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Wazzu posted:He became Tiger Mask in 1995, for god's sake. He's 39 and has nothing else but this gimmick. That's why he won't let it go.
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Ditch posted:Beats me. Maybe they want to "save" that team for a future junior tag title match.
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Ditch posted:http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/2010/05/21/puroresu-pulse-issue-171-a-column-about-nothing Incredibly minor, but your link to the Owen-Liger match is 404ing because you have a space in the middle, which you may want to edit. Also, it's weird to me how I view new japan as bad, while they still are the largest, most succesful company in japan. For some reason I just can't give them a shot.
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How much/who have you seen? I didn't like them much at first but there's a decent amount of variety such that there should be something for everyone. Link fixed!
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"That night, I received a phone call informing me that several ten yakuza are on their way to Tokyo to kill Rikidozan." He received a call or he made a call? Lost in translation, perhaps? 
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Ditch posted:How much/who have you seen? I didn't like them much at first but there's a decent amount of variety such that there should be something for everyone. I'm not sure, I guess it's that they seem to not do as well as pure "sport of wrestling" as NOAH, without adding more storyline/sports entertainment elements. Having just watched the Hart-Liger match, it creeped me out that it was from 20 years ago, so I looked it up and saw that Liger is a 26 year veteran. Holy poo poo. Wazzu fucked around with this message at 08:38 on May 22, 2010 |
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AJPW/NOAH have always been the go to place for top of the line heavyweight action (although less so in the last couple years) and while NJPW has better Juniors... I can find good junior wrestling with ease in the US in ROH or PWG or at times TNA. Then Dragon Gate became trendy for awhile, and NJPW always was overshadowed by something when it came to my puro watching. The obvious exceptions being the classic J Cups, which along with Tiger Mask/Dynamite got me into Puro in the first place.
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There's not many New Japan matches I'd put on the same tier as the high-end AJ/NOAH bouts, certainly. That can make it harder to get into. Here's some specific recommendations from what I've posted here so far: Liger vs Sano 1/31/90 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BG0LS4GK Mutoh vs Chono, G-1 '91 final: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZEJZV693 Hashimoto vs Liger, 2/24/94: http://theditch.us/19940224HashimotovLiger.avi Hashimoto vs Hase, 12/13/94: http://theditch.us/1994-12-13-HashimotovsHase.avi Ohtani vs Samurai, 1/21/96: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TM3POIE0 If you didn't like any of those, I'll dig up some others from '97 and afterwards. ps KENTA vs Marufuji on the 6th.
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Ditch posted:
I hope they do just a bit less than they did in 2006. Marufuji is a much smarter worker now, so he should know better.
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It's Korakuen rather than Budokan so I'd expect less of an attempt at epic-ness.
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No real question or comment, but I just wanted to say I enjoy reading your columns, Ditch. It's the only thing keeping me up to date with puro.
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MassRayPer posted:I hope they do just a bit less than they did in 2006. Marufuji is a much smarter worker now, so he should know better. But what if KENTA got stupider?
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Is anyone else psyched as gently caress for Kasai vs Necro?
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Explain please.
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Michinoku Pro "GREAT SASUKE 20TH ANNIVERSARY", 11.06.2010 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 6. Great Sasuke 20th Anniversary Special Match: Great Sasuke & Dick Togo vs. FUNAKI & TAKA Michinoku
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Ditch posted:Explain please.
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Illinois Smith posted:Necro mentioned it in his post-match interview at BJW's 15th Anniversary show and he confronted Kasai after the razor board match. June 21 in Korakuen. what was the date of that BJW show? I've only seen the 4.28.2010 one.
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May 4th, just dropped on torrents today. Also, Necro vs Kasai will be with the Freedoms promotion, which is Takashi Sasaki.
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HulkaMatt posted:Michinoku Pro "GREAT SASUKE 20TH ANNIVERSARY", 11.06.2010 Calling Togo turning on Sasuke before the match even starts, and a 10 man tag breaking out.
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quote:Masao "Rusher" Kimura, one of Japan's biggest stars of the 1970s, who remained active in pro wrestling as an undercard comedy figure with Pro Wrestling NOAH through 2005, passed away today at the age of 68.
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Rusher wasn't what one would normally call "good". Here's my very limited selection of favorites from him. Inoki vs Rusher Kimura, Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi, elimination/handicap match, New Japan 11/4/82: http://theditch.us/InokiVsRusherHamaguchiTeranishi11-4-82.avi Hansen & Tenryu vs Baba & Rusher, All Japan Tag League 1989: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HU2EIECG
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gently caress YES  Between this and HG vs Dino, Sumo Hall 2010 can't come soon enough.
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Tajiri is so loving due for a quick 2 month storyline in wwe.
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Sionistic posted:Tajiri is so loving due for a quick 2 month storyline in wwe. I'd love him to host a Raw in Japan.
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I hear IVP is having another sale.
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The Destroyer was the guest on tonight's Observer Radio. If you are a subscriber you must listen.
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I'm about 45 minutes in. He's a slow talker but it's been real interesting so far.
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He's got a book coming out at some point, and when it does I should be able to interview him in person 
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He says it's finished but he still doesn't have a title and is looking for a publisher. You must be excited Ditch.
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HulkaMatt posted:I'm about 45 minutes in. He's a slow talker but it's been real interesting so far. He seemed to slow down as the interview went on. He seemed really lively early on, and I imagine its hard to talk for 70 minutes when you are nearly 80.
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He could still kick your, my, and our asses. http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/2010/06/03/puroresu-pulse-issue-172-doctor-death-makes-housecalls-in-japan/ THIS WEEK: Dr. Death
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Ditch posted:He could still kick your, my, and our asses. I'm amazed that Matt Stryker hasn't yet tried to call Jericho, "The Intelligent, Sensational" Chris Jericho
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Ditch posted:He could still kick your, my, and our asses. Ditch, I'm almost sure the week Dr. Death died Meltzer wrote one of his trademark obituaries.
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Trust me, he didn't. At least not a multi-page one. I'm part of a forum that really focuses on WON and that's something that comes up regularly. Plus I have a source *cough* for WON and didn't see one.
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Ditch posted:Trust me, he didn't. At least not a multi-page one. I'm part of a forum that really focuses on WON and that's something that comes up regularly. Plus I have a source *cough* for WON and didn't see one. I could have sworn I remember reading a long bio back in December, I think (right around when he died). It might have been just a brief one due to time constraints, though.
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I have some of Dr. Death's work in Mid-South. 80s crowds were the best.
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So I've been forgetting to post good 2010 matches. Here's some. Sasaki vs Akiyama, NOAH April 10th http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S70PRI64 Yeah, there's good action. What makes the action go to the next level is Akiyama selling like mad. That and Korakuen Hall. Shiozaki, Saito & Ishimori vs Akiyama, Ogawa & Kikuchi, NOAH April 25th http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5V94U5AM Kikuchi  Takayama vs Morishima, NOAH May 2nd, joined in progress http://theditch.com/TakayamaVsMorishima2010.5.2--JIP.avi The legdrop to end all legdrops (as seen earlier ITT) More next week!
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Ditch posted:Trust me, he didn't. At least not a multi-page one. I'm part of a forum that really focuses on WON and that's something that comes up regularly. Plus I have a source *cough* for WON and didn't see one. alan4l is a scrub, make me the official puro spreader
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