The Wrestling Video Thread.

[SJ]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7gOtGI_VA[/ame]

scott hall was a mess

[SJ]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mukjnEJAYM[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

"Ask God to say hi to Owen Hart." I really shouldn't be laughing at that.

[TelegramSam]

In celebration of Halloween, here is Vader entering the Dungeon of Doom. [ame]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9cq49_vader-enters-the-dungeon-of-doom_sport#.Ucx8MJwQNX1[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

How can you not love Cpt. Taiwan? [ame]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1rbbtr_hirooki-goto-captain-taiwan-vs-karl-anderson-doc-gallows-c-njpw_sport[/ame]

[SJ]

that costume is fantastic

[SJ]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4-UedHVPPc[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

Is it just me, or were those some STIFF kicks in that match?

[TelegramSam]

Now THIS is a title match. [ame]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27vdq4_aj-styles-c-vs-hiroshi-tanahashi-njpw_sport[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

SJ, did you ever see Botchamania's Vadermania video? Pretty cool stuff. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zvp7oloG-w[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

Stone Cold Shark Austin
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_aJOuBwc2A[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

SJ, I wanted to post this to help you figure out how heels/faces work in Japanese wrestling. It's an article about how important manners and social order are in Japan. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29429742
Here's a quick highlight, the whole thing is worth reading:

"Basically, Japanese people are very law-abiding. We have been taught not to swim when there are no lifeguards," he says. "Same with traffic lights. You don't see many people jaywalk here do you?"

It's true. Even along car-free country lanes, people tend to wait patiently for the cross signal.

What happens on 1 September is that lifeguards vanish, because local authorities pull them from the beaches and close all amenities. Summer-season beach bars and restaurants are also meekly dismantled.

"Many of us are so submissive to authority that we will never think to challenge the status quo," says Sato.

Indoctrination starts at school. Children are drilled: "Follow the rules. Don't be selfish. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down."

They learn that custom decreed long ago that autumn (the time you halt beach trips and instead do autumny things) returns at midnight on 31 August precisely. Only a barbarian would be foolish enough to disregard "correct behaviour" that has been established over generations by broad consent.

"Most Japanese are very conscious of the 'four seasons' and what they should do for each season," another Tokyoite and beach lover, Yukiko Oono, tells me.

So you can see why the Bullet Club cheating (putting their feet on the ropes for leverage, interfering in matches, etc.) pisses them off so much. This also shows how unbelievable Vader's debut in the Sumo Hall was. Japanese people refuse to even jaywalk; if you get them to burn their pillows and trash up the place GNR concert style, you are a fucking legend.

[TelegramSam]

And that's the fishing line... BECAUSE SHARK BOY SAID SO. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_tdy3Ok3s[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

I was digging around Youtube forever and finally found the full tag match: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWwHg-0QzWs[/ame]

[TelegramSam]

The origin of Stone Cold Shark Austin: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI37V4Cqesg[/ame]