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remusclaw posted:The Great Antonio.  thank you friend
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Thauros posted:I'm guessing Nagata will take Kojima's spot for most of the New Beginning matches as rn he's only scheduled for Osaka vs. Kitamura. Wonder what they'll do for Kitamura's match on the second Korakuen? if Nakanishi isn't penciled in as his final opponent, I imagine him. Otherwise, David Finlay? He's the only heavyweight Sekigun foreigner not scheduled to face him.
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I was wondering if Kitamura was slated to to go 0-6 before beating Nakanishi to end the series with his first win against a veteran.
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St Evan Echoes posted:
I think it was Marc Maron who watched that during his podcast and commentened over it. if you can find a version with that voice over, its even funnier. I've seen clips of Great Antonio and he does the same schtick where he takes all this abuse from dudes and then does a bodyslam, 1-2-3. The only reason the ref stopped that poo poo was because Antonio was legit KO'd and Inoki still kicked him a few more times. Great piece of wrestling history.
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coconono posted:I think it was Marc Maron who watched that during his podcast and commentened over it. if you can find a version with that voice over, its even funnier. It was Bill Burr. https://youtu.be/hWsoSmGfmdY
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Yeah, I have no sympathy for The Great Antonio in that match because it's not the no-selling that sets Inoki off, it's loving shoot-rabbit punching him like 4 times.
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Jan 25, 2018 00:57
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We got one Hiromu in the ring with Police Man once, I believe lightning can strike twice.
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Jan 25, 2018 05:31
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Kawato just working Puebla shows would be the best wouldn't it?
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remusclaw posted:The Great Antonio. This match always makes me feel sad. When I was about seven I saw Great Antonio do his strong man schtick where he pulled a greyhound bus down the street. It was like finding the god particle, proof that wrestling wasn't "fake" like my dad said it was. I never saw him actually wrestle and do this King Hippo poo poo until at least 20 years or so later, so he was a mythical figure to me. Watching Inoki kick his rear end is like watching someone beat up the Easter Bunny or something. Lot of rumors about what Great Antonio's fate was, I heard he died homeless in a doorway somewhere in Canada.I know Brett Hart tried to find out at one point since he had been a big attraction for Stu in the seventies, but couldn't find out for sure what became of him. That was probably seven or eight years ago last I looked though. I've heard Meltzer mention offhand a few times that Inoki double crossed people in the ring more than once and benefited greatly from it ala Maeda and Takada in terms of reputation. Aside from this and I guess the Ali fight, what are the other ones? Would those even count as double crosses? Inoki did actually try to work a match there with Great Antonio, and cooperated fully until the crowd started laughing. There's the one with Bruno too but that didn't work out like Inoki had hoped. There is a justified tendency to look at Inoki as one of the all time Carny Motherfuckers, but the balls on that guy. Who the gently caress looks at Muhammad Ali and Bruno Sammartino and thinks "yeah, I can gently caress around with these dudes"???
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Inoki has always been batshit. Dude got into a fist fight with Tiger Jeet Singh and hired him on the spot.
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Inoki is the best. I'll always remember him for his role in bad news bears go to Japan.
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coconono posted:Inoki has always been batshit. Gentle reminder that Inoki converted to Islam essentially to promote fights in the Middle East. And that he keeps getting pressure to please kindly stop going to North Korea as a Japanese politician, thanks.
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Inoki is almost too crazy for the Make Japan Great Again party.
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MassRafTer posted:Inoki is almost too crazy for the Make Japan Great Again party. You presume Inoki values Japan over himself.
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For those who don't know, MassRafTer isn't just making a joke. Inoki was elected to his current position as a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai - a right-wing party, led by a mouthy former TV personality, with a name that could reasonably (albeit with a hint of artistic license) be translated as the Make Japan Great Again party. They've since merged and split and shut down and restarted and renamed and re-renamed themselves, as Japanese political parties are wont to do. Inoki is now with the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan's most mainstream right-wing party), but for a little before joining the LDP, he started his own party - "The Assembly to Energize Japan" - playing off of his catchphrase of pretty much shouting "HOW YA DOIN'?" at people (it's a much more direct reference in Japanese).
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Between this thread and Super Bunnyhop's podcast I know 1000% more about Japanese politics than I did a month ago. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge.
