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Is BJW still around? Their 15th anniversary tribute video popped up on my recommended videos to watch and I'm pretty sure that this year is their 20th anniversary.
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mariooncrack posted:Is BJW still around? Their 15th anniversary tribute video popped up on my recommended videos to watch and I'm pretty sure that this year is their 20th anniversary. Yeah. From what I last heard they kinda struggling due to lot of their former starts getting old and not able to go like they use to. I still think they're fun to watch.
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mariooncrack posted:Is BJW still around? Their 15th anniversary tribute video popped up on my recommended videos to watch and I'm pretty sure that this year is their 20th anniversary. They're really trying to build new stars and shift their focus to their Strong BJ blocks. All of the deathmatch wrestlers that have become stars have been from outside BJW. They're running Ryogoku this year for their 20th anniversary.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:01
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What's the best way to follow Dragon Gate these days?
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Jan 26, 2015 16:12
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Rodney the Piper posted:What's the best way to follow Dragon Gate these days? I've got it covered in the Dragon Gate Thread, but they have about 2 shows a month available on iPPV on NicoNico, an entirely unnecessary monthly streaming show, and most of their stuff shows up on dailymotion.
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Jan 26, 2015 16:21
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Thanks!
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Jan 26, 2015 16:27
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:I've got it covered in the Dragon Gate Thread, but they have about 2 shows a month available on iPPV on NicoNico, an entirely unnecessary monthly streaming show, and most of their stuff shows up on dailymotion. and http://iheartdg.com will help keep you up to date on storylines and faction movement
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Jan 26, 2015 16:28
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Shiori Asahi is my favorite J-Indy wrestler and I'm happy that his DDT gimmick is over with the crowd.
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Feb 19, 2015 09:35
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If anybody is in Tokyo next week, the Japan university club pro wrestling yearly show at Korakuen is there on 2/26. I'd go but I'm out of town.
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Feb 20, 2015 09:13
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More info about the show harperdc mentioned and the subculture behind it: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/02/19/lifestyle/student-wrestlers-learn-ropes-ahead-university-battle-royale/
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Feb 21, 2015 23:19
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That's the same thing Tanahashi did in college and Riki Choshu held it against him, right? Oh, and from that article: quote:Inamura wrestles as Chinko Tomitsuki, a gag too bawdy to explain in a publication as respected as The Japan Times. As for his opponent Nagata, aka Onaho Hazushita, the less said about his name the better. Things could get messy. A more pressing issue — doesn’t the crude humor alienate the opposite sex? Inamura seemed amused at the concern. Uh, could one of you guys who understand Japanese explain the dirty puns since the article refused to? Is Onaho simply the English language pun on-a-ho? Edit: Ok, from a google search Onaho apparently is the Japanese term for fleshlight type things. Thauros fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Feb 22, 2015 00:56
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quote:Information is circling in Japan that FMW is coming back under the name or "Cho Sento (Super Battle) Pro-Wrestling FMW". Details about the promotion are scarce at this time with no mention of who may be affiliated and or competing on the shows. Which is more sad, another FMW revival that's never going to take off, or one that won't even feature Onita? FMW is the ECW of Japan
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Mar 6, 2015 15:33
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Are there any FMW stars still around? I'm assuming Onita still does the occasional show.
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Mar 6, 2015 17:30
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mariooncrack posted:Are there any FMW stars still around? I'm assuming Onita still does the occasional show. for three handles of Jack Daniels and a carton of Marlboro reds, Onita will gladly immolate himself and your child's next birthday party.
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Mar 6, 2015 17:34
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Masato Tanaka's still around. Other than that age has caught up with a lot of their guys. And of course there's Mike Awesome and Hayabusa, neither of whom'll ever work again.
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Mar 6, 2015 17:37
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Fuji, Hosaka, Kanemura, and Hido are all still active, somehow, and probably all an ugly-rear end sight these days
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Mar 6, 2015 18:32
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The young ref in the FMW deathmatches is Dragon Kid and some of the late undercard guys/FMW dojo guys joined Toryumon/DG.
