http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3dQa36HuiM&feature=plcp AJPW has made some odd choices in the talent they have brought over from overseas. In 2007 competitor NJPW had Brock Lesnar so the company needed to match that star power with something. That something was a past his prime and… Read More ›
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Ebessan Messes with Liger
I posted an interview with a guy named Lyder this week so I figured today would be as good a time as any to post another Jushin “Thunder” Liger match. You have to respect the rhyme scheme. In half seriousness… Read More ›
A Report on Best of the Super Juniors XIX
As longtime readers of this website (well as long as a few months can be) may recall I posted some videos hyping up NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors XIX Tournament a while back. Up until now I haven’t posted… Read More ›
A Sleepy Muta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5yX4cPOkH8&feature=plcp The Great Muta looks like a big tired cat lazily toying with a mouse in this match from AJPW B-Banquet. To start off he shows some aggression by spitting green mist in the air, pointing at his opponent, Zodiac… Read More ›
Post-WCW Scott Norton
One of the more unfortunate parts of WCW’s downfall was that some wrestlers that fans saw every week just disappeared never to be seen on television stateside again. Yes, no longer would Scott Norton torture Ernest Miller every time he… Read More ›
Do U.S. Promotions Just Push Wrestlers at Random?
Here is a random pairing if there ever was one. Beyond the surface one can spot some similarities between the two. Both had fairly forgettable runs in mainstream American promotions. Orlando Jordan managed to have a run with the WWE… Read More ›
How Do You Say “Oh My God” in Japanese?
Nani te koto. Well, according to Google Translate at least. Anyway, here is a clip for today: Yes, nani te koto indeed. This match from FMW sees Megumi Kudo facing off against Combat Toyoda and shows just how good an… Read More ›
The 5 Star Match: Where it All Began
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7QNZPYMP8 When the history of professional wrestling is really examined it can be said that very few matches are actually special. This is one of those rarities. During this period, Tiger Mask was red hot having listed the NWA World Junior… Read More ›
Muta Meets Liger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us1GTlbWgIU&feature=related These are two of Japan’s biggest names of the era so you know that you are in for something historic regardless of match quality. Keiji Mutoh is portraying The Great Muta here so he is not content just to… Read More ›
I Ain’t Afraid o’ No Toast (Especially if it is Smothered in Butter)
Before the match begins and before you ask, yes that is Haystacks Calhoun, Jr. coming out to Huey Lewis and the News. I’m sorry. Actually, that is “Ghostbusters.” I’m not sorry that I got it wrong, but rather that some… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 