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Cards have been updated following Kojima's injuiry. Nakanishi has filled in his spot on all streamed cards including the singles match with Kitamura on the second Korakuen. First show of the tour is tomorrow. Aside from the main event which has always been amazing in the past we'll also get to see Jay White wrestle for the first time as a member of CHAOS. New Beginning In Sapporo Day 1 January 27th at 4 AM EST/9 AM GMT Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Kitamura Trial Series - Match 2 of 7 Katsuya Kitamura vs. Michael Elgin Nakanishi, KUSHIDA, Liger, and TMIV vs. Suzuki-gun (Iizuka, Taichi, Despy, Kanemaru, and TAKA) CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) vs. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) NEVER Openweight Trios Championship:Bullet Club (c) (Fale and GoD) vs. Taguchi Japan (Taguchi, Makabe, and Henare) Kota Ibushi, Juice Robinson, and David Finlay vs. Bullet Club (Cody, Marty Scurll, and Hangman Page) CHAOS (Will Ospreay and YOSHI-HASHI) vs. L.I.J (Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu) CHAOS (Okada, Goto, and Gedo) vs. L.I.J (EVIL, SANADA, and BUSHI) CHAOS (Jay White, SHO, and YOH) vs. Bullet Club (Omega and Bucks) IWGP IC Championship:Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
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Thauros posted:
I wonder how it feels to be YOSHI-HASHI and know you're the 5th most important person in this match, after a stuffed cat?
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Gaz-L posted:I wonder how it feels to be YOSHI-HASHI and know you're the 5th most important person in this match, after a stuffed cat? If Red Shoes is the ref then he drops to sixth
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Jan 27, 2018 05:42
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The Elite vs. R3K/White looks like a ridiculously fun match
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New Japan world has Evil/Sanada vs Aussie Open up but not Suzuki/ZSJ vs Bate/Seven as of yet
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IT'S A NEW BEGINNING, YES IT IS Who of my fine fellow SWOLE VAMPIRE fans are watching on this fine Saturday morning, evening or perhaps night if you are in the States?
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I am here to watch the SWOLE VAMPIRE continue his mighty quest 
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Jan 27, 2018 10:03
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I hope he eats Big Idiot Elgin alive
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I enjoy the crowd cheering whenever Kitamura bounces his pecs
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extradite THIS! posted:I enjoy the crowd cheering whenever Kitamura bounces his pecs Same. Also does it seem a bit empty to me?
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looks like they didn't sell the upper deck at all, which I think was also the case last year. It'll be interesting to compare the attendance for the split shows with weaker cards thsi year compared to last year's pretty stacked sapporo show. NJPW "THE NEW BEGINNING IN SAPPORO ~RESURRECTION! SAPPORO SNOW BATTLE~", 05.02.2017 (WPW/TV Asahi Ch. 2/NJPW World) Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center 5,545 Fans - Super No Vacancy 1. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado besiegen KUSHIDA & Hirai Kawato (7:34) nach dem Guitarra de Angel von Desperado gegen Kawato. 2. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima besiegen Yoshitatsu, Henare & Tomoyuki Oka (7:48) nach dem Nagata Lock von Nagata gegen Oka. 3. Will Ospreay, Jado & Gedo besiegen Katsuyori Shibata, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask (6:47) nach dem Os Cutter von Ospreay gegen Tiger. 4. YOSHI-HASHI besiegt Takashi Iizuka (7:00) mit dem Karma. 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee CMLL (Mexiko) besiegen Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, "King of Darkness" EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI (13:03) nach dem Desnucadora von Lee gegen BUSHI. 6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Rocky Romero & Beretta (c) besiegen TAKA Michinoku KAIENTAI DOJO & Taichi (13:37) als Beretta TAKA nach dem Strong Zero pinnte (1st defense). 7. NEVER Openweight Title: Hirooki Goto (c) besiegt Juice Robinson (14:41) mit dem GTR (1st defense). 8. IWGP Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii (c) besiegen Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma and Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (13:35) nach einem Horizontal Cradle von Yano gegen Makabe (1st defense). 9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) besiegt Minoru Suzuki (40:46) mit dem Rainmaker (3rd defense).
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Man I really hate liking Elgin's wrestling as much as I do. Really too bad he's a douche. Edit: 
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You are not a Swole Vampire, Michael Elgin, you're not a swole vampire at all 
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Thauros posted:9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) besiegt Minoru Suzuki (40:46) mit dem Rainmaker (3rd defense). The match itself wasn't as good as others Okada had that year, but man the hype going into that match from his attack at New Year's Dash was the loving best.
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Jan 27, 2018 10:18
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This just part of the process. Trust the Process. I like Don talking about being Swole and Yoked.
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Jan 27, 2018 10:18
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YES Finger of Doom!
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oh no Taichi's drunk dads have ruined his recital
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ElNarez posted:oh no Taichi's drunk dads have ruined his recital The girl recoiling in fear at the interruption was great.
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That chair shot from Iizuka was tasty
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This is getting real good y'all
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