Less than 10 hours away from the biggest show of the year. The Tokyo Dome is apparently sold out, which means over 60,000 in attendance, their biggest crowd in a decade. The main event, IC title match, and NEVER Openweight title match in particular look incredibly strong. Lots of North American talent all over the card including AJ Styles, Shelton Benjamin, Young Bucks, reDRagon, Alex Shelley, Davey Boy Smith Jr, Jeff Jarrett, Karl Anderson, and more. The best part? It's only 999 yen, which is only about 8 DOLLARS~!
The homeboy, puro historian and tape trader Roy Lucier has put together a video on how to order the NJPW network. It only took me about 3 or 4 minutes, following the video. Not only do you get tonight's gigantic PPV, also this week you would get the Kōrakuen Hall show, and two NJPW/CMLL shows later this month... for only 8 dollars and some change. Tonight's show is a CAN'T MISS. Enjoy...
The homeboy, puro historian and tape trader Roy Lucier has put together a video on how to order the NJPW network. It only took me about 3 or 4 minutes, following the video. Not only do you get tonight's gigantic PPV, also this week you would get the Kōrakuen Hall show, and two NJPW/CMLL shows later this month... for only 8 dollars and some change. Tonight's show is a CAN'T MISS. Enjoy...
How is Jumbo Tsuruta? He was always one of my favourite Japanese wrestlers...
ReplyDeleteI won't be watching live but I'll def download it to check it later. Really I just wanna hear JR.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to Styles/Naito. I'll be watching through the flipps app, 7am start for us in the UK.
ReplyDeleteDead!
ReplyDeleteWhat?! No!!!
ReplyDeleteHow is Mitsuharu Misawa taking it?
Dead Too!
ReplyDeleteBWAHAHAHAHAHAHH!
OMG!!! This can't be happening!
ReplyDeleteI hope Shinya Hashimoto isn't mourning too much about this...
Thanks, Dock! I'm going to try this out.
ReplyDeleteAnd you know he's going to really good and call it like a damn professional. None of those hackneyed sports entertainment metaphors.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear it's near sold out.
ReplyDeleteTake that Vince!
ReplyDeleteJordan?
ReplyDeleteMcMahon.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if he even knows it's happening?
ReplyDeleteHe's senile, Vince thinks JCP still exists.
ReplyDeleteDo I have to use a proxy like I do for the network as I'm in the UK and wrestling companies hate us?
ReplyDelete"Inoki's at it again, huh! The crazy map!"
ReplyDeleteThis is great, but I'm a little unclear about something. Would this be a subscription to this service? Or is it just a one time charge of $8? If it's the former, how easy is it to cancel?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcMaHsAP5Jc&spfreload=10
ReplyDeleteMatt Striker otoh...
ReplyDeleteIt's a rolling subscription, but easy to cancel. See here: http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2nxb1q/how_to_sign_up_for_njpw_world_compliments_of/
ReplyDeleteJim Ross will have him on a short leash.
ReplyDeleteGiant Baba is consoling him. Softly, gently, with a million hot pokers.
ReplyDeleteJim Ross is commentating?
ReplyDeleteSlobber knocker! Bah gawd!
ReplyDeleteIt's the Wrestlemania phenomena, only in Japan it extends to a wide range of New Years Traditions.
ReplyDeleteIn Japan, New Years is a 4 or 5 day holiday with lots of traditions, from watching bad enka singers on TV at home instead of partying on New Years Eve, to lining the streets for two days to watch college kids run from Tokyo to Hakone and back.
Tokyo Dome wrestling on the last night of New Years is just one of those traditions. And the rise in NJPW viewership directly correlates with the fall of K1.
For the record, the NJPW World version is NOT Ross & Striker. That's the U.S. ppv version, which may or may not be live at midnight, depending on your cable provider.
ReplyDeleteWish they took Paypal on NJPW World. I'll probably order the Flipps version on the replay tomorrow night, though.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a debit card? Took my Visa debit no problem.
ReplyDeleteGood knowledge. I was wondering why their show was always January 4th. I guess it's not that different to WWE's annual MSG Boxing Day house show.
ReplyDeleteI know people having been having trouble with Flipps all day, don't know why, but it's worth looking into..
ReplyDeleteJust so you know, if you order the show through NJPW World there is no JR./Striker commentary. To get that you have to order the event through your cable/satellite provider of through the flipp app.
ReplyDeleteDock, you should have also shown you can order it through cable/satellite and the flipp app and that's the only way you get the JR/Striker commentary.
ReplyDeleteThink we'll get a rant on the show?
ReplyDeleteDebit cards are a totally different thing in Canada.
ReplyDeleteAh, okay.
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing that out.
ReplyDeleteMy debit card works!
ReplyDeleteVandelay 10 Scottberg 0
YES!
Here are some fantastic videos by Matt Striker that explain all the matches and wrestlers really well: IWGP Heavyweight Championship Tanahashi vs The Rainmaker https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nZkV-mBD7tU
ReplyDeleteIWGP Intercontinental Championship Nakamura vs Ibushi https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7OuTrO6AGI4
AJ Styles vs Naito https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=203cXP_cBpo
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Championship 4 team match https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=awrwhBd8J1Q
NEVER Openweight championship: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwgcLu1Q_pg
UWFI rules match (knockout and submission only): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YzT7BUWwx78
6 man tag match with Bullet Club: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6McHFtyxXWM
These videos are what finally convinced me to order the PPV.
You don't have a credit card?
ReplyDeleteSo what's going to be the better match? Tanahashi/Okada or Nakamura/Ibushi?
