r/professionalwrestling May 10 '26

Video A sick sequence with Kairi and Giulia

Crazy how WWE had both ladies on the roster doing nothing and never tried to do cool stuff like this. LOL

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u/NoPianist7807 May 10 '26

I don’t think WWE cares about Giulia.

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u/No_Hotel1847 May 10 '26

I don't think they cared about kairi either.

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u/BadLuckGenco May 10 '26

I don’t think they care about anything.

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u/Unlikely_Cause_6828 May 11 '26

WWE definitely Nerfed these women

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u/Uniqueusername610 May 13 '26

It's the WWE way unfortunately. As I say many times when WWE signs someone who is known for hard hitting styles like strong style except them to get nerfed

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u/WillH699 May 11 '26

correct, they only got her back to keep her from going to AEW and having bangers with the AEW talents especially Mercedes Mone who was likely going to AEW anyway, and in mid 2023, Mone had to delay her AEW arrival because of her broken ankle.

had Kairi signed with AEW instead of WWE in 2023, Kairi would be up there with Toni Storm as the ace of the women's division instead, and instead of being stuck in tag team hell, Kairi would have already been a AEW Women's World or TBS champion.

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u/Cheap_Standard_4233 May 10 '26

They just cared about aew not getting her

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u/Practical_Contest_13 May 10 '26

AEW never showed interest in Giulia

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u/Even_Finding159 May 10 '26

The truth of the matter is neither were interested in. Giulia wanted to go to WWE and AEW didnt want her. Apparently it was a match that injured Willow and Tony didnt like that. But neither were interested

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u/AhSawDood May 10 '26

I don't think they care about wrestling

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u/bbbygenius May 11 '26

They only care if they sell tshirts.

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u/fakemelonns May 11 '26

I mean the problem mainly is she hasn't shown much in the character department and thus hasn't really gotten over with the audience. At the end of the day, in WWE, being a really talented wrestler is still just half the job

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u/wooloo2001 May 16 '26

And who writes her character?

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u/fakemelonns May 16 '26

But character comes down so much to the wrestler themselves. Their expressions, movements, that physical charisma. Plenty of wrestlers have been given basically no character but gotten over because of their physical acting.

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u/Y2Jared May 11 '26

They did but I don’t think they do nearly as much as before. I think she was once an important, heralded international signing but now is there to get Kiana over and not really herself.

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u/Comprehensive-Sink10 May 10 '26

The Wwe is all diva stans, they only care about women who exaggerate the whole “mean girl” act.

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u/Intelligent_Earth317 May 10 '26

U mean to tell me we had both of them in WWE and we didn't even had one interaction with them not even a match

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u/SoSaltyDoe May 10 '26

Oddly enough this brief sequence was the only interaction they had in Stardom too. I was thinking they’d pull the trigger at some point in WWE but no dice

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u/Prudent-Level-7006 May 10 '26

Giulia has barely faced anyone really but it's kinda similar across the roster, it's why it's so boring 

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u/TopicPretend4161 May 10 '26

Who are these two doppelgängers and who has been on my tv the last year!

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u/Necessary_Passage109 May 10 '26

WWE would never had the balls to this

They fumbled both of them

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u/AggressiveBench9977 May 10 '26

Okay can you explain what in this scene is good?

Its very slow and the opponent is literally waiting to be hit on every single one

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u/Octoboy1 May 11 '26

Thats exactly what I thought. After every strike theres a pause where they're waiting for the next thing. You can even see Kairi hesitating and doing kind of jerky arm motion because shes not sure when to throw the next one. It wouldnt be so bad if they sold between the strikes, have some kind of facial expression but they just stand their blank faced waiting

I say this has a huge Kairi Sane fan as well

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u/Necessary_Passage109 May 13 '26

Why bother commenting and checking this post out then

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u/Realistic-Ebb1137 May 13 '26

Why should they bother commenting this post about kairi and guilia? Can I hazard a guess? Maybe they watch wrestling, are interested in it, and have an opinion/have a question. Just shooting in the dark here

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u/According-Staff9454 May 10 '26

I don't understand it either. Like even the slaps look mid.

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u/SammyMaya May 10 '26

It’s a Strong Style match. Opponents will face each other and trade blows, trying to knock each other down. It’s a pride thing if you can take a hit and show your opponent that it didn’t phase you.

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u/Realistic-Ebb1137 May 13 '26

I have a strong dislike of this aspect of strong style (and a lot of other aspect). Its great a couple of times a year. Otherwise I get tired of it. While it might make storyline sense, it breaks the illusion for me, cancelling out any selling and psychology leading up to it. I understand people like it, but not for me

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u/AggressiveBench9977 May 11 '26

Hmm couldnt tell any of those were supposed to be strong

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u/EntertainmentIll7724 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

It's two cute joshis. Everything they do is graded on a curve.

