EL DANDY~!

Raz, if we saw that I would piss my goddamn pants...

The lineup for Best of Japan 2002, and just by looking at some of these matches...they look like DOOZIES. I think I'm in, but what about you? Take a looksie: Volume One 1. Naomichi Marufuji vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Tatsuhito Takaiwa (NOAH - December 9, 2001) 2. Vader vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Jun Akiyama (NOAH - December 9, 2001) 3. CIMA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki in a Hair vs. Hair Match (Toryumon - December 2001) 4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan + Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata + Manabu Nakanishi - G-1 Tag League Semi-Finals (New Japan - December 11, 2001) 5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan + Satoshi Kojima vs. Mike Barton + Jim Steele - G-1 Tag League Finals (New Japan - December 11, 2001) 6. Toshiaki Kawada + Mitsuya Nagai vs. Keiji Mutoh + Taiyo Kea - RWTL Finals (All Japan - December 2001) 7. Jushin Lyger, Great Sasuke + Tiger Mask IV vs. Dick Togo, Gedo + Jado (New Japan - January 4, 2002) 8. Yuji Nagata vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Jun Akiyama (New Japan - January 4, 2002) 9. Super Shisa, Kennichiro Arai + Ryo Saito vs. Susumu Mochizuki, Genki Horiguchi + Darkness Dragon (Rainbow Promotions - January 20, 2002) 10. Milano Collection A.T., Steve Tsujimoto + Masato Yoshino vs. Ryo Saito, Takayuki Yagi + Anthony W. Mori (Toryumon 2000 Project - January 23, 2002) 11. Jushin Lyger, Minoru Tanaka + Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto, Gedo + Jado (New Japan - January 25, 2002) 12. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Osamu Nishimura (New Japan - February 16, 2002) 13. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi + Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Jushin Lyger + Wataru Inoue (NOAH - February 17, 2002) 14. Juventud Guerra vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Naomichi Marufuji(NOAH - February 17, 2002) Volume Two 1. Mitsuharu Misawa + Kenta Kobashi vs. Yuji Nagata + Jun Akiyama (NOAH - February 17, 2002) 2. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Satoshi Kojima (All Japan - February 24, 2002) 3. Toshiaki Kawada vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Keiji Mutoh (All Japan - February 24, 2002) 4. Naohiro Hoshikawa vs. Naomichi Marufuji (Zero-One - March 2, 2002) 5. Jushin Lyger, Minoru Tanaka, El Samurai, Masayuki Naruse + Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto, Black Tiger, Eddie Guerrero, Gedo + Jado - 2/3 Falls Match (New Japan - March 14, 2002) 6. Yuji Nagata + Manabu Nakanishi vs. Masahiro Chono + Hiroyoshi Tenzan - IWGP Tag Team Title Tournament Final Match (New Japan - March 24, 2002) 7. Yuji Nagata vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tadao Yasuda (New Japan - April 5, 2002) 8. Jushin Lyger + Minoru Tanaka vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi + Yoshinobu Kanemaru (NOAH - April 7, 2002) 9. Keiji Mutoh vs. Satoshi Kojima - Champions Carnival Semi-Finals (All Japan - April 10, 2002) 10. Mitsuya Nagai + Shigeo Okamura vs. Arashi + Nobutaka Araya - AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Title Decision Match (All Japan - April 13, 2002) 11. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiju Mutoh - AJPW Triple Crown Decision Match (All Japan - April 13, 2002) 12. Jushin Lyger, Minoru Tanaka, Masayuki Naruse + Masahito Kakihara vs. Koji Kanemoto, Black Tiger, Jado + Gedo - Elimination Match (New Japan - April 16, 2002) 13. Manabu Nakanishi + Osamu Nishimura vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Masahiro Chono + Hiroyoshi Tenzan - Non-Title Match (New Japan - April 26, 2002) 14. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan - May 2, 2002) Volume Three 1. Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (New Japan - May 2, 2002) 2. Tiger Mask IV vs. Ikuto Hidaka (Michinoku Pro - May 6, 2002) 3. Keiji Mutoh, Kaz Hayashi + George Hines vs. Taiyo Kea, Mitsuya Nagai + Shigeo Okamura - Giant Baba Memorial Cup Semi-Final Match (All Japan - May 15, 2002) 4. Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. KENTA - GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Final Match (NOAH - May 26, 2002) 5. Jushin Lyger vs. Koji Kanemoto - BOSJ Match (New Japan - May 28, 2002) 6. Minoru Tanaka vs. El Samurai - BOSJ Match (New Japan - June 2, 2002) 7. Manabu Nakanishi + Osamu Nishimura vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Masahiro Chono + Hiroyoshi Tenzan (New Japan - June 5, 2002) 8. Koji Kanemoto vs. Minoru Tanaka - Best of Super Juniors Final Match (New Japan - June 5, 2002) 9. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Manabu Nakanishi (New Japan - June 7, 2002) 10. Kensuke Sasaki vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan - June 7, 2002) 11. Ryo Saito vs. Genki Horiguchi (Toryumon - June 2002) 12. Magnum Tokyo vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - El Numero Uno Finals (Toryumon - June 2002) 13. Minoru Tanaka + Tiger Mask IV vs. Koji Kanemoto + AKIRA (New Japan - June 20, 2002) 14. AKIRA vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Minoru Tanaka (New Japan - June 21, 2002) 15. