I'm back. About 30 seconds in

Haha only one side of the door handle broke off.

I actually loved that Goldberg theme

Man, I had forgotten all about this match

I didn't mind it - just thought it was an unnecessary change. On that note, of all the things they decided to keep about the "WCW Goldberg mystique," the walk from the back was probably the one they should have cut.

It was unnecessary, but I ended up kind of preferring it.

damn, what a chair shot!

was just going to say

a people's chair shot

They don't swing chairs like that anymore

Fixed :D

They hardly swing chairs

I honestly don't remember this match or the reason for it.

Goldy

This was when Christian was trying to be "the next Rock" after he left following his loss to Goldberg at Backlash 2003, and part of Christian being "the next Rock" was defeating Goldberg.

That's pretty lol

Who wants the next turn? redoneja, if you got something it's all you

I'll go after red

Okay. Red, then Juan.

Alright. Watching the Akiyama/Morishima match got me in the mood for Puro, so I figured I'd post this for those that aren't too familiar with Japanese wrestling. It's a great match, uber-stiff. To give you a bit of background, these two are probably considered the strongest and toughest wrestlers in Japan and this was there first ever meeting in a singles match. Real interesting segment in part 2.

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It may be a bit lengthy, but I think it's worth it.

lol amazing intro to kick it off

That's some epic-ass theme music.

If I was a wrestler, I'd definitely want to spend some time in Japan. I don't think I could take some of those stiff shots though.

and I'd definitely rock a cool looking mask.

Is this a huge event?

It's also interesting to note that at the time of this match Kobashi isn't very far removed from a 2 year reign as GHC Heavyweight Champion and that his knees are in terrible shape.

I believe this was NOAH's second event in the Tokyo Dome. Not sure on the capacity but its huge. For instance, if WWE wanted to run Wrestlemania in Japan for some reason, they'd run Tokyo Dome.

Japanese fans pop for some odd things. I suppose its just cultural.

To build up this match even more, imagine a match with the build-up and awe from a mark's standpoint like say, Hogan v Warrior at Mania VI, but the wrestlers have the work ability of Hart v HBK.

That's probably how Japanese fans approached this match.

I'd by typing more, but I'm having buffalo wings while I watch haha. This is great so far

Halfway through the second vid: Jesus christ!

He had a match with Joe a few years back, right? If so I watched it

I was waiting for someone to mention that.

Holy crap. Chop City!

In regards to Fox's comment.

I love his corner chops spot

I'm not a huge fan of Japanese wrestling. Is this chop war a normal thing?

When you get to the chop battle, turn up your volume and just listen.

Or is it like Benoit's 10 German Suplexes to Austin in that one match and more of a one time occurence?