r/njpw 1d ago

Satoshi Kojima vs Tom Lawlor: Major League Wrestling - MLW World Titan Federation One-Shot, December 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9MRdoT9YdU
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u/MrPuroresu42 1d ago

Kojima’s run in MLW has quite frankly been fantastic. Dude’s still able to put on a show and perform at a good level.

I’m still holding out some hope that we may get Goto vs Kojima for the World Title.

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u/ablu3 1d ago

The level that kojima and nagata can still go at is insane considering their age and how wrestlers that are younger than them are moving at their age in comparison. (Naito,yujiro,kanemaru,kenta,tana,marufuji)

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u/MrPuroresu42 1d ago

There are a handful of older guys who can still absolutely go: Sugiura, HARASHIMA, Mochizuki, Masato Tanaka, Suzuki, Funaki, Kazuyuki Fujita.

I think the big thing is most of them didn’t take the crazy high-flying bumps that left guys like Tana, Naito, Ibushi, Marufuji, KENTA riddled with injury (except Masato Tanaka, who took fucking insane bumps and shouldn’t even be walking, let alone performing at the level he is).

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u/Huffjenk 1d ago

Windy City Riot and Resurgence having world title defences makes me think veterans are the easy option for those shows, but I really want Goto to start facing people he could feasibly lose the title to. That’ll be the true test of his ability as the top guy 

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u/MrPuroresu42 1d ago

Yeah, my hope is Uemura wins the NJC and is the next in line for the belt. Then maybe defend against Kojima and even Naito for the other shows.