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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Used to love the shit out of Funaki.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Can’t wait for Funaki’s Hall of Fame induction.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Armageddon was traditonally a very shit PPV. Besides the spectacle of the 2000 Hell in a Cell, I think the highlight was Funaki’s “Armageddon your Cruiserweight Title” line in 2004.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Pimp Funaki would be a damn good manager gimmick.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect I miss Funaki.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Used to love fucking Funaki. Going to be so happy when he goes into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect I really want Funaki to be included in a WWE video game and be super-powered for some reason.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Was going to post about how much I loved Funaki. To be fair, I think he chose to leave the WWE due to neck problems. And he recently was used to help climatize Hideo Itami and even appeared on television.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Love that Cena does Funaki's Rising Sun.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Funaki-san! Loved that guy. I remember back when CM Punk was doing The Straight-Edge Society, I would have marked out for Funaki joining the stable, shaving his head, with Punk pointing out that he's one of the most dangerous men on the WWE roster, but no one takes him seriously...until now. Start dressing him in black and focusing on submission-style wrestling. While Sakamoto was on the WWE roster, I had also hoped that the WWE would give Funaki a call to come in as the manager/trainer of Yoshi Tatsu & Sakamoto, who would become a heel team. I'd just settle for a random NXT appearance here or there.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect I was actually this close (assume I am holding my fingers apart slightly) to suggesting Funaki return as Sin Cara's mouthpiece.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Funaki worked TNA's latest PPVs tapings. This feels bigger than it should be. Loved Funaki. He had a good gig as the cute act and enhancement dude, but it's a shame he never got to show quite what he could do. Would have loved to have seen a bitter heel Funaki at one point during the brand-split era.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect I like Funaki more than most. The guy has above average mic skills, and when you think about his character (I mean really think about his character), it's pretty fucking credible. I do think he deserves a World Title run just for his tenure with the company.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect I miss Funaki.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Hey, I'd take a tug from Funaki.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect On to Kung Fu Naki: I like that the WWE are doing something with him. I like that by simply implying he has gone and gotten martial arts training, he has rounded out his game enough to be a player in the WWE. What I do not like is, again, that it took them so fucking long to work out that a) Funaki is talented, and b) He is Asian and has a name that could be connected in pun-form to "kung fu," which they could inaccurately link with images of the Japanese and gi's. It's a light-hearted gimmick, though, which is a field Funaki can own and become world champion someday. I wish he’d fingerblast my asshole and let me say “me so horny, Funaki-San.” Another position of this is it gets Funaki away from his old image. Look, aestetics in wrestling are often understated. Not so much size and muscle definition, but things like the attire a guy wears, and his entrance. Funaki, for the longest time, has had the same theme music, and has worn the same colour scheme: blue and white. It was refreshing just to see Funaki with red wristbands. It may not seem like much, but by losing the "SmackDown!" tights, and the same old colour patterns and theme music, the image Funaki puts in the minds of fans can itself change more easily over time. And hey, a push is a push. He should start using the Superkick as a finisher again, though. He used it briefly during his run as Cruiserweight Champion, in what I assume is homage to Shawn Michaels (he's apparently a big HBK fan, going as far as to move to San Antonio, Texas). The Sweet Chin Ongaku making its return with the martial artist gimmick could work out really well.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Funaki-san! Loved that guy.

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect I miss Funaki.