Pro-Wrestling On My Mind

 I was scrolling Instagram and came across this post from Minoru Suzuki: After freaking out for about a solid minute, because how can you not freak out over something so amazing, I went to the Sendai Girls official site to see if there were any tickets left.  THERE WERE! Obviously I bought one. I've got the best plans in the world for the evening of April 3rd! In related news, I entered the fan club draw for three of the BOSJ shows this year, and Tag Team Partner entered for another three (including the final), so wish us luck!

Posting my best Taiji Ishimori pic yesterday resulted in me scrolling through my thousands (and thousands, and thousands) of other pics from live events I have attended. Today my offering is YOH. I couldn't decide which one I liked better. The first is also from the first BOSJ event I ever attended, BOSJ 25 at Korakuen Hall on 5/18/2018. The second is from the BOSJ 29 finals at the Nippon Budokan on 6/3/2022. Two very different points in YOH's career (and two times when the Tag Team Partner and I got damn good seats). Dear reader, which is your preferred picture of our jorts-loving pretty boy? Which will it be, fingers or tongue? ...Wait, that did NOT come out right...

I had a busy weekend, so I am trying to post twice a day to compensate for skipping Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Since today's first post was about Taiji Ishimori, I figured I would stick with the theme and share one of the best pictures I have ever taken at a New Japan Show: BONE (Soldier)! I snapped this picture on 5/18/2018 at Korakuen Hall. It was the first show of the Best of the Super Juniors 25 tournament and also my very first BOSJ show. This was an A Block match, with Ishimori defeating Will Osprey (that would be Will's head he's stepping on in the picture). Ishimori would end up making the finals of that year's tournament and would face Hiromu Takahashi, one of the best matches I have ever seen and one I was also fortunate to see live. So here's to you, Superhuman Taiji Ishimori (and your super tight pants. And your amazing abs)! Hard to believe this was 7 whole years ago. Let's have at least 7 more years of being ridiculous and looking fantastic whil...

Another trip down memory lane today. Back to a BOSJ 30 show at Korakuen Hall. I'm pretty sure it was after this show that I started searching the internet to see if there was any info on Douki's hair care routine because damn is it soooooooo pretty up close. And yeah, I do miss the pipe. Notice baby Young Lion Boltin Oleg in the background. They grow up so fast. I wanna touch it so bad... and maybe pull it, just a little (ya know, if he's cool with that sort of thing)...

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... sunglasse...

Still tired. It's been a long week. So here's Despy and Titan giving me my money's worth, also at the BOSJ 30 Semi-Final on 5/26/2023. 

I'm too tired today to write anything with much thought behind it, so here is Robbie Eagles giving me my money's worth at the BOSJ 30 Semi-Finals on 5/26/2023. And this instance was also thanks to Clark Connors. Does he like throwing people into chairs? Or does he get a bonus every time he does? I'm not sure which thought I like more, so I'll go with both.

I'm organizing the 11,000+ photos stored on my phone and was reminded of the following: I once said to my Tag Team Partner that if we get the good seats at any Best of the Super Juniors event and at least one wrestler doesn't end up in my lap, we should demand a refund. I was mostly joking, but not entirely as it happens more often than not, what with all the flipping, jumping, and high flying that goes on in a typical BOSJ match.  We got good seats for the Hachioji show on 5/18/2024, and Kosei Fujita and Clark Connors made sure I got my money's worth. Thanks boys!