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That is a great pair of show-opening angle. Sets up so many potential match-ups coming out of the Lake Front Arena show.

Man, Tenryu and Jumbo are getting one heck of a push right out of the gate, going over the Von Erichs and The Nightmares. I'm loving it.

Nice touch with Matysik explaining what had happened since the show was taped. Gives the show a sense of 80s studio-wrestling realism.

I knew that bad knee was going to come into play! The dress shoe is a good gimmick, too.

Don't you mean to say that Hogan made Nikita look like a million... rubles? I can imagine arguing at school the next day over whether the Hogan or Savage match was better (it was the Savage match). Looking forward to the Main Event! Steel cage! Giant enforcer!

That makes perfect sense. I feel much the same.

Holy crap, you literally couldn't be more wrong. Talk about your sweeping generalizations. Firstly, just because somebody doesn't like Joey Ryan and his dick routine doesn't mean they dislike ALL comedy wrestling. ... I felt the exact same way then Mae Young gave birth to a hand, or when the world was introduced to Katie Vick. Not moments where I WAS proud to be a fan. Yep, you are right. It's not fair of me to accuse you of disliking all comedy pro wrestling. Elsewhere in this thread, Victator clearly states that he hates comedy in wrestling. In trying to reply to two different people, I kind of lumped your feeling shame when people bring up dumb crap that happens in pro wrestling with his disdain for all in-ring comedy stylings. But if you read my post a little more carefully I never suggested that YOU take yourself too seriously. You are the example of a person who feels some shame w/r/t being a pro wrestling fan. Victator is the example of a person who hates comedy in wrestling. Cornette's Racket with his "Imagine Joey Ryan trying that bollocks in mid south ?" might perhaps be someone who takes pro wrestling too seriously. I'm curious how much cross-over there is between "I'm ashamed of pro wrestling" "I HATE comedy wrestling" and "I take myself too seriously." Maybe not as much as I had imagined. Anyway I meant no offense...and stuff like Katie Vick did make me feel some shame, as well. That being said, you did write this: And, to be fair, that does not paint a picture of a person who is proud to be a wrestling fan. If anyone came at me with that kind of trash talk I'd laugh right in their face. Andy Warhol and Roland Barthes were both wrestling fans!

Oh, man! The legendary Corky's on Beale Street. I haven't had pulled pork shoulder in three years. At least I finally found a place here where they do a nice spare rib.

You know you have a strong, strong, strong card when you have Abdullah vs Hansen and Magnum TA vs Terry Funk on the same card... and neither of them are the Main Event... and it makes perfect sense that there are two matches booked above them. I hope the fans in Myrtle Beach, SC appreciated that!

Great to see the Super Ninja in action!

Man, that SNME looks sick. On paper, that's at least as good as anything we ever got from the WWF on free TV.

Oh, man! I pity Rick Martel going into a match with Ric Flair with an already-injured knee! What a fittingly classy exit for Andre the Giant!

Orndorff vs Muraco and Wahoo vs Atlas are both matches that I would have loved to see.

I think that "Harley Race's sidekick" is a good role for Adonis, and I'm looking forward to seeing how you use Tsuruta and Tenryu here.

When I was writing up the fantasy booking for Michinoku Pro last year, I came up with a scene where a few of the guys were discussing the worst possible entrance songs. These were the top 5: 5: You’re Having My Baby by Paul Anka 4: This Guy's In Love by Herb Alpert 3: MacArthur Park by Richard Harris 2: Muscrat Love by Captain & Tennille 1: Please Mister Please (Don't Play B-17) by Olivia Newton John

