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 ›
Japan
Mighty Joe Doering
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 ›
Choshu in His Fifties
by Daniel Johnson Riki Choshu vs. Tomohiro Ishii Here is a nifty exhibition from yesteryear. In this case the yesteryear of 2007 is not that long ago though this clip features current 61 year old grappler, Riki Choshu. He is… Read More ›
Tanaka and Ishii Live Strong Style
by Daniel Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXJg0SJpid4 Masato Tanaka vs. Tomohiro Ishii For American wrestling fans the smoke is still clearing from WWE’s 2013 Royal Rumble. While there was plenty of entertaining action and even more for people to complain about there was… Read More ›
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 ›
Daniels is on a Roll
by Daniel Johnson Christopher Daniels vs. Tetsuya Naito Hulk Hogan, Sting, Jeff Hardy, Christopher Daniels…what do these names have in common? Well, if Christopher Daniels’ momentum continues than he has a shot at reaching a level in TNA only previously… 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 ›
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