#GCW Japan

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[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[elitehanitje]

"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" - The audience yells to Yuki Ueno and Speedball Bailey to kiss

[blaringloudandproud]

So the FTC looks to possibly ban companies, including wrestling ones, from imposing no competes on their workers.

[questintheskies]

Kota Ibushi is a free man, let’s fucking go!

[blueonwrestling]

i've had a real lack of looking at japan/indies the middle of this year and i feel like i've missed out on some great matches so anyone and everyone.

give me some matches!

[kywithavoice]

hear the sound.

[pookie-wrestlers]

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[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[mrswheeleryuta]

perhaps to regain interest, look toward a different federation/company..maybe tna/impact, or

indies(prestige, gcw, mlw, pwg, west coast pro, deadlock pro, wrestling revolver)

or non-american ones, like

japan(ajpw, njpw, noah, ddt, tjpw, stardom, dragon gate)

austrailia(pwa, row, epw, wsw, slam!)

uk(progress, revpro, over the top, 1pw)

thailand(setup) france(rixe) germany(wxw)

or perhaps look to previous years

that is actually such a wonderful idea! thank you!

[wrestlingisfake]

Dog Pound Cage Match *****

The United Empire. vs War Dogs cage match was probably the best WarGames type thing I've ever seen. It's not for the squeamish, but if you can handle the Blood & Guts stuff in AEW, you can handle this. (And if you are squeamish, you should check out the show anyway for Danielson vs. Sabre.)

The concept of WarGames always fascinated me from the moment I first heard of it, probably in like 1991. But when I finally got to watch any of WCW's WarGames matches, none of them lived up to the hype. I enjoy AEW's version, but even with them it feels like they've run out of steam by the time the last couple of guys enter the cage. That's a problem when the original concept is that the match doesn't even start until all the wrestlers are locked in.

I went to see GCW's first Art of War Games show in 2021, and that lived up to the hype. Figures that a deathmatch promotion would know how to pace themselves and keep the escalation of violence on a steady course. Nick Gage was the last guy in, and his entrance blew the roof off the joint. For once I felt like I was really seeing "the match beyond."

New Japan's version had to be different, of course. It was telling that they didn't use boxcutters to get the canvas off the ring frame, because somebody must have been like "that would make no sense, because if you have a box cutter why wouldn't you just stab your opponent?" When they did a thumbtack spot, they had a little tray to keep most of the tacks in one little corner of the ring. The "cage" was more like a ten-foot-high guardrail. So yeah, it's not GCW, but I think having NJPW-caliber talent in there compensated for the diminished ultraviolence.

The match went like 64 minutes. That was after maybe 30 minutes of assembling the cage and recap vidoes and entrances and such. So I can see why people think it went too long. But for me the match was so engaging that the time flew by. I think at about 45 minutes it felt like they were going to the finish, but I was a little disappointed, like "no, don't stop now." I wanted the match beyond, dammit. But these ten guys delivered "beyond" and then some. When it was over I really felt like there's nothing left for them to do to each other.

I'm guessing New Japan won't do another one of these for a few years. In the meantime, it's going to be tough to go back to watching Blood & Guts in AEW. Hopefully the Undisputed Kingdom watched this match and took a lot of notes...

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[thistledropkick]

There have been some rumors going around the English-language wrestling media claiming that Desperado is a freelancer and that he isn't signed currently to New Japan. Desperado has directly said that these rumors are false.

The first tweet reads:

"Foreign Media reports that El Desperado is not currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling

Since the GCW offer was through New Japan Pro Wrestling, I'm not sure about the credibility of this."

Desperado replies: "Ahh, this is a lie."

The day before this, Desperado's friend Sato Hikaru called out puroresuflow on twitter for claiming that Desperado is a freelancer. The account deleted the tweet after being publicly called out for spreading false information.

Sato Hikaru is fighting Desperado at an upcoming independent show, which he references in his tweet.

"This is a big lie. If this was true, it wouldn't have been so difficult to arrange his participation in the Kawasaki baseball stadium show. If he was a freelancer I could've just messaged him directly on Line.

I guess there are underhanded fans who lie about having "secret information that only they know" just for attention everywhere, regardless of the country. I saw this tweet in passing and it made me mad."

On the same day, Desperado made a tweet to clarify things too.

"8/25 Kawasaki

There are many "ex-New Japan wrestlers" who are currently freelancers but

I'm going to the ring against Sato Hikaru as "a wrestler belonging to New Japan Pro Wrestling"

I'm excited just thinking about stepping onto that stage!

It's a fight that I truly couldn't have even imagined happening before this summer!

I wonder what will happen lol

I'm not involved with the ticket sales so please ask Sato about them"