2017 Pro Wrestling Thread

So Meltzer gave the Wrestle Kingdom main event SIX STARS. Six. Haven't seen it yet, so please don't spoil.

 

A six-star match? OK. This I'll have to see.

 

Haven't watched it yet, but here is the whole thing:

 

I'd heard of Omega, but had never seen him in action, and hadn't really heard of Okada. I had used to follow non-WWE stuff more often as a kid, but now I really don't have much time and there's so much out there. But I wanted to see what the fuss was about, so I watched it. Some thoughts:

1. Omega walks out to the ring with a friggin' gun! That would be quite interesting to see the reaction if he did it in WWE.

2. Okada's finish is a short-armed clothesline, which is weird when you think about it. But it's over as hell.

3. Okada's going to be paying off some neck doctor's student loans very easily, between those two moves that he took from Omega.

4. Can't Japan have any larger tables? Sheesh.

5. Omega could be a big star in WWE. He has a lot of ring presence and personality.

Watching the first half of the match, I thought it was very good, but I was wondering what the heck the fuss was about. The second half, though, wow. I don't know if it's 6 stars, but the second half is a lot of fun.

 

Omega is the truth, and Okada is very good, too. Omega is the leader of the Bullet Club, so I'm guessing that's what that was about. I kinda assume Omega will land in WWE one day, but he's pretty outspoken against them right now. He wants to cement his legacy without them.

 

Omega has made it clear that he doesn't want to go to the WWE. He wants to be known has the best wrestler to have never stepped foot in a WWE ring. Yes, I know, money talks..

 

So in other words, we'll be seeing him job to 66-year-old Triple H at Wrestlemania in 2036.

 

I've never really followed the foreign companies, but I watched it after all the response. I like Omega and would love to see him against Styles (unless it's another NJPW match I've never seen).

I can't get over that Okada's finisher is a clothesline. I mean, after seeing some stiff ones from JBL in his Bradshaw days....

The commentary was a breath of fresh air. Instead of hearing the inane bullshit sniping of Corey Graves picking on Saxton or JBL with Otunga, it was nice to hear two guys call the goddamn match.

Hey, member when PPV main events went longer than 20 minutes? I member! This was nice. Can any of the current guys go longer than 20 minutes, bell to bell?

Wanna see more Omega? He had a 137-star match against American Dragon Bryan Danielson some years ago:

 

I'm certain if called for Reigns, Styles, Owens, Balor, Rollins, Ambrose and Ziggler could go 30-40 minutes.

Given the success of every other Bullet Club leader within WWE Omega's stance feels antiquated and also feels like a work. Don't get me wrong, it's an effective work, but I don't believe that he believes what he's saying.

 

It's been a while since we've had an hourlong match, but there have been plenty of PPV matches in recent months that have been around 30.
When was the last hourlong match in WWE? Was it the Cena-HBK one on Raw about 10 years ago, when Orton got suspended and they suddenly had to fill the last hour of the show?

 

Reigns has gone 20 minutes multiple times, including his WM match with Trips. Which really needed to be shorter because there just wasn't chemistry between them to go longer than 20.

I think Cena/HBK is the last hour-long match on Raw. Angle and Lesnar did a 60-minute Ironman match on Smackdown around, I think, 2003.

There's guys who can go for long matches, but the E just doesn't want them to. But they've been better lately at having some longer 15-25 minute matches. A few years back, it was rare they would go longer than 10, unless it was a major PPV.

 

Personally, I would love to see Balor vs. Rollins in a one-hour Iron Man Match. Now, that would be exciting.