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So yeah... Yasshi returned to Dragon Gate today. So 2016 is turning into the year of things you never thought would happen... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3xiqm_jado-gedo-vs-shuji-kondo-brother-ya_news w/ Kondo vs. Jado & Gedo http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2worqx_5-k-hayashi-k-kanemoto-t-michinoku-t-mask-w-inoue-vs-bro-yasshi-j-liger-milano-c-a-t-minoru-shuji-ko_sport So many guys we like... and Tiger Mask Here he is against Dean's boy HASEGAWA

As I said the first time I picked him (that no one cared about) - I still think Omori is the most random guy ever in a Rumble http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1048-wrestler-of-the-day-takao-omori/ http://youtu.be/lJBQ0UU-rLo Hey! This match was published today! http://youtu.be/TEXYYG8Vgxk

Currently making cancer her bitch - I can't begin to express how evil Hokuto was and how awesome that was to watch. I still can't believe this match happened on my TV screen http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2k4gb5_akira-hokuto-makes-stalker-ichikawa-s-sad-life-sadder_sport This might be my favorite title ever "Akira Hokuto Makes Stalker Ichikawa's Sad Life Sadder"

If you are going to ask me to rank - it would go Kawada Misawa Taue Kobashi Akiyama Poor poor being loyal to All Japan... Of course - the challenge is seeing how many pages you have to scroll on Youtube to avoid 6/3/94 http://youtu.be/ULrY48n0XsY

Regal is a Top Fiver for me. It is one of the few sure things in my life. I can never ever hate WCW because it brought Regal into my life and really my whole concept of how I viewed wrestling and what I enjoyed out of it was forever changed.

RIPPA BIRTHDAY WEEK BEGINS AGAIN!!!! Sadly I only just remembered that it was Monday and that my birthday was this week. Anyway - I am going to do guys that I love again. Folks I have picked before (who I could technically pick again but probably won't) 1st Time ANDRE THE GIANT JOE MALENKO CHEERLEADER MELISSA BLUE PANTHER VADER 2nd Time SHINYA HASHIMOTO HARLEY RACE SURVIVAL TOBITA MARTY GARNER (Cham Pain) BOBBY EATON 3rd Time ARN ANDERSON JUMBO TSURUTA VILLANOS AJA KONG JUSHIN LIGER So anyway - I am going with Goldie. More on him in a second

I thought folks have been posting matches in the RIP thread but they weren't and since I forgot a WOTD - here is one for Sharpe This is the match colonial mentions in the RIP Thread

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dumsp_taiji-ishimori-vs-zack-sabre-jr-noah_sport vs. Zack Sabre Jr http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fhb17_kenta-taiji-ishimori-vs-bryan-danielson-eddie-edwards-european-navigation-in-coventry-skydome_sport w/KENTA vs. Danielson/Edwards

I was research for something else when I say that today is the 26th anniversary of the Royal Rumble that Studd won that I am pretty sure the WWE would like you to forget about. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mddjf_wwf-royal-rumble-1989-the-royal-rumble-match_sport

Masters is only 33 today. Man - the WWE really needs to make that phone call again.

Ended up having an extra day at my Mom's doing nothing so here is a WOTD - probably none tomorrow as that is my travel day and the internet is hard and stuff. I really wanted to pick Tarek the Great for WOTD since it's his birthday but the videos are almost non-existent (like there isn't a single match against American Kickboxer up). So instead we will go with another gentleman who has a birthday today - Tatsumi Fujinami. Excuse me - WWE HALL OF FAMER TATSUMI FUJINAMI~! Andre rule in effect http://youtu.be/_7dGsz5DtGs

I didn't realize how many of her matches were online. I HAVE TOO MUCH TO WATCH ALREADY! I tried to put the matches in order just to watch the evolution of her body type. AND I didn't even touch on the tag work yet. TOO MUCH WRESTLING TO WATCH!

I was too amused that luchawiki gave me MVP a random page to pass it up. I was gonna say JUST IN TIME FOR THE TNA REBOOT! but.... oh.... http://youtu.be/bDLU3j5VgnE http://youtu.be/aVHg-7wb7HY And I have no idea what the fuck this is

I am not going to do a WOTD tomorrow so I will close out the week and year with Roddy Piper. I didn't do a WOTD on him when he died and since I did one for Dusty, it is only fitting. God this was so fucking brilliant

Fenix is 25 today. How the fuck is Fenix only 25 today? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2etkyl_2015-01-14-prince-puma-vs-fenix-lucha-underground_sport

This will be the last WOTD until sometime next week so he is Ricky Steamboat for your holiday viewing. http://youtu.be/onBGj_YUi9o

Okay - a few things. I totally forgot that Ueda was dead. (Today is the 4th anniversary of his death). In fact - I am pretty sure I forgot he was dead when I did his WOTD almost two years ago But since every single video in that thread is now dead - I am happy to celebrate him again. That one is just for the screen cap alone.

I have done Christmas and Star Wars gimmicks before and don't really have a burning desire at the moment to revisit that. Of course - Dec. 18 is a big birthday... day So of course I WANTED to pick Sputnik Monroe because fuck you Sputnik Monroe is awesome but the footage is lacking. And while I like Steve Austin and Trish Stratus, I feel like I need to keep them free for potential theme weeks so fuck it - Meng it is. WAR BITCHES~! http://youtu.be/xZGcEb1QhiA http://youtu.be/bxXSWdXsjV4

For those that didn't see From Meltzer Alfredo wrote an obit

Oh Eagle Sawai. Only I probably watched your matches. And mainly because Dean gave me far too many LLPW tapes One of these days I will figure out who the angrier Grandmother was - her or Devil Masami http://youtu.be/Tau94_Nd_TA

God - I still can't believe his last match was a street fight with Gedo in fucking 2008 (which isn't fucking online) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyibg1_inoki-choshu-hoshino-vs-murdoch-orton-jr-hall-njpw-11-17-88_sport Hoshino/Inoki/Choshu vs. Murdoch/Orton/Hall I want those fucking jackets

Sure - why not? Though I might make it SOUTH AFRICA WEEK~! if I get ambitious enough

Rey Jr is 41 today. So yeah... y'all are fucking old. Of course - I never realized that Rey was 6 weeks older than me. FINALLY! I have someone my age who has worse knees!

Before today - I don't think I had thought about Alex Arion in 15 years. All his placements on the 500 I will blame on Dean. Though I guess it's my fault for also sending him all the New England stuff http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v00n_alex-arion-vs-antonio-thomas-3-1-20_sport (vs. Antonio Thomas)

I debated on whether to pick Bockwinkel or not since there is already the RIP thread. That being said - to paraphrase Matt as we were discussing it yesterday - "There is a difference between noting a death and celebrating a life." I am not a Nick Bockwinkel zealot like some folks. My appreciation for Bock came later in life as my tastes in wrestling changed. And even with that - he became a guy who - depending on the opponent - I would say "Ooooh... this good be good" not NICK BOCKWINKEL IS MY FAVORITE WRESTLER!!! I still have a lot of early memories of Bockwinkel since he was obviously all over the AWA and the Apter mags. I really liked the way he talked but I couldn't shake that feeling of "Man - he is older than my Dad. My Dad really shouldn't be World Champ." Of course - I also struggle with the concept of whether I would want a sudden end to my life (like say Savage or Dusty or Piper) or the long drawn out torture of an unrelenting illness (like seems to befall the AWA folks - see Verne Gange and now Bock.) Anyway - time to love the way the man looked and talked and wrestled WIKI