lostinube Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 More Women Ardently Watch Prowrestling Matches It was at a prowrestling exhibition recently held by DDT Pro-wrestling, a prowrestling organization in Tokyo, on March 3 in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. The event, which was limited to a women-only audience, attracted about 600 spectators mainly in their 20s to 40s. ... According to DDT, the number of female spectators began increasing about three years ago. Currently, about half of the audience for ordinary exhibitions is women. Thanks to the increasing numbers of female fans, the total number of spectators increased 20 percent from the previous year in 2013 and 10 percent in 2014. New Japan Pro-Wrestling, a large prowrestling organization in Tokyo, also said the ratio of female fans, which was about 10 percent of the audience about four to five years ago, has increased to about 30 percent recently. This is where I always thought Dragon Gate was ahead of the curve where they purposefully cultivated more "ikemen" wrestlers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 It's a valid modern business model to cultivate. Anyway, Kobashi announced he's going to be a father, his wife is due later in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Instead of telling his wife ti "breathe" in the delivery room, Kobashi is just just going to chop her in the chest to make the lil'tyke pop out James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salads Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Or a loving half nelson suplex letting centifugal force do the work. That is my pitch because 'dropping her with a burning hammer so fast the baby is left hanging in the air like WIle E. Coyote' is too silly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 In trying to find something outside of NJPW to get into from Japan, this "This day in history" piece from F4W sounds amazing. I'd love to see if there's video of this somewhere, or if anything confirmation that this was indeed wacky and awesome. An all-time great wacky indie show took place 14 years ago in 2001, as Masao Orihara's Mobius promotion ran the Apex of Triangle trios tournament, which primarily featured talent from Michinoku Pro and the odd array of indies that it worked with, including infamous monster fighter Survival Tobita from the Saitama Pro Wrestling Company. Not only did Orihara wrestle as himself, but one of the other teams featured Sasuke the Great, his alter ego, which was the evil counterpart of The Great Sasuke. Except it might not have been him, because sometimes they teamed together (the other Sasuke the Great was believed to be Pentagon Black)Anyway, it all built to the finals, where The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada, and Tiger Mask IV defeated Orihara, Takeshi Ono, and KAW*KAW. The cash prize was awarded...and it turned out to currency with Sasuke the Great's "face" on it. He pointed and laughed at The Great Sasuke and that was the end of the show. Truly must-see entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I swear that has been reviewed by DVDVR. KAW*KAW rings a huge bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Yea it was released, I don't have it but it definitely came out on video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/dvdvr/dvdvr130.html ...and here you have it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Has anyone ever watched Guts World Pro Wrestling? I'm intrigued. Just by the name, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Sure 'nough. They are not the worst small indy promotion. Somewhere between Triplesix and Michinoku Pro on the "fun little promotion" scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Takeshi Morishima is retiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I absolutely loved his first ROH run with him bulldozing Homicide and the Danielson feud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 everyone was so high on him back then but he just didn't do anything for me. How come he dropped off everyone's radar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.M.B. Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Repeated injuries combined with being in NOAH, which gets very little attention. Can't think of anything he's done post Misawa that really stood out, and while I feel sorry for him having to deal with retiring, I can't say I'll miss him as he never seemed to take off like he should have after the ROH title run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Remember when he was supposed to appear on Raw? What was the story behind that again, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 There was a Champions Carnival this year. Akebono won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attila The Hut Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Does anybody care about All Japan these days? I don't know if they'll ever be able to reach the heights they once did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 I have trouble caring about them too much because their roster is just rough these days. It is a shame because I really really like Shiozaki, Akiyama, and Suwama but that is about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Yeah, I was pretty excited for AJ's prospects for that half-year/year they had Akiyama and Go and Muto and crew hadn't left, but then the whole W-1 thing happened and they've just got so little to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irving Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I will give them an A for effort. They've tried shifting spotlight to other guys like Akebono, Joe Doering, and Omori who aren't bad at all... they've even done a decent job with Zeus by using him effectively (Shiozaki/Zeus was really fucking good).. No one cares though. It's obvious the small fanbase they had spilt into two when W1 formed and honestly, both companies should just cut the fat and merge, take some of the few decent workers NOAH has and really do this thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 What's the consensus on Takeshi Rikio? I tended to enjoy him most of the time, although I disagreed with him being the one to dethrone Kobashi. His title reign wasn't anything hot either, but I enjoyed him. I see him get shit on by mostly everyone. I was wondering if that hatred is really so prevalent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 My recent exploits into AJPW are very WAR-esque which means "watch it". Akebono is, in six-mans where he doesn't have the chance to blow up in moments due to cardio, one big surly destroyer of a wrestler. EDIT: I am all about AJPW/Wrestle-1/NOAH reconfiguring in a conglomerate banner if they could ever all get along for the benefit of the group. Let them take their personal squabbles out on each other in the ring and have them keep their own factions and just beat the shit out of each other with no clear winner, ever. Everyone wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Well technically NOAH is a part pf NJPW now so that would never happen. I blame the continued split between AJPW and WRESTLE-1 though on Mutoh's vanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Well technically NOAH is a part pf NJPW now so that would never happen. I blame the continued split between AJPW and WRESTLE-1 though on Mutoh's vanity. Apparently no one liked Nobuo Shiraishi when he acted as president, based on the exodus of half the roster. Wrestlers have left promotions before and just became freelancers (such as Sasaki) but for a dozen wrestlers to leave at once shows there was definitely some behind the scenes issues there. Hopefully those have been resolved now that Akiyama is the president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I know that Shiraishi was the reason for the initial split. I can blame Mutoh's vanity for why it continues even after Shiraishi is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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