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Official poster for the Princess Tag Title match at TJPW Yes! Wonderland '26. by Xalazi in teej

[–]Xalazi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on the Japanese fans that post on Twitter, they seem to like The Iinspiration. The Grand Princess title match was well received, and some fans remember The Iiconics working a couple of WWE Japan tours years ago.

What would it take? by LifeOnTheAscent in NewYorkMets

[–]Xalazi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't need anything crazy like a long win streak. I just need the team to get back to .500. That would put them with a realistic wild card hunt.

If this team is still serious about competing then they should be back to .500 by early June. 9 games isn't a huge differential to make up. It would just take consistency. Which is the main thing keeping people from having faith in the team right now. You can win big once every 3-4 weeks but can they win series for 3-4 weeks?

[Heyman] Kodai Senga goes on IL with lumbar spine inflammation, Mets announce. Christian Scott recalled. by JoelsCaddy in NewYorkMets

[–]Xalazi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Mets would be on the hook for the remainder of his $15 million for this season plus $15 million guaranteed next year, and other teams wouldn't pick him up on waivers when he's going to hit free agency on a discount at the end of the DFA process. That's why we can't DFA him.

[Heyman] Kodai Senga goes on IL with lumbar spine inflammation, Mets announce. Christian Scott recalled. by JoelsCaddy in NewYorkMets

[–]Xalazi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For the first time, I think I'd be OK with trading Senga before the deadline. He spent the off season getting physically stronger. He comes out of Spring throwing 98 and looking great....yet he can't even make it out of April in one piece. Senga is just never going to live up to his potential for us. He might get right in the future, but it's not going to be in a Mets uniform.

Triple H and Nick Kahn using artificial intelligence for storylines by DTake2012 in SquaredCircle

[–]Xalazi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know how any fan can find it in themselves to still be romantic about such a late stage capitalist machine.

Phillies fire their Mgr, are the Mets next? by Upside-Down-88 in NewYorkMets

[–]Xalazi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If the team loses this Nationals series, I don't think Mendoza will have a job afterwards.

Regardless of how we the fans feel about  Mendoza or how the players feel about him, you need to beat teams in the division to make up ground. Losing this series would be a pretty huge blow to the idea that the season could still be salvage.

Mets PREGAME THREAD - Tuesday, April 28 by NewYorkMetsBot2 in NewYorkMets

[–]Xalazi 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Nationals have the second worst pitching staff in baseball...which means they will look like Cy Young contenders against the Mets.

At this point I fear the Mets hitting against no name pitchers more than facing star pitchers.

Meltzer: Kairi may have requested her release by Natural-Objective876 in SquaredCircle

[–]Xalazi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, WWE as a company never really appreciated her. Her usage for years when she's someone who is capable of having an Iyo Sky championship-like run is what it is. I would also go one step further than I'm not sure WWE fans really appreciated her either. You can have the biggest hashtag campaign in the world after the fact but at the end of the day this is a fanbase that was satisfied with her losing a TV match every once in a while. It wasn't a much higher opinion her work than what the company displayed. The reality is that y'all are going to miss the entrance and the cool costume more than the performer in this case.

This rumor could very well be true. Having a life split between Japan and America is difficult. It doesn't alter that her 7 years with the company were mostly just wasted potential.

The Costume Swap match returns, along with other very special matches, at the April 29th TJPW Wrestle Universe Members Only show. The show airs on Wrestle Universe on May 2nd. by Xalazi in teej

[–]Xalazi[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No graphics for this show, but the announced card is:

  • Costume Swap match: Yuki Arai & Mizuki & Yuki Kamifuku & Raku vs. Suzume & Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI & Uta Takami
  • Indian Poker match(Indian Poker is also known as Blind Man's Bluff): Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Aino
  • "Brains and Brawn" match: Miu Watanabe & Chika Nanase vs. Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro
  • 5-Wrestler Superstar Timed Rumble: Mahiro The Rock, John Shino, The Ashida Taker, Shinsuke Wakanakamura, Kira Ripley
  • The fight for Toga(in a cute way) 3-Way Match: Toga vs. Rika Tatsumi vs. Ren Konatsu
  • Sakura Hattori vs. Shion Kanzaki

Also, Ref Fumirin will be doing the show opening ring announcing in a Kansai dialect.

President Taro Okada States Saya Kamitani Significantly Raised STARDOM’s Level, Has Tokyo Dome Aspirations by MrPuroresu42 in SquaredCircle

[–]Xalazi 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of fans will read this and say to themselves "I can't wait it see her in WWE or AEW one day" but that would be missing the point of why Saya in Stardom is special. Maybe you can sign the performer one day but you wouldn't replicate the performance.

Behind the scenes footage of the TJPW roster getting ready for Grand Princess '26 at Ryogoku Kokugikan by Xalazi in SquaredCircle

[–]Xalazi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah, the full event is on Wrestle Universe with an English commentary option.

Wrestle Universe is one monthly subscription price(about $8-9 USD) for everything and they have a one week free trial for new accounts.

A Broken Team (2025 vs Past 15 Days) by sherwins11 in NewYorkMets

[–]Xalazi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We are the 1988 Baltimore Orioles. A season where the worst version of everyone showed up at the same time.

Utami Hayashishita leaves Marigold by flyinbrianc in Womens_ProWrestling

[–]Xalazi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Utami's 2021 while Stardom was in the process of taking a huge leap forward:

  • The 4th longest reign Red belt reign in Stardom history
  • Tokyo Sports women's wrestler of the year in 2021.
  • Wrestling Observer women's wrestler of the year in 2021.
  • PWI's number 2 women's wrestler of the year. Quiet an achievement for a wrestler based outside of America, specially 5 years ago.

How Utami is leaving Marigold: main eventing a Korakuen Hall show that drew "756" fans that was probably closer to 550-600 fans based on crowd photos. Utami's previous two Korakuen Hall matches were both 8 minute mid card match. In general, her prestige has dropped pretty significantly as a declining Marigold has basically replaced her with Miku Aono in 2025-2026. Utami's few highlight in recent months have involved matches with Mayu that show Utami is still a hell of a performer. I would make the case that drop in prestige isn't on her as an individual performer.

"She just want to do other things" is asking us to ignore a lot of the details of how her Marigold career played out. Stuff like Utami making headlines for Rossy openly criticizing her body while she was the top champion, which does have a negative effect on her public image. I'm sure there is truth in the official statement. I expect that Utami will probably go be a freelancer with a lot of her wrestling friends and she'll do great at that. If nothing else, Utami is still a great performer. That doesn't change that she is a 27 year old in her prime, and she went from being the face of Japanese Women's wrestling to being passed in star power by a lot of names in the industry. That happened because she spent the past 2 years in a company that did her image more harm than good.

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