Honestly, I think part of it is they wanted Elgin in the G1 but he'd done fuck all this whole year. So they tossed the belt on him just in time for the field to be announced to make his inclusion easier to justify, and then quickly switched it back off.

I've seen people say that CHAOS lost all their titles on that show to make it seem more likely Okada was going to keep his, so that's another purpose the change served. Jay White even ate the pin in the six man.

Naito's birthday present from Hiromu.

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That card looks fine. I do wonder if BUSHI needs to be anywhere near Okada though.

Bushi may not be doing much outside of tag matches at the moment, but he's still a phenomenal talent, and it will be fun to watch him mix it up with Okada.

Okada is in a stable with Yoshi Hashi. What's wrong with him being around Bushi?

According to the Observer, NJPW still hasn't come close to selling out the Cow Palace show but since a ton of expensive seat tickets were sold, its still on track to break the venue's record for highest gate revenue ever.

Anyone else watching this When Worlds Collide show on twitch?

Looking for it now but not having any luck. Might not be up yet.

AXS TV is also showing Dominion tonight in two parts.

Up now.

https://m.twitch.tv/ceogaming/profile

Card:

Jeff Cobb vs. Chase Owens
* Jushin Liger vs. Rocky Romero
* The Guerrillas of Destiny vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay
* Roppongi 3k vs. Dragon Lee & Ryusuke Taguchi
* Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi

Timer says the show should start in about 9 minutes.

Pretty good crowd, not sure about these commentators though.

Just tuned into the show thinking I missed the first hour but guess they started late instead.

Had a bit of a laugh at the audio botch to start the show.

Don't know either of these guys, weren't on any of the cards I seen. Epic vs Chason?

:lol: at this open challenge promo and the commentators insults at who answered it first.

What the hell am I watching?

1/2 * my ass that deserves negative stars.

First 5 star match featuring baby oil and a guy with a torn Achilles.

Artistic combat in its purest form.

Whatever Meltzer gave Okada-Omega IV, he's going to need a new standard after this masterpiece of a match.

Alright the real show is starting.

MULTIPLAYER MAYHAM

Damnit

These Twitch shows really try your patience.

OK I'm taking the dog out this shit isn't going anywhere.

Just tuning in, how's it been??

Juice Robinson making his way to the ring, he means business in Daytona tonight

Show really just started. Not sure if you cought Liger vs Rocky but that was the first real match.

I did not catch it -- lol @ Juice Robinson grabbing his junk

Wooo one of the camera angles has great lighting and the other is like, not well lit

What is that fucking squeaking sound, is that the ring??

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I believe it's the ring spring.

OMG Fix the ring

That fucking squeaking

Needs some WD40.

If AAA, God rest his soul, was here w/ us in this thread r/n he would be 'stressed' af

Thinking about the time Michael Cole needed to clear his throat during a ppv and kept talking and Trips just kept posting "Clear your throat" and "Clear your fucking throat" and then Cole kept going and coughing/gargling and AAA got so stressed he had to quit watching the ppv.

G.O.D is well oiled machine but the ring sure as hell isn't.

Ring did not sound like that in the first match.

Tama Tonga: YOU GET A CUTTER! YOU GET A CUTTER! EVERYBODY GETS A CUTTER!

Tag match was pretty good overall.

It's Jeff Cobb time :cool:

any1 got a free stream of ROH's ppv that I think is also happening r/n where Cody is wrestling for the World Title?

Feel like Jeff Cobb just did Samoa Joe's entrance.

this dude looks like samoa joe in a singlet

I would share something with you, but it will majorly spoil Lucha Underground seasons 1-3, so...

Dave, just spoil it

It will take me like 5 years to watch the first three seasons

OMG GLOW 2.0 came out today

I totes forgot

He's Matanza. And he's awesome as shit

Don't think he looks like Joe but he definitely copied his entrance.

Cobb is the good for sure. More like a talented Taz than Joe.

Match is too long though, Owens is a jabroni.

Cobb is Vader with mad suplexes.

Think they've turned down the ringside mics to counter the ring squeak.

who r these commentators, anyone I'd have heard of

Vader inspired mask would be cool for him. Also Jeff Conb is such a dorky name for such a bad ass. Tanza would be a great name for him I think.

watching this and roh at the same time r/n

roh good street fight going on

They're gamers.

They aren't bad @Simple Fan

whoever roh's commentators are -- they are also good

Yeah they've been better than I thought they'd be when I first heard them.

LMAO at way tooo excited guy in front row who got sunglasses r/n

Young Bucks fighting Brisco Bros on ROH r/n...like Nitro vs RAW

Besides the squeaky ring issues, the long breaks has been the worst thing about this show so far.

The matches and commentary have been great though.

Honestly prefer both the commentary teams on this NJPW vs CEO event and ROH to anyone on RAW or SD

This ROH show seems 'really good'

I like all four guys in the tag match on CEO vs NJPW r/n

All seem 'cool'

Agree, for a first time thing the problems are understandable. Show looks good and the commentators have been good. Thought they were just some gamer's that really didn't know anything but they seem to be fans themselves and know their stuff.

From a presentation standpoint, this has been way more professional than the Impact Twitch streams usually are.

DARYL

Daryl is here

:lol: NJPW still hasn't bothered to get Takahashi's Super Jrs trophy fixed.

Both main-events starting at the same time

Yep, Impact Twitch shows just feel like taped live events, which they are but this show has felt more like a PPV presentation. Big crowd helps with that feel but the production has been great.

Kenny milked this show to go head to head with Cody. This is kind of Kenny's All In I feel.

Ibushi vs Daryl

ROH ref has thrown out Brandi Rhodes and Nick Aldis for multiple interferences

Dalton Castle retains over Cody Rhodes and Marty Scurll

NJPW/CEO commentary making fun of the neckbeards in the crowd lol

OUCH at powerbomb on floor on Kota

Damn that was nasty. Not sure how Ibushi is still going.

Now Naito might be dead.

who is/was the ref of this main event of njpw vs ceo

Naito landed bad on his neck too

Golden Lovers vs Naito/Takahashi/Daryl was really good.

Very fun event overall tonight.

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Other than the marks in the booth this was solid.

Seems a bit dumb considering Castle's recent injury problems and gets rid of a potentially interesting ROH-NWA title vs title match at All In.

Money mark needing a rub

Did he pin Cody or Marty? If it was Marty Cidy will definitely get another shot. Really thought Cody was a lock to sin that so I guess it was unpredictable.

He pinned Marty

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They should upload more of the show later

Yeah Cody will get another shot before All In. Feel like WWE will get wind of how good this was and support a New Day vs Elite show at E3 next year.

So, the Chasing Rants guy is a Pedo?

Apparently so -- And now some parts of the internet are mad at Kenny Omega for him being on the show.

Omega clarified on Twitter he didn't book the dark matches or talent -- and that he didn't know -- but, of course, some wrestling fans don't care and now think he is the devil.

Here are the other two matches:


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I like Dalton Castle and all. It still seems weird to me that he's the ROH champion though.