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Post by Kick Your Face on Apr 25, 2010 16:31:47 GMT -5
From Wrestling Observer:
--Japan's biggest star may be headed to the U.S.
Who and what could this mean?
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Post by Richard on Apr 25, 2010 16:32:41 GMT -5
I'd put money on it being an MMA guy heading to UFC.
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Post by Kick Your Face on Apr 25, 2010 16:34:15 GMT -5
I'd put money on it being an MMA guy heading to UFC. Wouldn't that be Sakuraba, though? That doesn't really make sense. |
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Post by The Tank on Apr 25, 2010 16:34:56 GMT -5
Hmmm.............................not sure who the "biggest star" in wrasslin' today is in Japan.
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Post by Richard on Apr 25, 2010 16:37:45 GMT -5
I'd put money on it being an MMA guy heading to UFC. Wouldn't that be Sakuraba, though? That doesn't really make sense. I got no clue. I just figure if it was a wrestling star, someone else would have it as well. |
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Post by Kick Your Face on Apr 25, 2010 16:42:18 GMT -5
Wouldn't that be Sakuraba, though? That doesn't really make sense. I got no clue. I just figure if it was a wrestling star, someone else would have it as well. Ah, good point. Meltzer does tend to overinflate popularity. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2010 17:15:17 GMT -5
I don't even know who it would be in puroresu anymore. Maybe Mutoh's doing a couple of shows in the U.S. again? Sakuraba, as was said, doesn't make sense.
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Post by Kick Your Face on Apr 25, 2010 17:19:57 GMT -5
I don't even know who it would be in puroresu anymore. Maybe Mutoh's doing a couple of shows in the U.S. again? Sakuraba, as was said, doesn't make sense. Muto and Kobashi are injured. They were the first two to come to mind. But I don't think that's possible unless it's a non-wrestling role or Kobashi plans on returning soon, as he started his training over a month ago. Huge Japanese MMA stars... Tamura or Kosaka? |
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Post by pks on Apr 25, 2010 23:23:26 GMT -5
Hmmm.............................not sure who the "biggest star" in wrasslin' today is in Japan. Anyone but Tanahashi is wrong. There's lots of guys who are big over there, but Tanahashi is easily the biggest name in Japan right now. Followed by Nakamura and Marufuji |
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Apr 25, 2010 23:41:09 GMT -5
I just saw the name Chan Sung Jung on the UFC group on Facebook...
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 26, 2010 0:29:17 GMT -5
I'm going to hazard a guess and say that one of most of the recognizable Japanese starts is Liger. Maybe New Japan is loaning Liger to TNA for a while?
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Post by Kris Kobain on Apr 26, 2010 0:35:13 GMT -5
Godzilla
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Post by Angus Mcloud on Apr 26, 2010 0:43:03 GMT -5
What if Japans deploying the world largest throwing star to target the US. Thank god for Dave Meltzer warning us.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 26, 2010 2:31:50 GMT -5
Why didn't I think of this earlier?
Japan's biggest star... Akebono.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Apr 26, 2010 3:54:14 GMT -5
What about Morishima? I mean isn't a big name? I would say him or Tannahashi. Man how cool would a Joe-Morishima or Styles-Tannahashi feud in TNA be.
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Post by dsriggs on Apr 26, 2010 4:01:34 GMT -5
Morishima's back in the upper-midcard these days.
I'm guessing Tanahashi's gonna be jobbing in TNA again, but who knows?
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Post by Kris Kobain on Apr 26, 2010 4:32:19 GMT -5
What if Japans deploying the world largest throwing star to target the US. Thank god for Dave Meltzer warning us. The Department of Homeland Security has reports stating when this will happen. After it happens the press will get word that TOHS had the report all along. They will deny it. |
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Post by smoot on Apr 28, 2010 0:52:50 GMT -5
Crazy thought... is anyone big in Japan right now an "import" from over here? It'd be lame and cheaty if the "big name" turns out to have been American in the first place, but it's possible...
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Post by Alucard on Apr 28, 2010 2:01:11 GMT -5
How very vague.
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Post by kropotkin on Apr 28, 2010 2:05:43 GMT -5
But Hello Kitty is already popular in North America?
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