After losing two of their top four wrestlers, many were sceptical that New Japan could recover quickly, if at all. But they’ve actually had a pretty damn good year business-…
Author: Statto
George Thompson, known to his friends as Statto, is one-third of the team that makes up The Puro Pourri Podcast. Following an initial grappling obsession, which ran between 2001 and 2005, he spent large amounts of his time at university distracting himself from work with wrestling, and a smaller number of hours coming up with excuses to discuss the sport in an academic context. He is currently halfway through a novel set in the world of Japanese wrestling after the Second World War, entitled "The Rise and Fall of Rikidōzan", and hopes to finish it sometime in 2017. His man-crush on Katsuyori Shibata continues unabated.
Hello everyone. As you may have noticed from the publication of David Forrest’s controversial article claiming the final of BBC2’s Robot Wars relaunch as one of the 25 most significant…
Kenny Omega vs Hirooki Goto New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 Climax Day 19 14th of August 2016 Ryogoku Sumo Hall, Tokyo The Match: This match is to decide the winner…
Disc 1 continues apace. Let’s get into it… 22 November 1985 – Tiger Mask II and Dynamite Kid went to a double count-out (10:04) First of all, Dynamite Kid…
Ever wanted to find out more about Japanese pro wrestling (puroresu) in all its variety and glory? Of course you have! Join Daniel, George and David for an irreverent look…
In January of this year I took possession of a Japanese-imported six-disc set of Mitsuharu Misawa’s finest matches, from 1983 to 2009. I started watching and reviewing all nineteen glorious hours of…