The thing I keep thinking about, and I wonder how many people even realize it, is how so much of what we now know about the UFC’s financials and what they actually pay fighters is due to Bloody Elbow’s reporting. No other outlet did as much to inform us on the topic. Not one.
1/22 Yokohama, GREAT MUTA FINAL Full Card MATCH 6/9 - GHC Martial Arts Rules
@KS_SAKU39@Hideki55Suzuki ABEMA presents GREAT MUTA FINAL BYE-BYE
WU / FITE TV
English commentary
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The best thing about WCW at this time was how stacked with all time greats it was, and they would just match them up all the time. Random TV shows with matches like Barry Windham vs Great Muta
This pretty much sums up the problems with current New Japan. Huge field, but only one outsider to bring in fresh matchups. Completely random nonsense for who gets a bye (Gedo??). Maybe they’ll surprise me and elevate someone new but I’m not holding my breath. Bummer.
There's a phenomenon I actually see extremely commonly when literature is used to teach history to middle school and high school students. Let's call it "pajamafication."
Very excited for this match, but I think we can all agree that Fujita spent way WAY too long looking at the belt with that goofy expression on his face here
NOAH has been churning out the content this week so it’s hard to keep up, but don’t sleep on the 1/5 main event 10 man. Mutoh/Tanaka/Marufuji/Fujita/Sugiura vs Go/Kiyomiya/Kitamiya/Inamura/Inaba. Old guard vs new and just a ton of fun
In 1989, Sting vs Great Muta at Bash 89 blew my mind. In 2021, Muta is main eventing in Japan and did a moonsault, and Sting is main eventing in the US doing dives to the floor. Wild.
I used to absolutely hate Ogawa, mainly because he’s not cut from the same cloth as the pillars. But I’ve really come around on him, in large part from this years Kiyomiya match. This sequence is nifty.
- loved the HOF thoughts on the latest issue but why no thoughts on Fujiwara? He’s up this year right? Feels like a candidate definitely worth consideration to me
The more I think about it, KentaFuji vs Tekkers is THE match to book. Reunion of Noah’s greatest team, all kinds of four pillars history, Zack being an old Suzuki-Gun/Taichi opponent in Noah. Many layers.