#singles match kenny is such a rarity

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I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS

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Kenny Omega at DDT (Part 2)

Interviewer: “How was it for you adjusting to the Japanese culture?”

Kenny: “Uh well… I was lucky that I sort of had a good introduction to DDT. I mean I made that YouTube video of the anywhere match where I’m wrestling around my cottage and DDT fans are kinda wacky so before even like arriving to DDT they were already really excited to see me. So I sort of had that little bit of buzz. The adjustment was really easy to do in ring and in the match. The more difficult adjustment was adjusting to the actual culture and the food and the language and that was sort of like, you know a really long slow process.

Cause I mean it’s… you’re on your own to learn the language, you’re on your own to figure out to eat properly and maintain your diet and maintain your conditioning and that took about three years to balance it all out and to get to like a level in my Japanese where I could converse and sort of survive.

So yeah, the matches and stuff, that was easy. It was the other stuff, the after/before match type of things, the time when I wasn’t wrestling that was most difficult.”  Under the Mat (podcast) 2014.21.04

(Quick disclaimer: I just want to make it clear that translation-wise I’m operating on google translate and common sense only. I cannot speak or read Japanese. If you can and you notice any issues where the meaning is drastically off, I would really really really like to know!  Thank you!)

Kenny has 9 matches on his first tour in Japan however, 6 of these were during the beer garden shows which were over and done with by the 10th of August.*

At the same time, Kota was working other promotions aside from DDT including competing in Pro Wrestling Noah’s Junior Heavyweight tag league near the end of the month. This despite perhaps not being at 100% health-wise. There are reports on the blogs of him going to hospital to get checked out after his match with Kenny. The story is that he hit the back of his head when taking the Michinoku driver to the chairs and doesn’t remember the match clearly after that. Given that my main source for this is Takagi’s blog, he may be slightly exaggerating it for kayfabe’s sake however this wasn't the only place I saw the rumor that he was made to go to hospital after the match. 

Kota works a match on the 9th for K-DOJO 3 days after his match with Kenny but doesn’t wrestle the final night of the beer garden shows on the 10th. He is at the show, but he just takes part in a comedy skit and works at the shop rather than doing the tag match originally advertised.

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Kenny has a street fight against the president Takagi himself! Unfortunately, apart from the Kenny vs Ibushi match and the tag match he had before that, none of the rest of Kenny’s matches from this tour are available online as far as I can find.

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Afterwards:

After the match (which Kenny loses) Takagi calls him “the best foreigner” and promises to call him in one year. The crowd chants ‘please come back’. And Nakazawa translates a promo from Kenny for them.

Kenny: "My wrestling career was so blessed to contract with WWE so that I could finally join ROH and finally come to DDT. Whatever anyone says DDT is the best company, with the best wrestlers and the best fans, as long as you want to see me, as long as Mr. Takagi asks me, I will definitely come back because this is where I am." (source)

So now the bulk of the wrestling was over. Kenny stayed in Japan for another three weeks, but only performed on three more shows.* One on the 17th in Nagoya, one on the 27th at Shin Kiba 1st ring again for another promotion called Great Pro Wrestling and one on the 31st at Korakuen Hall.  

Tagaki’s promise at the end of the beer garden show hopefully eased Kenny’s mind a little but his initial concern to prove his worth so that DDT would bring him back was not unfounded. DDT was a small promotion. They didn’t have a huge amount of money to spare flying in and hosting talent from across the world.

The dormitory where Kenny stayed was in a quite run-down state. Matsui, one of the DDT refs, actually writes on his blog that he was impressed Kenny stayed there the whole time without complaining. It was in an industrial area outside of the center of Tokyo. The residents were mostly elderly with little or no English and they often crossed the street to avoid him. When he got lonely, he used to go talk to the staff at the local convenience store. It was a 45-minute bike ride to the closest internet café. (If you want to know more about this, the Japanophiles documentary is probably the best thing to watch. The other tidbits of information are scattered about on various podcasts and shoot interviews.)

Michael Nakazawa was a busy guy who appears to have been holding down multiple jobs, but he still finds time to hang out with Kenny often during his stay. 

From his blog entries, it’s clear that Kota and Kenny’s connection was more or less instant. The day after the beer garden shows end, Nakazawa and Ibushi take Kenny to Akihabara and they play arcade games.

Ibushi vs. Omega, rebound match suddenly broke out! (August 12th)

“It's a game though. (^ _ ^;)

Today we have come to play in Akihabara in a group of three.

A splendid O Mega revenge with an initial D! Happy.

Silent Hill played alongside teaming together. I heard that I have not seen Silent Hill's gun shooting in the USA. You are pretty enthusiastic.

Even so, both of you are considerable gamers .... There is no language barrier in the game. That’s a relief. (^ O ^)”

From an interview with Kenny in November 2008 (August 17th -ish)

“-Then, if there are memories etc in DDT?

Omega: There are lots of memories and it is difficult. If I had to give one, I guess it's the hot spicy challenge with Ibushi. We went to a restaurant in Nagoya. There was a Russian roulette pizza in that shop, and one of the 6 piece pizza had hot sauce on it. Me and Ibushi are poor at eating spicy foods and can not eat them at all, but decided to do the challenge because it would be funny.

