[ninjacafe]

Mickey Owens by El Hermano del Mascara Koala

#MickeyPuro

[ninjacafe]

Naito The Hedgehog

[lolfactory]

Wtf r u doin

[jshootpodcast]

This is how Maybach eats ice-cream.

[ninjacafe]

MickeyPuro Series: CHAOS from New Japan

by Seb & Zach Dominello @TheKoalaMask

KoalaMask.com

[jshootpodcast]

Koala Mask's BJW adventure! If you ever get the chance to catch s BJW show, I highly recommend you take it. The wrestling is fun and the performers are incredibly friendly and entertaining.

[thehistoryofwrestling]

[jshootpodcast]

https://twitter.com/youji4876/status/589688940736618496

[koalamask]

A Match Most Worth Seeing: Masato Yoshino & Shachihoko BOY vs. Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora, Dragon Gate, April 9, Korakuen Hall

A Match Most Worth Seeing: Masato Yoshino & Shachihoko BOY vs. Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora, Dragon Gate, April 9, Korakuen Hall

https://dailymotion.com/video/x2mglsr

-Car Crash wrestling at it’s finest

Dragon Gate matches often get described as car crash style. It’s guys going at a hundred miles an hour, hitting a thousand finishers and kicking out each time, bumping like crazy and selling like Superman. It’s a lot of fun, but sometimes it can be completely to watch, so I can’t even imagine how the wrestlers must…

View On WordPress

[jshootpodcast]

Tanaka draws inspiration from Kinnikuman. One more reason to love him.

[jshootpodcast]

Best Wrestler Ever (This Week): Akira Tozawa

Usually when I choose a BWE(TW), my choice is based on a great match I've just seen the chosen wrestler have, or a culmination of great matches over time. In Akira Tozawa's case, match quality is not the discerning factor in his becoming BWE (TW). That's not to say his matches aren't good. They are. In fact, often times they're great. I particularly love Tozawa's bridging delayed German suplex finisher, where his opponent has to suffer the torture of knowing the end is coming and there being nothing that can be done about it. However, Tozawa is the best wrestler this week on account of his personality, and his remarkable knack for not taking himself too seriously. Case in point, Tozawa faced the spectacular high flyer Flamita on March 24 in a match for Tozawa's Open the Brave Gate Title. The match was very good, but that's beside the point. Tozawa's signature entrance involves him running up the turnbuckles and standing one foot on the top turnbuckle, and one foot on the ringpost, and then doing a pose which involves a DDP Yoga style leg stretch before jumping back down into the ring. Tozawa has done this a million times. Sadly/Hilariously, this time when Tozawa put his foot down on the ringpost, he slipped and came crashing down to the outside floor, clipping the ring apron along the way. Like a pro, and because it probably hurt like hell, Tozawa sold the fall immediately. Now, often when one publicly embarrasses him or herself, they try to downplay the incident and move on from it as fast as possible, and hope that as few people as possible noticed. Not Tozawa!  Not one to be afraid to make fun of himself, Tozawa tweeted a video of the fall, backed by a hilariously funny dramatic musical score, which you can find here. The greatness of Tozawa's sense of humour doesn't stop there. Alongside Shinsuke Nakamura and Karl Anderson, Akira Tozawa is the King of Vine. https://vine.co/v/MnbPi2EZvaL His videos are absurdly fun, and often showcase his amazing friendship with Uhaa Nation. Watching his videos makes me wish I had a friendship with someone as special as theirs.

Well, maybe not that special. You can follow Akira Tozawa on Twitter @TozawaAkira, and on Vine here.

[jshootpodcast]

World’s Greatest Tag Team!

Listen to J-Shoot to learn why.

[jshootpodcast]

J-Shoot Podcast Episode XXI: Return of the Puropals

Hey, puropals! Listen to J-Shoot at these strong styling places: iTunes, PodOmatic, and Stitcher. Maybe leave a nice review while you’re at it, eh?

After a week long hiatus, the puropals are back with an action packed, no nonsense(?) episode of everyone's favourite(?) Japanese wrestling podcast, J-Shoot! Bonski and Koala Mask, not Zach - he's run into a bit of trouble with his Orphanage/Wrestling Factory (listen for more details) - review New Japan's Invasion Attack, and some of the top matches of the past week or so from DDT and AJPW. KM & B also answer about a million listener questions which was a lot of fun! Keep on sending them in!

