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Say, do y'all know any sites that has recent All Japan and Dragon Gate? Trying to expand more on my puro :jbhmm:
Your best (non legal) ways right now are torrent sites like XWT (still going strong) or Russian sites like VKvideo (they don't give a fukk about copyright).
Yup. I haven't checked VK in a while but at least a year ago it still had pretty much every show you could imagine online :heh:
 

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Watched the Tag League matches that involved DG guys. Yamato has to carry old ass Tiger Mask and are mostly an uncoordinated team (But I have to give Tiger a break since its his last tournament)

Dragon Dia and Taguchi are a better unit since they teamed last year too. But Dia is picking up bad habits from Taguchi's ass-based offense :dame:

Only ones who still have a slight chance are KUSHIDA and Yoshioka. Since Tanahashi inherited the High Fly Flow to Yoshioka, it was obvious they'd reach a higher standing than other teams. Don't try to poach him, tho :ufdup:

Nothing spectacular or must watch, but it has been fun so far.
 

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For today's BJW show, they were campaigning to get 1000 people at Korakuen. Mission not accomplished.

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And the main event, a halloween deathmatch, was amazing for those who were watching on stream. Take a look at this action.

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So, for Wrestle Kingdom 20. The IWGP Title match will be...

Konosuke Takeshyta vs Yota Tsuji in a double title match.

Very interesting choice as one would guess Tsuji finally wins the big one in such a big show, but it also feels like a waste of Takeshyta to cut his title so short. It's all about who they want to carry them in 2026 though. Does Takeshyta have more room to grow as a draw or will japanese fans rally behind Yota if he ends up as as the new big champ? I have no fukking clue tbh, we have no evidence of either one being a safe bet so it's gonna be an intriguing 2026 for sure.

Tanahashi's retirement match seems like it will be against Okada, as Gedo showed up backstage, ask Tana if he had an opponent in mind, and after Tana said he didn't, Gedo said he'd help him out.

So it's basically a big three card with Konosuke/Yota, Tana/Okada (likely) and Wolf's rebut against Evil (oh well).

For today's BJW show, they were campaigning to get 1000 people at Korakuen. Mission not accomplished.

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And the main event, a halloween deathmatch, was amazing for those who were watching on stream. Take a look at this action.

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Post pandemic Big Japan is a promotion that has done its hardest to legit go under. I don't think they've made a single good decision in like 3-4 years :smh:
 

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Yoshioka and Dragon Dia lost their tag titles immediately after coming back from the Super Jr. Tag League. I blame New Japan for this :ufdup:

Speaking of companies in dire straits, GLEAT had like 700 people at Yokohama Gym (5000 seat capacity). That's what happens to a money mark company which has TJP on the main event scene.

There are rumors CIMA's contract with them end on december. Hope he comes back home to DG and close his career there. His experiment with the Chinese monks didn't work and GLEAT isn't working either.

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