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I ordered my BJPW stuff from IVPVideos, I also got all of their Hayabusa stuff, IWA King Of The Death Match 95, and Best of Explosion Matches. Edit: Is there anywhere I can get old Hayabusa era FMW shows on DVD? Pakelika fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Aug 7, 2006 |
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Bahu is Mr. FMW but I don't know if he does DVDs. I'm told Jeff Lynch, Mr. Everything Ever Made, will do at least some DVD transfer of his stuff on request. It's hard to get DVD versions of old stuff. I haven't even tried yet.
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Pakelika posted:I ordered my BJPW stuff from IVPVideos, I also got all of their Hayabusa stuff, IWA King Of The Death Match 95, and Best of Explosion Matches. FMW put a bunch of stuff out in the US on DVD. You could probably find them at your local mass electronics store (FYE, Best Buy, Sam Goody, Tower, etc) for cheap. Lots of stuff with Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome. The commentary is in english and kinda lovely.
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cortXbomb posted:Lots of stuff with Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome. The commentary is in english and kinda lovely. Kinda lovely? How about real lovely, especially on the first 4 releases. You'll enjoy the action if you mute the program.
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I might as well ask here rather than the questions thread. Is Manabu Nakanishi in any way known/good ? I only ask because he was in WCW in 1995 as Kurosawa where he had the priviledge of breaking Road Warrior Hawk's arm and then two months later actually beating RWH at HH95. So it at least seems like they thought he might have potential. It seems like he left not long after that though, to go back to NJPW.
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Don't worry yourself with Manabu, trust me.
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I used to totally loathe Nakanishi's work when he wrestled more serious matches but he has become...(even more) goofier in recent years and it's actually a lot more entertaining now. But it's still an acquired taste though. If you're not a fan of unintentionally funny wrestlers such as Nakanishi and Taue, you can always try watching some of his 2003 work where he abandoned his "beast man" gimmick for a while and went under "Gotch-ism" and he actually had some good "serious" matches during that period. He was also in an amazing shape at that time but too much KFC has turned him into a big, clumsy but lovable oaf that he is now.
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Taue =/= Nakanishi  Tenzan is YOUR G-1 2006 winner. Solid finals match vs Kojima.
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 Urgent puro newsflash Osaka has more hotties than Tokyo 
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Ditch posted:
Japan is truly amazing when it comes to women. I was there for a summer in '96, and 99% of the women I saw there were AT LEAST "cute". Also I demand pics. Lots of them. Of women. edit: I don't know how much Japanese you speak, but just in case, the Japanese word for "picture" is pronounced "shya-sheen". My Japanese is rusty, but I believe "shya-sheen ga eeee-des-ka?" is an acceptable way to ask for a picture. Chief Rebel Angel fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Aug 17, 2006 |
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I already stand out enough as a pasty blonde gaijin, taking stalker pics of every pair of shapely gams is just going to get me tossed in the pokey. Plus some of them have boyfriends, and granted they all look like twigs but any random one could know just enough of the martial arts to make me regret my having crossed the Pacific. Which I'll be doing again in about 24 hours.
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Ditch posted:I already stand out enough as a pasty blonde gaijin, taking stalker pics of every pair of shapely gams is just going to get me tossed in the pokey. Plus some of them have boyfriends, and granted they all look like twigs but any random one could know just enough of the martial arts to make me regret my having crossed the Pacific. Which I'll be doing again in about 24 hours. Obviously the ones with boyfriends require you to stand where they can't see you and use the zoom lens, duh. Everyone else is free game. Trust me, asking for a picture is flattering. They'll eat it up. Just don't smile like a pervert.
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Ok guys, bear with me now. I'm sitting here watching the WCW/NJPW Supercard from 1991 and it has the following card: Brian Pillman , Tom Zenk & Tim Horner vs. Shiro Koshinaka, Kuniaki Kobayashi, & Takayuki Iizuka IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Akira Nogami Arn Anderson & Barry Windham vs. Masahiro Chono & Masa Saito IWGP Tag Team Title vs. WCW Tag Team Title: Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki El Gigante vs. Big Cat Mr Hughes Sting vs. Great Muta IWGP Heavyweight Title & NWA Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami Now, outside of Liger, Chono and the team of Hase/Sasaki and of course Muta I'm not at all familiar with any of the other guys. I guess it's not unreasonable to think that Fujinami was the top guy at the time, since he got to face Flair, but were the three guys in the first match and Akira Nogami in any way known/popular back in 91? And are any of them still working now? And if you should care, ignoring the El Gigante match this is actually a pretty good event. The Liger match is a bit strange though, but you can judge for yourselves if you want to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi94dHqS0jw I just have one last newbie question, in January of 92 NJPW and WCW held an event called Starcade 92, has that ever been released on video?
