What are your thoughts on BC’s Chase Owens? I always think of him as the black sheep of the family. He won the IWGP Tag Champs with Fale back on May 1 and no one even cares about it (hell, today, even his Wikipedia Page hasn’t updated yet, still mentions as “Current” despite they have lost it to UE)
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Allegations and a 30 minute KoPW match with Yano ruined him for me.
I’m a pretty decent Owens fan. I adore much of the NJPW undercard. They just keep giving and never stop and the format never feels stale as much as it’s properly used. Owens is apart of what I believe to be the most entertaining undercard in pro wrestling. I really enjoy his character work. Just one, of the dozens of amazing wrestlers in the NJPW undercard.
Maybe the least interesting person in all of njpw
Hes got a good place as an undercard guy. Hes good enough to get by with being that, but thats it basically. Guy knowns his role in wrestling and plays the part.
I think Chase’s role may always be limited to “BC Goon” but I think he does it incredibly well. Given his age and physique, I can’t see him ever getting a major push, but he’s a decent worker and is good at adding in a few nice touches and storyline beats (the Texas Heabyweight Championship). Because the IWC can get a bit preoccupied with “five-star bangers” and tired in-jokes, we can forget the importance of the “not-quite jobber” types IMO.
And for what its worth, I was delighted he finally won some major gold. Go Chase!
Never been able to get into him. I don’t know if it’s the in-ring, the gimmick, the look or what, but all due respect I’m just “eh.”
Might serve him well to be removed from BC, honestly. The fact that even when he has a title he’s vastly overshadowed by most of the group is probably making him look worse than he actually is to me.
Judging by this thread he is underrated in the ring, he can also cut a decent promo, but the spot he has is the right one. That is, before he won the tag titles. That was a head-scratcher.
He’s the drizzling shits and a fucking paedo. The sooner NJPW cuts him, the better.
Average wrestler, sex pest, thumbs down overall.
Filler character
Role player that knows how to play his role.
nonce
worst guy on the roster, confirmed worse-than-worst once he was outed as being a locker room pedo during Speaking Out
he’s also the only gaijin worker on the Nooj roster other than Cody Hall that just never seems to care about improving bc there just… isn’t much there. his look is terrible, he has not-great match psychology and again, is a known sex pest. wish he’d get released quick.
Fox in the hen house just like jay
He was great in the G1.
Boring worker, average at best and generally an awful person
Not a fan. He needs to get in better shape, get a better gimmick and we’ll work from there.
He’s the Yoshi Hashi of Bullet Club
Just filler talent for Bullet Club. Fading into obscurity.
I’d describe him as inoffensively competent.
You’ll very likely never really dislike a Chase Owens match, but you’ll very rarely walk away feeling he’s the best thing in it. He never drags anything down, but he never elevates it.
He’s the kind of guy every roster needs.
Genuinely enjoy his matches. For me he’s like Yoshi-Hashi in that he’s always coming in as a jabroni and so my expectations are nil, but then he consistently delivers way more than he could get away with delivering, and I’m always entertained.
Sure he’s uglier than a bag of spanners but I think that plays into his sleazy BC image. I’ll always mark out for a package piledriver, and his v-trigger knee is truly one of the best in the business behind Kenny’s.
He’s Yujiro’s favorite member of BC.
I genuinely don’t enjoy watching his body of work at the moment.
I saw him live in DC at Capital Collision and was thoroughly unimpressed. Some people go through the motions. Chase Owens was the motion.
As a person he is a pos. As a wrestler he is a pos.
I think he is a fine, stable hand. Every faction has to have a guy that eats the pin. He is that, and he is a solid wrestler. He can have very good to really good matches. His offense looks credible. His finishing move looks like it can win matches, and he can tease it in a match to create drama.
Here is his biggest problem. Now, it’s funny cause there are people that want to pretend this doesn’t matter, but it does: his physique. He needs to get in better shape. David Finlay did and now he looks better. More credible. Being in good to great shape is never, ever going to hurt you as a wrestler. Look, I am sure he is better condition than me, but I am not a wrestler and he is. He needs to look more the part. He doesn’t need to look like Ishimori, but at least like Taichi. Some pec muscles, some shoulder muscles. Just seem more presentable as a wrestler.
He’s ok
kinda got lost in the shuffle around the BC civil war
He’s gotta have dirt on somebody to keep getting booked.
Replace his role in BC with Hikuleo ASAP and fire him
I think Chase Owens is actually pretty good. It’s one of those deals that like if he was in better shape people would be talking about him being one of the better talents in the business. Like no joke. His rin work is great. I’m, not one that is like ” you gotta be a body guy” but if he had. better look, I think he would be talked about as one of them. the better talents. I’m not even joking. go watch his matches they are really solid. Is he a world champion… no but he is really good.
The GOAT
I constantly make fun of him for being fat on twitter and he faves it lol. He’s definitely a good sport.
I forget he’s there regularly.
sorry but he is quite meh. I would not miss him.
I think he’s better than he’ll ever get credit for not like over the top great but better than people think he is
I see him in the spot of where Hangman Page was when he was in Bullet Club. But that’s just me 🤷🏻♂️
I like Chase wym. I own the Chase Jolly Roger tee.
Honestly, my least favorite wrestler to watch. Just doesn’t do it for me.
I like his entrance. “Chase-uhhhh, Owens-suhhhh!!”
Bang! Bang!
*gives the camera a smirk*
Chase is a great all around wrestler. His dedication to the sport and to the company is commendable. His adaptability to flow with how he’s being booked it great, when he’s booked to step up he does, when he’s booked to step back he does. A great asset to any company. As for the rumours, and yes that’s what they are, unless you know Chase personally or the person who started the rumours, you have no right to slander his name. Anyone can hide behind their computer and say anything about anyone. I could change BC’s WIKI page and add myself as a member. If it’s written on the internet it must be true, right?
meh … the Crown Jewel gimmick really makes no sense 7 years later but I did appreciate his pretend NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship, otherwise he has an uninspired, pudgy, pasty look and milquetoast middling moveset. Plenty of rumors about his bad actions back in the day, but I will leave others to judge that.