Understanding each other in Japan (and other countries)

[Rammsteinmad]

When you hear about American wrestlers working in Japan, how do they communicate with their opponents?

Can the Japanese wrestlers all speak English?

Can all the Americans speak Japanese? (Highly doubtful).

Do the Japanese use American wrestling terms?

Is there any communication at all? (Surely there must be).

Answers. Theories. Speculation.

Go!

[Razzamajazz]

pretty sure they call the moves the same as in english, only with extra syllables. like headlocko or suplexo

[Rammsteinmad]

:lol:

[Nicky Fives]

Suprexo

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I love Japanese wrestling commentary.

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

It's just like hearing someone speak Welsh.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

A. Some of the moves are the same, as many wrestling moves are written/spelled in katakana, so yeah, brainbuster sounds like bulainbasta, etc.

B. I'm fairly certain some of the refs speak English.

[Xero]

I want to hear the Japanese dub of WWE shows now.

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[Lock Jaw]

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I like how the Mexican commentators make sounds effects to go along with Batista's pyro. It is too bad that the audio and the video are out of sync though.

[The Fugitive]

Clothesline, punch, kick and elbow would be fairly universal.

Is there any communication at all? (Surely there must be).

Lance Storm has said in a Q&A that he's had matches in Japan where he never said a word to his opponent, but that's just his experience. It's probably just a very rare case of two really good performers clicking.

[RiX1024]

Since when Japanese sounds like Welsh? I bet some of the Japenese wrestlers are able to speak some English and yes the moves called are in English. I would learn Japanese before wrestling there to avoid isolation or get shoot on. I already speak two languages.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I mean the Welsh language as in if someone's speaking Welsh, you'll hear some random English words in there still.

[RiX1024]

aye, double dutch we call it or Wenglish.

[CSL]

I bet some of the Japenese wrestlers are able to speak some English and yes the moves called are in English..

Was talking with a few guys about this not long ago, one of the guys wrestled Morishima a couple of times when he's been over and apparently, in his case at least, it was kind of along those lines. The Jap guys tend to know enough English to identify the main spots/obvious stuff/maintain the flow of the match and if they get lost at all, in Morishima's case anyway, he'll just slap you around a bit and move on. Didn't like to plan much beforehand, which would be pretty daunting if you speak different languages.

[VSG]

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I like how the Mexican commentators make sounds effects to go along with Batista's pyro. It is too bad that the audio and the video are out of sync though.

That is the best thing I saw today :rofl:

[Sixx]

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I like how the Mexican commentators make sounds effects to go along with Batista's pyro. It is too bad that the audio and the video are out of sync though.

You should have seen Polish commentary years ago, when Saturday Night was on some channel noone ever watched. There were basically two guys, drunk as fuck that made up wrestler's and moves' names.

They made it up as the show went on, like Johnny B. Badd comes out they apparently look at him and are like "Uuuuhm... Here comes... uhmmm... Johnny Tutti Frutti".

Was hilarious.

[Grablot]

I think they use body language