RIPPA Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 For some reason I was convinced I had done Onryo before. So I was fucking stunned and giddy when my Google doc told me I was an idiot. MOTHERFUCKING ONRYO BITCHES!!!! THE WRESTLING UNDEAD~! http://youtu.be/Z0j3bYScg1c http://youtu.be/4RDjqgU-Ww4 http://youtu.be/5scoYU6-euk 3
J.T. Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 There are no words for how much I love Onryo. From Japan's Christian persecuting past comes a wrestling fed and a worker with names containing the Number of the Beast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UUBjz7aVyI We will tie the awesomness of Onryo in with the awesomeness of previous WoTD, The Brahman Brothers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1L-TCO5DtA 1
J.T. Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Dragon Kid and Onryo before all of the connective tissues in both of their legs turned into concrete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEs4HxzmYqw 2
Lazlo Woodbine Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q66zq_2v-dM 2
DEAN Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Don't forget Shinigammi, the other wrestling ghost! Plus Onita sings a song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv0aboyUDuo 1
Tromatagon Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 A shinigami is a God of death not a ghost 1
J.T. Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 A shinigami is a God of death not a ghost Shh! The Westerners don't know that!
Brandon-E Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wYFXKuSelw
Curt McGirt Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUnifqFS0kg I believe this was reviewed in one of the old Drivers.
RIPPA Posted October 28, 2014 Author Posted October 28, 2014 Well this one was (and I found it quicker) http://youtu.be/OLFhGLMWgSA http://youtu.be/Qg6hfRXediE Mixed Barbed Wire Board Tag Match: MENs Teioh/Kyoko Kimura vs ONRYO/KAORU: Oh hell yeah, KAORU is fuckin hot. Take it from me. I'm old and know hot. Kimura and Men's are sporting afros. KAORU is sporting leather pants and they are splurtacular. And there is ONRYO- all dusty and sans Shinnigami. KAORU and Kimura collar and elbow to tease going into the barbed-wire boards and KAORU is still pretty limber for entering Sherrie Martel older dream girl territory. And she will go backless and back first into the barbed-wire. KAORU will also bump like fucking KAORU when you throw her into the chairs. They kinda go into a straight tag match which isn't so good since Men's Teioh and ONRYO haven't had anything in the tank since the turn of the millenium. So yeah, I watched this and definately STILL remember MEN'S TEIOH vs Tiger Mask 4 from Michinoku Pro and I STILL remember KAORU vs Akira Hokuto from GAEA. Barbed-Wire Board sandwich with KAORU Twisting Senton was a fun finisher but they kinda keep going after that. KAORU with a roll-up and I was hoping to see an Excaliber after all these years. Oh well. This really felt like a Tom Brandy versus Vladimir Koloff wash-up indie mail-in but with KAORU making a few parts cool. - DEAN (ISSUE #166)
RIPPA Posted October 28, 2014 Author Posted October 28, 2014 Curry Man vs. Onryu: Mmmmm gimmicklicious. I really hated the Curry Man gimmick the first time I saw it, but Daniels has goofed it up and made it fun. He cut the rockin prematch promo, about how he was going to turn the J Cup into the C Cup. This was right after Daniels signed with WCW so he was getting jobbed out in Japan. Onryu may be my favorite of the Indy sleaze guys, he isn't a bad worker, has the super cool revengeful ghost gimmick, and he has a seemingly unstoppable urge to LIVE HIS GIMMICK and actual die in a wrestling ring. What more could one want. Fun little match, with Onryu doing all of his goofball spots. Curry puts him in a sleeper, and Onryu collapses immediately like he died, confusing Curry and the ref, he uses this confusion to take an advantage, and he hits his shoulder destroying springboard tope-con-hilo to the floor. Onryu also hits a super nasty Tiger Driver '91 which seems like waaay too brutal a move for a first round J- Cup match in front of 1400 people between a guy with a plate of curry on his head and a Zombie. The end is pretty funtastic, as Curry Man hits his Spicy Drop, and to break the count, Onryu grabs the ref's arm. When Curry gets up to complain, Onryu hits his Onryu clutch (freaked out La Magistral) for the big ole upset with the crowd going batshit. Curry had the classic curse filled interview afterwards (FUCK! SHIT! MOTHERFUCKING TANABE ... YOU WIN NOW CIMA... YOU WIN... FUCK). Schneider - DVDVR #120 Also of note - as per usual, we spelled his named wrong for like half the issues/500 So having to look for both Onryo and Onryu is time consuming
Curt McGirt Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 I tried to find the DDT match between MIKAMI and Onryo that was on one of Phil's comps to no avail. Pretty good as I recall. I really don't know what's a weirder (or more potentially racist) gimmick, Curry Man or Kyoko Kimura, what with the afro and bellbottoms and the whole Jamaica/weed thing. What the fuck is she supposed to be?
Web Conn Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 vs CIMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWe6tdg-Ew
J.T. Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Pre-Schwein CIMA unafraid to destroy his shins for the sake of our enjoyment was a beautiful thing.
HumanChessgame Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 I picked up a tape of the 2000 Super J cup despite not being that familiar with Japanese wrestling or many of the guys featured (all the text on the box was in Japanese and I was just going by the pictures on it). Onryo probably impressed me more than any of the guys in there with the exception of CIMA. His wrestling was nothing to write home about but his gimmick and the way he incorporated it into his mannerisms, body language and selling was top notch.
Lazlo Woodbine Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRvCZ89fzQ Has Keita Yano been WOTD yet? Because I just ran across the Pro Wrestling Wallabee youtube page.
Old Goat Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 What JRV said. Has anyone else used the Onryo Clutch? I'm surprised that the whole sequence hasn't been stolen in latter-day WWE.
Sky Blue Sam Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 I've got a best of Onryo comp on VHS that was one of the first Puro tapes I bought. The first match is Onryo vs Doink, and I'm mortified that it's not on YouTube or the like.
Old Goat Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 I have the same tape(!) -- The Doink match was on YT as of a couple of weeks ago -- strange that it's gone now. Also, that Tiger Driver on CIMA in the J Cup is nuts.
J.T. Posted December 12, 2014 Posted December 12, 2014 What JRV said. Has anyone else used the Onryo Clutch? I'm surprised that the whole sequence hasn't been stolen in latter-day WWE. Madison Rayne of all people broke out the Onryo Clutch once or twice during her big feud with the Beautiful People.
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