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Has anybody ordered a AAA internet PPV before? What's the quality like? I'd order Triplemania via cable if I could but my provider doesn't seem to be offering it.

If this has been posted already, apologies! NSFW due to Honma sleeping in the nude! (don't see anything but it's close). Liger tries to pin New Japan wrestlers in their sleep.

How is the Godzilla game?

That is fucking insane. Did you really give 'er? As you said, FERNANDEZ could have straight mugged your ass on film. I mean, you could have been going for his back and he moves - ending with you strapping in the face or something awful like that. What's to stop him from treating you much like the Steiners treated early '90s enhancement guys in a fit of rage? So much could go wrong but they did it anyway. That's part of why I love this show so damned much. They just don't care and are like the anti-WWE in that regard. Long live Lucha Underground.

This video is supoib. I hope LU has a blu-ray release, so I can go back and watch the earlier episodes that I've forgotten about. As for the strap match, I don't know how the fuck they pulled that off legally, so I'm intrigued to say the least.

Speaking of Fight Pass, any news on when we can expect more Pancrase? I think they only have a few fights up at the moment.

Fuck Jim Benning.

It's sad that she could totally willingly extend the fight for however long she wants with little to not consequences. SMDH. If she follows through with that, it could be a real got dayum mess. Like have the ambulance follow Bethe to the octagon and back that sumbitch up to the door to save her time.

Oh no, not this shit again.

Wait, weren't you the one going all "LOLZ" about race being a construct and you just differentiated between "white" and "Irish"?

Picking up scraps from the top clubs is a legitimately good transfer policy. They buy too many new, shiny toys and replace just fine players. And then there's guys like Affelay, who never get a chance but wanted to sign for the likes of Barcelona or Madrid so they can say they did it.

Yeah, but shiny shit! This is the equivalent of Mark McGwire asking who wants to see him hit dingers, isn't it?

I like how Bryan's point of being in the commercial is because he's too small. I'm a fairly big Terminator mark but I give zero fucks about this. Make the game fun, then I'll buy it. Has there been any info on the mechanics/features of the game outside of Stone Cold trying to grow snake skin belt trees and Arnold?

Yeah, "kicking"...

Good idear.

I remember TSN aired this in the early '00s. I lost my mind accordingly. Looking at the site, what's up with the VQ? The aspect ratio stays the same in full screen. Aaaah, you have to stretch it manually. That's... odd.

If NXT has taught us nothing else about Triple H's booking beliefs, he's a firm proponent of the squash match. Hit me with dat motorcycle engine rev! One day, guys. One day.

Rick and Morty's second season starts up tonight. The first two episodes leaked at the start of the month. I am hyped. Like, Mojo Rawley-level hyped. I was late getting on the bandwagon but once a friend got me hooked I went through the first season three times I loved it so much. The show can go really serious really suddenly, then make light of that earnestness while still allowing the gravity of the situation breathe. I love it. And there was a naked homeless guy in a santa hat hovering over the continental US too.

Liger and Kanemoto were heeling it up because it was the initial stages of the WAR/NJ feud and NJ guys acted like their shit didn't stink. It's weird that they were booed heavily at what looked to be a New Japan show though. The feud started in the fall of '92 and has some of the best New Japan matches from that decade (from what I've seen - I'm missing a lot of the late '90s footage). One of my favourites is a super stiff, sloppy but incredibly heated Orihara/Saito match from October '92. I've brought it up a bunch in the Japan folder over the years, but it really is incredible how the atmosphere inside Korakuen and the interpromotional feud turn what would've been a pretty piss poor match into one of those hidden gems you would probably dig. It's on one of Ditch's sites. Saito was part of Heisei Ishingun, so he wasn't even New Japan proper but it doesn't matter, as HI hated Tenryu and WAR even more than Choshu and New Japan did. This was before the influx of ridiculous number of heel stables in New Japan which happened in the mid-to-late '90s and kind killed the heat off. Eventually even Tenryu joined the stable. I'd also recommend the Mutoh/Tenryu IWGP matches from 1999 but they don't appear to be online at all. They were unreal and I think I preferred them to the hyped 2001 AJPW match(es?) those two had. I think I have the NJPW matches on a VHS from JL hidden in the crawl space somewhere. Edit: OH SHIT! The May/99 match is on New Japan World! Double Edit: I just saw your previous post about Toyota being insincere and not selling at all. Always preferred The Dangerous Queen 100x over Toyota. Also, you should definitely refer to Ditch's various sites for matches. Here's the '90 match between MVC and Tsuruta/Taue. Completely with you regarding Bret/Bulldog. One of my favourite Bret matches and it was pretty much perfect for its audience. Bret has gone on record in interviews and in his book that Davey was so fucked up at the time that he completely forgot the complex match that Bret had laid out in the weeks prior to the show and gassed very early on. We'll never know if it's Bret being Bret to the Nth degree but Davey was a mess, so I wouldn't be surprised in the least. And watching the match, you can definitely see Davey get blown up. Bret even said Davey fucked up the finish by concentrating more on his wife than Bret, as Bret wanted to put him over big time after the match as the cherry on top. And again, you're spot on with Kawada's selling. It's what set him apart from his peers. His willingness to put his opponent over and in the process making himself ultra sympathetic. His but dip/deep squat sell job is one of my favourites. By the end of his more epic matches, he looks like he's about to pass out from pain and exhaustion. So great! We seem to have very similar opinions on rasslin', particular the Jahpahkneez style. Jumbo - Kawada - Hansen ftw. And as highly hyped as 1993 is for AJPW (many considered it to be the best in-ring year from any promotion ever), I think I prefer '92 because of Tsuruta's presence, Kawada's progression, and Hansen still being the gaijin monster.

I blame Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, and Kurt Angle for the first part anyway.

Yeah, man, TJ was hitting him two or three times cleanly before Renan was finished his one punch. Now, if he's not gassed, I doubt that's an issue but still. Holy shit.

He's "only" 28 though. I know that's end of the peak fighting years, but I'm surprised to see him lose his weight cutting ability at a fairly early age with all things considered.

Nope, but who else is there? It's going to happen one last time and UFC will make lots of money even if we don't want to see it. TJ's footwork and punching technique is top stuff. So impressive and Barao looks like a ghost of the monster he was two years ago. I don't think TJ is in that unbeatable category yet, because he's still very hittable. I'd love, love to see Cruz get a crack at him. Would definitely be the best footwork we've ever seen. Looking at the top 10, he's probably the only guy I'd give a good chance in beating TJ other than Assuncao. Who knows how Dominick's recovered though. We'll see if it's the weight cut when Renan inevitably moves up to 145. I'm not so sure.

MMA reffing. We've had two bizarre things in just two of the main card fights alone. What the hell was Herb looking at when Gomi basically gave up or was unconscious? Saying that, I miss when Gomi was a world beater.