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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Jun 15, 2012 1:12:06 GMT -5
I've just now started watching HUSTLE several years after the fact and obviously, since I don't speak a syllable of Japanese, there's a lot that is lost on me. I like the matches, the wrestlers, and the gimmicks but there's a whole cosmic crap ton that I'm totally clueless about.
So there's an M. Bison guy who runs the heel stable and they are fighting against a.....loose collection of faces?
The Monster stable has...lots of monsters. So far there's a red one, yellow one, a green leopard print piranha, and I think a purple vampire.
One guy looks like a total bad ass but his tights say "I'm Chicken". Not sure what to make of that one.
Masato Tanaka has a group of guys who do a jig with lots of ladies to a J-Pop version of Offspring.
Giant Silva had a match and it was actually not bad. Couldn't believe that one myself.
I'm trying to piece all of this together but for the life of me I have no idea what is going on. It doesn't stop my enjoyment of the shows, I like the matches a lot. But I feel like I'm missing out on something.
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Post by Sin Cara Tres on Jun 15, 2012 1:31:00 GMT -5
The M. Bison guy is General Takada aka Nobuhiko Takada. He was the head and main star of UWFi, the worked shoot style submission wrestling promotion. They did an interpromotional angle with New Japan and were basically destroyed in the process. He had some terrible real fights in PRIDE. HUSTLE was owned by the same company.
"I'm Chicken" is Naoya Ogawa. He was an Olympian in Judo and Antonio Inoki brought him into pro wrestling.
The Offspring guys would be "Team No Respect". They were a stable in FMW.
I think the story is basically...Takada is evil and has a bunch of monsters. Originally it was something like Takada bringing in PRIDE fighters to destroy pro wrestling and then someone took acid.
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Post by theryno665 on Jun 15, 2012 6:48:36 GMT -5
I still maintain that someone should fan-sub HUSTLE shows. That'd be great.
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Jun 15, 2012 7:04:18 GMT -5
HUSTLE was billed as "Pro-Wrestling Opera". It's basically a non-serious Japanese spoof of WWE.
The over-arching storyline is that Takada wants to dominate HUSTLE but the babyfaces are resisting so Takada has his Monster Army plus other mercenaries to fight them. There were a couple non Monster Army storylines going on here and there with people fighting for random reasons, but it all comes back to Takada vs HUSTLE.
But the important thing to remember is that HUSTLE was a comedy promotion. The next person who takes it seriously would be the first.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Jun 15, 2012 10:22:18 GMT -5
I still maintain that someone should fan-sub HUSTLE shows. That'd be great. or they can just sub eric cartman over it, saying THE ****, over and over and over AND OVER AND OVER again  |
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Post by Inspector_SpaceTime on Jun 15, 2012 14:54:24 GMT -5
Okay can someone explain aja kong and awesome kongs gimmick in it i was so confused
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Post by The OP on Jun 15, 2012 15:31:51 GMT -5
I'm curious about that myself. I've always wondered if Awesome Kong was originally named because of something to do with Aja Kong. I know they squared off in the ring as opponents at least once because I saw a match on video, but that's all I know about a connection between the two.
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Post by Cela on Jun 15, 2012 15:37:54 GMT -5
There was an erotic terrorist named YinLing who gave bird to an egg containing Akebono after Great Muta spat green mist on her nether regions.
Thanks cracked.com!
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Jun 15, 2012 16:13:04 GMT -5
There was an erotic terrorist named YinLing who gave bird to an egg containing Akebono after Great Muta spat green mist on her nether regions. Thanks cracked.com! america possibly couldn't think of anything THAT crazy ;D |
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Jun 15, 2012 17:44:02 GMT -5
Yes, Awesome Kong got the Kong name from Aja Kong as a sign of respect and they later teamed up as Double Kong. That wasn't in HUSTLE though.
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Post by Oak: Certified Jade Hater on Jun 15, 2012 18:41:16 GMT -5
The best part of HUSTLE? HARD GAY!
FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Jun 16, 2012 2:11:47 GMT -5
Yes, Awesome Kong got the Kong name from Aja Kong as a sign of respect and they later teamed up as Double Kong. That wasn't in HUSTLE though. Here's how dumb I am. I thought Awesome Kong got her name from the Colossal Kongs of early 90's WCW fame. It didn't occur to me she got it from Aja Kong until after I had started watching Hustle a few days ago. |
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Jun 17, 2012 2:29:21 GMT -5
Alright, I got another question for you guys. Why does Sonjay Dutt have a tail?
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