Three event recaps and digging into the Mentai Kid archives in light of his retirement.
Kyushu Pro AEON Omura Shopping Center 30th Anniversary 03/05/2025
Held at AEON Omura Shopping Center in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture. Not aired. KPW do a number of these “community-side” events, presumably as a result of sponsorships or where there is a charitable upside. No announced attendance, and it’d be hard to know because the ring (per photos) is literally in the mall forecourt next t
Series Outline
Part 1: The Noble Art of Jerking Curtains (You Are Here)
Part 2: King of Comedy
Part 3: The Heir to Rikidozan
Introduction – Who On Earth Is Mitsuo Momota?
On CageMatch, Mitsuo Momota has a fan rating of 4.71 out of 10. He mostly seems to turn up in six-man comedy matches with arthritic old men. For Mitsuo Momota’s official 30th Anniversary match, he wrestled a rookie in the first match on the card, and it was even clipped when shown on TV. He
Kyushu Pro Super Genki Festival ~ 17th Anniversary 27/04/2025
The biggest show of the year so far, in Fukuoka City’s Fukuoka West Japan General Exhibition Hall’s New Hall. Declared attendance of 2,576. This is a pretty big show by modern standards. All Japan’s Champion Carnival 2025 opener at the Korakuen (9th April) drew 1,105, and their biggest show of the year so far was their 24th February date in Hachioji, with an attendance of 1,870; KPW has two bigger than that. NOAH had