Eating with us was a rookie from Nagoya. He ate first but there was nothing. And then we ate, but there was nothing at all. Why?

'The truth is that mine was hit.' The new guy turned white, the Russian roulette pizza was over. But then it's not fun, right? So Nakazawa passed a spicy sauce to Ibushi, and Ibushi made the sauce for my pizza. In return I put sauce on Ibushi’s pizza, but I slipped and put it all over (laugh) But, for the time being, I handed it to Ibushi and decided to eat that pizza quickly. 

Then it's hard to do anything! The two of us drank water, I put ice in my mouth, but I still felt like drinking water. Ibushi cried tears it was so spicy. So, Ibushi wiped the tears with his hands, but his hands actually had hot sauce on and so more and more tears flowed. So, both of our tongues are still burning, I asked for ice cream, but my tongue was still burning, still continued drinking water and then it took a long time to settle out. That was a good memory.”

Kenny’s match on the 17thwas a triple threat with Kudo and Masa Takanashi which Kenny actually won! Kota has a match with Dino in the main event. Can’t find either match online but the latter looks like its pretty standard fare for a Dino vs Ibushi match i.e. a copious amount of non-con kissing and heavily dick centered offense.

Ibushi wins but the Extremeparty recapper still notes some concern over his physical wellness. 

Today's Ibushi & Kenny Omega (22nd)

The events of this day were recounted in both Nakazawa’s and Matsui’s blogs.

Nakazawa: “We joined with Mr. Matsui and Mr. Ibushi, who didn’t play at Noah today, we went to Ikebukuro. When people went to America with ROH before, people who became indebted people are connected, but the barbecue has become a treat for everyone. Well I have not eaten such good meat after a long time Nobunashima ....

Street brothers Kenny and Ibushi-san were playful while eating ice-cream. Good relationship. In this case you do not need an interpreter anymore.

What close friends you are, before they leave the office, they say they say "Hado-ken!" Or something like a fireworks that happened to be sandwiched with both hands and shoot it with you. Ah Ibushi I'm burning a hand. f (^ _^;)”

Matsui: “Tonight, Ibushi and Michael were invited by the mother who took care of me during the expedition of ROH. Ibushi, Michael, Kenny, and me got to eat meals.

It was delicious!

Also moved to the shop that they are doing.

Despite the fact that Kenny did not drink a single drop, he sang English songs for a long time without giving up the microphone, and it made me drink.

Love song sent to Ibushi was sweet and painful.

So, now we will return.

Kenny wanted to stop by the arcade,

"If you play now, the train will be gone!" I said in Japanese.”

Kenny Omega Night (August 24th)

Ibushi’s Noah matches start on the 23rd. Meanwhile, Kenny and Nakazawa hold the first Kenny Omega Night at Dropkick! He squishes the grapefruits with his bare hands apparently. They play street fighter with customers + other DDT wrestlers.

Then they play strip street fighter. Which goes badly for Michael.

They do a little Q&A with Michael translating:

"The reason that I came this time was to fight Ibushi. The fight against Ibushi was the most important match. I did not expect it, but after fighting we got along well. I want to do a rematch with Ibushi when coming next time, but, only if Ibushi has the same idea, it is possible we could tag. "

"It's boring to stay in the dormitory, I’m a rarity in Adachi-ku so it is not very pleasant. It’s not like that in Akihabara or Shibuya. I like all Japanese food, but I have to ask Michael and Matsunaga to explain all the menus. I was surprised by the Moss Burger Rice Burger. How does rice replace the buns? I thought it was delicious when I ate it. I had an image of Japan as the advanced country of technology, the impression has not changed since coming. "

There is more strip-Streetfighter and Michael loses again.

Yesterday appeared in the S Arena! (August 27th) 

Nakazawa:“Yesterday, Mr. Ibushi & Kenny appeared on the S - Arena on Samurai TV, so I was present as an interpreter. I wonder if I can translate properly. It's my first time to interpret something on TV. It is not bad usually as usual.

However, it was a big pinch before recording. We were meeting at the studios at half past eight, but no one had come yet. Well Kenny I know was at Great pro's match at Shinkiba from 7 o'clock before this recording, but Ibushi-san was late for no reason as usual (lol). What should I do if they never turned up? He was not upset but upset. Actually, Ibushi-san arrived after broadcasting had begun. f (^ _^;)

If you were watching the broadcast yesterday, you will understand, but there are not any words such as the language barrier, they are really good friends. They are is about the same age, and wrestling is a person who can respect each other, both of them are fond of games, they cannot drink alcohol or spicy food. They like the streets, and like indies. I guess there are things that germinated through fierce fighting and sympathies that they both feel.”

“After that, we went to eat Okonomiyaki by three people, we cooperated together and breathed in briefly and baked over with one more thing! Another photo was baked by Kenny: Smiley Okonomiyaki It was my first taste & mischievous but it seemed like it was.

Kenny's last match in Japan for the time being is 8.31 Korakuen convention, please come and watch! Without business, Kenny Omega once I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.”

The match Kenny has before going to the TV station on the 27th is a bit of a mystery. It’s for a promotion that isn’t DDT called ‘Great Pro Wrestling’(?) but it was in the Shin Kiba 1st ring which was the same place the beer garden shows were held. I didn’t find out about it anywhere the rest of the match recaps are, but from our old friend Griffon591! The match was against JOM Taro but I’m struggling to find much information on it. Griffon591 did however take some really cute photos of Kenny standing about.

