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HwoodNG: May 4, 2004; Highly Respected SAS Wrestling Poster

David Ditch was released by Inside Pulse today. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

# ? Jan 2, 2007 19:15

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# ? May 10, 2024 22:37

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

I was not crying or hooked on vicodin at the time :argh:

# ? Jan 2, 2007 19:49

Illvillainy: Jan 4, 2004; Pants then spaceship. In that order.

It was Somas.

# ? Jan 2, 2007 20:25

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Illvillainy posted:

It was Somas.

I've been watching too much House.

# ? Jan 2, 2007 20:51

Nut Bunnies: May 24, 2005; Fun Shoe

Ditch posted:

I was not crying or hooked on vicodin at the time

"Mr. Ditch said in a statement on the Something Awful forums that he was taking a break from writing columns to heal his fingers and spend more time with his family.

The hiatus lasted 3 weeks."

# ? Jan 2, 2007 21:03

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/photo/200603/23/a03/p10.html
This was Eigen-san's last match for a good reason.

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/photo/200610/29/a08/p06.html
Ow.

# ? Jan 3, 2007 05:52

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

Ditch posted:

IP sucks rear end and I'm moving the bulk of my work after issue 100.

The blog format sure is something awful. It was as if they asked themselves how they could make the site as difficult to read as possible.

# ? Jan 3, 2007 05:55

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

I'd be okay with it if the servers and site code weren't more broken down than Kobashi's knees :owned:

# ? Jan 3, 2007 06:45

Paradol Ex: Nov 8, 2004; by Fragmaster

Ditch posted:

I'd be okay with it if the servers and site code weren't more broken down than Kobashi's knees

I read this entire thread in the last few days after basically ignoring it all year :shobon:

and I was really upset I couldn't read all the columns you were linking because IP is so retarded. It's a shame how lovely it and 411mania has become. I used to go there all the time for Keith, Hyatt, Eric, and others. Now the sites themselves are basically impossible to access most of the time.

Hope you get your columns up somewhere good.

# ? Jan 3, 2007 08:49

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

Ditch posted:

I'd be okay with it if the servers and site code weren't more broken down than Kobashi's knees

Any truth to the rumors that you were buried by IP, and that you could take any of them in a shoot fight? (And possibly shove your scrotum in their faces.)

And 411wrestling isn't that lovely anymore PE. The guy who does the Black Tiger reviews is pretty awful, and the main ROH reviewers have gotten a bit worse but most of their recappers/reviewers are pretty good. And while their columns are mostly trash, they are less trashy than most.

# ? Jan 3, 2007 08:51

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Hey you leave Mike Campbell alone mister :mad:

I went with IP because of Scott Keith et al going there. Hey, don't you know it, the only one who still writes regularly is Eris S :suicide:

edit: Widro just sent out an email saying that they switched ISPs and now have a couple dedicated servers. He's been keeping it secret :bang:

Ditch fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Jan 3, 2007

# ? Jan 3, 2007 15:19

Paradol Ex: Nov 8, 2004; by Fragmaster

MassRayPer posted:

Any truth to the rumors that you were buried by IP, and that you could take any of them in a shoot fight? (And possibly shove your scrotum in their faces.)

And 411wrestling isn't that lovely anymore PE. The guy who does the Black Tiger reviews is pretty awful, and the main ROH reviewers have gotten a bit worse but most of their recappers/reviewers are pretty good. And while their columns are mostly trash, they are less trashy than most.

You know, Wrestlehut should really start its own website for columns and recaps. There's a lot of talent round these parts.

# ? Jan 3, 2007 19:19

Punch McLightning: Sep 19, 2005; you know what that means; Grimey Drawer

Paradol Ex posted:

You know, Wrestlehut should really start its own website for columns and recaps. There's a lot of talent round these parts.

There was going to be something like this about a year ago, and then Evil Angry Cat was eaten by dingoes or something :smith:

I'd love to see one actually be launched and maintained, but it smells like another Goon Project to me.

