Crafty Little Devil

Two posts today because I spent 9/10ths of yesterday sleeping and the remaining 1/10th doing nothing!

I love when pro-wrestlers get cute and creative. Like the book on his opponents Hiromu makes for BOSJ every year. Fantastic stuff. I saw a picture on Instagram the other day of Yota Tsuji with an "A Gedo a Day" calendar that he made for David Finlay. Fabulous. I sent it to my Tag Team Partner and, in response, he sent me the following screenshot: 

"Speaking of homemade merch..."

My mind is showing me such a clear image of Sanada, sitting in his home on the floor with one of those short ironing boards before him, carefully ironing the letters and numbers onto this shirt, chuckling evilly to himself. Thinking "This will show Taichi and those other bastards." Can you hear the "Hehehe?" I can. I love it. That image is going to be popping in and out of my head all week.

Also, thank you to the shirt for distracting me from those creepy-ass... sunglasses? I don't know what those things are, but they are giving me weird, Lovecraftian vibes and I am not a fan. Not even really sure how he can see out of them. Maybe Sanayan's taking inspiration from Lady Gaga or some other avante garde fashionista? Stick with the suits please! 

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