#Puroresu

[elitehanitje]

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[yoshihashismattebum]

A Block Part 1 | A Block Part 2 | B Block Part 1 | B Block Part 2

By (relatively) popular demand... here's part 1 of my Extremely Accurate PowerPoint Guide to this year's Best of the Super Freaks Juniors! I've done a guide for the G1 beefcakes every year for past 3 years, so it's about time the juniors got some love!

Since making my last one of these guides, I have somehow acquired a job and consequently have limited free time, so this is even more rough-and-ready than usual (if that's even possible). If you spot a mistake in there, kindly assume it to be intentional and a hilarious joke.

Anyway, hope you enjoy! Let me know your thoughts! Edit: Part 2 is out now! As is part 3! And now part 4!

[urakenbomb]

credit: minmin_puroresu

[honestlychiefbanana]

Higlights of El Phantasmo vs Konosuke Takeshita NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025

[namcomuseumonline]

to me bull nakano is the ideal woman. randy savage was right about her.

[ponchaka]

It's Willow Nightingale!

[kud-lucas]

[yoshinobukanemaru]

Want to help get the three count over hate (not the faction)? Want to make the bad in the world a bit better by making them tap out? Consider joining in on Fandom Trumps Hate this year!

What is Fandom Trumps Hate? It's a group of fandom creators who come together to offer up fanworks for charity! There are different charities supported, and it is a ton of fun! Donators bid on the items you offer up, and once a donation has been made, you get to work on making your fanwork!

Here is this year's calendar for the auction process!

FTH2025 Auction Calendar

Monday, January 20th: creator signups open for both the auction and the crafts bazaar

Sunday, February 2nd: creator signups close

Friday, February 21st: browsing period begins, crafts bazaar announcement goes live

Tuesday, February 25th, 8am ET: bidding opens

Saturday, March 1st, 8pm ET: auction bidding closes

Monday, March 10th: craft stalls close

Wednesday, March 12: proof of donations due

I've done this event for a few years, and it's always a good time. I would love to see more wrestling writers and artists get involved and help raise money for a good cause!

[hirosejen]

OMG 🥰💕

[elitehanitje]

After a string of losses, Taichi has an emotional breakdown and cries when he has to face off his former tag team partner/lover, Zack Sabre Jr. Zack tries to encourage him to move forward.

[yoshihashismattebum]

A Block Part 1 | A Block Part 2 | B Block Part 1 | B Block Part 2

It's time for part 3 of my BoSJ guide, where we tackle the first half of B Block! If you've missed parts 1 and 2, you can find them here and here.

After my partner read the draft of this post, she referred to B Block as the 'Cute Boy Block', which I think is acccurate and also Despe would 100% agree.

Stay tuned for the final part, where we look at the biggest freaks of the tournament (which is saying something, let's face it). I honestly don't know how I'm going to fit everything I want to say about Taguchi onto one slide. [edit: part 4 is now out! ]

BoSJ starts tomorrow, so my timing is a bit off, but oh well! Will you be tuning in? Let me know! Especially if it'll be your first time watching!

Oh also, read on for my unhinged rambling theory about how MAO's new tag team name is inspired by a punk song I like...

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* Okay, are you all sitting comfortably? Can everyone see the red string board? So. MAO's team is called Strange Love Connection. Turnstile have a song called T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection) which is also a title of one of their EPs. Here it is, for you to listen to (it's real good, especially if you like creative hardcore punk).

Now, we know that MAO likes Turnstile, because he wore a Turnstile hoodie to his wedding with Kazuma Sumi (don't ask – it's a whole DDT thing). It's specifically a hoodie for Glow On, the album that T.L.C. is featured on. See Exhibit A below:

The lyrics to T.L.C. also include the lines "I wanna thank you for letting me see myself/I wanna thank you for letting me be myself" which totally fits given the tag team is two wrestlers who have just left/been kicked out of their factions and are finding love together! They are finding themselves again through each other!

Finally, and I think this is the clincher for me: the text he used for the logo of his new faction looks very similar to the Turnstile logo! See Exhibits B and C:

QED. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. I will not be taking questions at this time.

(Actually, that's not true: I'm always down to talk about wrestling and/or music and/or unhinged theories about wrestlers naming their factions after songs! My DMs are open!)

[urakenbomb]

credit: this_is_kani

[honestlychiefbanana]

Highlights of Konosuke Takeshita vs Ryohei Oiwa NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025

[cryocannon]

golden lovers for @moonsaultzine 🌟♎