Before Korakuen (August 29th-30th) 

Everyone is busy in the run up to the big DDT show at Korakuen Hall. Kota is also in the middle of the NOAH Junior Heavyweight Tag League at this point, fighting guys such as but not limited to: Daniel Bryan, Davey Richards, Kenta/Hideo Itami and Taiji Ishimori.

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Matsui: “Yesterday I made a mozzo in my office, and I drank with Kenny and others. I nearly missed the last train.

It looks like Kenny managed to learn how to get back to the dorm from here by train.

Korakuen is nearly here so today I stayed at the office for a while. There was one meeting and two meetings. I will return from now. The office has always had a high population density in the production of DDT. About 9 o'clock, Ibushi, Kenny and Michael came to the office, but of course he was playing.

However, the way of Ibushi and Kenny's communication is quite creepy. Words are hardly exchanged, communication is measured only with a smile. Surely, I wonder if there is something known only to crazy people.”

DDT Summer Vacation Memories (August 31st)

The big Korakuen Hall show finally comes and Kenny has his last match of the tour was against HARASHIMA.  

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Promos after the match:

HARASHIMA: "Kenny Omega! Your last trick, it worked ... Damn, I lost, as you know, Kenny will return to Canada at the end of the game, but I will not allow running away. We will play with this DDT ring!"

Kenny: "HARASHIMA-san, Thank you. Korakuen Hall, DDT, DDT fans, This is my dream. And my dream has come true. For you fans, I gave 100%, I gave everything in every match I had in DDT."

“(He did not have an interpreter this time, but chose language that was easy to understand.)”

There’s also much amusement from Yukihiro Abe (another DDT wrestler) that Kenny has the [for private use] copyright warning on his gear. 

Kenny’s knee was apparently injured during this match but it’s not so bad that he doesn’t keep wrestling on it.

Saying goodbye (September 1st-3rd)     

Kenny leaves on the 4th but it looks like he probably says goodbye to Ibushi on the 1st. This makes sense considering Ibushi’s Noah matches. He has one on the 2nd and one on the 4th both of which are outside Tokyo, so maybe he just wasn’t coming back in between.

Matsui: “Today, slowly to the office from the evening.

I was thinking that I would normally take a day off but I decided to go in because Kenny is coming by.

Kenny is going to return to Canada on the 4th.

We may meet again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow but we may not meet with everyone so we took a photo.

He wasn’t selfish, even though he lived in a dorm for a long time he did not complain, but it was a truly wonderful foreign player who performs great in the ring (even on the street).

Good bye Kenny.

Until the day we meet again!”

Nakazawa: “Since from today Ibushi-san has matches with Noah, campground, SEM and so on, we will have a memorial photo with everyone as this is probably the last chance we can meet with all of you. Mr. Ibushi must also be missing. It will come back again soon.”

Nakazawa (in a later blog entry): Kenny says, "It is a funny thing, as returning to Canada comes closer, it becomes a bit sad every time people say: "Kenny, today is probably the last day to see you before your return." Yesterday is really something I (almost?) cried, I rarely get such a thing. I finished playing games at the arcade and it's about time to go home and say goodbye to Ibushi. I came back to sleep with an attitude almost incomprehensible because it was difficult to cry.

See you! (September 4th)

Nakazawa: “Yesterday was the last chance to see Kenny. Today I work in the gym so I cannot go to the airport to see you off ... I'm sorry. 

At night I went for dinner with Mr. Matsui and Inokuma but I had my two-shot taken at the end. Double Hadoken! (Why naked and in the station premises) 

We shook hands and hugged and parted. It was a busy month after Kenny came, but it was fun. I am really looking forward to seeing you again and again. There are also opportunities to have a match against you next time. See you!”

And that’s the end! Spoilers: Kenny does come back in January 2009 and many more times after that. Lots of cute shit happens then too. Go out onto Michael Nakazawa’s blog and discover it for yourselves. 

*I say at the start that Kenny had 9 matches, but earlier this week I thought he only had 7 so there could easily have been more. I was going off cagematch’s results and then found the mystery 2 with blind luck lol. 

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All In preview

This is the big independent show everyone’s been talking about.  Several big promotions have allowed their talent to do this show, but none of them are directly running this show.  Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks are promoting this out of their own pockets, which is pretty amazing when you think about it.

This all came about because some guy on Twitter asked Dave Meltzer asked if Ring of Honor could run a 10,000-seat venue and Dave was like “not anytime soon” and Cody was like “I’ll take that bet.”  Then everyone was like “what market is going to have enough hardcore fans to fill a building that big?” and Chicago was like “hold my beer” and the place sold out in 30 minutes.  So yeah, fuck Wrestlemania going to New York and Florida all the time, we’re gonna do our own Wrestlemania with indy guys and stupid storylines off of Youtube!

This will be airing live on pay-per-view, ROH’s Honor Club service, and Fite.tv, with a one-hour pre-show on WGN America.  September 1, 6pm Eastern/5pm local.

Nick Aldis vs. Cody Rhodes - This is for the NWA world heavyweight championship, which Aldis won last year--the same title Cody’s father held in 1979, 1981, and 1986. 

