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This match is why joshi isn't as brutal as it used to be. It turned into a legit shoot and ended both careers - one due to injury (she had health problems even before she was a wrestler and even gave up the ability to have children so she could wrestle because it was her dream), the other because of the reputation it earned her.
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>>6084Nice definitely gonna record that one too
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>>6083Havent watched NJPW in a little while, has it gotten that bad?
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>>6084The first japanese wrestling I ever saw was actually FMW. I did some trading for vhs tapes back in the day and one of the guys i traded with was from Japan. I taped him a bunch of WCW and ECW shows and he sent me some FMW tapes. Absolutely loved it, even though i couldnt understand a word of what was being said.
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>>6084Dear god the blond one is fucking crazy, who the fuck is she? It looks like she's probably the meanest prison dyke in asia.
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>>6086It's watchable but their problem is that they don't have any main eventers, which really hurts their cards.
Goto is like the top guy they have, followed by Shingo. Okada's gone, Naito is gone, Tana is washed and retiring, Jay White is gone, no real draws to speak of.
The younger midcarders are alright but there really isn't anyone to season them or for them to build names against.
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>>6090That's Yoshiko. She pretty much got blackballed after this. Her trainer brought her over into her promotion for a bit but she just had go-away heat after this. She made a small name for herself during the pandemic when she lost a bunch of weight and tried to rehabilitate her image a bit but she vanished off the face of the earth in 2022.
Act, the other one, had to retire because her already bad eye was damaged. But she has some social media presence and works with Actwres Girls, which isn't really a wrestling company (although they put on matches) but does wrestling-related stuff.
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>>6092I can see why, she is absolutely brutalizing this poor girl. Its almost hard to watch. Almost.
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>>6093Well, Goto really doesn't have any business being anything higher than an upper midcarder, that's the problem. They just don't have any bigger, better established names apart from the old timers so he's the World Heavyweight champ now.
I've always been an Ishii guy. But he's short and pushing 50. If it were me, I'd still slap the belt on him. My dream booking for an Ishii run was always that any guy could be the one to believably beat him given his past but he'd keep winning, despite the odds. I think it would have been an exciting run.
But I also don't see Bushiroad taking that chance with him. I'm starting to get the sense that they're kind of the Tony Khans of the puroresu world.
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>>6095>Almost.kek
The really sad part is that they were both legit good, in different ways. Act was a great storyteller and had a charisma where she easily connected with people. Yoshiko, on the other hand, was legit good in the ring especially for someone who was larger.
In a different universe they'd be two of the names everyone would be talking about WWE and AEW poaching.
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>>6077One of my favorite matches last year was Mayu Iwatani (who, like I said, is probably the best women's wrestler working today) vs Sareee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFm_vDg8mcWhat I like about Mayu is that she's dimes in the ring, sells well, is great at connecting with the audience, and she pretty much *never* has a bad match. At least in Stardom, any match she'd have would usually be best of the show unless something else big was happening.
I don't know how she'll do in Marigold considering that the roster is well beneath her in terms of talent but I kind of figure she's going to take a "mom" role of sorts.
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>>6096Yeah it doesn't seem that smart to put it on Goto, if they didnt want to go with one of the old guys like Shingo or Ishii, they could always just put it on someone who isnt that well known and give them a chance.
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>>6102They had it on ZSJ for a bit but there was a ton of interest in Goto *finally* getting the belt when he was booked against him. I think Goto is probably their biggest domestic draw out of all those names, which was why they went with him.
Seems to me like they're building him up with the idea of having one of the younger guys taking it off him. They apparently want to position Shota Umino as the next ace but he just doesn't have "It", at least at the moment. He wrestled at Wrestle Kingdom against ZSJ (Umino didn't win the G1 - ZSJ won and took his title shot early) and it was a giant flop. Yota Tsuji is the strongest of the "younger" talent but he's 32. Yuya Uemura and Ryohei Oiwa are other possible choices, with a slight edge to the latter because he's a little younger but neither has quite the experience as Tsuji. And meanwhile there's Gabe Kidd, who's managed to get over with the fans and had a good match with Kenny Omega several months ago.
It's an interesting scene that isn't quite as bleak as it sounds but there isn't really anyone who "stands out" and that's what they really need.
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>>6097So what caused the shoot? Did they both have the same baby daddy or something?
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>>6103I have to say I never liked Shota Umino, and never particularly liked Iyo/Io. With Shota, I agree with you that he doesn't have what it takes. Even Ren Narita might be better than him because he is at least a decent wrestler. Actually, when I think about it, the smartest move would be to put it on Tsuji. As for Iyo, I admit I am biased because some of her fans are rather obnoxious. that makes me want to hate on Iyo just to piss them off lol.