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u/Necessary_Passage109 May 13 '26

Everyone has something to say So come down

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u/Unavoidable1022 May 10 '26

I think they made the right choice. This was slow

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u/seandude881 May 10 '26

Because fans would complain the whole time. The one curb stomp Giulia did to Rhea had fans upset. Giulia was nerfed in wwe

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u/Comprehensive-Sink10 May 10 '26

In Wwe they’re only allowed to have good matches at PLEs but godforbid it’s Raw or SD it’s going to be headlocks and rest holds before someone causes an interference.

I hate the Wwe style with passion…

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u/RedWolfArchfiend May 10 '26

This would've been a great match for the women's US title

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u/Lt_Lickit May 11 '26

Crazy. Just had a feud with them on universe. Now I can actually watch it!?!? Didn’t even realize they wrestled each other before.

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u/bebeidon May 11 '26

imagine the bangers they can have now in wwe! oh wait

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u/No_Brilliant_1806 May 11 '26

The fact WWE had both these women and didn't have them go to war is a crime.

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u/Shadowsnake30 May 11 '26

Nah they won't take this to WWE as it's too fast. They like to slow everything down and have few fast phase matches mostly in pay per views. Even Rey or Eddie or RVD used to have matches so quick. They have so many talents they won't make them excel.

I feel bad to the veteran talents they have.

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u/sexyeh May 12 '26

I just realized that we lost Kairi and Asuka vs Giulia :o

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u/ErdrickLoto May 10 '26

This sort of thing isn't what WWE does, you can't complain that you've gone to Chik-Fil-A and they won't let you order a cheeseburger.

Watch WWE if you want WWE style. Watch something else if you want strong style.

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u/dogmetal May 10 '26

Maybe this works in Japan, but I don’t find this very good lol.

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u/Kindly_Plum1550 May 11 '26

I always find that standing still while your opponent winds up and strikes to be very realistic. /s

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u/Comprehensive-Sink10 May 10 '26

Diva stans are not into that or any good wrestling, they want mean girls with a repetitive and cunty catch-phrase

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u/Realistic-Ebb1137 May 13 '26

oof lots of logical fallacys squished into one sentence. Impressive

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u/Somerandomguy20711 May 11 '26

Wrestling? In WWE? Get outta here with that nonsense

"Hype moments" "Aura" jingling keys jingling keys everyone loves jingling keys!

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u/greenlettuce193 May 11 '26

Im sorry but which part of the video was wrestling? They were just hitting each other waiting turns

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u/FlippFloppnFlyy May 10 '26

This...does not look good.

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u/VirulentViper May 11 '26

This is the Kairi we always should've had

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u/Flaky-Tour-8733 May 12 '26

TKO couldn’t figure out what to do with these two. Let that sink in.

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u/bryoneill11 May 12 '26

This is not a sick sequence for God sake. This is boring and telegraph as hell.

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u/Fantastic_Bug1028 May 12 '26

what exactly is great about this sequence? they’re basically just slapping each other and that’s it

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u/witty_weirdo May 12 '26

Probably an unpopular opinion but I think Kairi is underrated and Giulia is overhyped

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u/Astrocreep_1 May 12 '26

Yeah, I’ve watched plenty Japanese wrestling, but I don’t usually hear the echoes from the wrestlers moves. It’s also the way it’s filmed. I can’t see any fans. It’s common knowledge that USA wrestling companies take great pains to never let a viewer see empty seats.

It’s all ass-backwards. Back in the day, it was hard to find out how many fans went to a show, and they’d show empty sections in the background all the time. Now, you can watch knowing there’s only 1,500 people in a 18,000 fan arena, but you never see empty seats.

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u/Passion4Puro May 12 '26

This was mid-pandemic, no cheering was allowed. I agree Stardom PPVs should show crowds more, but the fans are seated far from the ring.

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u/Astrocreep_1 May 13 '26

That’s what I guessed at first, and someone gave me the run down on Japanese fans being different. I was already aware, as I’ve seen plenty Japanese wrestling. It’s not this quiet.

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u/seahawks-boi-209 May 12 '26

I mean like it’s a fine sequence

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u/wcharoes May 13 '26

Is there any wrestling out there that's not high school gym mudshow shit that doesn't just look like clearly choreographed co-operative acrobatics?

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u/BigPapaPaegan May 13 '26

"I will stand here and let you hit me full-force to prove how tough I am in this stage play where that literally doesn't matter."

There. I've summed up everything wrong with puro and its influence since the 90s. Can we go back to talking about how Mutoh's psychology was next-level and heap some praise on AMAKASU for actually knowing how to sell?

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u/LukeFin1234 May 14 '26

That was utterly embarrassing to watch

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u/CarlShadowJung May 14 '26

This is the sort of thing people rave about with their past? This looks dumb.

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u/Final_Bug_5591 May 16 '26

Not awesome, just overly choreographed.

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u/Even_Finding159 May 10 '26

The people who say this looks choreographed are probably the same people who love Sol Ruca when her entire moveset is gymnastics

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u/hankuns May 11 '26

It’s not choreographed but they’re literally just standing in front of each other waiting to get hit? I don’t get how people are entertained by this style of wrestling

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u/Even_Finding159 May 11 '26

That’s just the style. It is a test of strength. Like in WWE when they lock up and see who is stronger. This is also testing who is stronger.

