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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 16, 2018 8:24:12 GMT -5
I love this guy and am so glad to see he’s still going and in great shape.
I just saw on Facebook that he is facing PCO for the first time ever or at least it is being promoted as such anyway.
I wish NJPW would use him again. He’s one of the dudes that helped make the NEVER Openweight Championship a thing for better or worse.
For as much as people remember ECW, it isn’t brought up nearly enough that some of the funnest heavyweight title matches the company ever has were Mike Awesome trying to murder this guy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 8:34:50 GMT -5
How is his health in general now? I had read he suffered a fair bit as a result of chairshots etc in the past
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 16, 2018 8:36:09 GMT -5
I don't know how he's held up so well.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 16, 2018 8:39:00 GMT -5
How is his health in general now? I had read he suffered a fair bit as a result of chairshots etc in the past Yeah that’s one of the thing that amazes. I mean he looks in great shape from a 2018 photo I saw of him. Key word being “looks”. He’s got the scar tissue on his forehead, but other than that dude looks great. What’s going on inside and how his body is really feeling after all these years could be a much different story.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 16, 2018 23:34:35 GMT -5
Had a match today for Zero1 teaming with the badass Nanae Takahashi.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 17, 2018 8:55:34 GMT -5
The guy looks incredible for his age. Hope all is also well in his head and wallet.
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Post by chronocross on Dec 17, 2018 9:13:26 GMT -5
He looks a lot better than I thought he would at this stage, is he still taking those crazy chairshots to the head like before?
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Post by eJm on Dec 17, 2018 9:50:26 GMT -5
I saw him in Dublin at the start of the month (which was where the Jordynne Grace picture came from) and it was wild to see him live and in person and also how great and sharp he still is in the ring. Like he was essentially hanging with people who were at least half his age with great ease.
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Post by MrElijah on Dec 17, 2018 10:47:54 GMT -5
Thanks to Tanaka, I'll always mark for the Roaring Elbow, Sliding D and Diamond Dust.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 17, 2018 10:51:04 GMT -5
He looks a lot better than I thought he would at this stage, is he still taking those crazy chairshots to the head like before? no, I haven't seen him take any cte chairshots in a long time.
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Post by salz4life on Dec 17, 2018 12:39:03 GMT -5
Tanaka/Awesome were f'ing incredible matches, chairshots to the head aside.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 18, 2018 11:34:42 GMT -5
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Post by Steveweiser on Dec 19, 2018 13:49:12 GMT -5
I saw him at Fight Club: PRO a couple of weeks ago, and he was still taking chairshots to the head, especially from WALTER.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 19, 2018 16:29:01 GMT -5
I discovered ECW pretty late, Tanaka was one of the main reasons I kept tuning in.
Dude was/is a BEAST
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 19, 2018 18:25:24 GMT -5
I don't know how he's held up so well. Well, he has excellent taste in female wrestlers at the very least. Tanaka is the f***ing bomb.
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Post by TGM on Dec 19, 2018 18:28:59 GMT -5
Tanaka/Awesome were f'ing incredible matches, chairshots to the head aside. I got a concussion just watching them.
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