Thread 19228603

OKADA VS TANAHASHI AT WK 20
Tanahashi's final opponent!

All the fans are here!

MONSTER POP https://x.com/njpwworld/status/1987106508367114472

grim

damn that is the most uninspired pick possible

>>19228603 (OP)
but dave said aew and njpw were on bad terms!

KINOMAKER

So lame that his retirement match can comfortably be semi-main.

>>19228603 (OP)
Yawn

>heel okada in japan
kino

>>19228603 (OP)
This was the right choice.
Nakamura is washed and a jobber in WWE.
Okada has been in top form this year.

visual plea

>>19228659
why are they doing the randy orton pose

Beyond me why they changed his theme in AEW

HOREE SHIT

>no interactions with Nakamura
>no interactions with Naito
>5 minute "exhibition" with Shibata
>a bunch of matches with young guys with either start/stop pushes or none at all and the only one that mattered in the end was Tsuji
>anything legitimately cool or intriguing either led to nothing or happened in outside promotions
>that G1 match with EVIL
>just ends with at best the 3rd or 4th best choice for a final opponent
Cena's final run may have honestly been better and a botched heel run ate up most of it.

>>19228672
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPlFuHhE05g

It was Okada who wanted to change it.

piggies will be crying over no nakamura lol

>>19228683
kek this
dude sucks too so idk why they were begging for him

>>19228612
based af

Would be fucking comical if they do what some Japanese fans think might happen and have Nakamura and Tana in the ring at NOAH's new year show

>>19228698
Would be kino more than comical.

>>19228603 (OP)
KINOOOOOOOOOOO

>>19228698
NOAH respects NJPW's history more than NJPW

>>19228666
>randy orton invented raising your arms

so freaking epic that takeshita and okada will be feuding in aew dark elevation about who main events WK.

>>19228603 (OP)
This is why AEW NJPW partnership is kino.
We NJPW fans love AEW.
AEW daisuki!
Tony Khan....AIIIIISHITERUU

>>19228933
Yeah, it's "kino" seeing reheated feuds from a decade ago.

>>19228618
He never said that you absolute geek

>>19228659
>>19228708
Tana is so stiff nowadays he can’t even pose the same . I can’t imagine the pain he’s in everyday KEK

>>19228612
>>19228619
That guy's aura is dead wtf he looks like an accountant

>>19229099
Good

>>19228603 (OP)
>Gedo back with Okada like it's 10yrs ago
marked out for that ngl

>>19228603 (OP)
why didn't wwe let them have nakamura? It's not like they're doing anything with him

OH MY HECK IS THAT THE SAME SHIRT HE WORE WHEN HE CHALLENGED TANA AT WK IN 2012??????????? MY COCK SO HARD FOR NOSTALGIA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>19228618
He genuinely didn't you dumb mark.

yay! shit that was good a decade ago has has been increasingly less good every time since! Didn't want it to be Okada or Nakamura cause fuck wrestling's obsession with nostalgia.

>>19229542
>>19229557
there's times with cool unexpected nostalgia. Like when Neo Bishii Gun reunited at Wrestle Princess II just for the entrance and then everyone moved on. It wasn't the entire focus, it was an all time great entrance and then that was it. These nostalgia riddled retirement runs and shit are just too much. Saudi Mania is gonna be the culmination that shit is gonna be worst of all time tier.

>>19228603 (OP)
>Not Nakamura
NJPW fumbled as usual

>>19228603 (OP)
partnership that killed both companies involved lmao

>>19228672
>>19228681
because he's a heel, wanted a heel theme that didn't get babyface pops, and the band are his friends

>>19229557
???

Are you retarded? You clearly haven't seen Tanahashi wrestle in the last 5 years. He isn't having a good match with ANYBODY. He can barely move.

>>19229662
was he really that concerned about crowd pops in AEW?

>>19229666
I think he's just a guy who doesn't like heel wrestlers getting face pops and honestly I agree with that too

>>19228672
Tony is a retard and doesn't understand how to make money even when he has a fucking dimes machine on his roster

>>19229666
Okada was getting nothing but babyface reactions his whole first 6 months in AEW
>>19229696
Explain how exactly Okada keeping his babyface NJPW music would "make AEW money" and how much money exactly AEW is missing out on by not using that music.
Explain your post. Because it has no basis in reality.

>>19229715
>Explain your post
Okada in NJPW was the top star of the company
Okada in AEW is a midcarder comedy act who says "BITCH"
His whole presentation is dogshit

>>19229721
No youy said AEW is missing out on making money by not using his NJPW babyface music.
Explain that. How would him using his NJPW entrance music make AEW more money ?
Explain that statement. Because it has no basis in reality. AEW is not making 1 dollar more or less regardless of Okada's entrance music. It has 0 effect on AEW's bottom line.
So explain yourself.