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Osamu Nishimura + Yutaka Yoshie vs. Kensuke Sasaki, Kenzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Tanahashi + Blue Wolf (New Japan - June 21, 2002) Volume Four 1. Masaaki Mochizuki, Ryo Saito + Dragon Kid vs. Magnum Tokyo, Darkness Dragon + Genki Horiguchi vs. UWA Six-Man Trios Tag Team Champions CIMA, Don Fuji + Yoshikazu Taru in a 3-Way Dance (Toryumon - July 7, 2002) 2. Yuji Nagata + Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan + Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan - July 8, 2002) 3. G-1 Climax 10-Man Royal Rumble (New Japan - July 10, 2002) 4. Satoshi Kojima vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - July 17, 2002) 5. Masahiro Chono + Osamu Nishimura vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan + Yoshihiro Takayama (New Japan - July 21, 2002) 6. Tiger Mask IV vs. Dick Togo - Tohoku Junior Tournament (Michnoku Pro - July 21, 2002) 7. Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Taka Michinoku - Fire Festival Tournament (Zero-One - July 28, 2002) 8. Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Masato Tanaka - Fire Festival Tournament (Zero-One - July 31, 2002) 9. Manabu Nakanishi vs. Osamu Nishimura - G-1 Climax Tournament (New Japan - August 3, 2002) 10. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Yoshihiro Takayama - G-1 Climax Tournament (New Japan - August 3, 2002) 11. Osamu Nishimura vs. Masahiro Chono - G-1 Climax Tournament (New Japan - August 4, 2002) 12. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshihiro Takayama - G-1 Climax Tournament (New Japan - August 4, 2002) 13. Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda - Zero-One Fire Festival Tournament Finals (Zero-One - August 4, 2002) 14. Yuji Nagata vs. Manabu Nakanishi - G-1 Climax Tournament (New Japan - August 7, 2002) 15. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - G-1 Climax Tournament (New Japan - August 8, 2002) Volume Five 1. Yuji Nagata vs. Osamu Nishimura - G-1 Climax Tournament (New Japan - August 8, 2002) 2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Masahiro Chono - G-1 Climax Semi-Finals (New Japan - August 10, 2002) 3. Osamu Nishimura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama - G-1 Climax Semi-Finals (New Japan - August 10, 2002) 4. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Masahiro Chono - G-1 Climax Finals (New Japan - August 11, 2002) 5. Dick Togo vs. Great Sasuke - Tohoku Junior Tournament (Michinoku Pro - August 15, 2002) 6. Dick Togo vs. Tiger Mask IV - Tohoku Junior Tournament Finals (Michinoku Pro - August 25, 2002) 7. Masayuki Naruse vs. Takehiro Murahama (New Japan - August 29, 2002) 8. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi + Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Minoru Tanaka + Jushin Lyger (New Japan - August 29, 2002) 9. Kaz Hayashi vs. Jimmy Yang (All Japan - August 30, 2002) 10. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Hiroshi Hase (All Japan - August 30, 2002) 11. Masaaki Mochizuki, Dragon Kid + Jimmy Yang vs. Magnum Tokyo, Susumu Yokosuka + Darkness Dragon (All Japan - August 31, 2002) 12. Kenta Kobashi, Kentaro Shiga, KENTA + Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jun Akiyama, Akitoshi Saito, Makoto Hashi + Yoshinobu Kanemaru in a Captain's Fall Elimination Match (Pro Wrestling NOAH - September 5, 2002) 13. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshinari Ogawa (Pro Wrestling NOAH - September 6, 2002) 14. YOSSINO, Brother YASSINI + Milano Collection A.T. vs. UWA Trios Tag Team Champions CIMA, Don Fuji + Yoshikazu Taru (Toryumon - September 8, 2002) 15. Darkness Dragon vs. Dragon Kid in a 2/3 Falls Mask vs. Mask Match (Toryumon - September 8, 2002) 16. Tiger Mask IV vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Koji Kanemoto (New Japan - September 22, 2002) Volume Six 1. Masayuki Naruse + El Samurai vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tsuyoshi Kikuchi + Yoshinobu Kanemaru (NOAH - September 23, 2002) 2. Jun Akiyama + Akitoshi Saito vs. GHC Tag Team Champions Takeshi Morishima + Takeshi Rikioh (NOAH - September 23, 2002) 3. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama (NOAH - September 23, 2002) 4. Takashi Iizuka vs. Osamu Nishimura (New Japan - October 6, 2002) 5. Bob Sapp vs. Manabu Nakanishi (New Japan - October 14, 2002) 6. Kazuyuki Fujita vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan - October 14, 2002) 7. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru (NOAH - October 19, 2002) 8. Kenta Kobashi + Kentaro Shiga vs. GHC Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama + Akitoshi Saito (NOAH - October 19, 2002) 9. Bas Rutten vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Koji Kanemoto (New Japan - October 26, 2002) 10. Masahiro Chono vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan - October 26, 2002) 11. Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroshi Hase (All Japan - October 27, 2002) 12. Great Muta vs. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - October 27, 2002) 13. Jushin Lyger, Tiger Mask IV + HEAT vs. Koji Kanemoto, Gedo + Jado - Junior Triathalon Survivor Final Match (New Japan - November 4, 2002) 14. Great Sasuke, Jinsei Shinzaki + Dick Togo vs. Taka Michinoku, Gran Naniwa + Kaz Hayashi (Michinoku Pro 10th Anniversary - November 8, 2002)

