Wrestling Thread May2-9/ The NEW ERA/WWE Black Friday/ Hornswoggle, Cameron, Santino, Zeb Colter, Al

CelticsPride34 said:
Gary Hart's book...
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Why man
 
Some snippets from the NJPW Book
In America, Muto was rebranded as The Great Muta, a mysterious demonic creature spewing poisonous green mist into his opponent’s faces in a homage to The Great Kabuki, who had made waves through the NWA and World Class promotions in the early ‘80s in between stints for All Japan. It was a huge transformation from the baby faced earnest youngster to demonic alter ego, and when he returned to New Japan, his ability to transform into the different personae made him a compelling character.
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Muto was the optimal partner and rival for Chono. Chono was grounded, reasonably no- nonsense and for the time being, clean cut. He had a grounded style, and frequently worked knees in order to look for a finish with his STF. Muto meanwhile was vibrant and high flying, with a lightning fast ‘flashing’ elbow drop and a visually stunning moonsault that would sadly take the toll on his knees as he advanced in years. The two made a good young tag team in 1990 and ‘91, particularly against foreign powerhouse teams like the Steiners, whose mix of hard hitting clubbing blows and athleticism made for a popular act when brought over by WCW, or the Road Warriors during their brief run together in NJPW after being popular for Baba in the ‘80s.
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 Keiji Muto had the easiest natural charisma of the three, and the dynamic between himself and the dark, Great Kabuki inspired, Muta character gave him the biggest legacy of the trio internationally. Muto’s versatility as a performer, an athletic technician with Chono or a bloodthirsty demon with Hiroshi Hase, was unmatched, and allowed for a transition into a different style of working by the late 1990s when years of moonsaults destroyed his knees. Muto was a casualty of the early 2000s vale tudo era. Frustrated at the flirtation with MMA that he felt led to dangerous fights, he would jump to All Japan, becoming company president and later leaving to form Wrestle- 1. His creative output away from the ring would struggle to match the art he created within it, but on his returns for occasional matches in the promotion that made him, fan nostalgia was definitely well placed.
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CelticsPride34 said:
Meangene45 said:
CelticsPride34 said:
I bet you it ends up being called the Eddie Guerrero Cruiserweight Classic...

To go along with the Dusty Rhodes Tag Classic...
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What you think of Anderson and gallows run in the wwe so far?
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Gallows and Machine Gun > Guerillas if Destiny...

That's basically how I feel... And I miss Talk n Shop... I'm happy they're both getting good pay days... But I don't watch WWE for 6 hours every week like all of you sheep... So I really don't care period...

I'm happy with PWG, NJPW, LU, and Evolve... I get my fill on with those and random old WWE matches... I just don't care about WWE any more... I keep up with it because I like Pollock and Wai... But I just don't care...
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I feel you on that man. I've been watching a lot of stuff on New Japan World and watching Lucha Underground and ROH on occasion that I don't care if I miss RAW anymore. I'll
Just listen to review-a-raw and call it a day.
 
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