WRESTLER OF THE DAY: YUJI NAGATA

[RIPPA]

So I was looking for Yuji Nagata vs. Steve Regal for the other thread I started.

I couldn't find it on Youtube but there was a Nagata/Goldberg match.

It's kind fun in that three minute way since Nagata was able to get stuff out of Goldberg. But this obviously isn't a good way to showcase Nagata - it is more an excuse to tell this story.

 

The enjoyable part of the clip - before the match starts, they show Jerry Lee Lewis in the crowd.

 

The best part - the best fucking part - is that Lewis is fucking stuck sitting behind The Flock.

 

Anyway - first video has the Jerry Lee Lewis. The second video is a better quality version of the match

 

 

[J.T.]

Here is Yuji Nagata destroying Keith Shaera on Wordlwide:

 

 

There is so much to love about this match:

 

1. Sonny Oono taking a selfie before selfies were cool.

 

2. The high production costs NOT~!  Is Nagata's ring attire made out of a fucking Goodyear radial or something?

 

3. The elite fighting skills of Sonny Oono.

 

4. Watching Shera's smugness evaporate after Nagata hits a king sized Exploder.

 

5. Hey, Keith!  At least try to sell the leg on your hope spot, bro!

[RIPPA]

Holy Cow - I totally forgot about New Japan feeding Nagata to Fedor.

Poor poor Yuji

 

http://youtu.be/N6L0yJIYIhY

[Lazlo Woodbine]

For the blood-thirsty among us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICiW5uC9XcE

[Cobra Commander]

the best part about Nagata v. Regal is that they taped the match in the summer, and aired it during a Nagata push/Regal depush. So Regal going over didn't actually fit whatever they were trying to do at the time, but F-It, we're WCW

[Cobra Commander]

So I was looking for Yuji Nagata vs. Steve Regal for the other thread I started.

I couldn't find it on Youtube

 

guess what just showed up on YouTube

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8pZzeo3ThM

[mco543]

Holy Cow - I totally forgot about New Japan feeding Nagata to Fedor.

Poor poor Yuji

 

http://youtu.be/N6L0yJIYIhY

 

 

And Cro Cop.

 

[TimLivingston]

It's funny because we all knew how the Cro Cop fight would end. I don't think we all thought it would be even that quick, though. Cro Cop didn't get any fucks whatsoever and just wanted to get his money already.

[Brian Fowler]

Paging Mr. Del Rio.  Mr. Del Rio.

[RIPPA]

[Victator]

I really enjoyed the Nagata vs Ultimo Dragon feud and became a fan of Nagata in general. 

Then WCW decided to turn him into a full jobber and he could not buy a win. They did the same thing to Kurosawa in 1995, even having him maim Hawk. 

Then he just lost to everyone on the way out. I don't get why wrestling companies do stuff like this. If you consider how much money it cost to do a wrestling show, they are wasting a fortune on stuff like that. 

[Lazlo Woodbine]

Man, how is it I had never even heard of this? Or even seen gifs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdG946ig7mY

[Roman]

Whenever I think of Nagata, two things come to mind: his matches with Minoru Suzuki (simply because Suzuki likes to piss off Nagata, and Nagata always gets pissed off) and his match with Kensuke Sasaki. What a bloodbath that was.

 

[cool arrow]

Man, how is it I had never even heard of this? Or even seen gifs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdG946ig7mY

 

What the fuck?

 

Seriously, what the fucking fuck?

[Lazlo Woodbine]

Kinnikuman-Mania 2009, there's another match with Minowa against the Kinnikuman character.

 

I know fuck all about the video games but I marked out huge for that robot thing.

[tystates]

I made this comp of Nagata.

 

YUJI NAGATA IN WCW 1997-98

 

Volume 1
Running Time: 1:57

 

8/16/97 vs. Jerry Flynn
8/25/97 vs. Chris Jericho
8/30/97 vs. Silver King
9/1/97 vs. Dean Malenko
9/27/97 vs. Dean Malenko
vs. Chris Jericho
10/11/97 vs. Steve Armstrong
10/20/97 vs. Juventud Guerrera
10/26/97 vs. Ultimo Dragon (Halloween Havoc)
11/3/97 vs. Psychosis
11/10/97 vs. Alex Wright
11/22/97 vs. Lizmark Jr.
11/23/97 vs. Ultimo Dragon (World War 3)
12/1/97 vs. Prince Iaukea
12/6/97 vs. La Parka
12/13/97 vs. Prince Iaukea
12/15/97 vs. Disco Inferno

 

Volume 2
Running Time: 1:59

 

1/30/98 vs. Bill Goldberg
1/31/98 vs. Barry Horowitz
2/9/98 vs. Disco Inferno
2/14/98 vs. Chris Adams
2/16/98 vs. La Parka
vs. Saturn
2/27/98 vs. La Parka
3/16/98 vs. Ernest Miller
3/20/98 vs. Prince Iaukea
3/28/98 vs. Booker T
4/10/98 vs. Prince Iaukea
4/13/98 vs. Curt Hennig
5/1/98 vs. Ernest Miller (HH Greenville, SC)
5/11/98 vs. Scott Norton
5/22/98 vs. Ernest Miller
5/30/98 vs. Ernest Miller
6/8/98 vs. Jerry Flynn
6/22/98 vs. Tokyo Magnum
7/20/98 vs. Saturn

[Web Conn]

vs Keith Sheara

vs Dean Malenko

vs Goldberg

vs Ernest Miller

vs Scott Norton