Aldis is probably best known as Magnus for his run in TNA, where he held what is now the Impact world title.  (He also held the Global Force Wrestling world title for most of that group’s existence.)  Cody is, of course, a former ROH world champion and WWE intercontinental champion; he’s a top act in ROH and part-time special attraction with New Japan Pro Wrestling.  He’s also one of the promoters of this show, which may or may not give away the finish.

The great irony here is that “independent wrestling” used to mean “wrestling unaffiliated with an NWA member,” but now the NWA has no members, which means it has the most prestigious championship that is truly independent of the major players today.  The current NWA business model, under Billy Corgan, is to fly the champion around to other people’s indy shows, resembling the old-school pattern of Harley Race or Ric Flair coming to an NWA territory once or twice a year.  Since this show isn’t being promoted by a group with its own world champion, it’s a perfect fit for that model.  So it’s a good thing Aldis got booked, because if he hadn’t the NWA would’ve looked pretty bush-league.

The main story here is that Cody and Corgan arranged this title match without consulting Aldis.  Aldis then tried to hold out for added incentive to defend the title, suggesting that if Cody regained the ROH world championship they could have a double title match.  Cody came up short, but still managed to goad Aldis into accepting the challenge.  Obviously the crowd for this show is going to be solidly behind Cody simply for making this show possible, and moreover they’re going to be into the angle that Cody has a chance to recreate one of his father’s career highlights.

I don’t foresee a lengthy NWA title reign for Cody, since his obligations to ROH and New Japan probably don’t line up with Corgan’s business plans.  However, if I was Corgan, I’d want to get the belt on Cody while he’s the talk of the wrestling world.  At the very least, I’d want to set up a Cody/Aldis program to run through October’s NWA anniversary show and maybe even the ROH/NJPW Madison Square Garden show in April.  So a title change makes sense, but it’d depend on a lot of things falling into place behind the scenes, so it’s not a lock either.  In the end, though, this is a bad weekend to bet against Cody.

Kenny Omega vs. Pentagon, Jr. - Omega holds the IWGP heavyweight championship--the top title of New Japan--but the title is not at stake here.  Penta works all over the place but is probably best known from AAA and Lucha Underground.  His biggest accolade is possibly the LU championship, but he also briefly held the Impact Wrestling world title earlier this year.

This is easily the biggest dream match that this show could book.  To the average US wrestling fan, Omega is the hottest guy in Japan and Penta is the hottest guy out of Mexico.  But since Penta’s never really been to NJPW or ROH, and since Omega’s never really been to AAA or Impact, there’s never been a way to book this match on a big show...until now.

I don’t really know anything about Pentagon except that he’s fucking scary, dude, and I’m pretty stoked to finally see what this cat’s deal is.  Omega has made a name for himself delivering some of the best matches of the decade, but Penta is a brawler so this won’t be a wrestling clinic.  It should be a unique spectacle, worthy of this one-of-a-kind event.

I feel like New Japan would not authorize this appearance if their champion was going to lose, so I would be very shocked if Penta wins.

Kazuchika Okada vs. Marty Scurll - Okada isn’t quite the ace of NJPW, but he’s getting there, especially after a record-setting 720-day run with as IWGP champion.  Scurll is a junior heavyweight in NJPW, but in ROH he’s approaching the main event level, and if he sticks around long enough he’ll probably become their world champion.  In Japan, heavyweights and junior heavyweights almost never compete against one another one-on-one, so this match is automatically a rarity.

Scurll is sort of just there in the grand scheme of things, but within the context of a 10,000 indy wrestling fans in Bullet Club shirts, he’s practically the second coming of Christ.  Between the quality of his opponent, the historic nature of the event, the favorability of the crowd, and the timing of his peak popularity, this could be the match of Scurll’s life.  But that said, he’s bound to lose, because I can’t imagine New Japan allowing an upset to disrupt their pecking order among the weight classes.  That’s fine with me, because while everyone else will be whooping for Scurll, I’ll be there to see Okada.

Rey Mysterio & Fenix & Bandido vs. Kota Ibushi & Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson - Fenix is the brand-new AAA heavyweight champion.   Mysterio is a former WWE champion and the current champion of Mexico’s #3 group, The Crash.  There isn’t much info (at least, not in English) on Bandido except that he’s worked in CMLL, AAA, and various smaller promotions.  Aside from being a finalist in NJPW’s G1 Climax tournament this year, Kota Ibushi is legendary for his high-risk style and his preference to be a freelancer rather than commit to a single company.  Nick and Matt, the Young Bucks, are currently the IWGP heavyweight tag team champions, and have become synonymous with the post-ironic style that has defined the modern age of indy wrestling.

There really isn’t a story or direction to this match beyond getting all these guys in the ring at the same time to work with each other.  The Bucks do their spots with everyone in the indies, this is their big special show, and so as a special treat they’re going to do their shit with Rey and Fenix.  Ibushi seems to be here because Kenny Omega is occupied elsewhere, and to get his last chance to work with Rey before Mysterio returns to WWE.  Bandido seems to be here primarily to do the job, which kinda suggests Ibushi and the Bucks are winning.

