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Post by RedSmile on Mar 10, 2019 14:56:51 GMT -5
In this thread we celebrate 35+ years of Jushin Thunder Liger.
I figure we should start with a match against Owen Hart
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 18:15:53 GMT -5
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Post by AwamoriRock on Mar 10, 2019 18:19:55 GMT -5
Copying my post from the announcement thread since I loved these moments: Definite legend, hugely influential, and seeing him pull out Kishin Liger one last time in a special match would be great. But also underrated straight man comedy-wise. Ebessan, Tiger Mask and Liger vs. Perro, Kuishinbo and Super Delfin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUoQVBzeZXc
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 18:20:02 GMT -5
Liger stealing the selfie stick was also tremendous. lol
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Mar 10, 2019 18:24:54 GMT -5
he's got awesome theme music
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Post by Derk! on Mar 10, 2019 18:35:26 GMT -5
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Post by Lupin the Third on Mar 10, 2019 18:36:30 GMT -5
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Mar 10, 2019 18:37:50 GMT -5
Liger is one of my low-key all time favourites. He was one of the main guys who got me into watching Japanese wrestling back in the early 00s, and even then he was already a long time veteran. He's wrestled since 1984, when he retires he will have been an active wrestler in NJPW for FIVE DECADES- the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s. And he isn't exactly past it or anything, he can still put on great matches. It's incredible. He innovated so much in the ring, as both a high flier and technician he absolutely changed the game and between that and his striking, it's pretty much him and Tiger Mask who created the dynamic all-rounder style everybody uses today- but Liger KEPT doing it for ever and a day. He squashed brain cancer like it was a 1998 Goldberg jobber, dude was back in UNDER A MONTH. He fought in MMA with his damn mask, got his ass handed to him sure but he fought MMA in his mask and tried a koppo kick, dude was that committed to the gimmick. And here's a guy who looks like a dumpy Power Ranger and rarely cuts promos and when he does it's in Japanese- and he still got over as hell in the West. He wrestled in the first Nitro match ever, the guy essentially fired the opening shot in the Monday Night Wars.
I can't appreciate and celebrate the man's career enough, he's someone who the thought of him retiring seems almost impossible- he's been a fixture of pro wrestling since years before I was even watching. I don't even know where to begin with posting matches of his because there's just so much to go through and the more I think about Liger the more I feel like he has to be on the Mount Rushmore of wrestling. His impact on the industry is impossible to measure because SO much of what he did became the template for a lightweight wrestler.
Here's a rarity: His Kishin Liger theme.
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Post by Stu on Mar 10, 2019 18:40:41 GMT -5
Tyler Breeze: Regal!!!! I demand you give me a good opponent at Takeover!!!! Now!!! Now!!!! Aarrrggghhhh!!!
William Regal: You'll be facing Jushin Liger.
Tyler Breeze: .... that's cool.
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Post by RedSmile on Mar 10, 2019 18:43:10 GMT -5
Liger stealing the selfie stick was also tremendous. lol
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Post by 67 more on Mar 11, 2019 0:22:47 GMT -5
That NXT match made me so happy he appeared in a WWE ring, even if it was just once. Liger's amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 3:29:38 GMT -5
I seen this picture before but what the backstory to it?
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Post by 67 more on Mar 11, 2019 3:50:33 GMT -5
I seen this picture before but what the backstory to it? I'm assuming it's one of the cross-promotional Wrestling Summit shows, as a guess. It was held between WWE, NJPW and AJPW.
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Post by RedSmile on Mar 11, 2019 5:58:46 GMT -5
Here's a match against the late Hayabusa from the '94 Super J Cup.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 11, 2019 11:29:36 GMT -5
I wouldn't be mad at all if Liger got one more IWGP Jr. title run. I couldn't believe how well he could still go against Ishimori.
I know NJPW doesn't roll that way though.
If AEW gets a TV show this year, I hope he is on the first episode. It would be an awesome call back to the first Nitro and a good farewell to the American audience.
Seeing him live was on my bucket list, and I finally got to last year at ROH War of the Worlds. I cheaped out on getting a picture with him though. Really shouldn't have.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 11:38:17 GMT -5
The WWE should get him for Wrestlemania and let him and Rey go at it or something. It’ll never happen, but I can dream.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Mar 11, 2019 16:42:35 GMT -5
Always loved this match:
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Post by chazraps on Mar 11, 2019 16:43:56 GMT -5
Here's a match against the late Hayabusa from the '94 Super J Cup. Just revisited this last week on the anniversary of Hayabusa's death. What a match!
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Mar 11, 2019 16:45:14 GMT -5
Also, the Jushin Liger anime is pretty fun (albeit corny, and very 1980s) from the couple of episodes I saw.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 16:49:04 GMT -5
Liger has to be just about the coolest looking masked wrestler of all time.
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