MoS Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 This remains a fantastic thread and here's my contribution to it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGinnetty Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 As a big puro fan for the last 29 years, this is my favorite thread ever! I can't express how grateful I am to you for your labors. Thank you very much for all this. Dan Ginnetty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 This thread is endlessly fascinating and the best thread on PWO. Looking forward to the follow-ups whenever you do them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted March 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Co-signed with El-P and I would absolutely love both a 4 Pillars project or a Tenryu bio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Same. And thanks for introducing me to deepl--it kicks Google Translate's ass as far as translating Japanese into readable English. I've been using it to read random bios on Dr. Mick's showapuroresu.com site. This has some pretty good info on the origins of SWS--I think it was originally posted on the Other Arena but it made its way to Classics sometime later. Some of the info from this thread contradicts it, but for 2000 this was as good first-hand info as we were gonna get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinchStalker Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 I should have the last chapter done by the end of the week, brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Just to say thank you so much for this. One of the greatest threads I've ever read. Many mindblowing details. I'm still recovering from learning that Sato from Orient Express was the booker for early 80s AJPW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 He was more than just a booker. He was a trainer and the examiner for the dojo's entrance test. While he was the booker, he was instrumental in creating a freer environment for the younger wrestlers where they were allowed to do big moves in their matches. He made a lot of reforms to the undercard of All Japan and improved the training methods for rookies. He broke Misawa and Koshinaka into the business and was highly respected by both. I believe he was also an interpreter for the foreigners. According to The Great Kabuki he now drives a truck in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 I thought Joe Higuchi was the interpreter/babysitter for the foreign wrestlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 They both performed the role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 I don't remember, was he still working with AJ when he got back to WWE with Shinzaki or was he settled in the US by then and just served as the WWF interpreter/contact for Shinzaki ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 No, he was involved with SWS and later WAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinchStalker Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Sato left the business entirely in 1997; one of the last things he did was train Emi Sakura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jdw Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 This thread is a good interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkc31 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Told you so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 This is an amazing thread. Too much to single out but 1. Sumo and puro really put the carny bullshit of American wrestling to shame 2. It's pretty fucking weird that Jumbo had a blog in 1996 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinchStalker Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 18 minutes ago, strobogo said: 2. It's pretty fucking weird that Jumbo had a blog in 1996 The website was made posthumously, tying in with the nonprofit his widow ran and named after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Oh that makes more sense. I was reading it like he was keeping up a proto-blog in his post wrestling career on the nascent internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I couldn't figure out how to match these to an original post or if we needed them. If we need to move any of them, please let me know. I'll lock this thread a week from today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinchStalker Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Loss said: I couldn't figure out how to match these to an original post or if we needed them. If we need to move any of them, please let me know. I'll lock this thread a week from today. I think we're fine. These are all inessential overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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