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HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


Pretty sure IVP Videos does. THE BOARD is always posting links to matches though.

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coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

How is IVP anyway? I've been meaning to pick up some Joshi DVDs from them.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
IVP is a "get what you pay for" situation. Sometimes you get low-ish video quality, especially stuff that aired before 2005. Sometimes you don't get exactly what you ordered; sometimes discs don't work.

When Slambamjam has $3 sales, that's a better way to go than IVP.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

thanks for the info!

here's a baller match:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUZVpo7LNn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvNL2W_BVmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmKQEF1z9kw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKEfxM0ium4

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
That's actually good? I tend to avoid Sai matches.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Ditch posted:

That's actually good? I tend to avoid Sai matches.

There's a neat little piece of psychology in the middle and both guys come off looking pretty game. I rather enjoyed it.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
All Japan vs New Japan 1.0: The most crowd heat

For the second-ever wrestling show at Tokyo Dome on February 10th 1990, New Japan was able to get a three-match series with All Japan. The most famous of these, Vader vs Hansen, is one I just can't get into. The other two, which were native vs native, were only available on a "raw feed" bootleg. GOOD LORD THE CROWD. These are must-see for the crowd, but also everyone busts rear end.


Jumbo & Yatsu vs Kimura & Kido

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MTOF11H9

All Japan's top native team against a slapped-together pair of New Japan midcarders. But it works!


Tenryu & Tiger Mask (Misawa) vs Choshu & George Takano

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LSQO9DVY

Meltzer says this match was the real draw of the show. Tenryu vs Choshu was great in the '80s and is great here; Takano is someone I doubt any of you have seen and he brings it; Misawa has his best performance in a while. Crap finish though.

ProFro
Jun 29, 2008

Ditch posted:

All Japan vs New Japan 1.0: The most crowd heat

:slick: :mario: :slick:

Anyways, were you planning on pasting stuff from the WWF/AJPW supershow from around this time? It has a Hart/Misawa match I kinda want to check out, among other things. (I've seen Hogan/Hansen, and it's not that cool.)

Nut Bunnies
May 24, 2005

Fun Shoe
That show is just not good at all. Style clash in pretty much every match iirc

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Captain Charisma posted:

That show is just not good at all. Style clash in pretty much every match iirc

i remember downloading misawa/hart on limewire many ages ago, waiting for 2 hours on my dialup connection for what was sure to be greatness.











it was on this day the magic died

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
CC is correct. Bret vs Misawa is not good and I know it's hard not to want to see it but it just doesn't work. But it's still better than the Steamboat vs Misawa '89 disaster.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Ditch posted:

CC is correct. Bret vs Misawa is not good and I know it's hard not to want to see it but it just doesn't work. But it's still better than the Steamboat vs Misawa '89 disaster.

This was The Hitman Vs. Tiger Mask right? I kept seeing pictures around of it and to be honest those pictures are what started my like in the Tiger Mask gimmick.

Paper Jam Dipper
Jul 14, 2007

by XyloJW
I think there was a serious miscommunication between Misawa and Bret. Bret didn't particularly like Japan as it is and thought Tiger Mask II would work exactly like the original Tiger Mask. I doubt the two men had much communication so it really just fell apart. This happens a lot when guys who don't usually work Japan go in and try to work their type of match against someone who works their type of match.

ProFro
Jun 29, 2008
Yeah I know it sucked, but I still wanna see it just because.

HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


KENTA returns June 6.

Funaki is already booked for Zero1.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

HulkaMatt posted:

KENTA returns June 6.

Funaki is already booked for Zero1.

surprised the Funaki isn't booked for Kaientai Dojo.


Cannot wait to hear KENTA's music again. So baller.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
Another thing about ordering from IVP: if you want to buy a lot of discs, send an email asking for a quote. His costs go down considerably with each marginal disc, so he charges less. Also he has super-cheap sales on occasion, but not that often anymore.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
Ho-hum, just my 2nd favorite match ever

Misawa & Akiyama vs Kawada & Taue, Tag League 1996 Final

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q89ANS3P

Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue had some GOOD and VERY GOOD results but nothing nearly on par with the '95 matches with Kobashi. Until here. They do so much right in this, that it's hard to talk about how it's good without spoiling it. Misawa is still The Man and it still takes a world-beating effort to put him down; Taue is grow'd up and can carry Kawada at times (!!!); the Kawada vs Akiyama story that played out through the year gets paid off. Great pace, great storytelling, great action. If you liked the other All Japan epics I've posted, get onnnnnn this.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/2010/05/09/puroresu-pulse-issue-169-golden-week-results-analysis/
This week: Golden Week!

weekly font
Dec 1, 2004


Everytime I try to fly I fall
Without my wings
I feel so small
Guess I need you baby...



