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So what's the current contrarian/hipster favorite for Western puroresu fans? 10 years ago Battlarts and Fu-Ten were hip.
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Adaptabullshit posted:So what's the current contrarian/hipster favorite for Western puroresu fans? 10 years ago Battlarts and Fu-Ten were hip. Battlarts still has cool cred. Well, cool is the wrong term. The complete opposite of cool in fact. But BatBat still has its corner of fandom. The brief Inokiism thing was pretty dumb, because it wasn't just saying "there is great unappreciated stuff from this era", which is true, it's "the entire philosophy of putting guys over because they are legit MMA fighters rather than good pro wrestlers was good booking". But it seems to have fallen off again.
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Jun 3, 2019 10:56
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Adaptabullshit posted:So what's the current contrarian/hipster favorite for Western puroresu fans? 10 years ago Battlarts and Fu-Ten were hip.
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Jun 3, 2019 14:13
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I think I have some Real Japan tapes floating around. I need to go back and see who all were on those cards. It was usually Original Tiger Mask in a tag on top and the young boy openers were pretty intense affairs.
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Jun 3, 2019 16:55
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what is the wonder swan of wrestling promotions
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Jun 3, 2019 23:25
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https://twitter.com/misterhakusan/status/1135701612335312898
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Jun 4, 2019 01:29
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https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/1135703659885416448 how horrible
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Jun 4, 2019 01:33
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oh man thats terrible 
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Jun 4, 2019 01:37
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He just became junior champ two weeks ago, he just wrestled last night Him vs Kento at this year's Champions Carnival is a recommend if someone hasn't heard of him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-cx-0EQ0tg gently caress this news sucks, that's far too young and far too sudden
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Jun 4, 2019 01:44
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oh god that's horrible
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Jun 4, 2019 02:58
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Aoki dying has got me hosed up, just two weeks ago I was part of a Korakuen crowd that was going wild for him beating Koji Iwamoto and laughing at him doing the same pose over and over again for fan club photos before the show as his music played on a loop and now he's gone. It's so horrible.
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Jun 4, 2019 04:43
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Well, drat. He really had the skills and consistently delivered. RIP
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Jun 4, 2019 16:12
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Twitter is saying Ultimo Dragon just turned up in Dragon Gate. Which is is huge, since they split from him and there’s been bad blood for 15 years
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Jun 6, 2019 14:48
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https://twitter.com/DG_Jae/status/1136608678692286464
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Jun 6, 2019 15:19
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"welp now that that CIMA prick isn't around anymore, we're cool DragonGate" -Ultimo Dragon
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Jun 6, 2019 16:05
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This rules. Not just because of the return, but also suit+mask is a cool look
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Jun 6, 2019 16:07
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Holy poo poo is this a one off or would they have Último Dragón take over the training dojo?
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Jun 6, 2019 17:11
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it's a one-off for their 15th anniversary i believe, they've been bringing back a lot of old acts
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Jun 6, 2019 17:14
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Yoshino has been begging for a match between him and Ultimo Dragon at Kobe World for a few months now. We'll see what happens (I don't think putting 2019 Ultimo Dragon in a singles match is a good idea, like, at all), but I'd say that match is officially happening in some form now.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:09
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:Aoki dying has got me hosed up, just two weeks ago I was part of a Korakuen crowd that was going wild for him beating Koji Iwamoto and laughing at him doing the same pose over and over again for fan club photos before the show as his music played on a loop and now he's gone. It's so horrible. Jun openly weeping was the saddest poo poo I’ve seen in a long while.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:25
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WatermelonGun posted:Jun openly weeping was the saddest poo poo I’ve seen in a long while. Probably getting pretty tired of burying friends
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Jun 6, 2019 20:11
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Probably getting pretty tired of burying friends
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Jun 6, 2019 20:13
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Probably getting pretty tired of burying friends
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Jun 7, 2019 08:07
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https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1137505754405953536 Still today the biggest match to make a star in one night. I don't even think Okada/Tanahashi comes close to touching it (simply cause the Crowd wanted Misawa to win and be a star and the crowd for Okada/Tanahashi 1 was shocked. Okada more became a star afterwards)
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Jun 9, 2019 01:53
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that silver jacket is what made Misawa. Crowd saw that one the All Japan Tron and was like "fuuuuuuuck he's god"
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Jun 9, 2019 02:21
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Speaking of Misawa, just got to Korakuen for the memorial show and they've sold it out for the first time in a long time.
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Jun 9, 2019 02:37
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There's a guy here in an Undertaker shirt that just says "DEADMAN" which is a bit on the nose
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Jun 9, 2019 03:14
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Still today the biggest match to make a star in one night. I don't even think Okada/Tanahashi comes close to touching it (simply cause the Crowd wanted Misawa to win and be a star and the crowd for Okada/Tanahashi 1 was shocked. Okada more became a star afterwards) I think the Okada/Naito match in Korakuen shortly after did much more good. My interest in puro had really waned at that point, but I remember that match having a lot of buzz afterward. hunnert car pileup fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Jun 9, 2019 |
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Jun 9, 2019 07:00
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Speaking of waning interest in puro, it's hard to believe it has been nearly ten years since Misawa died.  That was the day I basically lost what was left of my passion for wrestling in general. I can still enjoy matches and shows just fine, but it's just never been the same since then.
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Jun 9, 2019 12:25
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I wish NOAH or AJPW had archives because I'm always down for Misawa matches.
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Jun 10, 2019 16:35
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coconono posted:I wish NOAH or AJPW had archives because I'm always down for Misawa matches.
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Jun 10, 2019 18:52
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Ditch posted:http://theditch.biz/chron.html now has both AJ and NOAH. Ditch you continue to be a treasure, thank you.
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Jun 10, 2019 19:34
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Ditch posted:http://theditch.biz/chron.html now has both AJ and NOAH. This is loving amazing. Thank you!
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Jun 10, 2019 22:41
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https://twitter.com/STRIGGA/status/...009454501400578
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Jun 11, 2019 00:18
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AJPW have announced there will be a tribute show for Atsushi Aoki on August 11th. Aoki will continue to be recognised as the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion until the time limit between defences expires.
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Jun 11, 2019 07:48
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Ganso Bomb posted:This is loving amazing. Thank you!
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Jun 11, 2019 14:22
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BASARA's going independent from DDT after this year https://twitter.com/ddtpro_eng/status/1138333503517364225
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Jun 11, 2019 14:54
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https://twitter.com/ddtpro_eng/status/1138330778092204032
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Jun 11, 2019 15:48
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Ditch posted:Also check out this for everything else through ~5 years ago: http://theditch.us/chron.html Also watched the NOAH vs NJPW feud and saw Kanemaru in his youth for the first time ever and was super impressed too I wish Terry Funk was suddenly about 35 years younger because I'd love to see him in these types of matches after almost punching a horse in the face during a match with Candido
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If an elephant doesn't win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Title, I'll be very disappointed.
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