When do tickets go on sale for the UK show that New Japan is doing? I'm incredibly curious what those numbers will do.
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They've been on sale since March 12th and from what I can gather numbers are doing pretty good with a bunch of sections already sold out.
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NJPW are still doing record business in Japan, but the way they have managed their West expansion and gaijin signings is really disappointing. They let some of the biggest western talent in the indies get signed by the WWE (and this was before WWE was signing everyone); they have never given NJPW USA fans what they want, a full NJPW experience, to the point that the first show that appears is going to give it (the G1 one) is being meet with doubts and a general lack of interest; they depended too much on The Elite for their expansion; the last months have been a booking mess with the departure of The Elite; they refuse to fix their tag divisions; they created more pointless belts; and so on.
Yes, and it does not help how they book them. Only the IWGP HW is booked decently (even if the last months have been a mess with Omega reign and his departure).
The USA title is a waste of time; the Never is an interesting concept that sadly got forgotten until recently (basically a belt for any weight division and wrestlers not signed by NJPW); the IC title basically is a "we know you are more popular than our IWGP HW champion, here have this"; The IWGP Jr. division needs a reconstruction (looks like they are doing that with giving the belt to Lee and the rumored card for BoSJ, Kushida leaving was a blessing).
Simply dumping ROH for AEW would go such a long way for so many reasons. So frustrating that such an obvious slam dunk move is not happening.
I agree here. waaay too many belts. New Japan is better than WWE at making sure certain belts get over but a lot of the belts are so forgettable...
It still baffles me that NJPW decided to not have a U.S. Title match at the MSG show.
I mean, if you're going to take the time to create a U.S. title in the first place, then you should have it defended on the biggest U.S. show in your company's history.
I mean, if you're going to take the time to create a U.S. title in the first place, then you should have it defended on the biggest U.S. show in your company's history.
Won't happen until AEW drops AAA.
NJPW values their relationship with cmll too much.
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They are probably all munchkins
Jungle loving life in this new unit.
btw how tall is Rebel Kel? Is she huge or is it just the case of everyone on the roster being short?
Cagematch says Kyona is 5'1'' lol
Yes, I mean, Millie looks like a giant in Japan, but looks regular at EVE.
Becasue they only had so much time and people rather see the ic or IWGP belt match. If it was a njpw full show then it would be on it
Not enough room. They would have had to cut Bully Ray's challenge.
Jungle loving life in this new unit.
btw how tall is Rebel Kel? Is she huge or is it just the case of everyone on the roster being short?
I don't think there's a single full time Stardom girl over 5'5"
I know the reason, it's just silly that they're willing to cost themselves so much money over blind loyalty.
WHat is there to market, the only reason these show are a thing is because they thought they would have omega and the bucks and friends. Maybe if they sold ticket before all in 2 they would have done better.
Glad to see we're mostly in agreement with our lists, lol. Honestly in my case MAO and Sasaki are probably tied for first. And I really wanted to put Oishi on mine but there just wasn't room. He's definitely #6 for sure.
It's the G1. Only reason that's not enough is because they haven't quite delivered what people wanted in the past US shows. Yes we have some idea what it will be since it's the G1 but people are cautious. The commentary should at least be selling this constamtly as the huge exciting event it is and they should maybe release the names for the main event of the block early as that could put to rest any fears that we get White/other western star in the main as thats what they think the US audience wants.
Exposure isn't the reason why people buying tickets. When you require people to fly in to major shows then things like this will happen. If the aew show wasn't happening I guarantee it would be doing better. Not to mention the lost of the buck and Kenny played a huge part in this show
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They should've made time for it.
The show ran 5 and a half hours in length. I'm sure they could've figured out a way to fit it into the card by adjusting the time of the other matches or by cutting a match like Rush/Castle.
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How? They had to share time with roh? What match would you replace it with?
Yeah it's night 1. Don't blame you for not knowing considering all there US shows are G1 something. Yet another issue with them and further proof theit marketing for the show is failing.
I'm guessing Punk is cynical enough that he wouldn't even consider it until they're a proven success.
Which is a shame. Punk vs Omega would have been far more interesting than Jericho vs Omega.
Dude is 40 though, if he wants a comeback eventually and to not be remembered going out as a canned tomato in MMA, he's running out of time.
Omega is the only one that draws, the Bucks are valuable for their creativity and Cody is trash. Losing the rest is fine but losing kenny was crippling for their expansion plans.
I'd say it's more ROH than anything. New Japan would have a pretty long build-out to actually being where AEW is at in a scenario where AEW didn't exist.
Jungle loving life in this new unit.
btw how tall is Rebel Kel? Is she huge or is it just the case of everyone on the roster being short?
https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Rebel_Kel
Billed at 6'0", so legitimately tall (gigantic in Japan)
I see you already ordered one
Cody and The Bucks are definitely a key factor in The Elite's success.
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RISE is streaming a free replay of RISE 13: Legendary at 6 PM EST on Twitch.
Main Event is Kylie Rae v.s. Mercedes Martinez no-ropes submission which is definitely worth going out of your way to see (4*+ match). That should start around 8 or 8:15.
Its Goldust. He's a special attraction they wheel out every once in awhile for nostalgia.
They got no reason to hold him back and he's not a threat in other promotions.
He would be under a 90 day no compete clause if he was released
Its obvious where he would go though. It's not like WWE's never been petty and they know it's not in their interests to help a competitor.
Unless he gives up the money or iirc the contact was almost expired anyway.
They would be petty with talent like The Revival and Sasha that could be an asset, not Dustin.
WWE are assholes but I think sometimes they're smart enough to know which battles are worth fighting and when to let things go.
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Cody used the platform and momentum of the Bucks to turn himself into the face of everything they're doing
It is pretty much 100% on the Bucks (and Omega, but less so beyond "muh star ratings") but I think a lot of people see it as "that Cody Rhodes thing". I mean with AEW especially they are positioning it like it's Brandi and Cody's company
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