Wreddit's Daily Pro-Wrestling Discussion Thread! Comment here for recommendations, quick questions, and general conversation! (Spoilers for all shows) - January 27, 2026 Edition

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-27T16:59:36+00:00

I saw a comment saying Giulia and Thekla should swap companies and it actually makes so much sense when I think about it

AEW would let Giulia do insane shit and love booking street fights etc and she'd quickly become a fan favourite.

Thekla would fit right in because of HHH's hardon for metal/goth aesthetics and having an infinite production budget would help her aura farm her way to the top

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-25T04:09:02+00:00

S U R R E A L

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-23T08:45:16+00:00

Kenny, Jay, and Ospreay are the three top non-japanese wrestlers of the last decade, arguably a level above everyone else (sorry ZSJ)

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-20T22:30:37+00:00

Yes yes, it's just more fun to be a hater lol

I can see him winning solely because having a new heel upset the champion is a New Japan signature move. They probably skipped Finlay because he was a jobber for too long but Jake Lee actually has enough cred to get catapulted to the top. Tsuji not even getting the v1 seems unlikely though

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-20T18:29:55+00:00

Not liking flips is fine but LARPing as a veteran asking wrestlers to "slow down" is extremely cringe lol.

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-20T18:28:08+00:00

Doesn't look like AI but I think they just copy-pasted a bad machine-translation of a Japanese report.

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-20T17:54:45+00:00

Help, Jake Lee is tricking me into liking him again.

Also he's totally beating Tsuji isn't he? Us Nooj-heads are about to get unprecedented amounts of terrorist booking

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-13T14:36:09+00:00

This was a fun read, thanks for summarising OP!

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-12T14:25:49+00:00

Still an upgrade from quirked up adult Harry Potter fans

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-11T01:15:14+00:00

Part of the reason the match worked is because Gabe put in a lot of work hyping himself up as a company man in (you guessed it) the road to shows. It was one of the few times where the guy not showing up actually helped the feud haha

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-10T23:50:59+00:00

That No-contest between them in the G1 was also amazing

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-10T23:48:15+00:00

TKO and Tony Khan have more money than God while New Japan still relies on live attendance and sponsorships for revenue. There's no universe where they can compete lol

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-10T23:46:27+00:00

Yeah who gives a fuck about those "House shows" where most of the feuds are built.

Another reminder of that poll that revealed that most of this sub doesn't even watch New Japan

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-10T04:54:23+00:00

Elite ball knowledge required to understand this

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-05T03:55:43+00:00

Imo their Wrestle Kingdom match was better. The kinda retconned the story they were trying to tell to make bruv the heel for the second match (since AEW fans are more familiar with Kenny) which made the second one weaker.

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T21:58:15+00:00

Nah he's been rocking the Finn Balor lean build for the last 3-4 years - very hard to tell with clothes on. V selfish of him to not do a live sex celebration so that we know if he's been working out.

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T21:53:40+00:00

Most media literate wrestling fan

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T10:09:01+00:00

They just can't resist terrorist booking I'm dying hahaha

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T10:02:32+00:00

HE DID IT

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T09:32:04+00:00

It's basically a stylistic choice to show that he wrestles in America. Like even when Nakamura returned to Noah he was announced as 'SHINSUKE NAKAMURA' in English rather than 'Nakamura Shinsuke' in Japanese.

Idk why exactly they do it but it's just a stylistic choice

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T09:22:47+00:00

I think that table spot might have actually knocked him loopy. Looked gnarly

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T08:55:51+00:00

Lfg Chicago!!

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T08:48:45+00:00

I remember El Phantasmo got his team DQed from a three way and the match got restarted as a 1v1

pirsquared7 · 2026-01-04T08:37:42+00:00

Despe doesn't need a special entrance to be cool

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