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June Wrasslin' |OT| Layin' the law, once again, prepare for war. C! Z! W!

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Sibersk Esto

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Bootaaay said:
June 13th. 5 years since Misawa died.

Watch this guys, even if you weren't aware of the man I guarantee you'll enjoy this tribute to one of the greatest stories Japanese wrestling has ever told;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcK_pww96ao

Also, this - one of the finest singles matches you'll ever see;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqftofXcukE

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Looks great thanks you

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British Monsoon

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"Brodus says he's open to any wrestling opportunities he might get in Japan"

Shit, perhaps you were right, zord. Best if he doesn't end up in New Japan though, I don't know if I could take Brodus vs Fale! Seems like a potential IGF signing, if anything.
 
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Ultratech

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Dragonzord said:
Random match I realized I would love to see:

1993 Vader vs 2007 Umaga in a no-dq match that goes for like 30 minutes. In 1990s AJPW with a 1990s UWF crowd.
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Flying sausages vs Vadersaults
Samoan Drops vs Powerbombs
Samoan Wrecking Ball vs Vader Bomb
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Not gonna lie, this shit would be legit crazy. And awesome.

Flying big guys everywhere!
 
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Sibersk Esto

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Dragonzord said:
Random match I realized I would love to see:

1993 Vader vs 2007 Umaga in a no-dq match that goes for like 30 minutes. In 1990s AJPW with a 1990s UWF crowd.
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Flying sausages vs Vadersaults
Samoan Drops vs Powerbombs
Samoan Wrecking Ball vs Vader Bomb
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I'd watch the hell out of that. Umaga was crazy for a big guy
 
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KissVibes

Banned
I wanna believe that Vince thought Xavier Woods was JTG with a new gimmick until today and promptly fired his ass.

I'd love to know what's up with Drew and Jinder. Did the let go? Were they fired? 3MB seemed like a good gimmick.
 
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Sibersk Esto

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Shark Johnson said:
I wanna believe that Vince thought Xavier Woods was JTG with a new gimmick until today and promptly fired his ass.

I'd love to know what's up with Drew and Jinder. Did the let go? Were they fired? 3MB seemed like a good gimmick.
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Cutting their losses I would wager. I doubt the WWE audience is going to notice if 3MB are gone.
 
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Data West

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I guess I'm applying my standards elsewhere, but I'm kind of shocked there are wrestling fans who don't know who Misawa is. Especially ones who watch indie wrestling.
 
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British Monsoon

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Titus Andronicus said:
Anyone know any good books on Japanese wrestling?
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Stan Hansen's book gives a good insight into how Japanese wrestling worked during his 20 year career over there and Terry Funk's book has a good few stories, but I've yet to find a book that really provides an exhaustive history of wrestling in Japan, which is a real shame.
 
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British Monsoon

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Every time someone brings up wrestling books I stumble across another autobiography to buy, lol. Didn't know The Destroyer had written one, can't wait to read it.

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Alucard

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Bootaaay said:
Check out the rest of that dudes videos, they're all great, especially the Misawa vs Kawada one.

Also, I absolutely adore this Johnny Saint video, a great watch especially of you aren't familiar with that style of wrestling;

Johnny Saint - Top of the World: http://youtu.be/P62IsyzttVI
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No idea who Johnny Saint is/was, but that video made me an instant fan. Did he wrestle in the UK? Is this the famed English/European chain wrestling style? Loved his evasion tactics.
 
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Alucard

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Dragonzord said:
I guess I'm applying my standards elsewhere, but I'm kind of shocked there are wrestling fans who don't know who Misawa is. Especially ones who watch indie wrestling.
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I was a WWE kid between 1990 and 1996. Started watching WCW when The Outsiders came in, followed the majority of the Monday Night Wars, and I'm pretty sure I stopped watching wrestling right around the invasion angle. I remember watching the Raw after the Benoit incident. Then I took a massive break just because life took me in other directions and I didn't care about wrestling...but I started watching again around 2009/2010 when a buddy of mine showed me a Best of Dragon Gate DVD and took me to an ROH show. From there, I started watching ROH and Dragon Gate, and got back into WWE after a couple of years despite thinking it was utter shit when I started watching again...then got into PWG DVDs a bit, started watching TNA in 2012 at some point, and just been getting more into New Japan over the past few months.

Trying to catch up and learn as much as I can, but there were a good 10 years when I watched almost zero wrestling and didn't care about it at all.
 