Hangman Page vs. Joey Janella - Page is one of the lesser white guys in Bullet Club, but he had a decent run in the G1 Climax recently, and it seems like he’s starting to move up in the world.   Janella is best known for a) Joey Janella’s Spring Break, GCW’s Wrestlemania weekend event and b) a 2016 match with Zandig where they did an insane rooftop bump into a pickup bed filled with glass and barbed wire.  This is being billed as a Chicago street fight, which could mean anything really but generally means no count-outs, no disqualifications, so you can fight all over the place, but you still have to score a fall in the ring.

The, uh, storyline in this match is that Page, yeesh, either murdered Joey Ryan or believes that he did.  Joey Ryan is arguably the most popular American indy wrestler who is not booked on this show, and he’s conspicuous by his absence since a good chunk of the build for this show is about his fate.  Anyway, Page is, uh, afraid to wear his cowboy boots because they keep...well...talking to him about how he’s going to kill “another Joey,” apparently meaning Janella.  So yeah, the big idea is that it’s significant that Ryan and Janella have the same first name.  It’s like that whole “Martha” thing in Batman v. Superman, only dumber.  This is what happens when the main television for your show is Being the Elite, which is slightly less absurd than Southpaw Regional Wrestling or Z! True Long Island Story.

In any case, Page is suitably deranged enough to brutalize Janella, which means Janella has sufficient motivation to go sickhouse on Page.  These two ought to give us a good brawl and some nasty hardcore spots.  Dave Meltzer seems to think this could steal the show, and I wouldn’t go that far, but it might have everyone talking afterwards, if only for sheer wtf-ness.  I’m not sure it matters who wins, but Page is the one who’s friends with the promoters so I’d bet on him.

Jay Lethal vs. the winner of Over Budget Battle Royal - Lethal (probably best known for his Randy Savage impression in TNA ten years ago, and a sexual harassment scandal this summer) is defending the Ring of Honor world title against whoever wins the battle royal in the pre-show.  Since the battle royal includes at least one woman, there’s at least a chance this could become an intergender match.  This is the biggest match on the show that does not involve any members of Bullet Club, although I suppose the battle royal winner could, like, join Bullet Club or something.

Being the Elite has been setting up the idea that Lethal’s “Black Machismo” persona is re-emerging, so the big angle for this match is the hype that Lethal might bring that stuff back.  I don’t know how that will play off of whoever wins the battle royal, but I guess they have some crazy idea.

For historical purposes, a title change at this show would be a feather in ROH’s cap.  But I don’t expect them to see it that way, or for the battle royal winner to be anywhere close to ROH’s ideal world champion.  I’m picking Lethal to retain.

Christopher Daniels vs. Stephen Amell - Daniels has been around so long that he appeared (as a jobber) on both sides of the Monday Night Wars, won the first King of the Indies, held the IWGP junior tag title with Daniel Bryan, and became a founding father in the early history of both ROH and TNA’s “X” division.  These days he’s primarily known as the leader of ROH’s SoCal Uncensored faction.  Amell plays the superhero Green Arrow on TV, and became friends with Cody Rhodes through Cody’s appearances on that show and a celebrity tie-in match at Summerslam 2015.

During the whole “Joey Ryan was murdered” storyline, Amell was arrested but then later it came out that Daniels framed him.  I feel like that should leave Daniels in deep legal shit but I guess we’re not worrying about that.

Amell is looking to prove he can hold his own in the ring despite his limited experience, and Daniels has the challenge of making him look even better than that.  I think they’ll probably do fine.  That said, I don’t watch Arrow or Being the Elite and I barely even pay close attention to ROH weekly television, so I sure don’t give a fuck about this match.  I guess Amell wins. 

Tessa Blanchard vs. Madison Rayne vs. Chelsea Green vs. Britt Baker - Blanchard is the reigning Impact women’s champion and WSU world champion; neither title is not at stake.  This is presumably a standard four-way where the first wrestler to score a fall wins the match.  This is the only women’s match on the card--okay technically Jordynne Grace is in the battle royal but that’s not really the same thing.

Rayne is probably best known for her tenure in TNA/Impact (she held the women’s title five times), although she recently competed in both the ROH Women of Honor tournament and WWE’s Mae Young Classic.  Green wrestled as Laurel Van Ness in Impact and is of late appearing in Lucha Underground.  Baker has yet to really move up into the bigger indies, so her biggest claim to fame may be as one of the jobbers Nia Jax squashed early in her run on WWE Raw.

There really isn’t anything at stake in this match.  In theory a victory over Blanchard would set up a title match, but this isn’t Japan and I don’t know if Impact or WSU will really care who wins here.  So it kinda just comes down to whoever Cody and the Young Bucks want to go over.  I tend to think that’ll be Blancard since she’s the next big thing in women’s wrestling.  Although if somebody’s looking to make a statement about the next next big thing, that could be a case for pushing Green or Baker.

Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe vs. Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky - This is currently scheduled for Zero Hour, the free pre-show.  The Briscoes are the current Ring of Honor tag team champions, but as far as I know the title is not on the line.  To build for this match, SoCal Uncensored made a video where they’re training like it’s Rocky III.  The Briscoes responded with a video in which they can’t really be bothered to watch a damn 12-minute YouTube video, but then they do and they like go all dark and shit like it awoke something inside of them.  I don’t understand why every angle for this show has to be like one of those Channel Awesome crossovers where they team up and fight supervillains or whatever.

