#KENTA KOBASHI

[melikedraw]

Oh my god ponchai MY LOVEEEE I might be reawakening my desire for ponchai ehe

He looks a bit too baby here I will be changing the way I draw him but it's okay he's cute he's always cute

[scarletsp1der]

computer again

[dilf-in-peril]

Probably one of the most touching moments of self-sacrifice in wrestling I have ever seen, and I'm sure this clip does it no justice at all because you didn't see the 40 minutes before when Misawa was getting bullied and Kobashi was dragging himself back into the ring over and over again to help him while his leg was injured and they kept targeting it. Maybe it's also the understated realistic presentation that doesn't lend itself to clips and screenshots like the modern wrestling "cinema", yet it's this moment that stuck with me more than any choreographed spot, posed for the perfect shot. It just felt real.

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[blizzardsuplex]

A collection of random snippets from Roderick Strong's LiveJournal, 2004-2005

So, unlike people like Punk or Joe, he never used his LJ extensively; there are still some fun/interesting posts from 20 to 21-year-old Roddy, though. Screenshots under the cut (with alt text and occasional commentary):

[the way he types always makes me laugh. So many exclamation points...]

[More exclamation points. Also, didn't know he worked CZW.]

[first time he worked IWA...wild.]

[first PWG match! Also him going out with Steen, Generico, and his "best buddy" Shelley, LMAO]

[Jamie Gibson becoming ROH champ, Punk leaving the indies, Roddy debuting the trunks, and them going to The Weiners Circle, which is thankfully not NSFW to read about.]

[Watching the Joe/Kobashi match backstage must've been wild. Also aww his mentor match!]

[ponchaka]

The Four Pillars of Heaven

from left to right, top to bottom: Akira Taue, Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa.

[dynared]

Optimus Prime hits Kenta Kobashi’s Burning Hammer on Skywarp.

Daniel Warren Johnson’s Transformers remains awesome. (Again, in a year or two, someone give the Energon Universe comics to Trigger and just let them animate it).

[blackstarwrestling]

One of my favorite matches ever

[puroresu-musings]

LARIATOOOOOO!

[melikedraw]

Hni babygirls + extremely rare oc art

[scarletsp1der]

BUH

I’m the nooticer..,.,,.

[dilf-in-peril]

Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada, 03.12.1993

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[mackdaddyofthecravate]

Showdown at the Baba memorial event

I made an excited noise!

[apocalypse-polakiewicz]

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