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Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

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IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."
drat.
What a legend. rip

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Marching Powder posted:

what the absolute gently caress lol. i'm used to fighters cozying up to mass murderers, not saying they'll fight them in a stadium. i was wildly uninformed about how much this guy loving owns

Basically everything about Inoki is too weird to be believable but somehow is true.

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Reminder that Inoki once bought an Island from Castro cause he heard that treasure was buried there - He Named that Island Inoki Friendship Island

Also do we know the fully story of when Inoki was almost run out of New Japan in the 80's?

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QxsBkrjhCs

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

They might actually put his WWF title reign in the record books now

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1576021688164270081

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

seriously is this guy real?

e: im literally speechless that i read about this, deemed it insane, and somehow the actual event is crazier

Marching Powder fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Oct 1, 2022

Prokhor Zakharov
Dec 31, 2008

This is me as I make another great post


Good luck with your depression!
rip inoki, ascended to Allah's embrace to receive his 72 shoot fighters

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

Prodigy of Victor von Doom

Did anyone every get the story on this? Kinda want to watch the match just to see how bad it must have been for Inoki to lose his cool like that.

IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."

legend

Prokhor Zakharov
Dec 31, 2008

This is me as I make another great post


Good luck with your depression!

Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



permanently damaged his legs what a shooter

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Moved around the ring like a crab.

Prokhor Zakharov
Dec 31, 2008

This is me as I make another great post


Good luck with your depression!

Lid posted:

Moved around the ring like a crab.

Stealth Tiger
Nov 14, 2009

From what I know of the match, mostly from Muhammed Ali's side of the story:
Ali has always loved pro wrestling, and is down to work something fun.
Inoki comes to him 2 days before the fight with a very suspicious rule set to sign off on, and Ali gets a hunch that Inoki is going to try to shoot on him
Ali counters with a rule set that shuts down pretty much everything, keeping him safe, and leading to the "fight" where Inoki just fidgeted across the canvas all night

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
https://twitter.com/roylucier/status/1576037595045167104

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


RIP Inoki, the Ric Flair of Vince McMahons.

RandolphCarter
Jul 30, 2005


Everything about Inoki is insane. rip

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Joey Wheeler in Yu-gi-Oh is inspired by Inoki.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCir...tm_source=share


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=savnBbpt5yU

Lid fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Oct 1, 2022

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


I probably should finally watch the full Saito/Inoki island match this weekend in honor of Inoki even if it's an hour + slog

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Stall_19 posted:

Did anyone every get the story on this? Kinda want to watch the match just to see how bad it must have been for Inoki to lose his cool like that.

It was just a lovely match and Inoki is... was... Inoki

Importantly this was Gallows debut match in the company so first impressions count and Inoki's first reaction was to be a one man ECW crowd

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





a fascist piece of poo poo is dead, oh well

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Venomous posted:

a fascist piece of poo poo is dead, oh well

yeah you should check him out he apparently lived the world's stupidest anime irl

The_Rob
Feb 1, 2007

Blah blah blah blah!!
Inoki’s theme song still slaps

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

The_Rob posted:

Inoki’s theme song still slaps

I like Fujita's version better but it's a cool theme

Ringo Roadagain
Mar 27, 2010

i dont know how much inokis visits to iraq influenced saddam and lead to the release of all the foreigners being held in iraq, but its still an absolutely insane story.

Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006
It’s quite nice that New Japan are running London today. The first show they run being one where they can get an Inoki chant going

ThePariah
Feb 10, 2014
I-no-ki Bom-Ba-Ye

Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006
https://twitter.com/ciaranrh93/status/1510663425101160449?s=46&t=CNhz777KZyOLRH4glHAsJg

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

real question, is inoki kayfabe, or is this just how an olmec head that was animated by a sacrifice of cheap hentai and carnival strongmen acts all the time?

Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006

Marching Powder posted:

real question, is inoki kayfabe, or is this just how an olmec head that was animated by a sacrifice of cheap hentai and carnival strongmen acts all the time?

He nearly ran his own promotion into the ground trying to prove that pro-wrestling is the greatest martial art. I’m pretty sure he’s just like this constantly

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Ziggy Tzardust posted:

He nearly ran his own promotion into the ground trying to prove that pro-wrestling is the greatest martial art. I’m pretty sure he’s just like this constantly

rad

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Marching Powder posted:

real question, is inoki kayfabe, or is this just how an olmec head that was animated by a sacrifice of cheap hentai and carnival strongmen acts all the time?

Inoki is crazier than Vince McMahon on cocaine spliced with PCP. He always has been. Look up The Great Antonio.

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Lid posted:

Look up The Great Antonio.

i swear to god i referenced carnival strong men before knowing about this. inoki kicked his rear end in a real scary way. those loving soccer kicks would probably tempt a prosecutor to go for attempted murder if that was done on the street in any country that wasn't japan.

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

https://twitter.com/jabot97/status/1576021319845806080?s=46&t=2UjRdHM7Ez2ftMqrmcLtKA

The Cameo
Jan 20, 2005


https://twitter.com/pharrfromheaven/status/1576017589524131841?s=46&t=IjA2T8tTMqRRUW7mfn8m9A

Inoki was one of the greatest batshit showmen in combat sports history.

Shard
Jul 30, 2005


This is hilarious and how I imagine kiryu would react to a Japanese prank show

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

The most I can surmise of his political career was he hung out with the worst possible people and made them do nice stuff.

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MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

coconono posted:

The most I can surmise of his political career was he hung out with the worst possible people and made them do nice stuff.

This is definitely not true.

https://twitter.com/FallWrestling/status/1576191684542504961

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