Kang Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Misawa vs Kawada 2005. NOAH. 四天王プロレス. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarlips J Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 19 hours ago, D.Z said: AJPW - 04-12-2003 - Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Arashi (Triple Crown Title). Chunk of it cut out. What a wonderful channel that is. I wonder who runs it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I remember watching those dogshit Muta TC matches back when they were first available. If you’d told me, then, that Muta would still be wrestling 17 years later, I’d have guffawed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 12:00 AM, Curt McGirt said: @Hagan you absolutely have to see this. I'm at the office, so I'm hoping that I quoted the right video, but I watched this on a whim over the weekend. It's more angle than match, but the wrestling portion of it was so compelling and good. Dibiase sold it well, and it was an early glimpse of JR's over dramatization on commentary. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Yep, that's it! Glad you dug it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Keiji Mutoh. AJPW - 07-26-2005. Some of the build and stuff are what Tanahashi and NJPW would ape later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Fujinami & Misawa VS Chono & Liger '05.5.14 [Super Dream Tag Match] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 FMW 8 Woman Battle Royal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Misawa vs Kobashi NOAH. Another match in 四天王プロレス or Shitenno professional wrestling style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Because DZ never explains anything, I went on Japan Wiki and "Shitenno" basically means "headdrop wrestling". As exemplified by that screencap, which makes me cringe knowing what probably comes after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Misawa used to get so drunk in order to sleep with all the damage done to his neck and spine. And developed problem with joints in his neck. Anyway NOAH reduced head drops after Misawa's death and moved to doing more strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) This whole thing is amazing. From the six minute arthouse film opening to Bull's bedroom being adorned like every preteen girl in 1993 to the final match of the tape where they keep in Manami Toyota blowing every move in the history of pro wrestling. On top of that, you have Kyoko blowing her patented turnaround springboard dropkick and falling right on her face. Whoever edited this (and that's being nice) was asleep at the wheel. Edited May 22, 2020 by Elsalvajeloco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 dude I wish I could tell you how many times I've come close to buying that on eBay when I do my weekly Bull Nakano searches (all there ever is are trading cards, maybe a program or two, and this tape - I've seen it listed as both a DVD and VHS). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 It's hard to watch this match and not come away with more questions than answers. Bison Kimura vs. Li Hua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Horace Boulder & The Shooter vs. Jimmy Backlund & Kim Hyun Han 09/23/91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 AJPW - 01-08-2006 - Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. TARU (Triple Crown Title) Taru doing his heel stuff. And Kojima bleeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 22 hours ago, D.Z said: Another match in 四天王プロレス or Shitenno professional wrestling style. I've been watching Japanese pro-wrestling or "Puroresu" (which isn't even a thing) for over 20 years and am pretty knowledgeable when it comes to it, but this is the first time I've ever heard the term "Shitenno." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 It's the term used for the escalation style. Enuhito from Japan used to mention the style a lot before he vanished and Japanese journalists also wrote about it. Fans and journalists in the know would refer it to as that. Never used at all for marketing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Promo: Full Match: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 4 hours ago, D.Z said: It's the term used for the escalation style. Enuhito from Japan used to mention the style a lot before he vanished and Japanese journalists also wrote about it. Fans and journalists in the know would refer it to as that. Never used at all for marketing though. Google says Shitenno means Four Heavenly Kings and is a reference to Misawa, Kawada, Kobashi and Taue as All Japan Four Heavenly Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP Steve Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 You guys may be familiar with this, but I'd never seen it before. Gordon is great, but we all knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 AJPW - 06-10-2006 - Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Suwama (Triple Crown Title) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Maybe, just maybe, this is what everyone needs today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Perhaps just as mind boggling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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