Anyway, I always kinda dug the Briscoes, it’ll be neat to see ‘em live finally, and I think they’re gonna win.

Over Budget Battle Royal - This is set for the pre-show.  Assuming it’s a standard battle royal, the match begins once everyone has entered the ring, and can only end when all but one participant has been eliminated.  The last one left is the winner, and qualifies to challenge Jay Lethal for the ROH world title later in the show.

This has been announced as a 15-person battle royal, although I doubt the exact number is a hard requirement.  Named participants so far are:

Colt Cabana (ROH)

Moose (Impact Wrestling)

Brian Cage (Impact X division champion)

Jimmy Jacobs (Impact Wrestling)

Punishment Martinez (ROH television champion)

Rocky Romero (New Japan)

Billy Gunn (WWE legend)

Austin Gunn (Billy’s son)

Jordynne Grace (WSU Spirit champion)

Ethan Page (Chandler Park from Impact Wrestling)

Marko Stunt (a very small indy guy)

Brandon Cutler (PWG)

It’s worth pointing out that CZW champion MJF was booked for All In but as of this writing hasn’t been put in a match.  So I’m kind of expecting him to end up here, although I don’t see the point of withholding that information until the last minute.  Similarly, a huge part of the All In promotion has been Flip Gordon’s failed attempts to get on the show, and it seems ridiculous to resolve that by just not using him anywhere.  Also similarly, I can’t believe the “murder” of Joey Ryan is such a big deal with this show and that the actual real live Joey Ryan won’t be wrestling on it.  The promotion of All In has been really weird, basically.

Other surprise entrants that I could see happening include Pac (formerly Adrian Neville, who has very recently been released from WWE), and Austin Aries (the Impact world champion).  Considering Jordynne Grace is already there, it wouldn’t be a big deal to add additional women.  However if there’s any group that I believe Cody and the Bucks want to see more represented in this match, it would be one-note running joke performers like Papa Buck, Cheeseburger, or Chico El Luchador.

The finish here is going to depend on which winner can have the most entertaining title match with Jay Lethal.  If we’re talking “biggest match possible,” that’d probably be Brian Cage or (if he’s available) Austin Aries for the “ROH vs. Impact” vibe.  If we’re talking “local guy hometown pop,” then Cabana is the obvious choice.  But if the plan is to follow through on an angle that’s particularly important to the target audience, then it pretty much has to be someone who hasn’t been announced for the match yet, which means literally anything is possible.

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TZW 2021 Masterpost

Wow, I have not updated y'all on TZW this year. For those who don't know, TZW, or Toon Zone Wrestling, is a CAW league/wrestling fic I'm writing over on Deviant Art. I've actually made quite some headway this year, even finishing season 1 last week. So, here's a masterpost for all the updates, starting with episodes of TV and PPVs, then profiles for debuting talents, then other fun stuff.

Check after the jump!

EPISODES:

TZW WAR 1-10: The first episode of TV post-Barfight. Eminating from Tech State University at the Backyard, the card features Dipper Pines being joined by his new manager against Red Mii, new talent Matilda continuing her path of domination against The Backyard's own Keisha Phillips, and in the main event, Eddie the Head and Tornado squaring off!

TZW Friday Night Fight 1-10: Also coming from the Backyard, this episode has a no holds barred match between Finn the Human and The Demon Chara, Rainbow Dash and Inkling taking on Dantomkia and Wii Fit Trainer in tag team action, and in the main event, Intercontinental Champion Pablo Sanchez takes on Angriest Pat Boivin!

TZW WAR 1-11: An absolutely stacked episode in Oakland! Adventure Time and The Hatebreed take part in a tag team #1 contender's match, Tag Team Champions Mii Channel serve as the welcome wagon for two new talents, Dipper Pines takes on the rechristened Sterling, and in the main event, Valentine and Bubbles settle their score in a Thunderdome match!

TZW Friday Night Fight 1-11: A more chill episode from UC Davis. Brandon Williams takes on TV Champion Elan in a non-title bout, Undyne squares off against Black Widow, and Matilda keeps on the warpath against Rarity.

TZW WAR 1-12: The go-home WAR before the Rumble in the Desert, live from Las Vegas! Kenny McCormick defends his TZW Hardcore Championship against Plunderbird, Dantomkia seeks to splat the Inkling, TZW Champion Woolie wrestles a tune-up against the diabolical Sterling, and in the main event, Eddie, Dipper, Pat, and Brandon square off in a four-way for a TZW Championship match at the Rumble in the Desert... whose stipulation is determined by spinning the wheel!

TZW Friday Night Fight 1-12: The last episode of TV prior to Rumble, also in Vegas. Paulie Ryan, the Wii Fit Trainer, and Grade square off in a three-way dance; The Demon Chara takes on one of TZW's newest talents in Markiplier; and the main event, Finn the Human wrestling Templar.

TZW Rumble in the Desert [Undercard]: TZW's first supercard, built around the titular Rumble match. This is the undercard featuring: Adventure Time challenging Mii Channel for the TZW Tag Team Championships, Garnet defending her TZW Women's Championship against Bubbles, and Woolie defending the TZW Championship against Brandon.

