Matsudiro

I haven't used your pics before, but now that I've seen them, I might, like the background, like the style. Keep up the good work.

Pretty sure nobody's mentioned this but the OP has one listed as "Alicia Stone" when it's Alicia Strong. Alicia Stone would be pretty amazing mind.

These are sooooo cool! Thanks dude!

Pretty sure if you select grades rather than numbers, and have fog of war turned on, you will still see numbers at the highest scouting level. I would assume that's what this is meant to change, but I may be wrong.

decided to give the slayyer a go since I wanted that one too, I'm sure someone better will give it a go, but I thought I'd share http://i.imgur.com/A39JS1F.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8qvDY2Z.jpg Any chance of getting this sensational dragon mask coloured Brown, Green and Black? Would be much appreciated!

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Atticus" data-cite="Atticus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="40971" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Totally forgot about this. Pretty solid stuff on AXS. They cut down the matches and toss in commercial breaks, so you rarely get a full match, but Ranallo is a fantastic commentator. They also translate an occasional promo or two, but with it being a year or so behind, it'll be an older storyline. I believe the JR/Barnett era starts this Friday as a matter of fact.<p> </p><p> I'd also suggest checking out the Voices of Wrestling website. I mostly go there for their New Japan stuff. They do reviews and previews for most shows (at least the ones that air on NJPW World). Also, I highly recommend their free e-book they released earlier this year which is a Year-in-Review for 2015 book about New Japan.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> seconded, that e book is awesome</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Teh_Showtime" data-cite="Teh_Showtime" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="40971" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>There are english translations of promos and the like moments after they happen, if you can watch matches without commentary. Invasion Attack in April will be the next PPV with english as well.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yup, graps twitter is the place to go for those</p><p> </p><p> @SenorLARIATO</p><p> @reasonjp</p><p> @enuhito_eng</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="K-Nection" data-cite="K-Nection" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="40971" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So if I was to start watching NJPW....what is a good launching point? I'm one of those guys who needs the English commentary so the following shows need to be translated. The WWE is just doing a good job of making me look for alternatives.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> New Japan on AXS is you're only real option, it's about one year behind but has great highlights from 2013-2015, with fantastic commentary from Mauro Ranallo and Josh Barnett. Most of NJ's live English commentary is really bad, with the 2015 Dome Show being a possible exception. AXS show is great, but I'm not sure JR/Barnett will be as good, who knows. I'll urge you to try the Japanese comms, they're so passionate and all the story is told in the ring through body language, it's truly wonderful. For example, one slap in the Dome main event this year was the big climax, the perfect climax, to over 3 years of a very specific story being told, my favorite storytelling moment in the history of wrestling, beautiful.</p>

<p>I'd have one more singles feud with Tana at least</p><p> </p><p> Given the story they told with the IC around New Beginning he needs to continue to chase that title at some point. My fantasy book is he wins the NJ Cup and tries to challenge for the IC, beating Naito in the process. Then Naito messes up the title shot for Tana, leading to Tana-Naito feud which Naito wins. Naito-Okada at Dominion where Naito is HATED in that province, Naito wins the strap, Okada wins G1, Tana builds himself back up (maybe through tags) and we have our top two matches for dome as: Okada-Naito©, rematch from 2014 dome, this time top of the card, and Tanahashi-Omega©, to finish up that feud, given how important the Intercontinental Title has been to Tanahashi in promos and the like recently. Also, Tanahashi is both Naito and Omega's best feud mate in my opinion, the Tanahashi-Naito feud last year was great outside of a few let down matches, and Omega-Tana has already produced (in my opinion) the best match of Omega's career this year, and now Kota is gone (probably) it seems to me to be the best feud for him for dome if they go ahead with pushing him UNLESS they promote Little Ace to heavies, which I don't see happening, because he's one of the best Junior Babyfaces they've had in decades.</p>

I like it, thanks much dude.

Any chance I could get an Alt of Fro Sure with a mid 30s John Cena-esk theme? Like without the afro and possibly with a cap? I know I'm being a little vague but any attempts at this would be appreciated because Fro needs some alt love!

