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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Aug 2, 2019 14:57:24 GMT -5
From the time he lost the title to Takeshi Rikio in March of 2005 until his retirement over 8 years later, he only suffered 1 pinfall loss, which was in his return match at the hands of Misawa in 2007, meaning Kobashi's last 6 years in the ring he was never pinned.
That is honestly one of the most insane invincibility streaks in the history of Pro Wrestling.
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Post by Cyno on Aug 2, 2019 15:19:58 GMT -5
Kobashi's had a hell of a life. Not only one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers ever, but he also kicked cancer's ass.
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Post by BRAINFADE on Aug 2, 2019 15:36:40 GMT -5
If that happened nowadays, fans only accustomed to WWE's 50/50 booking style would be out for blood.
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Post by Chainsaw on Aug 2, 2019 16:06:54 GMT -5
I tell you this much, if I was fighting Kobashi, after everything he's done and everything he's gone through, I wouldn't ask to have him put me over. Not a chance. It'd be an honor to eat a pin from that man.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 16:08:33 GMT -5
Kobashi vs The Undertaker is one of my low key dream matches.
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Aug 2, 2019 18:53:53 GMT -5
Kobashi's had a hell of a life. Not only one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers ever, but he also kicked cancer's ass. Nobody kicks out of the Burning Hammer. Not even cancer. |
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Post by Lupin the Third on Aug 2, 2019 19:19:16 GMT -5
Zettaiouja.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 19:21:04 GMT -5
Kobashi's had a hell of a life. Not only one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers ever, but he also kicked cancer's ass. Nobody kicks out of the Burning Hammer. Not even cancer. Indeed. Best protected move in wrestling. |
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Post by Convoy on Aug 2, 2019 20:04:58 GMT -5
That sea of purple and orange streamers gets me every time. |
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Post by Cyno on Aug 2, 2019 20:07:21 GMT -5
Burning Hammer deserves much better than to be used by the likes of Big (C)ass and Tyler Reks. lol
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Post by adamclark52 on Aug 2, 2019 21:17:49 GMT -5
Kobashi is a f***ing God amongst men
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Post by Lupin the Third on Aug 2, 2019 21:32:40 GMT -5
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Aug 2, 2019 21:45:46 GMT -5
The craziest part of how long that went? Apparently, Kobashi's chops were hard enough to cause extensive nerve damage in his arms. Which means that Sasaki took about two minutes of chops so hard they damage the user. |
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Post by Lupin the Third on Aug 2, 2019 21:57:39 GMT -5
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Post by realist on Aug 3, 2019 0:12:05 GMT -5
The craziest part of how long that went? Apparently, Kobashi's chops were hard enough to cause extensive nerve damage in his arms. Which means that Sasaki took about two minutes of chops so hard they damage the user. That is disgusting. Do they know it's a work?! |
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Aug 3, 2019 6:49:36 GMT -5
I’ve got the newspaper from the day after his retirement match. The headline is a quote from him. I translates roughly to “Baba...Misawa...I hope you were watching/I hope you saw me”.
It’s tempting to say there’ll never be another like him, but one can hope.
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Post by cuppacoffee - slight return on Aug 3, 2019 13:07:33 GMT -5
The craziest part of how long that went? Apparently, Kobashi's chops were hard enough to cause extensive nerve damage in his arms. Which means that Sasaki took about two minutes of chops so hard they damage the user. It’s also from about twelve minute in to a match that runs for another ten or more minutes after the end of that exchange. |
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Aug 3, 2019 18:51:39 GMT -5
Nobody kicks out of the Burning Hammer. Not even cancer. Indeed. Best protected move in wrestling. I remember during the Cruiserweight Classic, Kendrick gave Ibushi a burning hammer and Ibushi kicked out. I took a picture of the move and how devestating it looked and sent it to a friend of mine who was so pissed off about it he tweeted the picture to Triple H and basically told him WTF, NOBODY KICKS OUT OF A BURNING HAMMER! 😆 |
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Post by EyeofTyr on Aug 3, 2019 19:00:49 GMT -5
From the time he lost the title to Takeshi Rikio in March of 2005 until his retirement over 8 years later, he only suffered 1 pinfall loss, which was in his return match at the hands of Misawa in 2007, meaning Kobashi's last 6 years in the ring he was never pinned. That is honestly one of the most insane invincibility streaks in the history of Pro Wrestling. This'll be controversial to some people, because Kobashi is beloved and heck I liked him as a wrestler too, but it's one of the many issues that someone can point to and say "Yeah, this hurt NOAH in the long run" about Misawa's booking. Is Kobashi a national treasure? Yes. But so were other aces before him and a lot of them did what was expected of them in their career's twilight. Am I saying Kobashi should've been jobbed out? No, of course not. But like how Jumbo and the rest of the generation before the Four Pillars put them over to make them into legit main event players, Kobashi should've been doing the same for whoever they were thinking could be their next ace and the cast that would surround him. But this is less a critique of Kobashi and more of the man that was booking him. |
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Aug 3, 2019 20:08:38 GMT -5
As someone that wasn't watching puro at the time but most definitely saw many a Fight Network ad about how cool certain non-WWE guys were, Kenta Kobashi seemed like an absolute god. Like, beyond being as amazing as he is, he's always gonna have a soft spot in my heart for ads of him just chopping the f*** out of people.
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