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Post by Chris Decker-The Wild Rover on Aug 8, 2007 21:59:14 GMT -5
Misawa
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Post by Real Folk Bruce on Aug 8, 2007 23:05:43 GMT -5
Keiji Mutoh and Masa Chono by a LONG shot.They are definitely two of the baddest dudes to ever walk into the squared circle. Both awesome AWESOME wrestlers who have done so many amazing things.
Followed by
Jushin Thunder Liger
Hayabusa
Great Sasuke
El Samurai
Ultimo Dragon
CIMA
Masato Tanaka
Jinsei Shinzaki
Atsushi Onita
Misawa
Tiger Mask 4
Both Kentas
Inoki
Baba
As for the "Gaijins"
Terry Gordy
Stan Hansen
Abdullah
Brody
Dynamite Kid
Black Tiger 3(Eddie Guerrero in the best physical condition of his career)
Wild Pegasus(Chris Benoit,he had extraordinary talent and a fabled career,but he tossed it to the wind)
Terry and Dory Funk
Gary Albright
Johnny Ace(When he WASN'T in WWE.He was a great wrestler)
I'm probably forgetting some,but those guys in my opinion are the best of the best bar none.
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El Pollo Guerrera
Grimlock
His name has chicken in it, and he is good at makin' .gifs, so that's cool.
Status: Runner
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Aug 9, 2007 0:48:09 GMT -5
I can't pick one, so here's my list:
- Jushin "Thunder" Liger - Tiger Mask 4 - Shinjiro Ohtani (I love his New Japan matches, haven't seen a lot of him in Zero-One) - Great Sasuke - Kintaro Kanemura - CIMA - Dragon Kid - Gran Naniwa - Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi in All Japan - Yamakawa/Honma/Shadow WX in Big Japan - Mutah - Kaz Hayashi - Shuji Kondo - Magnum Tokyo - TAKA Michinoku - ...
...forget it, I can't finish this list. I'd be listing everyone who's ever wrestled in Japan except Akebono.
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Post by shiranui on Aug 9, 2007 0:51:11 GMT -5
All time: Hayabusa. He is the guy whose matches initially got me interested in Japanese wrestling.
Current: Naomichi Marufuji. I've always preferred Marufuji over KENTA for some reason, both are awesome though.
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Post by Nite-Owl Marks For Bloc Party on Aug 9, 2007 2:35:59 GMT -5
Kenta Kobashi.
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Fundertaker
Vegeta
Hideo Kojima should direct every ending ever!
Posts: 9,133
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Post by Fundertaker on Aug 9, 2007 4:56:08 GMT -5
Of all time: Chono (the guy didn't need titles to carry the promotion on his back, like Mutoh and Hashimoto, and he is amazing in the ring, only looked as "not as better as" Muto because he doesn't have a lizard/god persona that kicks ass) or Kobashi (see his matches, nothing more needs to be said) and Liger for Jr. Heavys
Right now: Togi Makabe (the Bruiser Brody of this generation, this guy is one of the best brawlers I've ever seen) and Milano Collection AT for Jr. Heavys
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Post by paulonorcatto on Aug 9, 2007 5:44:11 GMT -5
Atsushi Onita
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Post by Shane Leroy Matthews on Aug 9, 2007 5:53:19 GMT -5
Whooooo.....What a tought question !
I'll go with....
ALL-TIME:
Akira Maeda
(He might be a crazy bastard but he's awesome in the ring, a good wrestler and a vicious striker as well. I've you can get your hands on the Andre vs Maeda match where Maeda shoots on Andre, you'll now why he's a crazy bastard and it's always fun to see Andre fall on his ass when I guy the size of his hand attacks his tree trunk-legs.)
RIGHT NOW:
I haven't seen a lot of puro in the last 2 years so I'll just go with I guy I know from the all-time best promotion everyone needs to buy all their merchandising and dvds and stuff
Yoshiaki Yago
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Aug 9, 2007 6:41:53 GMT -5
Hansen Brody Gordy Steve Williams Vader Terry Funk (70s/80s)
If Gaijin workers don't count, I'm going to go with the ultimate hacky puro list of Kobashi, Misawa, Liger, and Muta, but that's only because those were the guys I felt like I needed to see when catching puro.
I never "got" Jun Akiyama. In my opinion, he stunk when he was younger and stinks worse now in NOAH. I saw a NOAH supercard that Akiyama main evented, and, for no reason, it was probably worse than Khali vs. Snitsky, and thankfully....I couldn't understand the announcers.
And of course, Marifuchi and KENTA are the bees knees. But since I can't bring myself to watch Antonio Inoki do anything for more than four minutes...I'm gonna have to go with Stan Hansen as my favorite puro.
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Aug 9, 2007 6:43:38 GMT -5
^ I always thought that Kawada, Hashimoto, and Maeda were very intriguing as well. Sorry for leaving them out of my morning rant.
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