lodirulz
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Post by lodirulz on Mar 14, 2013 20:38:34 GMT -5
I'll admit, although I have seen a few matches here and there, my knowledge of wrestling is lacking in the Japanese Promotions. But from what I've seen, it's really interesting stuff, and I'm sure there's a ton of gem matches out there.
Can you give some recommendations on what I should check out?
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Post by Starshine on Mar 14, 2013 20:42:46 GMT -5
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Post by Larryhausen on Mar 14, 2013 20:42:57 GMT -5
What type of style would you like? There's the hard hitting, strong style stuff, the super fast paced Lucha inspired stuff, and the comedy stuff.
I'm by no means a Puro expert, but I've always dug KENTA, and I'm really digging Okada.
One thing I will recommend though is watching The Hiroshi Hase/Great Muta match that gave birth to the Muta Scale that gets brought up every now and then.
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lodirulz
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Post by lodirulz on Mar 14, 2013 20:53:33 GMT -5
What type of style would you like? There's the hard hitting, strong style stuff, the super fast paced Lucha inspired stuff, and the comedy stuff. I'm by no means a Puro expert, but I've always dug KENTA, and I'm really digging Okada. One thing I will recommend though is watching The Hiroshi Hase/Great Muta match that gave birth to the Muta Scale that gets brought up every now and then. The only thing I really don't like are the deathmatches that were inspired off of promotions like FMW. Not saying that I don't like the bloody, violent style of wrestling, I've watched a ton of videos on ECW over the years. And believe me, there's some fairly decent brawls you can find if you look around, but there's one way of doing a deathmatch, then there's throwing your opponents into barbed wire wrapped cactus. |
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Mar 14, 2013 21:40:48 GMT -5
Everything that isn't this.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 14, 2013 21:56:15 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 4:29:43 GMT -5
You can't go wrong with anything from the mid 90's in All Japan involving Misawa, Kawada, Kobashi, Hansen, or Williams.
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Post by W?Y on Mar 15, 2013 8:05:05 GMT -5
Honestly, try anything from the New Japan junior heavyweight division in the last couple of years; specifically, try a few matches from the Best of the Super Juniors and see who interests you. Early matches are usually pretty short, and you can get a grasp of who has a style you like.
Specifically, watch a match with Kota Ibushi or Naomichi Marufuji. Chances are, you won't believe your eyes.
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Post by BatPunk on Mar 17, 2013 12:27:31 GMT -5
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Post by aaronslip on Mar 17, 2013 14:34:37 GMT -5
Try and get a comp of Keiji Muto 2001. Seriously. he was considered one of the greats in the late 80's early 90's - then towards the end of the 90's and in 2000 he was deemed a shell of himself due to his bad knees. He was even involved in Russo WCW.
Then out of nowhere - the guy shaves his head, gets a new look and has the best year of his life with several BLINDERS. Amazing really.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2013 14:48:43 GMT -5
To name a few
Keiji Mutoh vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW '01
Great Muta vs Hakushi - NJPW '96
Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue - AJPW Oct 95
Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen ' AJPW '93
Genichiro Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta - AJPW '89
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Post by chazraps on Mar 18, 2013 3:33:15 GMT -5
You know IVP Video offers a FREE DVD Download of a Japanese Wrestling sampler just for the beginner, like yourself, right? Check it out, real easy download and DVD-R burn instructions: new.ivpvideos2.com/product_info.php?products_id=9192Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen The Great Muta -vs- Hulk Hogan Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) vs. Jushin Lyger Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Morishima & Yone Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams, Big Bubba, and Richard Slinger Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa vs. Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi - Fluorescent Light Tube Death Match Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada American Dragon & James Gibson vs. Jado & Gedo Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi |
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Mar 18, 2013 10:34:08 GMT -5
You know IVP Video offers a FREE DVD Download of a Japanese Wrestling sampler just for the beginner, like yourself, right? Check it out, real easy download and DVD-R burn instructions: new.ivpvideos2.com/product_info.php?products_id=9192Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen The Great Muta -vs- Hulk Hogan Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) vs. Jushin Lyger Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Morishima & Yone Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams, Big Bubba, and Richard Slinger Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa vs. Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi - Fluorescent Light Tube Death Match Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada American Dragon & James Gibson vs. Jado & Gedo Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi Cheers for the heads up on this, fantastic deal (if it even qualifies as such). |
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Post by Jiren on Mar 18, 2013 11:22:46 GMT -5
Jushin Liger vs Great Muta
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Post by Derk! on Mar 18, 2013 21:06:01 GMT -5
You know IVP Video offers a FREE DVD Download of a Japanese Wrestling sampler just for the beginner, like yourself, right? Check it out, real easy download and DVD-R burn instructions: new.ivpvideos2.com/product_info.php?products_id=9192Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen The Great Muta -vs- Hulk Hogan Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) vs. Jushin Lyger Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Morishima & Yone Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams, Big Bubba, and Richard Slinger Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa vs. Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi - Fluorescent Light Tube Death Match Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada American Dragon & James Gibson vs. Jado & Gedo Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi REALLY wish those were individual downloads. 4.3GB!!! Jeez |
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Post by chazraps on Mar 18, 2013 22:35:24 GMT -5
You know IVP Video offers a FREE DVD Download of a Japanese Wrestling sampler just for the beginner, like yourself, right? Check it out, real easy download and DVD-R burn instructions: new.ivpvideos2.com/product_info.php?products_id=9192Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen The Great Muta -vs- Hulk Hogan Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) vs. Jushin Lyger Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Morishima & Yone Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams, Big Bubba, and Richard Slinger Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa vs. Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi - Fluorescent Light Tube Death Match Aja Kong & Bull Nakano vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada American Dragon & James Gibson vs. Jado & Gedo Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi REALLY wish those were individual downloads. 4.3GB!!! Jeez It's 4.3 because it's a high quality DVD download that's meant to be burned to a disc and watched from a DVD player, not watched like an AVI. |
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Post by Derk! on Mar 19, 2013 14:12:47 GMT -5
REALLY wish those were individual downloads. 4.3GB!!! Jeez It's 4.3 because it's a high quality DVD download that's meant to be burned to a disc and watched from a DVD player, not watched like an AVI. I see. That's pretty cool. Especially for free. |
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