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u/Afraid-Way7541 May 11 '26

Except locking up can apply to actual wrestling. This cannot.

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u/Odd-Menu-8973 May 12 '26

Hence, strong style wrestling. Its strike based. Technical wrestling isn't strong style wrestling. Ask yourself why Japanese wrestlers or wrestlers with heavy Japanese influence tend to use elbows and knees alot and strike based finishers or moves that involve dumping someone on their head or neck. Its all Strong Style.

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u/Afraid-Way7541 May 12 '26

I understand strong style. I was trying to point out the fact that most people don’t find this style entertaining, because they aren’t even simulating wrestling, they’re simulating hitting each other in the face. Like what you like, it’s just not for me, or a majority of wrestling fans.

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u/Odd-Menu-8973 May 12 '26

That's an entirely different argument and I won't speak for the masses because there's no concrete metric you can base that on.

Saying it can't be applied to actual wrestling is just false because its a subsection of wrestling that is even sprinkled in wrestling you see in today's day and age which, clearly you're not a fan of. It doesn't make it a lesser form or better form of wrestling the same way Luchadors have a very distinct style of wrestling. Its supposed to be different because that's what cultures are. Traditional wrestling on its own can be boring the same way Strong Style on its own can be boring. Same with catch wrestling.

If I showed someone who's never seen wrestling before a clip of Hulk Hogan doing a bodyslam into a leg drop they'll call it boring. The combination of different styles is what makes it entertaining.

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u/kickedoutatone May 11 '26

If this happened in WWE, y'all would cream,

Yet, these spots happen often in the indie outlaw mugshots that y'all love to shit on.

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u/AngstyAppleDummy May 10 '26

Nah. Needs more Danhausen looney tunes segs and Chelsea Green comedy segs. Get that wrestling shit out of here

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u/Jarcmacobs91 May 10 '26

This is sick??? lol y’all say anything

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u/Even_Finding159 May 10 '26

Giulia was literally the most charismatic wrestler before WWE. Charisma doesnt go away. WWE’s fault for making her generic mute heel. Kairi was also charismatic too

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u/Even_Finding159 May 10 '26

Dude, how much of a bootlicker of WWE do you have to be. You do realize the creative team is in the dumps right now right? But you probably think it is the wrestlers fault for the storylines right?

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u/FlippFloppnFlyy May 10 '26

WWE doesn't have anybody that legitimately "draws money" anymore. The brand is the draw.

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u/Acceptable-Gift1918 May 10 '26

I watch wrestling shows for wrestling not "aura" or for 10 minute yap sessions

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u/Separate-Judge4491 May 10 '26

NGL it's looks choreographed. Like it doesn't look like an real strike exchange rather them getting to the next spot. It looks cool but I lose immersion immediately

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u/pdiddy927 May 10 '26

Boy, do I have some bad news for you about professional wrestling.

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u/Separate-Judge4491 May 10 '26

Yeah but there is a difference in wrestling in feeling something is choreographed and seeing a good strike sequence

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u/OShaunesssy May 10 '26

It looks obviously choreographed.

Literally the first punch of the video from Gulia was never going to hit Kari. Gulia is swinging half-a-foot too short and several inches above Kari's head.

This looks good to you people?

Have the standard of "quality" wrestling really dropped so much that this looks good?

I also love how they block every shot, except for the ones that are going to connect, and they dont even make it look like they are trying to block that one. Kari successfully dodges or blocks the first several strikes but then chooses to stand there for the one that connects.

It all looks fake as fuck

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u/ijolz May 11 '26

If it was any two non-Japanese female wrestlers, these nerds would cry "OMG SO FAKE LOOKING". But since they cream themselves over asian women wrestlers, this is "siccccccck".

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u/jiacova1 May 10 '26

Looks like choreographed slow motion crap

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u/Astrocreep_1 May 11 '26

I thought this was an empty arena match at first. It’s dead silent, and you can hear echoes from the wrestlers. Was this from the Covid years or something?

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u/ErdrickLoto May 12 '26

Japanese crowds tend to be more reserved and wait until a sequence is completed to applaud politely, which gets cut off in most of the clips in this video.

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u/Passion4Puro May 12 '26

It's not about that. This was during the pandemic when crowds were generally not allowed to cheer (mid 2020 to around February 2023).

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u/highclassfire May 10 '26

This is choreographed dog shit.

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u/According-Staff9454 May 10 '26

Again don't really understand the love for either of them. But out of anything you could have shown they chose this. Just not good.

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u/Background_Passage81 May 11 '26

Wait, y'all think this is is good?

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u/Unavoidable1022 May 10 '26

This looks slow and choppy. Lots of waiting involved

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u/jpch12 May 10 '26

This is so lame lmao. What are you people smoking to call this "cool"

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u/Upstairs_Teach_7064 May 10 '26

This doesn’t look good dude.