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British Monsoon

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Alucard said:
No idea who Johnny Saint is/was, but that video made me an instant fan. Did he wrestle in the UK? Is this the famed English/European chain wrestling style? Loved his evasion tactics.
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Yeah, he was a prominent UK wrestler in the 70s & 80s and had a few stints in Japan, where he was well known for being a master of the Euro catch-as-catch-can style, but with the 'escape artist' tricks that he really made his own.

Dragonzord said:
Dr Death has a book. Heard it's ok.

This is one of my favorite wrestling books. It's what made me such a big Jack Brisco fan. And it's available in E-Book format.
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I've heard good things about that Brisco book, was going to buy it last time around but I went with Bill Watts book instead.
 
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Alucard

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This is the DVD that truly rekindled my passion and interest in wrestling.
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I was blown away by the six-man tags, by the amazing athleticism of Dragon Kid, and the speed of Masato Yoshino.

I'd recommend this DVD to any wrestling fan out there interested in getting a taste of Dragon Gate and just fast-paced in-ring action in general. If the WWE and TNA aren't doing it for you, something like this will remind you how awe-inspiring pro wrestling can still be.
 
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Alucard

Banned
Also, I'm not watching Impact tonight. Going to watch this Kawada/Misawa match posted by Bootaaay instead.

Love the intro. Big fight feel in the house. Really good camera work and a serious vibe with the cameras staying on the guys just standing as they wait for their ring entrances. There should be a promotion out there doing this today...bring in the MMA/boxing/real fight feel element.
 
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Alucard said:
Also, I'm not watching Impact tonight. Going to watch this Kawada/Misawa match posted by Bootaaay instead.

Love the intro. Big fight feel in the house. Really good camera work and a serious vibe with the cameras staying on the guys just standing as they wait for their ring entrances. There should be a promotion out there doing this today...bring in the MMA/boxing/real fight feel element.
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The Dream is Dead.
 
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Alucard

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Man God said:
The Dream is Dead.
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I can't do it. The past two weeks have left an incredibly sour taste in my mouth. The promotion for Slammiversary has been awful and almost non-existent. For an anniversary show, it has gotten NO video packages. TNA has enough of a library at this point that they should be able to whip up a vignette showing great moments in the event's history...but nope.

I might watch Slammiversary online just for this internet-announced match:
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Six-man ladder match for the X title with a random Manik appearing.
 
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somedevil said:
The A team is regal, Philips and Saxton. This team of Booker T promotion announcer, Renee and Riley are not close to them at all.
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I honestly prefer the B team. Didn't know that was Booker's guy, but he's really good. I never compliment Riley, but he works well with the other 2.
 
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Man God

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I listened to around 20 minutes of Impact last week doing the dishes and man did it sound awful.

A powerful kind of awful that has caused more than one review to contemplate or actually drop Impact. I love Review an Impact (probably my favorite wrestling podcast ever) and would mourn its loss but if they literally cannot stomach reviewing a show that they know is bad because it is too terrible to review is a really powerful statement on how bad it is.

Alverez overreacts all the time, that's his thing after all but he also sounded broken and defeated by last Thursday's Impact.

I myself can't even muster the give a fuck necessary to joke about it.
 
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie

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Riley's really good at commentary and analysis. He's the only thing even close to a heel commentator right now, and I like when he breaks out of expectations and throws out something you figured WWE wouldn't want its people to say.

Man God said:
I listened to around 20 minutes of Impact last week doing the dishes and man did it sound awful.

A powerful kind of awful that has caused more than one review to contemplate or actually drop Impact. I love Review an Impact (probably my favorite wrestling podcast ever) and would mourn its loss but if they literally cannot stomach reviewing a show that they know is bad because it is too terrible to review is a really powerful statement on how bad it is.

Alverez overreacts all the time, that's his thing after all but he also sounded broken and defeated by last Thursday's Impact.

I myself can't even muster the give a fuck necessary to joke about it.
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I haven't even read a "TNA Results" recap on the Internet in at least two years.
 
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somedevil

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Man God said:
I listened to around 20 minutes of Impact last week doing the dishes and man did it sound awful.

A powerful kind of awful that has caused more than one review to contemplate or actually drop Impact. I love Review an Impact (probably my favorite wrestling podcast ever) and would mourn its loss but if they literally cannot stomach reviewing a show that they know is bad because it is too terrible to review is a really powerful statement on how bad it is.

Alverez overreacts all the time, that's his thing after all but he also sounded broken and defeated by last Thursday's Impact.

I myself can't even muster the give a fuck necessary to joke about it.
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lol, Wai Ting sounded depressed and defeated. I was afraid he was going to jump off the ledge.
 
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