Juice was a guy who was a standout when dusty Rhodes ran the promo classes. Yet the writers couldn't give him a proper gimmick nor could he deliver anything scripted.

The guy is a NJPW dojo grad. So there was always a place for him in Japan

Matt Riddle in NXT PogChamp

HOLY SHIT....Ibushi vs Ishii
and that spot isn't even what the highlight of this match was...

WOW

RIP to brian christopher

Grandmaster SEXY :(

Jerry Lawler tried to get his kid clean a few years back. didn't work out

I wonder if Bryan's fall into the darkness was indirectly brought on by Jerry himself. I mean he didn't exactly scream role model material back in the day what with his womanly affairs and all.

Also I can't remember if it was kayfabe or not but I remember Jerry saying he was glad that Brian never used the Lawler name because he didn't want to be associated with Brian.

Not that the wrestling business is sugar drops and candy plums anyway.

Also RIP to Nikolai Volkoff.

man I remember him from the 2 cool Attitude Era days. RIP

A lot of people had very bad things to say about him, even after his death. Years back there were rape allegations going around. A LOT of them.

So yeah... Entertaining guy for wrestling, no well liked otherwise. Hate to say anything bad about the dead so I'll just leave it at that. I feel bad for King more than anything

Too Cool got huge pop. Scotty 2 Hotty and BC had a great gimmick that the fans loved. Throw in Rikishi and they were hilarious and fun to watch. They were just that though fun to watch for the gimmick and once it died off so they they.

Berz out.

Very true. They fizzled out so fast thanks to the rise of TLC matches.

Nakamura's autobiography has been translated and will release in English this month. Titled "King of Strong Style: 1980 to 2014"

Here's his take on facing Brock Lesnar in 2006. Further proving Brock is clearly in the entertainment business for money.

Another excerpt from Shinsuke Nakamura’s book:

You had no choice but to do what the company wanted. But then Kazuyuki Fujita refused to accept a match with Brock Lesnar for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship which was scheduled to be the main event. Given your previous track record, you were selected to take his place and be the challenger.

“Part of that was luck. But that match was seriously rough. First, Lesnar was saying all this stuff about how he respected New Japan, but it felt to me like that was just for show, that he didn't really respect the promotion. Like, somewhere, he was looking down on Japanese people. I lost the match, and that was the first time I cried at pro wrestling after a match.”

Why did you cry?

“It was the main event at Tokyo Dome. This was a pretty hallowed stage, and I knew I hadn't fought the way I imagined I would. And there was, like, this temperature difference between me and Lesnar. I didn’t get the sense he had any love for pro wrestling. It felt like he was just doing his job.”

Another match to defend the title was later canceled because of contract trouble with Lesnar. He was stripped of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but be never returned the belt itself; he ended up running off with it.

“I felt like this was too much; he was seriously scoffing at us. Lesnar won the championship and took the belt home, I told Simon if the company didn't get it’s shit in order, that belt was definitely going to get nicked. I didn't honestly believe that when we fought. But it ended up just like I feared. He has the physical stuff, plus a straightforward strength and a certain amount of flexibility, so there was a bit of the monster to him. But I didn't like his personality, you know? He might have made a real mark in UFC, but he didn't even seem to notice the audience booing. I was like, "Oh, this guy's a heel to the core."”

here's the match

Congrats to Glenn for winning the mayoral race

Final Fight reboot with Glenn doppleganger?

The G1 is in the final stretch!

This week's free match is Naito vs Omega from last year's final.


6 potential winners for this year. Kenny, Ibushi, Naito, Tanahashi, Okada and Jay White

Totally behind in G1 since I was on vacation... Going to try to avoid spoilers and watch it throughout the week.

Gedo fucking did it
Heading into the final 3 shows... many scenarios can play out and have everyone guessing who's gonna win it.

Ibushi, Omega, ZSJ, Okada, Naito Tanahashi and Jay White can all make the finals.... jesussss

Still haven't watched in a week. G1 is just too much all at once for me. I mean when I watch it, it's FUCKING GREAT but it's just too much. Especially if I still follow WWE and NXT.

I might just look up Dave Meltzer's star ratings and watch select matches once it's over. I heard Kenny got injured and Tama Tonga got fired? What was that about?

Tama didn't get fired, NJPW had to apologize cuz he littered at a train station and filmed it for social media. Bullet Club storyline continued last night(August 8th show). Ibushi got a good match out of Tama Tonga. and great comedy wrestling between Yano and Omega


Omega vs Ishii
Ibushi vs Goto
Ibushi vs Sanada
Ibushi vs Naito
Ibushi vs Ishii

do you see a trend? hahahahaha

Yes I saw the trend after the second Ibushi match! Dude is insanely good

Okada vs Tanahashi... That my friends... Is how you tell a story. What a match

goddamnnnnn

https://i.imgur.com/SEEG7Rj.jpg

Top 25 G1 Climax 28 Matches according to CageMatch ratings (self.SquaredCircle)

Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii (Day 14) - 9.79
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi (Final) - 9.74
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii (Day 10) - 9.69
Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi (Day 18) - 9.57
Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (Day 2) - 9.56
Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii (Day 6) - 9.55
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (Day 17) - 9.48
Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito (Day 14) - 9.44
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (Day 4) - 9.15
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Day 2) - 8.99
Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA (Day 8) - 8.97
Tomohiro Ishii vs. SANADA (Day 18) - 8.88
Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Day 18) - 8.86
Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto (Day 4) - 8.83
Tetsuya Naito vs. Juice Robinson (Day 6) - 8.79
Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL (Day 15) - 8.71
Kenny Omega vs. SANADA (Day 10) - 8.69
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Day 8) - 8.60
Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Day 12) - 8.39
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hangman Page (Day 5) - 8.36
Juice Robinson vs. Kota Ibushi (Day 4) - 8.15
Kota Ibushi vs. Hirooki Goto (Day 12) - 8.14
Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin (Day 11) - 8.13
SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Day 6) - 8.06
Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI (Day 9) - 8.04

I'll start with these LUL

damn
8 of Ibushi's 10 matches from this G1 is on here.

only because his match against Yano is a comedy match.. and Ibushi vs Tama Tonga... for storyline purposes and set up the curveball at the end of Block B
lol

Okada wrestled Rey Mysterio yesterday, but in multi man tag matches.. kinda fun

RIP Jim Neidhart

Apparently he fell in his home and hit his head. Terrible news.

RIP indeed

Bret's the only Hart foundation member left

I don't rmb much of The Anvil though. too young

Yup only one left... This image is so sad (not just for the fashion sense)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkgCLCgUUAU9TO6.jpg

Though I don't have too many memories of the Hart foundation aside from Bret vs Shawn.

Just seeing that pic. It was either accidents or a heart attack and Bret survived.

From seeing the few total Divas clip that showed up today, looks like Jim was healthy enough even though he had slight health problems.

The Hart family has just gone from tragedy to tragedy. Very sad