Pro-Wrestling On My Mind

  Look at these cute little punks. They seem so sweet and innocent, don't they? Well, they are NOT. These LIARS want you to believe that it is March. There is no way in hell it is March; it's barely half way through February. I don't know what weird game they are trying to play with these falsehoods, but they should be ashamed of themselves. Pretending it's March when it is clearly not is NOT punk.

  Aren't they precious? <3

Isn’t the title a great word? Say it out loud to yourself and see if it doesn’t make you smile. I came across “chuckability” in a post on IG rating potential wizard animal familiars. FYI, the American Water Shrew gets a 3/3 stars on chuckability. Creatures getting tossed around makes me think of Jeff Cobb, as throwing full grown men around like they are rag dolls is one of his greatest talents. So now, I have a new dream. I want to interview Jeff Cobb. The entire interview will consist of me asking him to rate every member of the New Japan roster (and a few bonus wrestlers from other promotions) on their chuckability. The followup YouTube series will then feature Cobb putting his rankings to the test. Call me New Japan. I have so many amazing ideas. CHUCKABILITY! And as for who I think who has the best chuckability (because of course I thought of this as well. Not that I could chuck anyone on the NJPW roster,but it's still an amusing thought.), that's a tough call. By virtue of...

I like to think, Dear Reader, that I am a person of, at minimum, average level intelligence. However, every now and then something happens that gives me the feeling that even a circle is sharper than I am. Case in point: Wrestlers and their teeth. Specifically, Shinsuke Nakamura and his teeth. When I first got into New Japan, Nakamura was still a member of the roster (though his tenure would soon come to an end). I also watched a fair number of old New Japan events online to catch up with who was who, faction histories, etc. One of the first things I remember thinking about Nakamura is “Huh, he has no teeth.” I would see close-ups of him during matches and there would always be a solid black line where his teeth would normally be. I thought it looked kind of odd, and my brain just assumed he’s lost his teeth as part of his MMA exploits, some match with a crazy stipulation, through an accident or who knows what and never bothered to get any kind of replacement. It never occurred to me t...

There's a new interview with Kosei Fujita up on the NJPW website:  https://www.njpw.co.jp/552948 Whenever I think about Fujita, this quote always pops up in my mind: "In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck. Be punk as fuck." - Daniel Abraham The article mentions an example of Fujita's punkness, that he addresses many people, including Hiroshi Tanahashi, as " オマエ." This is one of the many ways to say "you" in Japanese and is typically used by men to address those of equal or lesser standing than the speaker (or to insinuate that you believe the person you are addressing is of equal or lower standing than you). So the 22 year old referring to a decorated veteran who is also the company president with this term would be considered rude by some people. But you know what? Equality is also punk as fuck. Yet Fujita is both a Japanese Young Punk and a Number One Sweet Boy. You can see it in the way he talks and behaves in and outside t...

My dream job is to work from home, being paid to read, play games, write, and sleep. Unfortunately society has yet to see what a major contribution this would be from me and I have not found someone willing to pay me for these valuable skills. Thus I am daily forced to leave the comfort of my bed to do a “real job”. Fortunately, I quite like my real job.* That job, if you were wondering dear reader, is teacher. English teacher, to be specific. One of the things I like about my job is that we are allowed, and encouraged, to show our personality when teaching. Liking pro-wrestling is a significant part of who I am, so mentions of it pop up during lessons from time to time. Take, for example, when I had to teach about the past tense. One unit addresses usage of the past tense in relation to changes in states of being (e.g. "In spring it was X, now it is Y.")  This was being taught in October and King of Pro-Wrestling happened during the lessons in the unit, so I used the results...

I was scrolling through Instagram while trying to fully wake up this morning and saw that someone posted about a Kosei Fujita pyonsuke coming soon. Of course I needed more info immediately, so I went to the Tokon Shop site and... oh hell yes! Writing on a touchscreen with your finger is not easy... LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! They are all so cute! My family is getting bigger soon! The family. Yes, I might have a problem, but it's safer than drugs, though not necessarily cheaper P.S. Do yourself a favor and go look at ZSJ's series of pics with his pyonsuke. A beautiful tale of a man going from "WTF is this thing?" to "This is my son and if anything bad happens to him I will kill everyone in this room and myself."

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!