by Daniel Johnson Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku and Taichi Ishikari This fight from May is supposed to be a three-on-three match, but it opens with some wild brawling and the cameras focus… Read More ›
Yuji Nagata
Nagata Gets Smacked
by Daniel Johnson Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue vs. Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama Yes, the deformed chicken is back! Okay, Wataru is actually wearing pants in this match so that helps a little. While his look has improved it… Read More ›
7 Candidates Capable of Making Heath Slater’s Stable a 4 Man Band
Now that the former Nexus punching bag has his own jobberific stable featuring Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal the three could actually go somewhere promising in the WWE. Yet, the name of the group shows one strike that 3MB already… Read More ›
When in Doubt, Strike It Out
Two months ago tomorrow Masakatsu Funaki defeated Jun Akiyama to gain the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. AJPW is far from its peak and Funaki is a guy that fits perfectly as the champion of the company today so take… Read More ›
The Technical Wizard Shines
Only a few days ago I posted an unimpressive match featuring Jushin “Thunder” Liger and Yuji Nagata. Yet, I didn’t want to leave readers with the impression that either guy is incapable of having a great match in a short… Read More ›
Liger Shows Up in Style
When I went to AJPW’s YouTube channel today I thought they were going to make my post today about this clip easy. After all they show Jushin “Thunder” Liger right up front looking like the inverse of The White Ranger… 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 ›
The Johnson Transcript 