You would think a clean W over the world champ would warrant a title matchSame, it's guaranteed to be a good match but it's their third match already in 6 months
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It'll be their 4th since May.Same, it's guaranteed to be a good match but it's their third match already in 6 months
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said what he said
I'm confused too. 9/3 AND 9/4?
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Road to Destruction OP? :yano:
I was wrong breh, you're right it's 9/4 and 9/11
Saw this and thought it was interesting:
This guy works as a photographer for Japanese wrestling, and gets a lot of cool, behind the scenes shots, as well as posed photos. It's a great Instagram account to look at and follow:
InoueTakahiro (@kaminogeboy) • Instagram photos and videos
This guy works as a photographer for Japanese wrestling, and gets a lot of cool, behind the scenes shots, as well as posed photos. It's a great Instagram account to look at and follow:
InoueTakahiro (@kaminogeboy) • Instagram photos and videos
Some notes from the signing ceremony for Destruction:
Takahashi is out with a neck injury.
Nakamura says that he still hasn't regained the weight he lost during his injury. He says that the swelling in his elbow has gone down, but it still hurts.
Some translations of Honma's & Kushida's interview from a few days ago (thanks to @e_key_oide):
Cozy is Kojima, for those who don't know.
From a Jado interview:
Takahashi is out with a neck injury.
Nakamura says that he still hasn't regained the weight he lost during his injury. He says that the swelling in his elbow has gone down, but it still hurts.
Some translations of Honma's & Kushida's interview from a few days ago (thanks to @e_key_oide):
Cozy is Kojima, for those who don't know.
From a Jado interview:
do they eat in Japan?
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From the classic Observer
The image of Inoki with a fake moustache
The image of Inoki with a fake moustache
The Rainmaker
Mr. Money in the Bank
If you try to question him about his denim shirt, you would probably die.
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Bit on Hayabusa from the Observer
Eiji Ezaki, 46, who was best known as Hayabusa, one of the best high flyers in wrestling until he was left nearly paralyzed by a ring accident 14 years ago, walked to the ring at Korakuen Hall on 8/5 in an emotion-filled event that featured many of the biggest name wrestlers in Japan.
After debuting in 1991, Ezaki became one of the top stars of FMW in 1995 as the masked Hayabusa. On May 5, 1995, at Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, a main event of Atsushi Onita beating Hayabusa in an exploding ring explosive barbed wire steel cage match drew 50,000 fans paying $2.5 million. While Onita and his supposed retirement match was the big draw, it is notable that Hayabusa had just returned to Japan after wrestling on small shows in Florida.
After Onita, the company’s biggest star, retired, Hayabusa became the new top star. On May 5, 1996, also at Kawasaki Stadium, a crowd of 33,231 saw Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo beating Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka in the main event in a no rope explosive barbed wire match.
Over his six plus years as Hayabusa, and also as H, he was noted for being one of the best and more graceful high flyers in wrestling, and held various versions of the company’s top singles title, which changed from being the FMW World Brass Knux title, to the Independent world heavyweight title to the World Entertainment Wrestling world title, six times.
But his career came to literally a crashing end at the age of 32. On October 22, 2001, at Korakuen Hall, he was wrestling in the main event against Mammoth Sasaki. During the match, Hayabusa did one of his trademark moves that he did in virtually every match, the quebrada, known in the U.S. as the lionsault that Chris Jericho uses. It was the one time, he slipped badly, didn’t get all the way over, and landed right on the top of his head.
He broke his neck in two places and was wheelchair bound. The loss of Hayabusa was so big that many claim it was the key reason for the folding of the promotion a few months later. In reality, the promotion was already deeply in debt, as the move from being a death match promotion to a WWE style entertainment promotion didn’t draw. The company was more than $1 million in debt when it folded in early 2002, and owner Shoichi Arai was reported to have hung himself a few months after the promotion declared bankruptcy due to having an outstanding debt to the Yakuza.
In August of 2002, Hiromichi “Kodo” Fuyuki, who was dying of cancer at about the same time (Fuyuki passed away in March of 2003 at the age of 42), urged Ezaki, who had basically given up, as he’d been wheelchair bound and was only able to barely move one arm, to keep fighting.
As the story goes, when Ezaki told him that he doesn’t think he will ever get out of the wheelchair, Fuyuki told him, “I don’t have much time left. I already know it’s over for me. But you? Your chances of getting better are not zero. Don’t lose hope. You can do it.”
Eventually Ezaki was able to regain some use of his legs and stand on his own.
He traveled several times to the U.S. and was affiliated with Dragon Gate.
The ceremony saw Ezaki, wearing his Hayabusa mask that he always still wears in public, use his cane to get out of his wheelchair while fans and wrestlers were moved to tears. He was able to take small steps and walk with his cane, and even with help, get up the ring steps and into the ring, where he gave a speech in the ring.
Among those in attendance included Genichiro Tenryu, Keiji Muto, Naomichi Marufuji, Kenta Kobashi, Tatsumi Fujinami and long-time rival Mr. Gannosuke.
