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The World Cup of Ladder Matches moves into 2004 with the first ever TNA King of the Mountain match! Join us to discover who will emerge triumphant - the answer (Jeff) may (Jarrett) shock you.
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Kumail being a bit useless is the ideal scenario.
Kumail's arms are impressive
I was quite drunk last time I saw Daisetz, so it was nice to confirm tonight that they're a really great live band.
At today's show Waka got into a yell-off with Chie and it was a lot.
Induced instant terror of whether I've ever said anything even slightly negative (I obviously haven't, I don't think I've ever been negative towards anything Darejyo).
Darejyo Kaori, who works at basically all the shows, revealed she knows who I am today because she's a Ramblings About reader.
Perfect finish to the chaos with the roof springing a random leak over the mat towards the end.
Today's Choco is proving chaotic even by their standards.
managed to push thru a month-long writer’s block to produce this dedication to Hiyori Yawata’s graduation road over on Unmanned Local Train! hopefully regular posts will resume shortly open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...
As she groans in agony she asks whether it was protein or not.
My matches of the month for March are up!
Includes chat about YUNA becoming a favourite, what wrestling could learn from sumo, a great young Hirota performance and more.
Give it a read if you're so inclined.
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My matches of the month for March are up!
Includes chat about YUNA becoming a favourite, what wrestling could learn from sumo, a great young Hirota performance and more.
Give it a read if you're so inclined.
ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/04/01/r...
With me being in the building, I tried something a bit different with this one, but here's my ramble about Grand Princess! Give it a read if you've got some time.
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With me being in the building, I tried something a bit different with this one, but here's my ramble about Grand Princess! Give it a read if you've got some time.
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Also funny that when Dango, a guy whose last semi-serious match I can't remember, was briefly plugged into the Takeshita formula, it looked exactly the same as most of thkse matches. If anything, from where I'm sitting, Dango's forearms sounded better than Take's.
Plus I understood enough of the emotional Misao and Yuka beat for it to hit.
3 lemon sour deep ramble, but these big TJPW shows are never going to be my favourites. They're aiming too wide. However, the fact they'll bring in someone like Take and have him work that match is why it doesn't bother me. They're still TJPW even while going broad.
That match was all about Endo's performance for me, and I thought she was brilliant. The pairing with Iroha reminded me of Takumi vs Mio, which is my favourite Takumi pairing, so get her in a Marvelous ring.
She has woken up for Sareee's match
Shockingly, at least one of the lads near me who turned up with a bottle of whisky is asleep (as was Kaoru Ito for a bit).
Got one of the sumo hall box seat things for the TJPW show and there are lads here with better setups than I've taken to 5 day music festivals.
Amazing! I'm hoping to eventually be brave enough to go to one of the men's classes Emi has put on occasionally.
One of the nice things about going to ChocoPro shows is you see all the Darejyo lot about, but it is a bit weird seeing wee Nagisa take her little brother to the toilet and thinking about how I've wrote about her delivering a great dropkick while crying being one of my favourite moments of the year.
(Not that I'd ever be enough of a cunt to take shots at a kid figuring out wrestling.)
I've had a few wrestlers follow me over on the other place, but I've now got Darejyo Rin's mum and dad following me, so if she does (as I expect) make the step to full-time, I'll only be saying nice things about her.
“A Hiyori dropkick means more than something breathtaking because you can see the work that was done to get there.” ❤️ ☁️
Off the back of last night I had a ramble about Hiyori and the beauty of a short career. #ChocoPro
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Off the back of last night I had a ramble about Hiyori and the beauty of a short career. #ChocoPro
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