Any time Sheamus leaves for any period of time, I don't miss him at all and stop caring about him. Hopefully if he comes back, he'll actually be given something to make him interesting to me, not a bully I'll ignore or a Pokemon who can only say the same things over and over again. Something really needs to change when I enjoy Cena more than Sheamus.
Who's the short guy with the round glasses? I've seen him on tons of stuff over the years, I always like his style. *edit, on the right;
Liger was pretty great this year. No idea what he was saying, but you could tell he was super impressed with Ishii/Shibata. Same goes for Chono on day 1, I got a few translations and it was cool to see how much he was putting over Karl Anderson.
That is 柴田惣一/Shibata Soichi, the tie critic. He has to be one of the biggest fans of wrestling of all the sports writers over the years, simply loving all of it both professionally and personally, so he works with a lot of different groups. He even helps support the college professional wrestlers events in Tokyo that are just for fun.
Liger is big on talking about how natural moves should look and be executed by wrestlers, talking about what they do and what they should be used for. Chono is good for building up talent, trying to focus on how good they are (but only if they are good and he likes them skill wise) if they win or why it's impressive that someone just beat them.
So Boot, what's the story with Toru Yano pimping his DVD all the time?
Tōru was all excited for his new DVD, finally getting recognition and the chance for people to enjoy some of his favourite matches. He was laughed at saying it would sell well, so to make them eat their words made a promise to make it the best selling DVD. At least, that's the story.
In actual practice, he really just likes the idea of being in people's houses. One way or another.