TZW Rumble in the Desert [Rumble]: The actual Rumble match itself, featuring every male TZW talent, barring the champion. Who are the mystery entrants?

TZW WAR 1-13: With the Rumble completed, we're speeding down the Road to One Hot Night! In this fallout WAR from Phoenix, we've got two Global Qualifiers in Suzy Berhow vs Sister America and Undyne vs Keisha Phillips, Rumble debutant America has his first singles match, and Jacksepticeye wrestles his first singles contest against Stan Marsh.

TZW Friday Night Fight 1-13: Still in Phoenix, still got some heat. Cam Newton seeks to end the winless streak against Paulie Ryan, tag partners Dantomkia and Wii Fit Trainer scrap in a Global Qualifier, and in the main event, Kenny McCormick defends the TZW Hardcore Championship against Templar.

TZW WAR 1-14: We're in Albuquerque, and things are bound to get weird. Tonight's card features Rarity and Rainbow Dash colliding in the final Global Qualifier, Elan defending the TZW Television Championship in a four-way, and the main event, Valentine and Matilda throw down for the right to challenge Garnet at One Hot Night!

TZW Friday Night Fight 1-14: It's a night of chaos as both Woolie and Garnet are in non-title action! Woolie takes on his Castle Super Beast cohost, Pat Boivin, who'll challenge Pablo Sanchez for the TZW Intercontinental Championship at One Hot Night; and Garnet, at her own request, will take on three mystery opponents in a fatal four-way!

TZW WAR 1-15: It's the go-home WAR! The Hatebreed face off against Markiplier and Jacksepticeye, Matilda seeks some revenge against Black Widow, Stan Marsh wrestles Sterling, and Woolie and Tornado have their contract signing for One Hot Night.

TZW Friday Night Fight 1-15: The final episode of TZW TV this season! Eric Sparrow has a tune-up against Pogo Pete, a women's triple threat, and Dipper Pines takes on Paulie Ryan.

TZW One Hot Night (Part 1): The first half of the season finale, featuring:

Cam Newton v Pogo Pete

TZW Tag Team Championship: Adventure Time (c) v The Hatebreed (Chara and Eric Sparrow)

TZW Global Championship: Undyne v Rarity v Dantomkia v Suzy Berhow

TZW Television Championship: Elan (c) (w/ Haley Starshine) v Eddie the Head

TZW Hardcore Championship: Templar (c) v Kenny McCormick v Sterling v Markiplier v Grade (w/ Under) v Peter Griffin

TZW One Hot Night (Part 2): The second half of the season finale, featuring:

Newcomer Challenge: Matt McMuscles (w/ Crymetina) v Stan Marsh

TZW Intercontinental Championship: Pablo Sanchez (c) v Angriest Pat Boivin

TZW Women's Championship: Garnet (c) v Valentine

TZW Championship: Woolie Madden (c) v Tornado

PROFILES:

Matilda: Debuted at Barfight. This ex-House Robot is gonna tear up the Women's Division and rebuild it in her own image!

Markiplier: Debuted on WAR 1-11. The YouTube sensation is here to dazzle the crowds!

Jacksepticeye: Debuted on WAR 1-11. Where Mark goes, so does Jack, and he's gonna redefine "Fighting Irish"!

Male America: Debuted during the Rumble. We had Sister America in the mix, so let's add Brother America! USA! USA! USA!

Matt McMuscles: Debuted during the Rumble. The former Super Best Friends are complete, but how will Matt get on with his ex-costars?

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five loose retailers the Dallas Cowboys must target

The Dallas Cowboys rolled to a 13-three report ultimate season behind stud inexperienced persons Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott. The destiny of the franchise is in exact palms thanks to the ones, however, there are still several query marks, mainly on defense.

With loose business enterprise pretty much per week away, the Cowboys need to deal with the defense. They’ve 4 defensive backs set to hit the open market, whilst the skip rush is as underwhelming as ever. Unfortunately, They have simplest about $1.7 million in cap space as of now with extra to come back following some restructures and releases of men like Tony Romo.

When a loose employer starts March 9, those 5 gamers should be targets for Dallas.

five WR Kenny Britt (Rams) The Cowboys will probable be looking for a No. 2 receiver with Terrance Williams anticipated to cash in in the course of the loose employer. Britt suits the mold of what the Cowboys search for at that spot, boasting true size and decent velocity as a receiver opposite Dez Bryant. He’d be extra low cost than someone like DeSean Jackson or Kenny Stills, too. Britt had a profession year in 2016, that’s surprising because he played inside the Rams’ stagnant offense. Dallas covets large receivers that are 6-foot or taller, so Britt is a guy to maintain a watch on.

DE Jabaal Sheard (Patriots) four DE Jabaal Sheard (Patriots) Sheard had a remarkable season in New England years ago, but his snaps were constrained within the 2nd half of 2016. He can nonetheless be a powerful skip rusher, and his role in Dallas’ four-3 defense might be clear: sack the quarterback. He has precise length and strength to maintain up as a 4-three protective stop, at the same time as nonetheless showing the capability to rush the passer, recording seven-plus sacks 3 instances in his career. He has to be a goal for Dallas if the cash’s proper.