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Those Fujinami/Flair matches sure were weird in how dull they ended up, and the giant title cluster gently caress that ensued.
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MassRayPer posted:Those Fujinami/Flair matches sure were weird in how dull they ended up, and the giant title cluster gently caress that ensued. I remember explaining that cluster gently caress a few months ago and nearly confusing myself. Several rewrites were required.
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HwoodNG posted:I remember explaining that cluster gently caress a few months ago and nearly confusing myself. Several rewrites were required. I remember knowing the general backstory, then reading your post and still wanting to punch my brain.
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MrBling posted:I guess it's not unreasonable to think that Fujinami was the top guy at the time, since he got to face Flair, but were the three guys in the first match and Akira Nogami in any way known/popular back in 91? And are any of them still working now? Kunaki Kobayashi: A big junior name in his time (ie pre-90s), now retired. Koshinaka: An institution, debuted in '79, Misawa's first opponent on 8/21/81, a juniors division mainstay in the '80s and heavyweight-who-could-get-biggish-wins in the '90s, now a lovable gumpy rear end-attacker who can go virtually where he pleases. Akira Nogami: Off-and-on due to a mildly successful acting career but always looks great. Now is mostly seen in All Japan.
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Please tell me there are plans for a Wild II v. KENTAFuji rematch.
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isn't Koshinaka the guy who runs and hits people with his rear end and the crowd marks for it?
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HwoodNG posted:Please tell me there are plans for a Wild II v. KENTAFuji rematch. Artemis Entreri posted:isn't Koshinaka the guy who runs and hits people with his rear end and the crowd marks for it?  It's funny because in white pants he looks nigh-assless.
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http://theditch.us Bookmark it, visit it every day, just don't post it on other boards without permission.
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http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/50521 THIS WEEK: Playing catch-up on news/results, plus a look at New Japan's heavyweight division.
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http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/50533 First trip report  featuring a metric ton of pictures.
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http://www.theditch.us/japan/DSC01854.JPG GOONS
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Great stuff, Ditch. I'm kinda glad that I didn't go to a HUSTLE event, but on the other hand, the BJW show would probably be even more amazing in comparison.
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I have a feeling that smaller BJW shows aren't quite as grand since they take it easy on the hardcore.
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You're probably right, but the 200+ lighttubes match I witnessed was just a cherry on top of a quite impressive wrestling show, which was not all hardcore stuff - chairs were thrown from time to time, but that's about it - I don't know, something there just clicks for me... HUSTLE on the other hand just scares me sometimes - it's like a bizarro-world WWE, which is probably more than I can handle. 
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Ditch what do you have of (all one guy) El Blazer, Shanao, Yoshitsune, Mini CIMA, Litle Dragon, HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red, Michinoku Ranger Gold? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuya_Sugi After seeing some gifs of him I'm wondering what the gently caress.
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Lid posted:Ditch what do you have of (all one guy) El Blazer, Shanao, Yoshitsune, Mini CIMA, Litle Dragon, HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red, Michinoku Ranger Gold? His no-hands front flip into the ropes feign thingy is loving scary, one day he's just going to slam himself headfirst into the mat. He is pretty entertaining though, I'll give him that even though he needs to gently caress up a little less.
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He's been in some decent matches but I'm not a highspot mark so I don't go out of the way for him.
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http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/50556 Japan trip report part 2 http://www.theditch.us/sights.html Non-wrestling stuff
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Those pictures are awesome. I really can't wait to go to Japan now. Also, I was wondering how I'd be able to see some HUSTLE stuff as I can't find it anywhere.
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I think that it's hard to find because of DSE owning it coupled with low interest in the west.
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General Takada of Hustle makes me uncomforable, other than him I would be fine at a HUSTLE event, some day I hope to make it over there and go to a BJW and a HUSTLE show. Hopefully HG will still be making appearances in HUSTLE, as well as maybe a Ito vs Kun Kasai match or at least one of the hardcore 6 man tags.
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But Takada rules all. KONOYARO~!
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http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/50684 THIS WEEK: A look at Angle vis-a-vis Japan
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Ditch posted:http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/50684 drat you for using logic to crush my dreams! 
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ZACH ARNOLD SEZ I AM WRONG. I say he is wrong. Only one of us will be proven right in the future! http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/09/01/kurt-angles-future/
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Minoru Suzuki won the Triple Crown from Taiyo Kea yesterday. Horrible attendance at a smallish arena, less than 2000 in attendance. Oh All Japan
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Angle vs. Tamon Honda, book it Also what was the biggest wrestling event ever booked in Japan? I know there was that one card in North Korea that drew like 120k+ but of course it's not Japan. Was it Inoki/Vader 94? 95? Artemis Entreri fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Sep 4, 2006 |
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