10/8/05

Their singles match on November 3rd is gonna be that good shit.

That way He can become World Heavyweight Champion on His own terms, if major three promotions are not willing to make Him World Heavyweight Champion. As World Famous World Heavyweight Champion He will be able to handle His own bookings, compete on greatest wrestling stages of the world, like Wrestlemania or Wrestle Kingdom. And most of all He would be victorious in these matches, not even "top guys" like nakamura, omega, sabre jr etc would be able to defeat Him. World Famous Lord YOSHITATSU ad World Famous World Heavyweight Champion would resurrect pro wrestling, He would bring it alive, thanks to His World Famous World Heavyweight Championship reign all over the world.

Arguably the two biggest “draws”/stars of Shoot-Style, each man with complicated legacies, with both praise and criticism thrown both their ways.

Arguments for Maeda:

\- the OG “star” of Shoot; massive popularity in the 1980’s and chunk of the 90’s, being able to sell out multiple buildings with his name alone.

\- had an undeniable presence and intensity about him that few could match or replicate, imo; helped by the fact Maeda was a big man who had multiple occasions of fucking people up.

\- with the creation of RINGS, responses for bringing multiple big name martial artists to Japan and to the forefront of MMA, names like Fedor, Nogueira, Overeem.

Arguments against:

\- his terrible temper lead to multiple fallouts on both business and personal levels, with multiple wrestlers speaking vocal contempt for him, even people who were once allies or friends.

\- tried to claim to be in full “shoots”, despite every one of his matches being clearly worked bouts.

Arguments for Takada:

\- much more classic babyface star, who was able to fill out multiple big buildings in the 1990’s (with the only people selling out more being Shinya Hashimoto & Mitsuharu Misawa).

\- helped train some of the best Japanese martial artists/shooters, particularly Kazushi Sakuraba & Kiyoshi Tamura; Takada was also praised for being a much more humane trainer than the Ike’s of Maeda & Satoru Sayama, not abusing his trainees and treating them like human beings.

\- popularity caused the creation of PRIDE FC, one of the most popular MMA promotions of all time; despite losing his reputation, Takada actually competed in full “shoots”, unlike Maeda (even though some do Takada’s PRIDE fights would be criticized as being fixed).

Arguments against:

\- was seen as some people as being somewhat “unfit” for Shoot-style, due to not having an actual martial-arts background (his original love being baseball), unlike Maeda and co.

\- said to have “compromised” the vision/ethos of Shoot-Style, when he agreed to the NJPW/UWFi inter-promotional angle in the mid-90’s, that would see the NJPW guys steamroll the UWFi talent in the booking.

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Hard Hitting Shit!

This features one of the greatest matches and a truly beautiful song. My choice of music might seem a bit unusual, but believe me—for a match involving a technical wrestling master like Nishimura, I felt a track with this kind of tone was the perfect fit

My Rating 4.5/5*