A.M.B.
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Is Big Japan having a down year or is it just no one around here watches it? Only one match nominated.
Did everyone just go elsewhere to talk about puro?
Definitely a down year with Sekimoto (though he just returned), Sasaki, and Okabayashi out. AKA their 3 best wrestlers. And now Ito is the champion again. Some enjoyable matches but there's been nothing fantastic for a while.
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Takumi Tsukamoto has resigned from Big Japan. He cites very vague family reasons, and it sounds like he will be back at some point, but looks to be taking a break.
Anyone (BAHU) know what the deal is with Freedoms and BJW? Kasai has been phased out a lot in recent history, but now hasn't been on a show since March, and seems to be advertising his deathmatches now as "Only in Freedoms". Is he completely done? And Takashi Sasaki hasn't been on a show at all this year.
So now we're looking at all these guys being out: Kasai, Takeda (Not returning as soon as expected), Okabayashi, Yoshihito, WX, Kobayashi, Takashi, and Tsukamoto. That's gotta hurt bad.
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Given the style of wrestlers dominating this list I'm very surprised Yuji Okabayashi isn't even on there.
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What freaky athletic spots was KENTA ever doing in the first place? Seems like his calling has always been aggressive, stiff, strike based matches and he is no less capable of those now. Not that that style really has a place in WWE, but if there was ever a time to bring him in it's definitely now.
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Dude is fucking insane and really underrated. He used to take that Nestea Plunge bump into chairs in pretty much every one of his matches. Plus the tope onto a prone opponent. Haven't heard a peep about him in at least 3 or 4 years though.
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He's developed a serious physique and has incorporated more strength-based spots into his arsenal lately, and I really dig it. His head kick finisher is awful though. I can easily see him making it to WWE soon enough, even if they've turned him down before.
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This is a few years old, but I don't believe it ever made it online until now and it fantastic. So here's some Okabayashi to hold us over for now.
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Don't really keep up with news for Japan like I used to. Anyone know, how long ago did Mad Man Pondo start working BJW again? Was just thinking a few days ago it'd be cool to see him back and then I saw his name in the results for today.
He came back last week since BJW is really short on talent right now. Sekimoto just returned from a knee injury, Yoshihito, Takeda, and WX are all out with knee injuries, Sasaki having to get another surgery in March. Okabayashi's out as well for about a year with a shoulder injury. So the companies hurting a bit and Pondo doesn't cost much I'm sure.
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Ishikawa/Sato make for a great team. Really weird but interesting to see Ito get worked over like that, haven't seen him play such an underdog role in years.
And that German on Miyamoto... fuck.Here's another good one from that show. Skip to 11:10 for the rookie face destruction, specifically 11:40 is the most brutal dropkick in the history of brutal dropkicks. Right up there with the famous Gaea Girls one. I can't stop watching.
Purotopia Catch-All Thread 2014
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They don't seem any worse booking wise than any other Japanese company to me. Not going to defend Ito being a good worker or anything but New Japan does the same thing with Tanahashi. Every company has an ace, and with Ito's 15 year anniversary shows coming up it makes some sense that they'd put the belt on him. I assume Takeda will get the belt next and it is a bigger deal for him to get it from Ito. Every company follows the similar booking formula, but Big Japan hasn't had severe splits like All Japan or NOAH that would force them to change much. The big problem is their roster is split into two and they can't do much about it. Like they can't headline with fresh title matches like Yuko Miyamoto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, or Yuji Okabayashi vs. Masashi Takeda, because obviously they're built around deathmatches and a good chunk of their roster wont do them. The deathmatch guys challenging for the Strong Title seems like a step down, and the Strong guys are obviously not willing to make a career out of deathmatches so they can't really take that belt. So what else can they book?