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    Owen Watches Kyushu Pro

    29/06, 20/07, and 13/08 Recaps Summer Break Kyushu Pro took a little break after the Mentai retirement show, was active in June, but then pretty quiet through July and early August. Japanese companies, of course, have often run shorter schedules over the year than their traditional American...
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    Undercard Wonders - A Column About Forgotten Brilliance

    AJPW Junior Heavyweights 1972-2000, Part 1: Three Crows and One Heir Series Outline Part 1: Three Crows and One Heir 1972-1982 (You Are Here) Part 2: Atsushi Onita, Junior Heavyweight Ace 1982-1983 Part 3: Experimentation 1983-1986 Part 4: The Glorious Summer of Fuchi 1987-1990 Part 5...
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    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF 1995

    Fun stuff, and somehow I didn't know about Shatner so it's nice to know he was briefly Bret's second, of all things!
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    Owen Watches Kyushu Pro

    The Irresistible Rise of Kyushu Pro Before starting the recaps proper, I saw stats gathered by F.G.C. () on puro company attendances through the first half of 2025. Kyushu Pro comes out very well: in terms of total attendance (30,434), it is the fifth-biggest men’s company (behind NJPW...
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    General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

    *2009* Cody
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    General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

    yes!!
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    General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

    what, do we secretly hate on Rey and Cody OR Misawa and Kobashi here? or is it...Cody and Kobashi? ha
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    General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

    (I like Rey and Cody)
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    General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

    so I had to briefly vent: I am being told that Misawa and Kobashi were not characters in stories, but merely good at "technical wrestling", whilst Rey Mysterio and Cody Rhodes in 2009 were peak storytelling in wrestling. this is not a joke.
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    Billy Jack Haynes arrested for murder

    The guy claimed to have acted as a hitman for Bill Clinton during drug deals. He was pretty obviously a bad 'un. Wonder how actually loopy he now is to have been declared unfit.
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    Owen Watches Kyushu Pro

    11/05 Recap - The Most Over Wrestler In Puro Today Retires Kyushu Pro Mentai Kid Retirement Memorial Event – Kyushu Ba Genki Ni Goodbye 11/05/2025 Held at the Fukuoka Island City Forum, with an announced attendance of 1,430, good for the third biggest show of the year. The venue looks very full...
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    Undercard Wonders - A Column About Forgotten Brilliance

    With Jumbo Tsuruta Through The '70s: Ten Matches Introduction Jumbo Tsuruta is widely considered one of the best professional wrestlers ever. His physicality and athleticism, his subtle acting, his superlative match layouts and workrate – he is recognized as an all-time great for these, and...
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    Owen Watches Kyushu Pro

    03/05 + 05/05 + 06/05 Event Recaps, plus Four Classic Mentai Matches Three event recaps and digging into the Mentai Kid archives in light of his retirement. Kyushu Pro AEON Omura Shopping Center 30th Anniversary 03/05/2025 Held at AEON Omura Shopping Center in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture...
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    Owen Watches Kyushu Pro

    27/04 and 29/04 Event Recaps/Reviews, plus Mentai Kid @ NJPW Dontaku 2025 Kyushu Pro Super Genki Festival ~ 17th Anniversary 27/04/2025 The biggest show of the year so far, in Fukuoka City’s Fukuoka West Japan General Exhibition Hall’s New Hall. Declared attendance of 2,576. This is a pretty...
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    General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

    Is Extra Bookmarks a QOL mod?
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