Shartnado Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 34 minutes ago, D.Z said: Butt vs Headbutt soon When you know who won, please tell us! Once we establish which one is stronger, no one will try and combat it with the weaker offensive manuever! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 3/27/2021 at 5:27 AM, The Natural said: Hold up. Candido fought Khali? In New Japan?! When was this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Long live AJPW and Inoki-ISM, thank you very much. Muahhahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 "Hey what's wrong, Manami?" "Man I dunno...life?" BTW This is from 1/3/1997 vs. Rie Tamada and it's a pretty awesome match with Toyota flying and kicking another grown woman in the face and being a humongous you know what. However, Toyota's face here unintentionally tells you a story a woman who knows the company she works for is about to be bankrupt and a number of her friends are about to leave. Very poetic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 48 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Hold up. Candido fought Khali? In New Japan?! When was this? 02ish? Just checked...pretty sure it's Feb 1, 2002 in Hokkaido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: Hold up. Candido fought Khali? In New Japan?! When was this? 2005ish? I've seen it. It did happen. Edited March 28, 2021 by Shartnado Did happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 That is weeeeeiiiiiiiird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: That is weeeeeiiiiiiiird. Someone posted about this not too long ago. I'm guessing people just found out about this and it's piqued people's interest about the crazy combination. Both All Japan and New Japan, after NJPW had a political shakeup and talent exodus, had some bizarre matchups for a few years from 2002 to about 2006/2007 and probably later (I kinda checked out on puro around 2007/2008 before coming back full time in like 2014/2015 ish). There was a lot of good stuff, but also some over the top stuff and some of it has flew underneath the radar until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I thought that had been mentioned before. Reading the Tanahashi interview still going on the NJ site, it seems like pretty much anything was up in the air during the Inoki-ism period. AJ was also struggling after the NOAH exodus so hey. No wonder stuff like HUSTLE showed up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eivion Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Both All Japan and New Japan, after NJPW had a political shakeup and talent exodus, had some bizarre matchups for a few years from 2002 to about 2006/2007 and probably later (I kinda checked out on puro around 2007/2008 before coming back full time in like 2014/2015 ish). 3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: I thought that had been mentioned before. Reading the Tanahashi interview still going on the NJ site, it seems like pretty much anything was up in the air during the Inoki-ism period. AJ was also struggling after the NOAH exodus so hey. No wonder stuff like HUSTLE showed up. Due to the falls of ECW & WCW along with Inoki going insane we got a bunch of weird stuff in NJPW around that time. With AJ it was the lack of a roster and Mutoh coming in to give things a more sports entertainment feel. AJPW was marginally less weird if only because they mostly used ok ex-WWE guys and the Hustle stuff was mainly contained to Hustle. The weirdest match up we probably got was a 30 minute draw in the CC between Palumbo & Buchanan that never made tape as far as a I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 KroniK winning the All Japan tag belts was wild. This is also odd Quote The team then joined All Japan Pro Wrestling in the summer of 2002 and made an immediate impact defeating Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea for the World Tag Team Championship on July 17, 2002.[5] They would only make one successful title defense against Mike Barton and Jim Steele on August 30, 2002[5] before being stripped of the titles in October as they cancelled their appearances. What a way to devalue the belts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said: KroniK winning the All Japan tag belts was wild. This is also odd What a way to devalue the belts. According to purolove.com Adams ran off to try for a boxing career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Eivion said: According to purolove.com Adams ran off to try for a boxing career. And as Macho Man's bodyguard, once he entered the world of hip hop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 5 hours ago, PetrolCB said: And as Macho Man's bodyguard, once he entered the world of hip hop. Be a man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 We need some of these matches to show up in the random matches thread. It was formerly a thread for WAR-type mismatches, after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I remember Scott Hall challenging Mutoh for the Triple Crown aswell. It was a very weird time, right when I started to get into puro tapes and the first only matches surfaced. I watched mostly older stuff back then, but the odd show with Mike Barton (Bart Gunn) and Jim Steele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Time to say goodbye to both belts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Natural Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) Edited March 30, 2021 by The Natural 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Natural Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) Man, that's nasty. Randy Orton's face says it all. Saw this and thought of @MoeCristyV.1.6's signature. Edited March 30, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quackhell Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 14 hours ago, D.Z said: Time to say goodbye to both belts. Just look at those beautiful belts only to be replaced by THAT one....no sir, I don't like it. Spoiler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 It's like Cody's neck tattoo got the Diva's title pregnant. 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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