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Mar 6, 2015 18:41
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Yeah, Tanaka's not only active but drat good. He did some great stuff in NJPW in 2012 and 13 and his current tag team with Sugeira is prob the the best heavyweight tag team in Japan.coconono posted:for three handles of Jack Daniels and a carton of Marlboro reds, Onita will gladly immolate himself and your child's next birthday party. Did minicoco enjoy the party?
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Mar 6, 2015 18:50
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Anyone know what Chocoball Mukai's been up to? I'm afraid to search for that at work.
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Mar 6, 2015 18:51
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Is K-Ness injured again? I haven't seen him in about a month.
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sticklefifer posted:Is K-Ness injured again? I haven't seen him in about a month. He was at Korakuen today. I figured he'd go back to the backlines as soon as Doi returned.
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Mar 6, 2015 19:22
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Thauros posted:That's the same thing Tanahashi did in college and Riki Choshu held it against him, right? Chinko is weiner 
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mariooncrack posted:Are there any FMW stars still around? I'm assuming Onita still does the occasional show. Oya does the Hokkaido circuit, Mammoth Sasaki wrestles for FREEDOMS, Kanemura and Kuroda still run Apache Army to less than 150 people and Gannosuke did a return to the ring. EDIT: Ricky Fuji does matches for K-DOJO besides his dayjob as a gym owner. Asteroid Alert fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Mar 7, 2015 |
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Mar 7, 2015 02:05
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Jake Soo posted:Oya does the Hokkaido circuit, Mammoth Sasaki wrestles for FREEDOMS, Kanemura and Kuroda still run Apache Army to less than 150 people and Gannosuke did a return to the ring. oh my god super leather is still active somehow
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Mar 7, 2015 03:26
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Anybody know what this kanji says? http://www.redbubble.com/people/rafzombie/works/13492101-kaze-ni-nare?grid_pos=107&p=t-shirt
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Mar 23, 2015 03:10
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Wow, that Cafepress store is still up? I bought that shirt from that exact store in 2001! The Japanese writing says "Survive! Survival Tobita" Pronounced in Japanese the top "Survive" line is "Ikinokore!"
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Mar 23, 2015 03:13
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Boco_T posted:Wow, that Cafepress store is still up? I bought that shirt from that exact store in 2001! I posted the wrong link...I edited, it, would you mind translating?
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Mar 23, 2015 03:16
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Haha, nice. I'm just using translate.google.com's "draw in Kanji" feature, it says 風に鼻孔 reads "kaze ni biko" which translates to "the nostrils in the wind" but somehow I don't think that's right.
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Mar 23, 2015 03:21
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Boco_T posted:Haha, nice. Probably Kaze ni nare. It's his whole thing. I'm gonna buy that shirt, especially with getting MiSu shirts being basically impossible now.
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Mar 23, 2015 03:25
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Probably Kaze ni nare. It's his whole thing. I'm gonna buy that shirt, especially with getting MiSu shirts being basically impossible now. yes but they spelled nare wrong. Boco_T's right, it means nostrils, whereas it's actually supposed to be written 風になれ just in kana (there's a kanji for なります but it's rarely used). don't believe just look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0P-SgpwYnE tl;dr don't buy that shirt, it has incorrect Japanese on it
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Mar 23, 2015 03:31
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harperdc posted:yes but they spelled nare wrong. Boco_T's right, it means nostrils, whereas it's actually supposed to be written 風になれ just in kana (there's a kanji for なります but it's rarely used). I'm tempted to buy it anyways because that makes me laugh.
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Mar 23, 2015 03:32
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I'm tempted to buy it anyways because that makes me laugh. http://www.piledriver.jp/fs/gotchstyle/c/wear if you're serious then ask by pm or such and we can talk.
