Posts tagged puroresu
Pushing Puroresu: Warm Fuzzy Feelings
Feb 14th
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This week’s Pushing Puroresu, in honor of Valentine’s Day on Sunday, I decided to cover three puroresu topics, all of which start with a familiar proclamation of adoration. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll wish you hadn’t accidentally clicked the avatar on whatever forum you’re arriving from. Finally, the Kings of Wrestling will make their third consecutive appearance in this column, perhaps as their final match covered here for a while. Unless they decide to move to Japan. Which would be crazy. I only had the time to watch one damn puro match all week due to a surprise visit from my best friend who I won’t see again for a year, so that’s all you get. Enjoy, or I’ll introduce you to Yoshihiro Takayama as Don Frye’s mouthy, ethnocentric cousin. More >
Pushing Puroresu: Future of the Sport
Feb 7th
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This edition of Pushing Puroresu will feature Charles Schaeffer, creator of Puroresu Spirit, giving his take on perhaps Japan’s strongest young lion Katsuhiko Nakajima. In the future, most articles will feature works from both Charles and me, but this week he takes center stage while I tell you what I thought of the puroresu I was able to watch this past week. Enjoy, or face the wrath of a Danshoku Driver.
Pushing Puroresu: Defending Doi
Jan 31st
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Defending Doi
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. . Naruki Doi, the supposed ace, or top wrestler, of the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion, doesn’t get the respect he deserves. In 2006, he made a name for himself in the US due to his involvement in the now legendary original Dragon Gate six-man tag at ROH’s Supercard of Honor event. He was the leader of his own faction, the Muscle Outlawz, and one of the premiere wrestlers in the company. While respected as a strong competitor, Naruki Doi seemed like a guy who might always be trapped within the Speed Muscle tag team with heterosexual life partner and the fastest wrestler alive, Masato Yoshino. More >
Pushing Puroresu: Why I Love It
Jan 23rd
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Hello confused button clicker. I’m Justin Houston, scribe behind CHIKARMY Insider and the Chikara DVD Reviews. I’m debuting a new column here on PWP that’s all about puroresu, or Japanese wrestling to those that think Vince McMahon owns wrestling planet-wide. It’s called Pushing Puroresu and, in time, this will evolve into a place where I’ll express my various, at times divisive, opinions on everything from “Why [insert name] suddenly rules” to “[insert name] has kick-ass gear.” The fill-in-the-blank name is Kotaro Suzuki by the way. There will be Top Ten lists, Classic Matches, fantasy booking and dream match-ups, among other things. I’ll even do a weekly rundown of what, if any, puro I watched during the week, to keep up with the wrestling landscape. Now, many of you puroresu maniacs out there are probably wondering, “Why the fuck is the Chikara guy doin’ the puro column? That’s like asking Elmer Fudd to do commentary for the UFC.” First of all, I don’t understand what that means. Secondly, I’m not a guy who fancies himself one kind of wrestling. I love wrestling, in every form: lucha libre, puro, death matches, American-style, shoot-style, Mid-South, Mid-West, South-West, South…North. Wrestle Mime. Scandinavian…the point is, if there’s a style out there and someone decides to apply its teachings to the rich canvas of a wrestling ring (not a fucking mattress), chances are I’ll find something to like. I’m by no means an expert, but what I lack in complete understanding, I make up for with foam-at-the-mouth rage, blind fist-swinging and a misplaced bravado that would make Stalker Ichikawa blush. As much as I love Chikara, it’s not what reignited my burning passion for this sport six years ago. It’s puroresu. I warn you: this is about as personal an article I could write, so if I come off as a NOAH-obsessed nutjob…it’s because I am. Completely. More >
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