by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eQYa_Z_0ws Joe Doering vs. Jun Akiyama With his brute strength this new age Mike Awesome comes off less like mighty Joe Doering and more like Mighty Joe Young in this clip. Perhaps he was in the mindset… Read More ›
AJPW
Kanemoto Wrecks Yamato
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxPUJ1zFmT0 Koji Kanemoto vs. Hiroshi Yamato From the moment Hiroshi Yamato flips in the ring he feels the wrath of Koji Kanemoto. Kanemoto assaults him with a variety of stiff kicks and punches. Yamato gets in little… Read More ›
Muta, Muta Everywhere
by Daniel Johnson Hate vs. Nobutaka Araya One criticism I’ve been seeing around a lot online of current NWA World Heavyweight Champion Kahagas is that he is a rip-off of The Great Muta. While there are plenty of reasons to… Read More ›
Kikutaro and a 5 Star Veteran
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaUxF1bj_ns Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kikutaro Kikutaro aka Ebessan is no doubt a legendary comedy wrestler and can also put on a great non-comedy match. Thus when he is matched with a guy like Masanobu Fuchi, who has… Read More ›
Where Can We See Fat Guy Wrestlers Now? Right, Japan Will Do.
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMs7V9mD2cA Big Daddy V vs. Akebono My earliest memories as a wrestling fan come from the late 1980s/early 1990s WWF when fat guy wrestlers were not only welcomed, but allowed. Yes, for years fat guy wrestlers were… Read More ›
A Short and Sound Women’s Match
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUG_0H_casY Cheerleader Melissa vs. Makoto A while back I mentioned the difficulty involved in having a sound match without a lot of time to work with. As mentioned this has made women’s wrestling in mainstream American wrestling … Read More ›
Terry Funk, a Brainbuster and a Table
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8z1cdMEtzo Terry Funk and Abdullah The Butcher vs. Tarzan Goto and Tomoaki Honma Despite being well, well past their primes in 2002, Terry Funk and Abdullah The Butcher are still a ton of fun to watch in… Read More ›
A Mike Awesome for a New Generation
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TocgYfRJSnI Joe Doering vs. Masayuki Kono Here is one hot off the presses or at least it would be if the official YouTube channel of AJPW had presses. AJPW might get a lot of guff and I… Read More ›
Stop! Hama Time
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeBYI9W9Oas Masayuki Kono and Ryota Hama vs. Seiya Sanada and Manabu Soya The tag team of Kono and Hama reminds me of Owen Hart and Yokozuna if they were a less organized face duo. Whereas Hart and… Read More ›
AJPW Fails to Learn a Lesson from NJPW
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DW6ugUYgLI Masakatsu Funaki vs. Kyotaro If you are a puroresu fan and have been able to avoid watching any NJPW from the early 2000s then I suppose congratulations are in order. The early 2000s are known as… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 