# ? Jan 3, 2007 23:18

Paradol Ex: Nov 8, 2004; by Fragmaster

coagulate posted:

There was going to be something like this about a year ago, and then Evil Angry Cat was eaten by dingoes or something

I'd love to see one actually be launched and maintained, but it smells like another Goon Project to me.

If there's any real interest in writing show recaps and columns and things I'd be happy to host it for a year to see if we can keep up with it. :shobon:

# ? Jan 3, 2007 23:51

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Tokyo Dome main match results:

Kawada over Nakamura, Tanahashi over Kea, Suzuki over Nagata, Chono/Mutoh over TenKoji (Chono beat Tenzan)

# ? Jan 4, 2007 14:25

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Tokyo Dome analysis:
http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/63735

# ? Jan 4, 2007 20:07

RheinholdMessner: May 12, 2001; by Fistgrrl

ditch you're archive.org matches are down and i'm not getting my daily recommend dose of vitamin fuchi

# ? Jan 7, 2007 01:03

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

They'll be back. I'm not uploading to there anymore though, haven't in a while.

Briscoes won the GHC junior tag belts in their debut today.

# ? Jan 7, 2007 16:05

RheinholdMessner: May 12, 2001; by Fistgrrl

awesome and awesome

# ? Jan 7, 2007 17:46

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/63875
Best. Match. Ever.

# ? Jan 11, 2007 19:45

RheinholdMessner: May 12, 2001; by Fistgrrl

I love how after destroying Misawa's face, Kawada modified his game plan from "kick him the face a bunch" to "kick him in the face a lot". Now that's psychology.

# ? Jan 13, 2007 18:32

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

And the fact that Misawa is willing to take kicks in the face from Kawada with a broken... um... face. loving crazy.

# ? Jan 13, 2007 21:45

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

Ditch posted:

And the fact that Misawa is willing to take kicks in the face from Kawada with a broken... um... face. loving crazy.

Stuff like that makes me wonder what Kobashi, Kawada and Misawa are like in real life. Are they just these insane freaks of nature, or are they all best friends with Shigeru Miyamoto, working in a garden and designing charming video games.

Because I can't see them being in between. They have to be either insane, or just the most kind, gentle people on earth. Normalcy would be a dissapointment.

# ? Jan 13, 2007 21:48

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Taue is an avid fisherman and loving father outside the ring. Kobashi comes across as a fuzzball. Takayama, a brutal disgusting-looking motherfucker, seems like a down-to-earth cool guy. Minoru Suzuki is good with fans in public but 110% dickhole when the bell rings. Etc. It's an odd duality but I think that's a result of being raised in Japan.

# ? Jan 14, 2007 05:46

Nut Bunnies: May 24, 2005; Fun Shoe

Isn't Kawada a racist dickhead or something

# ? Jan 14, 2007 06:07

FishBulb: Mar 29, 2003; Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment.

Are you going to eat it?

...yes...

Captain Charisma posted:

Isn't Kawada a racist dickhead or something

He kind of looks like what I would imagine a Japanese red neck would look like.

# ? Jan 14, 2007 06:10

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

Captain Charisma posted:

Isn't Kawada a racist dickhead or something

He hates the US for Hiroshima, and was supposedly billed as a Korean when he was working in Canada.

And Ditch you said nothing of Misawa! He solves brutal crimes in his spare time doesn't he. Or lives like that detective in Dark City, in a dark room drawing what his neck looks like after taking so many head drops all over the walls.

# ? Jan 14, 2007 09:37

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Well, Misawa thought he was gonna be a HUGE heel when he wrestled in the US a few years ago, just because he's Japanese.

:sweatdrop:

# ? Jan 14, 2007 16:08

TUS: Feb 19, 2003; I'm going to stab you. Offline. With a real knife.

Ditch posted:

Well, Misawa thought he was gonna be a HUGE heel when he wrestled in the US a few years ago, just because he's Japanese.