^knows the rulingness of Los Fabulosos

Anyone know if he DID shave it to look like Austin or if he always had his hair like that?

Just watched a FANTABULOSO match between Los Guerreros de Infiernos and Shocker/Mascara Magica/Satanico. FUCKING SWEET. I think it's a repeat, too, but BOY did Shocker hit a sick tope on Ultimo. Magica wins it for the tecnicos with the modified Quebradora and I weep tears for lucha libre once again because it was a damn fine match.

You all got to realize that back in 94, when Hogan came in, he basically saw everyone and said that him and his friends would be the only ones that mattered. So Austin was jobbed to Jim FUCKING DUGGAN and he was basically fired when he went to Japan, got hurt, and failed to tell WCW about it. If Hogan hadn't have come in, there is no doubt in my mind that he would have been one of the centerpieces of that organization. Of course, we all knew how that went. Austin got himself over, and then got himself to the top of the company, and because of what happened to him in WCW, he stayed on top for as long as he could.

Out of the blue guess only to bump up the thread: "Die Another Day"

^knows that Stacy picked him and < because we are two sexy mofos...

^horny <glad that ^ isn't trying to get in < pants

OK. First and foremost...Halle Berry deserved the Oscar for the breaking down, and then broken down woman she portrayed. This was an intense and gripping movie. I couldn't believe some of the things I saw in there. And one other thing. The sex scenes are some of the most intense scenes I've ever witnessed in a movie. I am going to go out of my way to see this movie again. Your thoughts on it even though it;s over a year old?

^should know that I danced to Michael last night at my friend's V-Day party...

I just added the sex part to my original post...it was everyone else who took that and ran with it...

^whitest white boy I know

Kobe is overrated. Without Shaq, he'd be triple teamed and he wouldn't have a shadow of a chance... And who's that I hear creeping up in the distance? The Warriors? You heard me...they've beaten the Lakers. Twice. They proved it, and they are playing with nothing to lose at all. The Lakers have too much pressure with Kobe and such, the Rockets have too much pressure with Yao...but the Warriors...don't be surprised if they come up in playoff talks in the upcoming weeks...

Today, I saw a 6-man with Buccanero, Ultimo, and some other guy against Shocker, Vampiro, and another guy...that's all I can add to that...

^needs to know that he ain't that fly...

^needs to actually put that in his signature like I'm gonna...

That has got to be the most ironic thing I've heard in a while...

That sex is more intense than most porno sex...

^should know that is a LONG time ago... <teamed with Silver King with STACY KIEBLER~! as our manager

Let's see: Benoit: 5'11" 228...small guy who can get a good match out of anybody... Brock 6'4" 295...Hosstastic... WWVD? (What would Vince Do?)

The sex scenes were like this: I mean, there was no background music or anything, they just went out there and fucked each other until their brains exploded...

Look...if you haven't noticed...RVD, Booker, Eddie, and Benoit have been stuck in the midcard for most of their run...and yet they are STILL over like Rover, INCLUDING the fact that RVD is the most over face on RAW, with Booker 2nd, and then Eddie being the cheating face and Benoit getting the standing ovation as a sign of respect. All I know is that Orton and Batista are young and they will too, someday, but Batista needs to prove himself as a guy with more than just four moves. Orton has the whiny heel shtick DOWN and I can see great things from him.

^Is just mistaken a lot of the time...

^BONNNNG! <will give out extra points to the person who figures out the DOUBLE REFERENCE~!