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Solomonster Sounds Off

Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night One Review - NEW JAPAN BACK ON U.S. TELEVISION?

Solomonster Sounds Off

The Solomonster

Sports, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Wrestling

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Solomonster has a FULL recap of all the action from Night One of New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom 15 from the Tokyo Dome, plus news on a possible deal to bring NJPW back to U.S. television. Did Kota Ibushi finally win the big one, or will Naito be defending double gold against Jay White on Night Two?

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0:00.0

This is your sound off extra review for a night one of Wrestle Kingdom 15 new Japan's biggest event of the year

0:07.1

for the second year in a row with back-to-bag nights at the Tokyo dome

0:12.1

I did not finish the main event until the night and I was going to just go right into Raw.

0:23.5

I figure, well, you know, I may as well just go right right in from one to the other, which was a mistake to begin with.

0:30.0

Never follow a big New Japan show with Monday night raw.

0:35.0

It's not a good thing to do.

0:37.0

And I do it though, and the first thing I see is a comedy promo for a Hulk Hogan iPhone.

0:44.6

And that was enough for me.

0:47.0

But that's kind of like one of you tweeted me.

0:48.9

I forget who it was.

0:50.6

It's like going from one to the other, like eating at a five-star restaurant and going right from that to getting a tuna sandwich at a gas station.

1:00.0

And I said, you know what, that's a great analogy. I agree.

1:04.0

But this year is a little bit different.

1:05.5

Far fewer fans in the building than usual. I don't know what the total attendance was.

1:11.6

But obviously a lot fewer people for obvious reasons

1:15.0

lots of clapping no cheering

1:17.0

which is more noticeable in a big venue like the Tokyo dome

1:21.0

this was not the classic Wrestle Kingdom show like some of the ones

1:27.1

we've gotten in the last few years but a lot of good matches and two great matches to close out the show.

1:34.8

Night one was headlined by an excellent main event

1:37.3

between Kodeo and Tepsy and Tepsy and Naito

1:39.5

for both the IWGP and Intercontinental, so the heavyweight and the I see titles,

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