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Originally Posted by mike adamle (Post 5002063)

Not gonna lie, thought this was just Tanahashi standing next to Ibushi for the longest time and had no idea wtf you guys were talking about. I suppose I'm a little dumb for that, but then again all japs look alike so I can't be too far off.

At least I'm sure you look unique. Ugly as sin, but unique.

So the theories for that teaser at the G1 finals have come up with 2 results. Jay White was peoples first guess as he's about to finish his excursion. However, it looks like someone hitting a US passport at one point which seems to rule him out.

Saw some speculation that it's Austin Aries, which would be cool.

Looks like Tana isn't the only one with a new look

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Hey REAL pro-wrestling fans! Taichi here to give you a hot scoop! Did you know that my Suzuki-Gun brother, TAKA Michinoku, and I have our own awesome pro-wrestling event every year?! That’s right, we’re on Season 2 already! You might’ve finished watching the finals of the G1 Climax and thought, “Well, that sucked! Suzuki shoulda won that! Well, now what?!” I’ll tell you “what”! TAKA & Taichi Productions Season 2, punks! August 28th at Shinjuku FACE!

This year’s main event sees us throw down against those lame ass wannabe cholos from Los Ingobernables de Japon, Hiromu & BUSHI! But that’s not all: we got tons of talented wrestlers ready to show fans all over the world what real (that’s “HON MONO” in Japanese!) pro-wrestling is all about! You’ll bear witness to awesome female pro-wrestling talent, the totally insane (or is it insanely BADASS?!) Jun Kasai, a dinosaur and more! And in case you were wondering: OF COURSE The Boss, Suzuki Minoru, is gonna be there!

All pre-sale tickets are sold out (what did ya expect from legends like TAKA and me?!), but a limited number of standing room tickets will be made available on the day of the event for 4,000 yen. Suzuki-Gun fans only though, got it?! Just kidding, I’ll take any ol’ chump’s money!

Don’t worry if you can’t make it down to Tokyo though, cause the fine folks at NJPW World will be live streaming the whole event! Watch online ONLY on NJPW World, got it?! I don’t wanna see any unofficial streaming crap! And go ahead, yell “Go home Taichi!” all ya want…I won’t have to hear it this time, haha!

The event will be live-streaming on NJPW World! Sign up to watch http://njpwworld.com/

This is a goddamn promo

You’re not interested in being compared to the other wrestlers on the roster?

Suzuki: Look, New Japan, and New Japan fans, you’re full of BS admiration and fake praise. You see a guy who just lost in the ring, getting a round of applause. ‘Oh wow, great match, clap, clap, clap.’ Patting losers on the back, acting emotional. What a load of crap! It’s the winners that make headlines. It’s the winners you end up talking about. Don’t be hypocritical.

Your opponent on the tenth, Michael Elgin, beat you in your G1 match. Do you think that played a part in him getting a title match?

Suzuki: Michael Elgin? He’s a bitch. I don’t have any time for people stupid enough to think he’s on my level.

— Well a lot of people say Michael Elgin is the second biggest foreign name in New Japan right now, only behind Kenny Omega.

Suzuki: See! That’s exactly what I was talking about. ‘Second biggest’. Who gives a crap about your rankings, they all suck, I don’t care.

–It’s not often we’ve seen you against a foreign powerhouse like Elgin.

Suzuki: ‘Not often we’? Or ‘not often you’? Do your goddamn homework. Elgin, to me, he’s a big piece of shit. That’s all he is to me

Been watching the G1 on AXS TV. Really been impressed by Sanada this year and think he is really a future star of NJPW. I think his career has been similar to Okada in a way as both had less than stellar stints in TNA and found themselves once returning to Japan. Although Sanada did have some success in TNA, they had no clue what to do with him and even paired with Muta and made him a second coming as The Great Sanada.

Matches have been great and I love the aspect of stablemate's squaring off against one another. Not only that but just the whole focus being on a tournament that focusses on wrestling. It's something that could be done on the main roster and is with the CWC and MYC but a King of the Ring tournament in WWE that allowed your main roster talent to show the same kind caliber matches.

Have enjoyed all the matches so far and can't really pick out a favorite. Naito, Omega, and Okada are definitely the top of the field though and produce the best matches of what I've see so far.

Suzuki is a real rassler.

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 5012930)

Suzuki is a real rassler.

I've said this before, I can't think of an era of Professional Wrestling where Suzuki wouldn't make money. He's probably the last true heel in that, despite his entrance, he gets his fans 100% behind his opponent.

I would actually really like to see Suzuki vs. Roman Reigns and Suzuki vs. John Cena.

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Originally Posted by Noid (Post 5012971)

I would actually really like to see Suzuki vs. Roman Reigns and Suzuki vs. John Cena.

Both would work, but there's really only one Suzuki match in WWE I want to see:

Minoru Suzuki vs. Brock Lesnar.

It'd be the typical Lesnar match until the first German attempt...

At the risk of this becoming a Suzuki mark thread

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