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>>6104Backstage stuff, mostly. Apparently there was a lot of bullying allowed and quite a bit of jealousy that Act was over as much as she was (again, she got over mostly through showmanship and charisma). The trainer was old school and apparently pushed that attitude.
It also didn't help that Yoshiko was like 22 at the time, young, and brash. There was just a lot of tension that should have never been allowed to reach the point it did. Backstage heat can make for some of the best wrestling but it can also lead to explosions when not managed properly.
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>>6105Kek, Shota is a legit beef but Iyo doesn't deserve it. She was Stardom's original ace and deserved that title. I agree her fans can be obnoxious as fuck though so I see no shame ripping on her to spite them.
I agree about Tsuji. They just need *someone*. Doesn't have to be *the guy*. But he's a much better choice than Shota. I honestly don't know what they're doing with Narita, he seems buried in these conversations due to the whole HoT thing and I don't understand why New Japan would do him that way.
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>>6106Always sad when things get that badly out of hand. It might have actually been better if they had fought out back in the parking lot after the show or something like that. If it had happened like that, there likely would have been people around to break it up before it went that far.
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>>6108Yeah Narita has no charisma but he could maybe develop that. He can at least put on a good match and they could always work with him on the rest. I have always thought Tsuji would become a very big deal, he stands out and everyone seems to like him. And I'll admit, it's not Iyo's fault that some of her fans are filth.
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>>6110>And I'll admit, it's not Iyo's fault that some of her fans are filth.It's the case with a lot of joshi fans, sadly. And I say that as a joshi fan.
I really never got why people complained about "joshipedos" until I started the joshi general. I just wanted to share matches mostly, kind of like I'm doing in this thread. But dear god that thread became a mess, and worse there were people who wanted to flirt with the line I was intentionally trying to avoid.
There's a lot to enjoy about joshi but goddamn are the most outspoken fans a bunch of creepers.
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>>6113I do see what you meant about Mayu Iwatani being very good. I can kind of see why people talk about her a lot.
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>>6115She has an interesting background as well.
She was gangraped when she was back in school. Dropped out and went full on shut-in afterwards.
Then one day she saw pro-wrestling on TV and got the idea in her head that she wanted to do that. Saw a company offering try-outs so she ran away from home and ended up living under the roof of the guy who started the company.
She was the worst prospect out of the new students but she stuck with it. Paid her dues. Continued to improve. And now she's largely seen as one of the best.
Rossy, the guy who started Stardom, was fired last year for poaching talent to start his new company (he knew the writing was on the wall). Mayu wanted to go with him but didn't because she had a year on her contract and they made a movie about her life story so she stayed on to promote it.
She connects well because, despite being very good, she is also personally quite clumsy, a bit goofy, and is prone to things like getting lost in new cities. WWE had expressed interest in her but she's not really interested in leaving Japan because she has her apartment, her dogs, her life, and is happy with that.
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>>6119Good for her. I doubt they would have done much with her, probably would have jobbed her out to that fat coconut slurping samon bitch.
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>>6124I don't understand WWE's obsession with islandniggers personally
I mean, I guess I do because nepotism but it ain't helping business
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>>6127I really cant help but wonder if the anoa'i family has some really terrible dirt on vince and WWE as a whole. They really have been shown an extreme degree of favoritism and there must be some reason for that. Would be funny if they were a shoot samoan mafia family who killed people for Vince back in the day.
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>>6135Probably loaned him money when WWF was in the dumps back before the Attitude Era
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Poi is so based you guys.
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>>6780I am ready to start the 4th reich with Poi as its leader.
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>>6786Sounds like you're ready to join the Natsupoi Army of Zealous Individuals Party.
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>>7297I was going to but I kept waiting for you to show up and didn't want to steal your gimmick – what took you so long?!
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>>7297These are really good. I did most of the 92 songs and I must say this is well done. Fuck nigeru.
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>No Nigger Zone
I love Sharty so much you guys
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If this board is going to be dead and if a thread has to be at the top, it's going to be a Poi thread goddammit
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>>7801support and encourage poi
denounce and scold rhea riperi
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>>7816I bet you Buddy watched as that nigger stuck his dick in her
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This board has become gay and dimeless.
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Poi ain't getting slid
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>>9336Nah, she's just Shingo's beard, it's well known backstage that he's one of the biggest cock lovers in NJPW
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>>9722but enough about you
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>>9743What are you, Shingo's boyfriend?
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>>9336I hope Poi and Shingo have much happiness and many babies together. It's always beautiful when two based people get together.
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>>9807Imagine the kids they'd have.
The world is not ready for that level of basedness.
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This board has a serious nigger problem now.
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fraid so
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Niggers trying to slide the Zone
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