Check out what i found out at work

[Guest HBK16]

I have been working there for only a few months and its a pretty big company and today was the first time I ever talked to the guy who owns the place. Well, we were just getting to know each other and told him I was into wrestling. He just moved here from Japan like 5 years ago. The he asks me if I have ever seen wrestling in Japan and told him that is the only wrestling I watch. He told me that his father is friends with Masa Chono's father. I was like holy shit! He has met him on several occasions and has a bunch of stuff autographed by him. He told me he would give me G1 Climax poster with his autograph on it. Best day ever!

[Guest tigerdrivah91]

U lucky SOB.....I wish i knew someone who knew Chonos Dad....or even his postman....

[EL DANDY~! 0]

Wow...Chono. THE FUCKING EMPEROR OF KINGS...I weep tears of joy for you, my friend...

[Guest HBK16]

I was quite suprised too. I mean I met someone who is practically friends with Chono. Now I am getting an autographed poster!

[Guest Grenouille]

Your a lucky man HBK. The closest I've been to someone knowing about Puro where I am is the guy at Sarku Japan saying "Inoki" as he gave me my chicken since he saw my NJ shirt.

[Guest wolverine]

I was in a restaurant once and I heard somebody talking about Kobashi's bad knees, which shocked the hell out of me. Seriously.

[Guest HBK16]

It's very hard to find people who know about Puro on the streets. I get shocked when I do too. This is the first time I have ever met someone who knows something about puro except for my friend but I got him into it so he doesn't count.

[Guest TheGame2705]

I met some guy and I found out he was into wrestling particularly Hogan. He asked me if I had ever watched his matches vs. Hansen, Muta, and Inoki. I was surprised he had.

[Guest BlackRainbow1025]

My friend's Japanese instructor used to talk about Sasaki and Muta ALL the time. He gave us some NJ shows his little brother taped in Japan for us a few times.

[Guest PlatypusFool]

I've never met anyone who is into puroresu on the street, except the guy I've introduced to it.

 

It would be really cool to have a mate in real life with a massive puro collection, we could sit and watch together, and then discuss. Course, it'll never happen, I live in the UK and there is very few puro fans here, even compared with the US.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Ok... So let me get this straight.

 

You post on the same board I post on.

 

You know a guy who lived in Japan.

 

That guy has a father.

 

That father knows another father.

 

Whose son is Chono.

 

So in reality - I KNOW CHONO! WHOOO HOOO! WHERE MY TOKYO DOME TICKETS!

[Guest DragonflyKid]

LOL Rudo, it's like that whole Kevin Bacon game.

 

I have never met anyone who watches puro that I know of, then again I live way out in the country. I will be in San Francisco next week and will visit some of the video stores in Japan Town. Hopefully they have some puro at a price I am willing to pay/able to afford. Maybe a puroresu-oriented conversation can be struck up.

[Guest Jubuki]

Six Degrees of Masa Chono~

[Guest Markme123]

I didn't know there was a Japan town in San Fran! I live in San Jose and there's a Japan town here north of downtown. There's a video store with lots of Pride and K1 and some All Japan tapes. Maybe I should check out some SF shops.

[Guest wolverine]

Hell, I live 10 minutes away from Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, and I've never even been there!

[Guest DragonflyKid]

Markme123 Posted on Sep 27 2002, 02:26 PM

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I didn't know there was a Japan town in San Fran! I live in San Jose and there's a Japan town here north of downtown. There's a video store with lots of Pride and K1 and some All Japan tapes. Maybe I should check out some SF shops.

 

 

I was just in San Jose for the WWE show and to visit my sister. I will be there again after my SF trip and might look around more. I was in downtown but I was just wandering for the most part and failed to check if there were any shops where puro might be available.

 

I did stay in what seemed like an Asian district while I was in Oakland for 3 days but I couldn't tell what stores were Japanese so I didn't even check, I didn't bring alot of spending money with me anyway.

 

 

 

wolverine Posted on Sep 27 2002, 02:31 PM

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Hell, I live 10 minutes away from Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, and I've never even been there!

 

 

Are you planning on going eventually? I heard the stuff is more expensive, at least I hear Anime is supposed to be cost a lot in shops.

[Guest wolverine]

Maybe for lunch, but not for tapes.

[Guest HBK16]

Well he gave me the poster and it was a poster of a G1 Climax event signed by Masa Chono! ONE OF A KIND!!! Hell ya!

 

 

2222th post!

[Guest Markme123]

Actually I have been to Oakland and most of those people are Chinese not Japanese. Those people outnumbered everyone else about 4:1. The street signs are also in Chinese.