OLB DeMarcus Ware (Broncos) three OLB DeMarcus Ware (Broncos) DeMarcus Ware spent most of the people of his career with the Cowboys, and a reunion has to be within the playing cards. Ware can nevertheless provide a spark to a protection as a situational skip rusher, which is some thing Dallas desperately needs. Even though he plays most effective forty percentage of the snaps on a weekly foundation, he could be a valued addition. Even though he’s better as a 3-4 outdoor linebacker, he did play defensive stop for the Cowboys previously and showed the capability to hurry the passer with one hand within the dirt. Ware will be a budget addition with an incentive-laden deal that hinges on his health.

Associated PRESS CB Brandon Carr (Cowboys) 2 CB Brandon Carr (Cowboys) The Cowboys have four key players inside the secondary set to hit loose organization: Morris Claiborne, Barry Church, J.J. Wilcox, and Carr. Of the 4, Carr might be the maximum in all likelihood to go back, and he ought to be the Cowboys’ top target of the bunch. He’s never ignored a game in Dallas and despite his big quantity of critics, he’s honestly a great, dependable corner. He’s also a terrific teammate, displaying he’s willing to take a pay cut in the beyond few years. Carr shouldn’t be too high-priced for the Cowboys to hold. S Tony Jefferson (Cardinals) 1 S Tony Jefferson (Cardinals) With Barry Church and J.J. Wilcox set to hit unfastened enterprise, the Cowboys ought to thoroughly be looking for an upgrade at safety. Jefferson would be an ideal match as a strong protection subsequent to Byron Jones. He’s a ball hawk who continually finds himself in the action – 96 tackles, two sacks, forced fumbles in 2016. He has the capacity to force turnovers Whilst gambling around the road of scrimmage, some thing Dallas has struggled to do the past two years. If he instructions $7 million on the open marketplace, the Cowboys need to soar to sign him.

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G1 Climax 27 Night 18 - 8/12/2017

The final round of B Block just wrapped up, and a historic win with it. Hell of a show.

- 8/12/2017, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] d. KUSHIDA, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Hirai Kawato (Desperado > Kawato, Pinche Loco, 7:04) 

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] d. Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club] (Goto > Owens, GTR, 7:20)

Zack Sabre Jr. & Takashi Iizuka [SZKG] d. Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata (Sabre > Nagata, Penalty Kick [following Iron Finger From Hell], 6:16)  

Cody Rhodes, Adam Page, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club] d. Hanson [ROH], Raymond Rowe [ROH], Ryusuke Taguchi, Ricochet [FREE] & Katsuya Kitamura (Page > Kitamura, Rite of Passage, 8:14) 

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi [FREE] & David Finlay Jr. d. Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] (Ibushi > BUSHI, Kamigoe, 6:57)

G1 Climax 27 B Block: Juice Robinson d. Michael Elgin (Pulp Friction, 11:48) 

G1 Climax 27 B Block: Tama Tonga [Bullet Club] d. SANADA [Los Ingobernables] (Gunstun, 11:59)

G1 Climax 27 B Block: Toru Yano [CHAOS] d. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] (Akakiri, 6:56)

G1 Climax 27 B Block: EVIL [Los Ingobernables] d. Satoshi Kojima (EVIL STO, 14:23)  

G1 Climax 27 B Block:  Kenny Omega [Bullet Club] d. Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] (One Winged Angel, 24:40)

Kenny Omega wins B Block for his 2nd consecutive G1 Climax final, and finally gets his singles win over Kazuchika Okada. (Translation: Okada v. Omega rubber match at King Of Pro Wrestling) So the final is set: Tetsuya Naito v. Kenny Omega, tomorrow. No matter who wins we lose, there will be a two-time G1 winner crowned tomorrow. It used to be a rarity, but now that’ll be three in the last four years: Kazuchika Okada in 2014, Hiroshi Tanahashi in 2015; Naito won in 2013, and of course Omega was last year’s winner. What a time yada yada.

Also, Satoshi Kojiima looked to have injured his jaw during his match, we’ll see about that. Tomohiro Ishii looked well enough to wrestle after his injury sell yesterday. Toru Yano is undefeated against Minoru Suzuki in 4 G1 Climax matches. Tama Tonga v. SANADA was also a great comedy match. Juice Robinson had a great match and then said something totally dumb to the English announcers. Kitamura got to be part of a unit while Kawato takes pins from El Desperado, doesn’t seem fair...

Final B Block standings:

Omega - 14pts (7W 0D 2L) ***WINNER*** Okada - 13pts (6W 1D 2L) EVIL - 12pts (6W 0D 3L) Suzuki - 9pts (4W 1D 4L) Elgin - 8pts (4W 0D 5L) SANADA - 8pts (4W 0D 5L) Robinson - 8pts (4W 0D 5L) Tonga - 8pts (4W 0D 5L) Yano - 8pts (4W 0D 5L) Kojima - 2pts (1W 0D 8L)

The Final is tomorrow of course. The full card has not been announced yet, but expect a ton of tag matches, including both tag team championships on the line. We’re nearly at the finish of this marathon...

- 8/13/2017, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

G1 Climax 27 Final: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] v. Kenny Omega [Bullet Club]

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Hanson & Raymond Rowe [ROH] © v. Cody Rhodes & Adam Page [Bullet Club]

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Matt & Nick Jackson [Bullet Club] © v. Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet [FREE]

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