Where in the US did he wrestle?

# ? Jan 14, 2007 16:29

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

So lately I've really been getting into the 90's AJPW stuff, and now that I've seen a bunch, I'm curious about the story behind the matches. Are there "storylines" at all, or is this straight up competition? Are there heels and faces? Because the crowd seems to get equally excited for each guy's comeback/kickout.

Obviously there's some semblance of a feud, since the guys (Kawada/Misawa, Kobashi/Misawa) wrestle each other so many goddamn times, but how is it put together? Is it just a "You beat me, now I beat you?" type of thing?

# ? Jan 14, 2007 17:52

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

TUS posted:

Where in the US did he wrestle?

IRON, a Mike Modest fed in CA.

Cromulent posted:

So lately I've really been getting into the 90's AJPW stuff, and now that I've seen a bunch, I'm curious about the story behind the matches. Are there "storylines" at all, or is this straight up competition? Are there heels and faces? Because the crowd seems to get equally excited for each guy's comeback/kickout.

Obviously there's some semblance of a feud, since the guys (Kawada/Misawa, Kobashi/Misawa) wrestle each other so many goddamn times, but how is it put together? Is it just a "You beat me, now I beat you?" type of thing?

# ? Jan 14, 2007 18:41

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

Ditch posted:

Well, Misawa thought he was gonna be a HUGE heel when he wrestled in the US a few years ago, just because he's Japanese.

So did Muta when he did Final Battle 03. Although I guess his assumption was more logical since he did work as a heel in the US. It is probably better that they aren't aware of how many neckbearded fans they have in the US.

# ? Jan 14, 2007 21:39

Giedroyc: Feb 18, 2001; Can't post for 2,400,000 hours!

Nice Joshi matches on your site Ditch. You might want to add the JWP/AJW 'thunder queen' 1993 match to your requests if you've not seen it too, although it's 60 minutes long.

# ? Jan 14, 2007 22:15

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

That match is pretty much a universal request already, plus I usually only request what I've seen and thus know I'll be willing to host.

Also, nice avatar :3:

MassRayPer posted:

So did Muta when he did Final Battle 03. Although I guess his assumption was more logical since he did work as a heel in the US. It is probably better that they aren't aware of how many neckbearded fans they have in the US.

I'd have figured that enough Japanese guys either were over as faces or didn't get much heat in the '90s that most puro workers would catch on to the dying-down of racism. I mean was Muta really that boo'ed in his last WCW run :confused:

Ditch fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Jan 15, 2007

# ? Jan 15, 2007 00:24

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

Ditch posted:

That match is pretty much a universal request already, plus I usually only request what I've seen and thus know I'll be willing to host.

Also, nice avatar

I'd have figured that enough Japanese guys either were over as faces or didn't get much heat in the '90s that most puro workers would catch on to the dying-down of racism. I mean was Muta really that boo'ed in his last WCW run

His last WCW stint was booked by Vince Russo and involved Vampiro and a match with Kronik. He probably felt like he would be booed on principle.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 01:22

Nut Bunnies: May 24, 2005; Fun Shoe

MassRayPer posted:

His last WCW stint was booked by Vince Russo and involved Vampiro and a match with Kronik. He probably felt like he would be booed on principle.

Well he brought Kronik into All Japan so I can't imagine he didn't like them.

Which actually might say something more about Mutoh than the racism

# ? Jan 15, 2007 01:37

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

I am so glad I was able to lay off the AJPW archive during this break while I worked on a magazine article and studied for GREs. But now, now I can get back to watching.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 07:13

RheinholdMessner: May 12, 2001; by Fistgrrl

This should clear up any questions you have about Misawa and friends' personal lives.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 15:11

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

RheinholdMessner posted:

This should clear up any questions you have about Misawa and friends' personal lives.

I... uh...

:psyduck:

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:29

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# ? May 10, 2024 22:37

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Kurt Angle. New Japan. February 18th.

# ? Jan 16, 2007 02:22

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