Watch Along! Here are some of Koala Mask and Bonski's favourite matches from the past week:

Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs... by JAHMAL1111

Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Kento Miyahara (AJPW) by JAHMAL1111

Atsushi Aoki (c) vs. Kotaro Suzuki (AJPW) by JAHMAL1111

J-Shoot now has a Tumblr page where Koala Mask and Bonksi will be uploading show notes, links, GIFs and answering listener questions. We've had a couple of good ones already! Go check 'em out!

Check out Koala Mask’s brother’s #MickeyPuro Series of wrestlers with Mickey Mouse ears on Twitter.

Zach’s got some pretty neat new rewards up on Patreon, including Shinsuke Nakamura iPhone cases, and Nakamura/Okada stickers. Check ‘em out!

Check out Zach’s digital comic, Bunny & Rink: The Adventure Begins on comiXology. It’s got regular ninjas, platypus ninjas, coffee chop ninjas, bat-ninjas, friendship, and a little bit of pro wrestling.

  Don't forget to check out another great podcast on PWN Radio, No Sell It. Each week, Liv, Florence & Cristen bless the world with their unique take on Lucha Underground & the US indy scene. You can follow them on Twitter @wanda102, @livilius & @flaux.

As always, you can follow Koala Mask on twitter here,  Bonski here, and PWN Radio here.

You can also shoot us questions and comments at [email protected], or use the hashtag #jshootqs on Twitter.

As always, Be the Wind! And Take that Dream!

[jshootpodcast]

J-Shoot Podcast Episode XXI: Return of the Puropals

Hey, puropals! Listen to J-Shoot at these strong styling places: iTunes, PodOmatic, and Stitcher. Maybe leave a nice review while you’re at it, eh? After a week long hiatus, the puropals are back w...

[super-nintendo-chalmerz-deactiv]

[jshootpodcast]

How do you see New Japan altering their product in order to expand to foreign markets, if at all? What do you think they'd need to change in order to obtain a sizable following overseas?

This is something Bonski and I have talked about on the show before. New Japan are doing some good things to build their international audience. Sending top guys over for the ROH shows gives them some good exposure to ROH’s fan base. That’s not a massive audience but it’s still something. The Bullet Club, as tiring as they’ve become, have played a pretty big part in bringing in new fans to New Japan, and from what I see they sell a ton of merch which probably makes New Japan happy.

I’d really like to see them make NJPW World more accessible for their non-Japanese speaking audience. They have lots of great interviews and short videos with wrestlers, but it’s all Japanese. English subtitles would go a long way.

I haven’t watched it, but New Japan on AXS has been getting rave reviews for its English announce team. They also subtitle the Japanese promos which is really great, especially Minoru Suzuki’s promos. He’s the best. It would be great if more people (me) had access to AXS though.

So that’s kind of it really, the language barrier is the biggest issue in my opinion. If they can find a way to break down that barrier, I think they’ll get bigger following overseas.

Thanks for your question!

-Koala Mask

[jshootpodcast]

Hey guys my name is Alex from Miami. I've been wanting to get into some 90's AJPW. From what I have heard about it, it's important to watch it chronologically to understand the stories but I still feel like I'm missing something. I was wondering if you guys knew of any guides I could read on the storylines in 90's AJPW?

Hi Alex!

Good question! 90s All Japan is something I’ve really been meaning to get into for a while now, but I just haven’t had the time to go down that joyous rabbit hole. 

I haven’t been able to find any super detailed guides to the storylines of the time, but Puroresu Central has a nice little summary of All Japan’s history: http://puroresucentral.com/AJHistory.html

I also came across this link on Twitter. I forget who shared it, but it’s basically an All Japan goldmine. It’s got links to a ton of key matches in chronological order: http://theditch.biz/chron.html 

The matches usually have a little description, so you’re not going in totally cold. Really though, the best way to understand the stories is to watch them unfold. 

Hope this helps!

-Koala Mask

[jshootpodcast]

Who Will Leave NJPW Invasion Attack 2015 With The IWGP Heavyweight Championship?

(function () { var opst = document.createElement('script'); var os_host = document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https:" : "http:"; opst.type = 'text/javascript'; opst.async = true; opst.src = os_host + '//' + 'www.opinionstage.com/polls/2263078/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(opst); }());