Ira Gaines Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Did they f**k play a part in the resurgence. Fucking hell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 6 hours ago, Warren Mears said: Did they f**k play a part in the resurgence. Fucking hell. They did though. What Culture as annoying as those guys were, at it's peak was very, very popular. They got a lot of big, big names over and let the British guys get experience with them. Even a cursory look just there shows defiants YouTube channel still has half a million subscribers. That's a massive number when you consider the Two "biggest" UK companies ICW and Progress have just over 40k and 30k respectively. Christ it's over 100k more than ROH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 They got involved pretty much right when it was at it's peak. They capitalised. They didn't actually play a part. Nothing wrong with that of course, but let's not pretend that they were something they weren't. They have a load of subscribers but how did that translate to live shows? Ultimately there were shows in pretty much every part of the UK outdrawing them. ICW outdrew their Newcastle shows every time they went there. They played to a certain casual fan, who probably wouldn't bother their arse to turn up to shows with no "names" and even then, the likes of Rev Pro had that market already. Again, WCPW capitalised on the success of others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Some tremendous wrestling on night 13 of the G1. Loved Okada vs Sanada. Saw a number of people complaining that it was a slow start, but I really didn't feel that at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I'm itching to give out a ***** for a G1 match before finals night. So close with Naito vs Takagi there but it'll be another ****3/4 like quite a number of matches in the tournament. My remaining hopes are probably: Ospreay vs KENTA Ishii vs Takagi Okada vs Ibushi Tanahashi vs Ospreay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Zack Sabre Jr. vs Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 11. ****1/2 Kazuchika Okada vs Lance Archer - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 11. ***1/2 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs EVIL - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 11. ****1/4 Drake Maverick vs Mike Kanellis - 205 Live. ***3/4 Roderick Strong vs Pete Dunne - NXT **** Hirooki Goto vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 12. ****1/4 EVIL vs Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 13. ****1/2 Kota Ibushi vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 13. ****1/2 SANADA vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 13. ****3/4 Blue Demon Jr. vs Dr. Wagner Jr. - AAA Triplemania XXVII. ***3/4 Tetsuya Naito vs Shingo Takagi - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Tag 14. ****3/4 More really good wrestling over the past week. Was a bit disappointed in the AAA main event as I saw several on Twitter talk it up as an all time classic. It was decent but a bit of a mess in parts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Did anyone catch Cain Velasquez's match at the weekend? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 42 minutes ago, airdrieman said: Did anyone catch Cain Velasquez's match at the weekend? I’ve only caught a few clips off Twitter but he certainly looked impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 MMA fighters have a good rep for breaking into wrestling and doing well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 205 Live has a six pack challenge main eventing tonight so that'll be worth a watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Just a good 205 Live main event. Not one of the better main events of recent memory and certainly not as good as several of the other multi man #1 contender matches they've done. How half of the guys in this match were even considered for it I'll never know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Good match between KENTA and Ospreay despite KENTA having an off day. If he held up his end of the bargain it could have been something really great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Joe Hendry has signed for ROH. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Ishii vs Takagi. Oh god yes that was exactly what I needed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Can't be long until ROH die. A few good matches on the show last night but the tiny crowd that was there didn't really care for much of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Excellent matches in the G1 today. Definitely check them out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 ROH NEED to get the belt off Taven. They have bigger issues, but that’s they could at least solve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, TheGoon said: ROH NEED to get the belt off Taven. They have bigger issues, but that’s they could at least solve. Undefeated Rush will be going after the title next. If Taven goes over they deserve to perish. Taven is a good wrestler but he doesn't have the star power to carry a brand. The crowd spent the first half of the match last night watching a man sleep ffs. Crowd were very pro Briscoes in the main event though, they certainly were alive for that one. Pretty good match. Most Ladder matches are actually just TLC matches these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 G1 Climax final on this morning. If Jay White beats Ibushi I may riot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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