Ditch posted:

Ho-hum, just my 2nd favorite match ever

Misawa & Akiyama vs Kawada & Taue, Tag League 1996 Final

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q89ANS3P

Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue had some GOOD and VERY GOOD results but nothing nearly on par with the '95 matches with Kobashi. Until here. They do so much right in this, that it's hard to talk about how it's good without spoiling it. Misawa is still The Man and it still takes a world-beating effort to put him down; Taue is grow'd up and can carry Kawada at times (!!!); the Kawada vs Akiyama story that played out through the year gets paid off. Great pace, great storytelling, great action. If you liked the other All Japan epics I've posted, get onnnnnn this.

This match owns and gently caress you if you disagree. :colbert:

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
http://theditch.com/TakayamaVsMorishima2010.5.2--JIP.avi

Someone please .gif the guillotine legdrop from hell.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Ditch posted:

http://theditch.com/TakayamaVsMorishima2010.5.2--JIP.avi

Someone please .gif the guillotine legdrop from hell.

You command, I obey!



And I love the center dude's reaction:

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
Takayama's probably thinking "can I go back to being punched in the face by Don Frye"?

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

can someone give me a rundown of why Ryuji Ito and Yuko Miyamoto want to murder each other so badly?

e: http://www.bigjapanshop.com/bjwfoodsnacks.html

coconono fucked around with this message at 11:28 on May 10, 2010

HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


Ditch how has Morishima been in terms of Match Quality lately?

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger

coconono posted:

can someone give me a rundown of why Ryuji Ito and Yuko Miyamoto want to murder each other so badly?
I didn't really get the sense that it was anything other than the usual "upcoming DM title match" type stuff.

HulkaMatt posted:

Ditch how has Morishima been in terms of Match Quality lately?
Like he's been most of the last 2 years: decent but not on the same level as 2006-2007. He runs out of gas and his opponents struggle with his bulk.

Wazzu
Feb 28, 2008

Are you sure I'm winning the Rumble? That does'nt seem right.....
Viscera as half of AJPW Tag champs? Really?

And it's good to hear that NOAH has stabalised at least.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
It's the "All Asia" tag titles, which are secondary.

Coffey
Sep 9, 2003

by T. Finn
Ditch, I still have a wrestling bug that needs satiated, however WWE and TNA are not providing it for me and the commentary of both downright chased me away. Who are some good new Puro stars that I should check out? I have been out of the loop for quite some time, so anyone after Naomichi Marufuji beating Ryuji Hijikata would be new to me. Any particular wrestlers and/or shows?

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
Not that much has changed in the last 18 months or so as far as new wrestlers. Of course part of that depends on what you're looking for... IMO the best young talent is in Big Japan.

Here's the DVDVR Best of 2009 vote, which is a reasonably good guide:
http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=51264

And "the list" for what people like so far in 2010:
http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=51388

Coffey
Sep 9, 2003

by T. Finn
I watched the Nakamura/Goto match on YouTube and the end of that match was crazy. I was marking out. I had never seen Nakamura before. When he kicked out of that fuckin' clothesline, my mouth dropped. :lol:

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

watching Dragon Gate's Dead or Alive 2010. This promotion really fell off the cliff. First two matches were insanely bad. The third one was slightly better but still really slow. Hopefully the rest of the card makes up for it.

the card:
1) Super Shisa vs Takuya Tomakomai

2) K-ness & Susumu Yokosuka vs NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA

3) Loser Returns to Dark Matches : Akira Tozawa vs Cyber Kong

4) Open the Brave Gate Title : Tigers Mask (c) vs Dragon Kid

5) Open the Triangle Gate : Akebono & Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii (c) vs Takuya Sugawara & Yasushi Kanda & Kzy

6) WORLD-1 vs WARRIORS Full Confrontation Naniwa-Style Elimination Match : Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino & BxB Hulk & Naoki Tanisaki vs CIMA & Gamma & Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito

7) Open the Dream Gate Title : YAMATO (c) vs Shingo Takagi

coconono fucked around with this message at 05:22 on May 13, 2010

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
The first match is a young boy match. The second is NOSAWA & MAZADA, who have a strange power to appear everywhere despite sucking. Third is a *Cyber Kong* singles match. Not exactly DG's meat and potatoes there.

HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


Look man it's clearly an Akira Tozazwa singles match.

Because he's the highlight. :colbert:

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

HulkaMatt posted:

Look man it's clearly an Akira Tozazwa singles match.

Because he's the highlight. :colbert:

He lost.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger

coconono posted:

He lost.
It's what he does best :shobon:

HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


coconono posted:

He lost.

That doesn't stop him from being a highlight. :argh:

I want him to have a match with Tyson Kidd in WWE.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Ditch posted:

Third is a *Cyber Kong* singles match. Not exactly DG's meat and potatoes there.
Cyber Kong is easily my favorite thing about DG in the last 2 years or so.

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger
He can be solid in tags but he's not exactly Mr. Singles Wrestling.

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coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Ditch posted:

He can be solid in tags but he's not exactly Mr. Singles Wrestling.

QFFT.

great lariat, solid powerbomb but really needs a flippy dude to round him out.

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