I don't know, McMahan's have never put the heels over hard unless their last name was McMahan, and as we saw earlier this year, one loss and Cena's merch sales are in the tank. Bryan probably can't take over, and neither really can Reigns imo. Bryan's probably never going to work again, certainly not full schedule, and Reigns is an awful pure pure babyface. The most over he's ever been is assaulting people, and that's all well and good, but he's an antihero at best. I would love a Cena turn too, Ambrose is over and pure enough to be the good guy, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see the debut of a certain Generic Luchadore soon who is one of the most natural babyfaces of the last 10 years. But I just don't think Vince would go there, not even for Reigns. I think it's possible Brock wins rumble, and I think that could be pretty damn satisfying.

True, but unlikely. Unless Vince is willing to go THAT FAR to get Reigns over as the good guy.

We can't have enough disappointing Rumble winner! It's been like 6 years! xD

This is very true, I don't think putting the IC Belt on him was the right decision. I personally think he should have won the Royal Rumble and had one hell of a match with Brock at Mania. Brock wins, Bryan retires. Mega heat.

While I agree with most of your points. I don't think anybody tanks network buys in 2015, they're going to steadily tick up. I also don't think pushing multiple people would to anything to their numbers in general.

Oh, I completely agree. Wrestling is in dire need of moving away from this "1 star" system because, quite simply, people don't draw anymore. Raw's with legends on this year did similar numbers to raws without. The only person who has legitimately "drawn" this year is Vinnie Mac. The last time Raw killed numbers wise was during the Bryan chase, and that was largely story than the man himself. While numbers are in the toilet, take this time to build a cast of characters, and put on a TV shows that actually tells stories (something Vince says he does). Don't create another Cena who, while doing great merch numbers, at least when he doesn't lose, has sucked ratings wise for the last decade.

I love NXT to death, it's my company of the year this year, but pointing to that as being a great example of booking or writing in my opinion is a bad example. There are a ton of poor booking decisions over the last two years, and most of the writing has also been lacking, relying on good performers overshadowing that. In my opinion the reason why NXT has done so well is they give the performers the licence to do their own thing, when the time comes to actually book or write it usually turns out awful. Look at the NXT title post-Owens vs Zayn. Owen's reign was very uninspired and led to the worst period of TV in the promotions history, and his only big feud aside from Zayn ended up bombing so hard that Owens vs Full Sail was more over than Owens vs Balor. Then, Balor, one of the weakest champions they've had in a while who needs a lot of protecting on the character side, they made no effort to protect and that's led to an incredibly boring character as a result. That's not even to mention waiting too long to pull the trigger on the Vaudevillians as tag champs (they should have won the belts at REvolution, 9 months before they actually did), and the failure to build up their talent in the women's division in preparation for the horsewomen departure, leading to the two most recent feuds there. I love NXT for the most part, seriously I do, but I have no reason to believe that if you give Trips 5 hours of weekly TV plus a PPV he won't do exactly the same as Vince, heck, Trips is already the biggest heel in the product.

Big Show match = Extreme Rules 2015 Orton = Summerslam 2014

I think that's a very harsh assessment. I have a huge problem with Roman Reigns too, I think he's still pretty green and his character work, both on the mic and off is very suspect. I also don't get on board with the great look thing and think his charisma is very heel-slanted. Overall I think the push he's getting IS disproportionate to his ability. That said, to ignore the improvements he's made because of that is baffling to me. Your saying the Big Show and Bray Wyatt carried him? Heck no. His limb selling is world class, his offense is exciting, and I'm sorry if this irks you, but he's over as heck. The booking he's got confirms to me that WWE are set on their "one-star" philosophy and refuse to build an ensemble cast. It also confirms that they're no prepared to let "their guy" look weak (see Cena, John) even in his dirty losses. It's these things I'd be mad at, not the performer himself, and this is a common problem I see with fans these days in my opinion. All the problems can be put squarely at the feet of management in that company, they have one of the most talented rosters in the history of the company.

Description for my diary (NOTPW): "Backstage drama abound! As a new booker comes into the traditional Canadian federation, how will the Stones adapt?"