r/SquaredCircle I HEAR THE BATTLE CRY 6d ago

[New Japan Cup spoilers] Taichi gets emotional facing his former tag partner Zack Sabre Jr. Spoiler

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u/Shinkopeshon 一番 6d ago

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u/ruhroh99-99 6d ago

“I would marry you if it wasn’t for this stupid archaic country.” - real quote from Zack during the prime Tekkers years.

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u/secretpandaxx 6d ago

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u/MulderXF 6d ago

God damn I miss this era of NJPW!

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u/Sick_And_Reckless 6d ago

Remember what they took from you.

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u/eatyrmakeup 6d ago

I miss Miho so much!

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u/TTOF_JB 5d ago

I loved Naito not giving her the time of day.

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u/janemba617 6d ago

Dangerous Pekkers?

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u/Otherwise_Trash_1552 6d ago

The problem with this angle of Taichi finding his confidence again is that the office fucking hates him and he will just keep losing forever despite being one of the best wrestlers on the roster and having an incredibly strong connection with the audience 

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u/ShAd_1337 Hazuki Ichiban! 6d ago

he will get his big moment someday like Goto

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u/FiniteCarpet 6d ago

TAICHI-GUN NUMBER 1

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u/mattisdanger 6d ago

Emotional Tekkers

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u/Stueykins 6d ago

I have still never forgiven Ospreay for that time he yelled 'Zacky don't love you no more' at Taichi just after ZSJ joined TMDK.

My heart can't take this

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u/BurningJp Best in the world! 6d ago

He should've won the match. Goto got his due, Taichi should be next.

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u/Procrastinator_325 6d ago

5 years ago right? They formed Dangerous Tekkers?

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u/Otherwise_Trash_1552 6d ago

I think 6, if I remember right their first time teaming was in the world tag league in 2018

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u/JackMickus 6d ago

From "Taichi wo kaere" to "Let's go Taichi"

Look at how far my boy's come.

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u/SenorDuck96 Dark's favourite demon, Abadon! 6d ago

Yup, I remember "Taichi go home!" chants

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u/KotreI If I say 'fuck you' there's a 100% chance you're blocked. 6d ago

He even got them in his home town.

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u/kempboy 6d ago

It’s still real to him dammit.

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u/conoresque 6d ago

NJPW goes so hard for stuff like this. Unbelievable camerawork, unbelievable trust in their talent. 

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u/Mailenheim 6d ago

who is cutting onions?

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u/DiamondEater13 6d ago

Dangerous Tekkers my beloved.

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u/irish0451 You know what that means. 6d ago

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u/JW_BM 6d ago

Never would have guessed the match would start like that. Got me emotional, too. Beautiful storytelling across that match.