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• AV Club
• Fox Sports
• The Mirror speaks to Ross
• Huffington Post interview with Jarrett
• The Sun interview with Jarrett
• Technology Tell on TV
• Miami Herald on Flipps
• Miami Herald interview with Shelley
• Miami Herald interview with Jarrett
• Delco News Network interview with Jarrett
• Baltimore Sun

• Paste magazine
• Piledriver column: Montgomery Advertiser
• Canstar Community News profile on Omega
• 6ABC speaks to Ross
• The News Wheel
• SF Weekly interview with Ross
• Rolling Stone interview with Ross
• Philly.com with Ross
• The Tennessean

• Insider - "first GFW PPV"
• Dot Net - "24th consecutive year"

I think Mao, Taichi, Taka Michinoku, Tama Tonga and Gedo are missing from the Observer source. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 09:22, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Wrestle Kingdom 9/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Good888 (talk · contribs) 08:12, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The review should be up soon. Good888 (talk) 08:12, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Yay! Thank you! This is a joint nomination between Ribbon and I, by the way. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 04:31, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

• The lead can be expanded. It could state that Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada in the main event, as well as A.J. Styles defeating Tetsuya Naito and Shinsuke Nakamura defeating Kota Ibushi. Also, the lead could state the attendance and if the event was a critical success or not.
  • First expansion done.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Added critical success. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 08:00, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Production

• "three of the four most common devices listed as compatible with the application." You might want to state what this other device was.
  • Source doesn't state what the fourth device is.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "The undercard of Wrestle Kingdom 9 featured a match involving the villainous Bullet Club stable." You already linked heel a paragraph above.
  • Done.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "One of the matches at Wrestle Kingdom 9 featured Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata challenging Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the IWGP Tag Team Championship." Link Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata.
  • Done.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "in August 2014 by winning the 2014 G1 Climax tournament." "who had withdrawn from the IWGP Heavyweight Championship picture in October 2013" "in January 2013 at Wrestle Kingdom 7" Wouldn't it make more sense to state the precise dates?
  • Done.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Event

• What's with not mentioning the New Japan Rumble? I know it was a dark match, but surely there must be something to add to this section?
  • I wrote it up and inserted a table in the Results section as well. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 10:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "then a 3D from Tencozy" Shouldn't it simply be called a death drop? I thought it was only called 3D when The Dudley Boyz used it.
  • The source (wrestleview) says 3-D by TenCozy to Yujiro, actually, that's why I followed it. PWTorch didn't mention it. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 08:00, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "The third match saw Suzuki-gun's KES" No need to abbreviate Killer Elite Squad.
  • Actually, the source (Previewing this weekend...) doesn't elongate it. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 08:13, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "Next, Tomohiro Ishii defended the NEVER Openweight Championship against Togi Makabe." Link Tomohiro Ishii, NEVER Openweight Championship and Togi Makabe.
  • Done.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "and then a King Kong Knee Drop from the top rope" Shouldn't Knee Drop from the top rope be in brackets?
  • The name of the move is KKKD, not just KK. Do you wish me to repeat KD in brackets? starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 08:00, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "The sixth match featured Ryusuke Taguchi putting the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on the line against Kenny Omega of the Bullet Club." Link Ryusuke Taguchi, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and Kenny Omega.
  • Done.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "Styles started by quickly trying for his signature Styles Clash" I am pretty sure that's his finisher? Also note that it's a Belly-to-back inverted mat slam.
  • It is indeed his finisher. But "finisher" or "finishing move" is wrestling jargon, which I try to avoid, because this article is meant to be read by everyone, not by wrestling fans. "Signature" has been accepted in my previous quality articles. Plus, belly-to-back inverted mat slam is unsourced - I just searched the secondary sources for wrestling and there's nothing. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 08:10, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• "the D.I.D. submission." You might want to link that submission. As well as High Fly Flow.
  • Sources covering WK9 didn't explain what DID was. Since there are different HFFs, I linked to crossbody and frog splash in those paragraphs. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 08:17, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aftermath

• "However, when Makabe was sidelined with flu" Link Influenza.
  • Done.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Results

• Guessing that no one stated the time of the eliminations?
  • Nope.リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hey wait, this does. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 08:22, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Damn, I didn't even check. I was so sure they didn't have it. Good job. リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 08:42, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • No worries, man. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 10:26, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

• After checking with Checklinks, I found the following problems:
• Reference 45 is dead.
• References 13 and 15 require registration?
• References 5, 7 and 9 state that they are expiring.

Going to place on hold for now. Good888 (talk) 10:19, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Fixed ref 45, archived 5, 7 and 9. 13 and 15 are for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, an offline journal, which requires purchase. リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am now satisfied that the article meets the good article criteria. Therefore, I am promoting it. Nice job guys. Good888 (talk) 13:50, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you very much Good888, and have a nice day! starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 01:11, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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