Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[The Rainmaker]

Damn, that was hard to see. The hate was real. Kyohei couldn't do shyt.

 

[Jmare007]

BREHS, Yuji Okabayashi is truly back. Korakuen was going apeshyt for dude.



I'm too biased towards Yuji and Strong BJ in general so take this with a grain of salt: this is my puro MOTY



Hearing great things about Go vs Zeus so I'ma watch that now.

 

[TrueEpic08]

I got babygirl added on my facebook. So, I wished her well on her recovery. It's sad some people can't work a match without shooting. Anyway, here's the backstory.

"not sure what I just watched but the main event was bullshyt, plain and simple. It wasnt a match of any kind. show abruptly ending. Yoshiko beat the shyt out if Act. Like, she beat the shyt out of her face. Bloody as hell. Reporters are like wtf right now. Io apologizing to fans. Kimura threw in a towel for Act. Act was pissed but she was in no shape to continue. work or not, bullshyt main event.

[Act] was pwned. they went at it punching right away, like a no shyt fight and Yoshiko got the best of her three different times. it was so stupid that it had to be real. now the others like Nanae are in the ring trying to get the crowd to be happy b

He then gave a full explanation when it was a confirmed shoot.

The whole thing started with an angle, a wierd one. for whatever reason, Yoshiko wouldnt sign the contract. ok, so it sounds like a total work right?

so the main event introd are ready to start, with a table and chairs in the ring. work right?
so Act and Oedo Tai come out. Then Yoshiko and her gang.
talk back and forth on the mic, Yoshiko won't sign the contract. Oedo Tai beat her up. Act is gonna put her thru a table, but referee Kyohei Wada stops it.
ok, things settle down, Yoshiko leaves the ring and signs the contract, which is at The timekeeper's table with Rossi now.
Ok. Title match. Normal intros are done.
match starts and they just stand there. finally Act slowly makes her way to Yoshiko. Yoshiko slaps her and they start wildly swinging, Act kind of flailing, Yoshiko straight up punching and connecting.
Act is bloody and Wada stips the fight to have her nose looked at. Everyone at ringside seemed too startled, it wasnt smooth. Act kept going. at this point I thought this is all just a work, but damn they are laying it in. well, Yoshiko is.
Act is screaming to continue, so the match goes on.
They go at it again, not working, but fighting, and Yoshik is kicking her ass bad.
All I could think is wtf. Are they really doing this for a story?
They went at it one more time and Yoshiko punched away and Act was totally dominated.
In the middle exchange, Yoshiko did throw Act into the ropes. And she ran really poorly. Yoshiko just did a bodyblocj and knocked her on her ass. Nothing besides that resembled a match.
Then the ref was going to call the match, looking to Rossi. I was watching Rossi shake his head no, and Fuka looking like wtf. That is when Kimura threw in the towel.
Everyone was in a state of shock, Odeo and Kairi took Act to the back, Act screaming and crying the entire way. Yoshiko also left abruptly.
Then it was panic mode. This was 5 minutes into their mainevent"

https://prowrestlingisart.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/act-yasukawa-the-dirty-dirty-sheets-interview/

Apparently the two had heat with each other.
the two had heat with each other

Here's the highlight video of the incident.

Holy shyt, Act didn't have a chance in hell there. She went straight after the surgically repaired eye too? fukking hell.

This is beyond Maeda-level shooting, outright malicious even. Any more word on what may have caused this?

 

[SirReginald]

Holy shyt, Act didn't have a chance in hell there. She went straight after the surgically repaired eye too? fukking hell.

This is beyond Maeda-level shooting, outright malicious even. Any more word on what may have caused this?

She didn't want to drop the belt to Act is the word.

 

[TrueEpic08]

She didn't want to drop the belt to Act is the word.

I figured that was what it was. Not wanting to do proper business is at the heart of about 85% of all shoots, right?

Given how intense the beating was, though, I thought there would have been more to it than that.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Also I read from one of the workers with the company that there is a divide in the dressing room between those that are ''old school'' which means treating wrestling super seriously, beating respect into people etc and a newer type who treat it as entertainment.

Here it is

Yoshiko is and always was a bully. Things like that happened all the time backstage/at training/ streets. Act loves wrestling and would continue to fight even she knows she will die! Stardom has two parties, the ones who are "old school" and love to fight and kind of think pro wrestling is real and the other side do not agree with them, but can't help it. Because guess what, the leaders like Takahashi and Natzuki having the mentality "if you can't take it, stay out!" Do I agree? NOT at all! Its a disgrace! This needs to stop! This is also a shame, because it affects the whole stardom rooster, but believe me not all of them are like that. I hope act has a speedy recovery. She will be back, there is no question about it! I worked for stardom a long time, I know what is going on. I know act, she is a real life hero! !

Many girls left, some didn't even debuted. Iroha is leaving soon. Asuka ramey left. My hope is that yoshiko will be banned forever. Nanae said she is having a surgery on her ankle soon and will be out for a month or so. That means that the other girls hopefully get the chance to change some things. I know from the chats with the girls that they are terrified, few really just want to quit! This is not wrestling I used to love!

Very suprised such an experienced ref just stood by and let this happen too.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Also I read from one of the workers with the company that there is a divide in the dressing room between those that are ''old school'' which means treating wrestling super seriously, beating respect into people etc and a newer type who treat it as entertainment.

Here it is


Very suprised such an experienced ref just stood by and let this happen too.

Its not the worst japanese fight ive heard of (i think TARU still gets that for me ) but certainly one of the strangest. There had to be more to it as Yoshiko looked fukking deranged when she smiled. Act reminded me of a young Masato Tanaka the way she kept trying to get up and go back in. Still very strange... theres more to this

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

It's getting to be a pretty big deal now, Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine has it on their cover (to the annoyance of Tanahashi apparently)

 

[The Rainmaker]

Puro media doesn't give a fukk. If I remember correctly, WPW published the picture of Misawa receiving the backdrop that killed him.

 

[3Rivers]

It's getting to be a pretty big deal now, Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine has it on their cover (to the annoyance of Tanahashi apparently)

What did Tanahashi say?

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

What did Tanahashi say?

He says that the magazine's the one big thing that connects pro-wrestling to the mainstream and that to see Act's busted face on news-stands all across the country can only be a detriment to pro-wrestling and how it's perceived in Japan.

So just wants people to ignore it I guess.

 

[SirReginald]

It's getting to be a pretty big deal now, Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine has it on their cover (to the annoyance of Tanahashi apparently)

fukked up

 

[Evil genius Jay]

It's getting to be a pretty big deal now, Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine has it on their cover (to the annoyance of Tanahashi apparently)

what happened

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

So just wants people to ignore it I guess.

The picture doesnt look nearly as bad as the video though so at least the picture is somewhat tame

 

[Honga Ciganesta]