by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L18ogUa5JkA Shuji Kondo vs. Hiroshi Yamato If your only experience with puro is through this website then you may recall that Shuji Kondo can have great brief matches, like those written about here and here, and not… Read More ›
AJPW
Puro Flashback: Masakatsu Funaki Takes On Yuji Nagata MMA Style
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HH-MXmTp64 Masakatsu Funaki vs. Yuji Nagata The following is a description of perhaps the most baffling non-comedy puro matches I have ever seen. It starts out normally enough with Masakatsu Funaki firing off a kick and Yuji… Read More ›
Puro Flashback: A Brief AJPW Match from Last July
by Daniel Johnson KAI vs. Shuji Kondo I’ve written before about Shuji Kondo’s amazing ability to have incredible matches in a short amount of time. Thankfully the folks at AJPW saw fit to post another one of these treasures. The… Read More ›
Kenny Omega Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Kenny Omega is one of the rare wrestlers who has had a tremendous amount of success in today’s North American wrestling scene and in Japan. In the United States he wrestled for some of the… Read More ›
Puro Flashback: Fuchi Wrestles Suzuki
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4GV5NDA6gM Masanobu Fuchi vs. Minoru Suzuki Here is a fun match to watch while you heat up your Marie Callendar’s meal in the microwave (I suggest the fettuccine chicken and broccoli). You can tell how hard hitting… Read More ›
Rellik is Killer Spelled Backwards
by Daniel Johnson “Irresistible” Jason Styles vs. Rellik Old Jon Hugger has had an interesting career to say the least. His involvement in mainstream American wrestling dates all the way back to 1999 when he worked for WCW as Johnny… Read More ›
A Leaner, Not Really Meaner Akebono
by Daniel Johnson Suwama vs. Akebono This match from about a year ago shows that while Akebono has been slimming down, he has not necessarily gotten more aggressive or even all around better in the ring. Before I delve into… Read More ›
SMOP Attempts to Smoosh Muta
by Daniel Johnson The Great Muta and KENSO vs. Akebono and Ryota Hama Despite being so big that the size of their lunch would make most men cower in fear, the Super Megaton Ohzumo Powers (SMOP) aka Akebono and Ryota… Read More ›
Stay Warm
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq767CqbANM The Great Muta vs. Yoshihiro Takayama I dislike straying too far from the topic of wrestling on this blog, but Nemo is absolutely laying the smack down on the American Northeast aka the area that includes… Read More ›
The (Big) Boys Are Back in Town
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1UZwtf22kY Ryota Hama and Akebono vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi If you’re like me and live in the American Northeast then you can appreciate the ridiculous amount of snow that we’re getting today. To go hand… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 