Wow, the floor of this thread is just littered with popped monocles. It's killing me. I wonder, based on The Thread Killer's comments above, how much of a connection there is between being being kind of ashamed of being a pro wrestling fan and hating comedy wrestling. I mean, obviously there is a connection between taking yourself too seriously/being unable to laugh at yourself and hating comedy wrestling. That's absolutely a huge part of it. It would not be totally surprising if the more self-serious among us also occasionally feel some kind of shame at having a goofy hobby... and it would make sense that, if that were the case, those folks would prefer serious and realistic wrestling and have a genuine distaste for anything that acknowledges the goofyness at the core of all pro wrestling and tries to have some fun with it. I'm kind of the contrapositive example in this case, I suppose. What I mean is: I am totally proud of my pro wrestling fandom. I'm proud to be a wrestling fan, proud to have been a pro wrestler, proud to count many wrestlers among my friends... I wear pro wrestling t-shirts all the time here in Japan where I live now. I have a small business teaching business and conversation English. Most of my students are professionals (surgeons, lawyers, engineers...), retired wealthy people, or high-level students at top universities. I will absolutely wear one of my Giant Baba or Osaka Pro t-shirts while teaching my clientele. Both here and in Canada, it's one of the first things that anyone learns about me: I am a huge pro wrestling nerd. I'm also a huge Classical Music nerd and a maniac about local sake. My wife, my friends, my students, and my drinking buddies all know and accept my many quirks and I have never felt any need to justify my massive nerdliness. And: I f'n LOVE comedy wrestling!! I was a ringside fixture at Osaka Pro shows for a long time after I moved here. That was a time of enormous joy in my life. Ebessan and Asian Cooger have been my drinking buddy for years. I have gone out of my way to see Danshoku Dino live. I once appeared on TV in a sketch with Razor Ramon RG where he was the Predator and I was Schwarzenegger... I'm not just a fan of comedy wrestling, I'm borderline obsessed with it. I'm not necessarily saying it's good or bad, either way, I'm just speculating: I'd assume El-P is not ashamed of being a wrestling fan... I'd assume most people who find Joey Ryan's gimmick kinda funny or at least acceptable also feel no shame at being pro wrestling fans. I'm curious if it's just The Thread Killer, or if, say, Victator and Cornette's Racket and anyone else who thinks Joey Ryan is a disgrace also sometimes feels like they are ashamed of being a pro wrestling fan. I don't mean any judgement by it, I'm mostly just curious. As a huge fan of comedy in wrestling, it would be very interesting for me to understand why some people just hate it.

Some very sad news today If I understood correctly what my friend was trying to tell me (and, sadly, I am pretty sure I did) there was a story in the news over here yesterday that Takayama is now paralyzed from the neck down. He took a bad bump off of a Sunset Flip back in May and has been hospitalized since then. Apparently he can still talk, but he can't move anything below his neck.

That seems like the best place for them.

JWA drops a little bit of extra talent into the pool by granting the following their release: Hirokazu Hata – 5’11” 207. The Barry Horowitz of Japan .Akira Nogami – 5’11” 198. Cocky technical wrestler Yoji “Mr. 200%” Anjo – 5’11” 220. Background in judo and muay thai. Colourful personality, good heel. The Cobra (George Takano) – 6’1” 254. Former NWA and WWF Jr. Heavyweight champion. Big bumper. Kind of a poor man's Tiger Mask. Shunji Takano – 6’7” 286. The Cobra’s tall and athletic brother. Shinichi Nakano – 6’1’ 242. A pretty good technical wrestler with a judo background.

Search for Ikeda. That will lead you to Jetlag

I downloaded a couple of CAWs from the workshop, made by by some guy named Jetlag. That you? It is Nice one! I'm pretty sure it was Ikeda and a couple of other ones. Thanks for making those and posting them.

I downloaded a couple of CAWs from the workshop, made by by some guy named Jetlag. That you?

Thanks! Just to be clear: Some stuff has come up in my life, but it is good stuff, not bad stuff. Some business opportunities, some social opportunities, and some good family stuff (my wife getting a promotion, my elder daughter getting more modelling and dancing opportunities, etc). It's killing me not to write up all the stuff I had planned out, but family and work are pretty clear priorities

With Hansen, Brody, and Abdullah in particular: Those guys were totally freelancers "in real life" who were just as likely to pop up in Japan or PR as in any territory. I think it adds some spice to the game that we can use them that way.

Here's the thing: There are only going to be a few matches voted in each year, right? And: When separating matches into "quality" and "importance" surely there were *several* matches that qualify for *both* categories, right? So... If we need to find a way to chose just a limited number of matches to put on the ballot... Why not - at first, anyway - limit it strictly to those matches that could arguably fit into *both* categories. So: there would be ZERO chance of Hogan vs. Andre being addressed until we have worked through ALL of the matches that are HOF-worthy based on both quality and importance. (Because: It's an important match, but the quality is not HOF level). Good. There would be ZERO chance of a superb-but-random AJPW semi-main six man tag going in until we have already worked through ALL of the matches that are at a similar level of quality but have more historical importance Also: Good. Some of our absolute personal favourite matches will just have to wait until we have first given HOF spots to ALL of the matches that deserve to get in because they were both great and important. You wanna vote for some random El Dandy or Dick Togo match that has personal meaning for you because you found it on an old tape somewhere and the action is amazing? Tough! This isn't a "participating voters favourite matches poll." This is a Hall of Fame. What belongs in a Hall of Fame? Matches that are both excellent and important. Everything else can wait its turn. (Matches that are not on tape can still be a separate category...)