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MassRafTer posted:Do we have any idea who is funding Sukeban yet. I have tried to stay on top of this but the people I expected to know had no idea but maybe it has been reported and I missed it. I was also curious about this from the beginning and snooping around Instagram tags has led me to believe that this is a project hatched by Olympia Le-Tan, a successful fashion designer from a wealthy and well-connected family in the worlds of art and fashion. If you search her name you will see a lot of results about her handbag label. Her father, Pierre, was an illustrator who did covers for The New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar. This explains a lot of the peculiarities of the promotion: the focus on the promoter's original gimmicks and costume designs, the fact it debuted in a fancy historical NYC ballroom, the announcement about landing a deal for original anime content, and of course the obviously high budget. She's a complete outsider to the world of pro-wrestling, so I suppose it's no surprise that there isn't much information about her and the inner workings of the promotion amongst the wrestling community. However, she's far from the typical cash-strapped and hopeless American indie promoter. This person has the connections and money to keep this thing going at its current scale for as long as she likes, even if it doesn't seem like she has a truly profitable business model at the moment. So, the good news is it's not some pervert who got into the business for fleeting Twitter clout. The bad news is it's a nepo baby who seems more focused on this as an art project than a pro-wrestling promotion.
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So it's Gwen Stefani hiring a bunch of Japanese women to stand next to her but wrestling?
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just rust posted:I was also curious about this from the beginning and snooping around Instagram tags has led me to believe that this is a project hatched by Olympia Le-Tan, a successful fashion designer from a wealthy and well-connected family in the worlds of art and fashion. If you search her name you will see a lot of results about her handbag label. Her father, Pierre, was an illustrator who did covers for The New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.  The loving French...
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Alaois posted:
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Oh her Instagram is full of stuff about Sukeban and it's in her profile
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TV Zombie posted:I wonder what her interest in wrestling is, though I guess anyone can be a fan. She could be a lifelong wrestling fan for all we know. If not, the promotion's creative is obviously inspired by a specific Japanese pop culture aesthetic that I think artist types would see as having a lot of synergy with pro-wrestling as a performance art. Gumball Gumption posted:Oh her Instagram is full of stuff about Sukeban and it's in her profile Yeah, her involvement is not exactly a secret but there isn't much overlap between her circles and pro-wrestling circles. I don't know if she's the money but it's hard to imagine she isn't bankrolling it or helping find the backers needed to run with such a high budget. just rust fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Nov 8, 2023 |
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Erin M. Fiasco posted:I think it kinda rules on a lot of levels, but I know that's the part of me who thought the ideas behind WRP were Kinda Neat and loves weird art projects talking. I doubt it'll last long but it'll be fun while it does. I'm split right down the middle right now. I can't really tell if it's a cool art project/experimental promotion or if it's just "Gwen Stefani harajuku girls" but wrestling
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Gumball Gumption posted:I'm split right down the middle right now. I can't really tell if it's a cool art project/experimental promotion or if it's just "Gwen Stefani harajuku girls" but wrestling I don't really see how it's any more like this than, say, Spark or Kitsune or any of the other recent US-based joshi promotions e: Outside of stuff that effects actual social change, starting weird artsy wrestling promotions is basically the best thing the absurdly wealthy can possibly do with their wealth imo Johnny Landmine fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Nov 8, 2023 |
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Johnny Landmine posted:I don't really see how it's any more like this than, say, Spark or Kitsune or any of the other recent US-based joshi promotions It's the lucha underground aspect of it that has me on the fence. I like it but it's also kind of weird having a bunch of established Joshi wrestlers play these not very creative characters. STONE COLD 64 posted:Sareee joining harajuku stars is probably the most likely outcome right? Or does she debut with a stable of her own? They announced that she is joining cherry bomb girls when they announced the signing.
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While I was super skeptical at the beginning, my opinion on Sukeban now is more or less where the rest of you are at. I'm not in love with the characters they've created for this promotion but it's an interesting novelty to keep an eye on while it lasts. I should stress that I'm not delivering a scoop here, I'm just making an inference based on social media. Le-Tan might not be at the top of the organization but her being in that position seems to fit really well with what we know.
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Gettin' a drink with cool gals. https://twitter.com/Kagurashuzo/status/1722158003745591552
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Johnny Landmine posted:I don't really see how it's any more like this than, say, Spark or Kitsune or any of the other recent US-based joshi promotions The business model behind Sukeban and those other two promotions you mentioned are totally different. Sukeban wants to build up and sell an IP for media rights, Spark and Kitsune are just running shows with mostly joshi wrestlers.
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Pylons posted:Sukeban wants to build up and sell an IP for media rights, i've really been wondering about this. i'm honestly surprised the first show is on youtube, given that i thought they were doing the live broadcast as a quick stunt and then were going to edit it down into taped content to shop around. that said it has 18k views which is honestly good numbers for youtube wrestling that isn't wwe/aew, so it might be helping show interest
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Tampa Bae posted:Didn't Max win that a month ago Yes, but when did the Sinister Minister beat Max?
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Duke Pukem posted:I cant wait until the Sinister Minister faces Raku He'll break out of God Raku's spell of sleep with the power of COCAINE
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Hanan has appendicitis and is off this weekend's shows. STARDOM's curse continues apace.
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Kinda unusual card for the next TJPW show. https://twitter.com/tjpw2013/status/1722494228863824164 Also, will Demonio avenge his brother? (prolly not)
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I hope Rika befriends the monster again <3
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Snooze Cruise posted:I hope Rika befriends the monster again <3 Its not nice to call Miu a monster
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Didn't know it was possible to think Thekla was any cooler, but I just found out she used to have a punk band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXNQH3qncM
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Saree-ISM Chapter 3 is coming, 16th January, & the former magical school girl has given us another killer card Azusa & Tomoka Inaba vs Mio Momono & Riko Kawahata Arisa Nakajima & Kaoru Ito vs Hiiragi Kurumi & Unagi Sayaka Miyuki Takase vs Takumi Iroha Aja Kong & Jaguar Yokota vs Chi Chi & Kizuna Tanaka in your legends vs people with less than a year's experience battle Chihiro Hashimoto vs Sareee!!!
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Mayu is missing Gold Rush with a dislocated finger. Not sure what she was doing on the showforkboy84 posted:Saree-ISM Chapter 3 is coming, 16th January, & the former magical school girl has given us another killer card Hell yes another Sareee/Hashimoto match. Sounds like a great show.
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Waka is taking a break to heal her back.  https://twitter.com/Waka_Mm3/status/1724389539459092949
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what do yhou think the new rookie's name will be. i bet it will be misaki yoshida. give me $50 if i'm right
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its YUZUKI. sorry.
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actually fairly excited for this new blood show. the rookie is supposedly the class standout and momo is a really good first opponent. mei & suzu in singles matches & the evogirls showing up. not quite as excited for the ppv the next day but SLK being back is nice & saori will probably try and kill herself a couple of times. #thoughts
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