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  1. I’d suspect it was more Maya pushing through with bushiroad, not the other way round. Given Ogawa’s support of her when she moved to the big smoke and the careers she’s had, the loyalty must be fierce.
  2. Certainly sounds like the end of Stardom. I wouldn’t rule out the WWE talk either; the clear play is obviously for WWE to set up a dojo/promotion in Japan with Rossy as the middle man. 2024 is getting progressively worse for puroresu as we know it
  3. That’s just wonderful. Best of luck and bravo to all involved. May it be as king-sized as the man himself
  4. The AJPW.tv streaming service is terrific. I’ve had it from day dot and never had an issue. If you’re also old school and like HD on the big telly, seek out darkangeltapes
  5. Hang on, we are going into a new year and we’ve still yet to establish that Hausman and sorts are nothing more than gutter trolling, click bait breeding scumbags with no right being anywhere near legitimate sports media? Back when I was doing this it was factual, historical based discussion and debate from people who knew and understood the business. The internet has a lot to answer for I tell you
  6. Let’s be honest and it’s sad to say, AEW is literally the definition of over saturated and unfocused right now. They’ve clearly been making it up as they go since Brawl out and even more so since they lucked into MJF and Cole getting over as a duo. Any lull in proceedings prompts another tournament or a new belt and TK clearly books matches based on whatever dream he managed to squeeze out of his latest 20 minutes kip. In short, meandering through several weeks of TV to get to a bunch of 4* matches on PPV ain’t cutting it.
  7. The Punk- Ace Steel promo/pep talk segment was also clearly the best thing on wrasslin’ tv in many years. Absolute perfection.
  8. It legitimately pains me to pay attention to anything happening in WWE. I don’t like the taste or smell of it, just not my pro-wrestling. But, I love CM Punk. Who else creates this or makes these moments? That said, I’ve always admired his honesty and convictions. Time, growth and working in chaos will change a person, plus he always did want that wrestlemania main event to rubber stamp the career. Still, I do smell a smidge of hypocrisy. He’s got a king-sized promo to cut Monday night.
  9. So Aoyagi v Nakajima was some tasty puroresu. Nakajima murdering Aoyagi, with the people going bananas as the champ fought from underneath. I can’t imagine anything in the first week of January being able to match the 12/31 Yoyogi main event.
  10. The problem with the perception of lucha today is that it’s Kommander or Vikingo hitting a billion spots with the only thought going into how long it takes to set them up. Rocky v Mistico was great, the most authentic lucha presentation on US tv I can recall in years. If slow means letting the match breathe, sign me up, this was the lucha I love.
  11. Impossible not to think of DEAN when you get a match like Athena v Willow. Both ladies beat the piss out of each other and bumped like Cactus. It wasn’t perfect but it was fucking GREAT. Damned good wrasslin’ show; breezed by, great crowd and never quit on entertaining.
  12. Can’t blame that on anything other than not being up on every Indy Joshi worker. Thanks for that, both girls were terrific in that match, they deserve to be correctly identified!
  13. I randomly watched Mei Suruga vs. Miyu Amasaki from 5.29. Note to self, watch more random matches; this was so much pro-wrestling fun with cuteness, silliness and lotsa nifty pin attempts
  14. All I can think of is Punk cutting a promo Saturday where he recaps the prank call he made to Sapolsky pretending to be Homicide
  15. That was a fantastic 2 hours of Mid-Atlantic ; hot crowd, hometown heroes and two tremendous TV matches. No bells and whistles, no bs, all about the bell to bell. I loved this show.
  16. Still we go round in circles on all this stuff. The way he hung the laundry out was wrong, 100%, but that’s the end of it. If Punk pisses you off or you disagree, fine, you’re entitled to that. I’ve followed him his entire career. His options and stories never change, never deviate and are never disproved. I love the guy, I hope he gets a healthy, exciting final chapter.
  17. I almost forgot how young Chris was; such a grizzled vet at such a young age and so very, very good. I’m glad the episode was so heavy in Chris’ favour, his memory deserves that level of love and respect. Tammy’s story is just so depressing and inevitable. She was such a natural but such a spectacular fuck up.
  18. There’s something quite wholesome about TK giving Sabu a couple of nice paydays. Well played sir
  19. Speaking of laying it in, Yuji Okabyashi and Yuya Aoki annihilated each other for whatever the piss poor payoff was on the 5/4 BJW Yokohama show. BJW did at least have a house for the first time in 2 years and man were they going bananas down the straight. An absolute WAR
  20. Well DEAN would have loved the Champion Carnival finals tonight. MOTHERFUCKIN’ T-HAWK was indeed KING-SIZED and Ashino took his beating like a BOSS. These two went full Kings Road and just leathered the piss out of each other for 26 minutes. Beautiful stuff.
  21. I suspect there will be a lot of unforced ‘waits patiently to see what DEAN thought of this fucking banger’ upcoming Maybe a tech wizard can override the active users list so DEAN is always home
  22. That we should all find passion in life to be that vocal, opinionated and entertaining about. DEAN was a wordsmith; an absolute tower of profanity, hilarity and genuine joy. It’s an absolute measure of the man that he was still lighting up the board as he fought. I hope his family and friends take a little something from knowing how appreciated and loved he was by his avid readers. My condolences to those close to him, his craft will never be forgotten and always remembered fondly with a smile and reverence. Rest easy DEAN, may the fights be HOSS and the blood be heavy. You were the best fucker to do this and you did it with some fucking style my friend.
  23. Shingo Takagi vs Robbie Eagles tonight in Melbourne was an easy 4 1/2*, just a tremendous match. I don’t want to undersell how good Robbie is, but Shingo is just a superstar from the minute he comes through the curtain. Absolutely one of the best I’ve ever seen in the ring.
  24. What I loved about the ladies was they did a legit 3 way with no powdering until the very last near falls. Zack v Shota was a masterful 14 minutes. Perfect dance partners and convincing near falls. Absolutely adored this match. Tag titles was heated, stiff and built to a crescendo. Perfect time for a switch and a very deserving team who were clearly overcome with how far they have come. Just a tremendous main event. Nothing overdone, perfectly sold, rabid crowd and blinding home stretch. NJPW needed to pull the trigger on a new top guy and it couldn’t have been done better.
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