Occupation of the Indies

[Loss]

I just wanted to start a thread about this. I see from Google that it looks like episode 100 was on 9/24/04, so I'm guessing this started around 2002. Is that correct? What kind of stuff was featured here that might be hard to find elsewhere? What stands out about this show to anyone who watched it? I'm interested in learning more, so feel free to discuss whatever you want about it in this thread.

[mookeighana]

If anyone is looking for some reminders of the sort of great stuff they showed, you can check out http://japaneseindysleaze.tumblr.com/ with a bunch of purodvd.com screencaps.

[mookeighana]

The episode listings are tantalizingly bizzare: (from purodvd descriptions) --

 

#100: WWS highlights from 09/19/04, Mr. Pogo vs. The Wolf

 

#103: Crown highlights from 10/10/04, including some guy pretending to be hit with an Asai moonsault, Jim Duggan & Leatherface, & a ceremony for Big Bossman

 

#109: Indy 11/21/04 w/drinking during the matches: Gosaku, Men's Teioh & Ayako Hamada vs. Winger

 

#111: Abdullah Kobayashi's wedding planning & wedding ceremony

 

#112: 666 with a guy doing a 450 splash into fireworks

 

#118: Clips from a whacky home movie where a guy gets kidnapped and taken to a warehouse (with ring) to wrestle his abductor. Huracanranas & swinging DDTs with about 20 revolution each!

 

#123: 666 03/06/05 w/Little Red Riding Hood vs. The Wolf & a baby oil match with Ebessan & Danshoku Dino

 

#127: Backyard Wrestling video game challenge: BJPW (Ryuji Ito) vs. Backyarders (Pondo, Drunko, Supreme)

 

#128: DDT 04/09 & 04/10/05 w/Lazer's effects drawn shooting out of Poison Sawada JULIE's hands!

 

#129: Onita singing in a choir 04/18/05

 

#133: Old clips of Onryu wrestling 11/24 & 12/20/96 & 04/01/00 vs. Curry Man, 05/03/02 vs. MIKAMI

 

#138: Cruiser's Game 06/21/05 w/Asian Cougar, MIKAMI, Kaz Hayashi, Onryu

 

#139: Survival Tobita 06/26/05 w/Naoshi Sano & other pretending to be diving out of the ring etc. while they're actually on crashmats~

 

#143: 07/24/05 w/Kasai & SKB vs. Bin Laden & ? (Twin Tower Death Match)

 

#145: BJPW 08/09/05 w/Abby & Seikimoto doing the 'Great Antonio' truck pull

 

#146: Tarzan Goto press 08/16/05 sticking a dart up some guys ass

 

#149: 09/07/05 press w/Naoshi Sano & a guy dressed as Tiger Mask

 

#154: Including: A Mr. Pogo WWS match which leaves the arena, crosses the road, and goes into a shopping centre where Pogo takes a break to do some shopping.

 

#162: 12/03/05 w/Goro Tsunami, Another whacky movie where a guy is kidnapped and then 'wrestles' in the desert~

 

#164: INDY 12/31/05 w/Apple Miyuki, Ricky Fuji, and Mad Man Pondo & Mr. Pogo & Lingerie Muto vs. Nise Onita & ? & ? (Pink Tiger Mask, which ends up on fire)

 

#166: Indy 01/04/06 w/Poison Sawada vs. ? (Scorpions in a box match)

 

#208: 666 10/29/06 w/kids vs. adults all dressed as Flying Vampires~

 

#209: Osaka Pro 11/05/06 w/Hayato Jr. Fujita vs. Tiger's Mask & some juiced up guy squashing a frying pan

 

#210: Naoshi Sano waits out an AJPW show to catch Kojima by surprise and ask him to be on his Christmas indy show~!

 

#220: Some weird segment with a lady talking about some real cheap promotion then wrestling ichikari (ex-AJPW); Some dude gets married 02/08/07 w/Great Sasuke, and Mecha Mummy marrying a couple!!!!!!????

 

#223: Osaka Pro 02/24/07 w/Miyamoto & Zeus press slamming fools~!

 

#251: Indy 09/09/07 w/Invisible wrestlers, monsters and Survival Tobita~

[anotherspammer]

I got the show somehwat regularly for awhile. It could be frustrating, with one episode showing a good deal of matches and the next episode just a few minutes of clipped finishes and that frog interviewing somebody the whole time.