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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 20 2014, 12:57 PM (2,010 Views) | |
| SamoaRowe | Jan 20 2014, 12:57 PM Post #1 |
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I know there's only like 6 or 7 of us left, but I can't be the only one watching any NJPW, right? Their iPPVs have become quite the rage among the IWC over the last year. |
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| Mad Dog | Jan 20 2014, 03:30 PM Post #2 |
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ho ho who the hell are you?
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IVP did away with their download service right when I started buying shows again. |
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| SamoaRowe | Jan 20 2014, 07:30 PM Post #3 |
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That's bad timing. I was sad to see all the Dragon Gate Japan stuff disappear from IVP, I'm guessing they complained. Last I checked, there were plenty of NJPW dvds still for sale, was considering making a substantial order at some point. |
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| Mad Dog | Jan 20 2014, 08:22 PM Post #4 |
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ho ho who the hell are you?
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Yeah, it was just nice paying as you go instead of throwing down $30 to justify shipping. The DG stuff is because of Gabe I think. |
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| SamoaRowe | Jan 26 2014, 03:13 PM Post #5 |
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I shoulda known. That sucks, because I ordered some DG from IVP and it was fantastic quality. I love having the TV show, with all the Japanese commercials included. It was quite novel. I enjoyed recapping the NJPW/CMLL iPPV last week. I'm not sold that Tetsuya Naito is that good of a talent, but his feud with Tomohiro Ishii could provide some good singles matches. |
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| SamoaRowe | Dec 31 2014, 11:06 AM Post #6 |
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Anyone planning on ordering Wrestle Kingdom this weekend? I'd heard it was going to be 24.99, but it's coming up as 34.99 on my Dish Network (in both SD and HD) so that's a bit of a taller order, even if it's four hours of Jim Ross calling the action. If you read my NJPW reviews from earlier this year, you know that I'm not overly cuckoo for New Japan at this point, but it's hard not to get caught up in the online excitement for their product. They have their own version of WWE Network now (New Japan World) that I'm toying with trying out, especially since the app is available on my android tablet. |
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| Scrooge McSuck | Dec 31 2014, 11:33 AM Post #7 |
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I'll get you next time, toilet!
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I feel so out of the loop with everything non-WWE that it's hard to get into a new product. I'm sure if I sat down and gave a few shows a look, I'd be hooked. |
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| SamoaRowe | Jan 4 2015, 02:05 PM Post #8 |
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I'm a bit dismayed that Dish isn't offering Wrestle Kingdom 9 in HD (they were going to, but looks like they had to open up the PPV channel for The Interview) but I'm going to order anyway, even though paying 35 dollars for a show in SD seems a bit sad. I suppose I could sign up for New Japan World, but I'm not 100% sure that the show is on their VOD already, and I wanted to hear Jim Ross call wrestling again, so I'm sticking with pay-per-view (this time). |
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| SamoaRowe | Jan 6 2015, 05:06 AM Post #9 |
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Probably won't have time to do a proper review due to my schedule, but here's my snowflakes based on my first viewing: reDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Timesplitters vs. Forever Hooligans: *** Jarrett and Friends vs. Honma and Friends: ** Yano and NOAH Guys vs. Suzuki-Gun: ** Sakuraba vs. Suzuki: *** Ishii vs. Makabe: ***1/2 Taguchi vs. Omega: ***3/4 Goto and Shibata vs. Anderson and Gallows: ***1/4 Naito vs. Styles: ***3/4 Nakamura vs. Ibushi: ****3/4 Tanahashi vs. Okada: ****1/2 Top to bottom enjoyable show, lacking the obnoxious filler of the previous full NJPW shows I'd seen. The last two matches were bonafide MOTYC's and worth checking out. I really enjoyed hearing Jim Ross call wrestling again, and while he was flustered at times, he added a lot of drama and intrigue to the big matches, filling me in on some details that would otherwise have been lost in translation. Wrestle Kingdom 9 is an easy Thumbs Up. |
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| SamoaRowe | Jan 14 2015, 02:29 PM Post #10 |
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I was happy to set my DVR to tape the first episode of New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS. The show is meant to catch new fans up on the last 2-3 years of happenings in the company, and they're showing a Tanahashi vs. Okada match from 2013 right off the bat. If the show does well, they'll have a second run of "Best of" type stuff, and if that does well, they could start having first-run programming. |
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| Mad Dog | Aug 4 2015, 06:18 PM Post #11 |
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ho ho who the hell are you?
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I signed up for World finally. Absolutely great service. |
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| The Swigg Lebowski | Mar 9 2016, 10:52 AM Post #12 |
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Current Two Time DWB Champion
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I convinced the wife to get cable so I could watch Hockey and English Football. Bonus: New Japan on AXS. I just finished an episode from two weeks back with AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi. It was the entire episode, and it was fantastic. About to watch JR's first episode, which also looks fantastic. I love the presentation, I love the press conference interviews afterwards, and I absolutely love that winning and losing seems to really matter |
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| SamoaRowe | Jul 8 2018, 05:55 PM Post #13 |
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So, I finally got around to ordering New Japan World. I watched the San Francisco special and enjoyed the hell out of it (review coming soon) and was impressed by the quality of the VOD stream. I really like where the product is right now with Omega as champion and Cody and the Young Bucks thriving. |
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