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harperdc posted:http://www.piledriver.jp/fs/gotchstyle/c/wear I don't have PM and the only one they have I like is the Suzuki-gun shirt. Edit: If you're comfortable putting your e-mail in spoilers, I can e-mail you El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Mar 23, 2015 |
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Mar 23, 2015 03:38
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Watching All Japan put on some very good shows this year in front of absolutely putrid crowds makes me rather sad.
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From Puroresu Spirit: The WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship starts tomorrow. Eight wrestlers will square off in a single elimination tournament to decide the first ever champion. This upcoming tournament is being promoted as a milestone for the promotion as the junior heavyweights look to build towards the future of W-1. Kaz Hayashi, who has been the top supporter for the belt, stated that he would win the tournament. Minoru Tanaka, who is also taking part, is currently a double junior champion now holding ZERO-1’s International Junior Heavyweight and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championships. The participants are Hayashi, Tanaka, Andy Wu, El Hijo del Pantera, Seiki Yoshioka, Hiroshi Yamato, Rionne Fujiwara and Yusuke Kodama. Here is the card: WRESTLE-1 “WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2015 Cherry blossom”, 4/1/2015 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo (1) Kumagoro vs. Shotaro Ashino (2) Hiroshi Yamato, Yusuke Kodama & Rionne Fujiwara vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & Hiroki Murase (3) WRESTLE-1 vs DESPERADO: Masakatsu Funaki & Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. TAJIRI & Koji Doi (4) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight First Champion Tournament ~ 1st Round: Andy Wu vs. El Hijo del Pantera (5) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight First Champion Tournament ~ 1st Round: Minoru Tanaka vs. Seiki Yoshioka (6) WRESTLE-1 vs DESPERADO: Keiji Mutoh, Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Masayuki Kono, Ryoji Sai & KAZMA SAKAMOTO (7) WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [1st Champions] “Team 246” Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo vs. [Challenger] “new WILD order” AKIRA & Manabu Soya ~ 6th title defense. (8) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [3rd Champion] KAI vs. [Challenger] Hideki Suzuki ~ 1st title defense. Panama Red fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Crazy old wrestler/promoter/politician news from the observer:quote:Antonio Inoki made worldwide news, which even made Newsweek. Inoki, while serving in the senate, asked if the country was doing any studies into whether Japanese air space was being invaded by extraterrestrial life forms. I guess he must have watched some of those Ryuma Go vs. Space Aliens matches from the 90s. Well, hopefully they don’t vote him in for another term. Defense Minister Nakatani then explained that space aliens have never entered Japanese air space. He noted that they quickly investigate anything entering Japanese air space. They have found flying objects that aren’t aircrafts and birds, but they have never found a UFO that has come from species that resides anywhere but Earth. That’s good to know. quote:To the surprise of nobody, the new version of FMW held a press conference and announced that Atsushi Onita, the biggest star of the original FMW, who was synonymous with FMW, will be joining the new FMW that starts up this week. FMW in many ways was comparable to ECW, although it started several years earlier, many of its concepts were lifted directly by ECW. It was far more popular even without television than ECW ever was, largely because of Onita and his drawing power. Several of Onita’s matches did in excess of 30,000 fans and his match with Genichiro Tenryu topped 50,000.
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The only way FMW is going to succeed is if they try to pull in big draws of today and build a promotion around it. Tajiri's promotions would have done better if they didn't have really lovely people running the back-end, but how could you go wrong with the Yakuza?
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Flameingblack posted:The only way FMW is going to succeed is if they try to pull in big draws of today and build a promotion around it. Tajiri's promotions would have done better if they didn't have really lovely people running the back-end, but how could you go wrong with the Yakuza? Tajiri's promotions weren't exactly knocking them dead at the box office.
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MassRafTer posted:Tajiri's promotions weren't exactly knocking them dead at the box office. How dare you impugn the drawing power of Mikey Whipwreck and Dave Finlay
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