will drop the title at some point. Cody only had the US title for like a month. Omega was one of their biggest stars and he only had like a 3 month reign. They don't keep titles on foreigners for long.
But they trying to establish a working relationship. NJPW want Omega to still work for them when possible and you can expect that AEW would love to have guys like Okada, Ospreay work some matches for AEW.
shit is sad
supremely talented dudes collecting dust
either the wwe needs to let some ppl go or enforce a hard brand split or make NXT a legit 3rd brand
Rumors were Fox fox was forcing their hand on having their top talent when the show starts. Whatever the reason for the wild card rule its hurting the product.
i may sign up for bleacher's service just to check this out
my only complaint about AEW is that the PPV model is dying breed
I mean, is this really any different than the Golberg from 20 years ago? He was a shitty wrestler then always hurting himself and others. Nothing's changed other than his age.
That move looks worse than a accident. That's intentionally trying to get someone killed.