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From Milo To Misawa: The Men, Myths, and Legends of Classic Puroresu


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My solo podcast on puroresu history has released its pilot episode. It's an hour-long look at the Idol Showdown between Jumbo Tsuruta and Mil Mascaras, but it's not a standard review of the match. I go deep into the historical context of the match, building the story up through the groundbreaking use of entrance music for Mascaras in early 1977. I take a look at the fan culture of the time, through the perspective of a fan club chairman whose life was shaped by Mascaras. I uncover the reason why the Jumbo-Mascaras match was booked.

I take an educational approach to the match discussion, hoping to give modern fans a guide to appreciate the more traditional craftsmanship at play. But there's also a deep discussion of Jumbo's early issues with the core puroresu fandom, which ranged from the style and structure of his matches to his broader demeanor. And yes, I also talk about Mascaras.

If you have enjoyed any of my writing on the board, I urge you to give this a shot. There's so much that I haven't shared before.

FM2M001 - Night of the Idols | From Milo To Misawa

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Rest assured that I have no intent of leaving this as a one-off. I can't promise a quick turnaround time, because I am not going to simply regurgitate my PWO corpus for material. But I have various ideas for the future, and some of them were hinted at in the pilot! Episode 2 is going to be a Ryuma Go biography with a lot of new material. I want to cover Inoki vs. Kobayashi after that. These will be warmups for my first multi-parter: a three-part saga on Kintaro Oki and the history of South Korean wrestling.

But as they say, card subject to change.

 

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