>>91896 The ace should always go over at WK. The question was wether the ace is naito or okada and clearly the answer is okada. Either answer would've worked though

NAITO FACE TURN?

>>91898 That is true. I just felt that the better book was Naito being the ace. Gedo clearly has a plan, I'm not going to question the madman in anything other than the tag team division, where he has been very lackluster this past year in booking.

Kawato will end the streak next wrestle kingdom bellet dat

I wish I knew what okada said, something about all the factions

What a great show, what a great main event, and what a great group of posters you guys have all been. I'll see some of you tomorrow I hope for new years dash although we'll probably need a new thread. Happy Wrestle Kingdom everyone!

>>91906 He more or less said that naito fans may be upset as well as fans of other factions because he cant be beat but at the end of the day he wants everyone to be happy and enjoy the show.

I badly need sleep. Still wish Naito won.

>Crowd is actually happy >Board is happy Something ain't right

was gonna post this when he won but he didnt but ill post it anyways…

That's why she is commentating? She is shilling for a drama about Joshi wrestling named Tofu Puro

>>91907 I 'm actually really curious to see what happens tomorrow. Last year suzuki gun came back. >>91910 My guy lost and I'm still happy. Waht a great show >>91913 I bet naito beats him at dominion.

>>91915 Sakurako a cute, dude.

>>91915 its likely but it wont mean as much when its done right after Okada beats a pointless record because gedo wants him to be the GOAT

>Two of my boys lost (Naito, Suzuki) >Two of my boys won (but in the same match, EVIL and SANADA >Jericho/Omega was actually pretty good >Cody turned up for the second half of his match which was a pleasant surprise >4 way for Juniors turned out pretty okay >the booking for the Suzuki match and aftermath was good enough for me to forgive the loss Bretty gud Wrestle Kingdom.

>>91914 >Tofu Puro It's going to be filled with traps, ain't it?

>>91915 Either honma or shibata are showing up tomorrow

Jericho had an honest to god smile on his face after that pop he got off the lionsault. I hope he enjoys this last bit before retirement.

>>91923 Sanada seems like a cool dude.

Is it over?

>>91935 Ended eight hours ago.

At the risk of sounding negative about the NJPW product, while I may be being extremely unfair by comparing it to last year's so which was beyond exceptional I found WK12 to be "good but flawed". Some of the matches felt either overbooked or clumsy in execution. Still miles better than anything WWE has put out in years but hardly their best effort to date. >Bucks vs R3K Fine, no problems with this one as an opener. I'm as sick as anyone of the Bucks at this point but it woun't hurt R3K at all >NEVER 6 man Pure filler and why the fuck is Sabre Junior wasting his time with those other two losers? >Kota vs Cody Great match fucked up by ROH's decision not to keep the belt on Cody. Had it had higher stakes I'd have called this match of the night. >IWGP Tag Again a really good match that got over the strengths of the wrestlers. Still not entirely convinced by EVIL but that's a personal issue. >Goto vs Suzuki This one was a lot more restrained than i thought it would be but then I considered Goto's match with Shibata last year to be one of the matches of the night so obviously my expectations were unreasonably high. I think the winner was wrong as I feel Goto needs to move away from the NEVER scene and up the card. >IWGP Junior 4 way This was overbooked as fug. It really only needed to be Osprey vs Skurll as it was the real story of this match and the hiromu/ KUSHIDA thing has long run it's course imho. >Old man Tana vs Edgelord literally who? I've never cared less about the IWGP IC title as I have in the hands of Tanahashi. He was gassed after a few minutes and really really needs to rest. Jay was fine I suppose, but I've barely heard of the bloke and fail to see what warrants him being here other than "Well we need to have Tana SOMEWHERE" >Jericho vs Omega Could never live up to the hype and honestly didn't. Jericho showed his age in trying to wrestle at Kenny's pace. Also what the fuck was up with Kenny's entrance gear? Could he please fucking take one match seriously for once rather than going all lolsonerdyXD. Otherwise it was fine, spent too long on the outside at the beginning but it was okay. >Okada vs Naito It was a really good match but fuck me what has Okada got on the booking team? This was really the right time for Naito.

>>91945 Could he please fucking take one match seriously for once rather than going all lolsonerdyXD He tried to be full serious when he joined the BC and failed completely. He's perfect the way he is right now.

Biggest negatives about the show for me was the 4 way having too many botches, and the IC title match kinda stinking. I've been saying tanahashi needs to take time off for months now, and this match really showed that to be true. Naito not winning didn't actually bother me that much as it does make sense in terms of long term booking. In this case I think long term booking needed to be put on the backburner to go with the momentum of the fans but at least they're committed to a plan.

>>91949 I didn't mind botches in the 4 way match. In a match that fast and full of spots that stuff is bound to happen and nothing really stood out to me as terrible. Tana though, it's a sad state of affairs when I'm actively rooting against him in favor of someone I don't particularly like because I want him to go away for a while.

>>91950 If suzuki isn't retiring I bet he takes the belt off tana at the next show so he has time to get surgery for the G1. Other than that I really don't know who could challenge him.

New years dash thread here so this thread doesn't hit bump limit >>91951

I loved this show, even the ic match a bit. I'm just scared Tanahashi might go the way of Angle with his body.

>>91945 >This was really the right time for Naito. Rule of three anon. He'll get it next time around, maybe next year.