ReplyDeleteThat's how it works in the UK too, and my card worked for NJW. Might be different depending on the bank though.
ReplyDeleteMaaaaaan... The first 6 Tanahashi/Okada matches would suggest it would be those two, but the Nakamura/Ibushi match from '13 that won all the awards was better than almost all of them. It's a toss up. That said, Ishii/Makabe could be the show stealer.
ReplyDeleteOkada/Tanahashi is the match with most expectations, I consider Okada this generation's Flair.
ReplyDeleteThe four-way tag opener should be great too, and Naito/Styles have a no pressure slot to steal the show.
ReplyDeleteThe UWFi rules match might be the surprise of the night, Suzuki is terrific heel (one that could make a tag with Lesnar), Sakuraba works as the good guy. Both have MMA experience so there's a lot of respect by the crowds.
ReplyDeleteNever heard that comparison, but I like it. What's crazy is that Flair wasn't the #1 guy until his mid 30's. At 27, Okada's barely sniffing 30.
ReplyDeleteThe look, the gimmick, the way he wrestles. It would be a dream to see Flair in non-self parody mode managing him.
ReplyDeleteI find him a little lacking in charisma for that. Obviously a great wrestler though.
ReplyDeleteTanahashi is still the best in the world, though. So it's going to be an incredible match.
ReplyDeleteWhat's this cost on Dish?
ReplyDeleteIt's only in SD on DISH wTF.
Around 2012, yes. Gedo carried his mic work, when he got in the mid of 2013 he was a complete performer.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Ishii/Makabe and Suzuki/Sakuraba, those might the surprises of the night.
ReplyDeleteCompared to Flair, I mean. To me, He has an appropriately Dibiase quality about him.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how that Suzuki match is gonna turn out, but I'm intrigued by it.
ReplyDeleteOh hell yeah! How will Shelton Benjamin be involved? Easily one of my favorite performers from those years of the WWE
ReplyDeleteExpect Suzuki trash talking, a lot of trash talking.
ReplyDeleteSuzuki is one of my favorite heels because he's so ruthless and just beats dudes up.
ReplyDeleteHe can work his comic side too, he can be a bigger douche than Brock is.
ReplyDeleteI've not seen his comic side yet. I'll look forward to it!
ReplyDeleteThat judo throw into sleeper is so good.
ReplyDeleteSaka-Otoshi, I did that when I used to practice Judo.
ReplyDelete2 AM EST start, right?
ReplyDeleteCheck the matches he had with Yano in 2013, great comedy. The story is around Yano, the inferior wrestler, tusing every trick in the book to survive against him. It's hilarious how Yano would escape from his wrath.
ReplyDeleteThis is sweet. I'm really considering paying for World in order to see this show. One question tho, chances are I might be falling asleep during the live broad cast of this show. Will World still have the PPV after its done?
ReplyDeleteOh! That explains their G1 match now!
ReplyDeleteThis will be the best wrestling show of the year. Love me some Nakamura, YEAOOOOOHH
ReplyDeleteThey've started releasing faux credit cards in Canada that you can use as a credit card online even though it just takes money out of your bank acount (no credit, no debt, no bill)
ReplyDeleteGreatest thing ever.
I'm ordering on traditional ppv with some friends.
ReplyDeleteJR on commentary baby!
I am going to order through the cable company tomorrow. It says it is 6pm to 11pm. Is it really that long?
ReplyDeleteStriker reminds me of if Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ever got hit shit together.
ReplyDeleteThe extra time is for JR stumbling through Japanese names.
ReplyDeleteindeed.. always..
ReplyDeleteMuch as I'd like to hear the English commentary, there's no fucking way I'm paying $44.95 for the privilege.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone order this with Japanese commentary? Besides Japanese people obvy. Like Pat Morita.
ReplyDeleteIndy geek cred.
ReplyDeleteIt's much cheaper so if you are already a big fan and don't need the English commentary I get it.
ReplyDeleteIt's more tolerable than listening to Matt Striker, who is fucking awful... I actually dig the Japanese commentary.
ReplyDeleteMatt Striker has done a great job with his videos, I think with JR he'll be fine.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's the Japanese Wrestling WrestleMania.
ReplyDeleteHe's pretty decent on VT's. But horrible doing live commentary. "I'm marking out bro!"
ReplyDeleteThat's Shelton X Benjamin, to you!
ReplyDeleteI mark out for BAD LUCK FALE. The music the powerbomb, he's like Sid.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile I just watched Ibushi vs Ricochet and it totally justified the $8-ish.
ReplyDeleteWhat time does the pre-show begin?
ReplyDeleteHere's the pre-pre show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHEDt18dbko
ReplyDeleteI like him on Lucha Underground a lot.
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ReplyDelete... and this reminds me of Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia... who will never actually get his shit together.
ReplyDelete"STYLESUU CLASHUUU!!!!"
ReplyDeleteI don't like to use them for online stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe one with the royal rumble is said to come on at 11:15 pacific..
ReplyDeleteThanks. Wrestlemania isn't even that long though. I think my buddy's limit is probably 3 .
ReplyDeleteYeah, his Lucha commentary has been way better than his WWE days.
ReplyDeleteFor me, I'm just used of the Japanese commentary now. It's hard to justify $45 just for the English commentary. If they were the same price, I'd go English.
ReplyDeleteI've convinced three of my friends (who've never watched any puro) to watch this with me and split the cost of ordering it on cable. I'm pretty fucking juiced. I've only watched a handful of njpw matches and have been looking for a good place to jump in. This seems perfect.
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