Guest cheercomp Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 Who would the puro stars be equivalent to on this side of the ocean? Like ...would it be fair to say that Chono is the japanese Hogan, or that Kobashi is the japanese Jericho...something along those lines.
Guest Max Peter David Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 Chono = Hogan Nagata = Angle Lyger = Mysterio Takayama = Jericho
Guest Black Tiger Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 I'd put Takayama more into the Foley category, not for his wrestling style but for his population. Foley is known for taking the really sick bumps in the death matches and cutting himself to pieces. Takayama is known for being a punching bag in PRIDE and taking huge shit kickings as a result. Chono is more like The Rock, neither has a particularly large repitoire but both have mega charisma and can put on good-great matches even without usiing a lot of moves.
Guest TheHulkster Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 Kenta Kobashi = Shawn Michaels Manabu Nakanishi = Brock Lesnar KENTA = Edge Tatsumi Fujinami = Ric Flair Jun Akiyama = Chris Jericho
Guest Black Tiger Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 A-Train = continously pushed despite lack of talent or heat. Sounds like Yoshinari Ogawa to me
Guest RickyChosyu Posted October 21, 2003 Report Posted October 21, 2003 Didn't Zach Arnold already call Ogowa the "X-Pac" of Noah? As for the topic in general: Isn't it possible that some wrestlers just don't have a Japanese equivalent? Japan is not another dimension that mirrors ours, it's just a different country. Hogan didn't go to Japan to fight bizarro-Hogan, he went to fight Masahiro Chono, who really doesn't have that much in common with him other than having a similar fashion sense. Just because they have wrestlers doesn't mean they have to resemble the ones over here. I'm having trouble seeing why any of this is relevant.
EL DANDY~! Posted October 21, 2003 Report Posted October 21, 2003 Not exactly WWE, but: Yoshinobu Kanemaru=Steve Corino I'm so serious, too...
Guest cheercomp Posted October 21, 2003 Report Posted October 21, 2003 Didn't Zach Arnold already call Ogowa the "X-Pac" of Noah? As for the topic in general: Isn't it possible that some wrestlers just don't have a Japanese equivalent? Japan is not another dimension that mirrors ours, it's just a different country. Hogan didn't go to Japan to fight bizarro-Hogan, he went to fight Masahiro Chono, who really doesn't have that much in common with him other than having a similar fashion sense. Just because they have wrestlers doesn't mean they have to resemble the ones over here. I'm having trouble seeing why any of this is relevant. Dude, the topic is just for fun. Not much has been going on within the board, so what's wrong with having a little fun. On a sidenote, I would make a case for Kojima being the Rock of Japan. His crossover into the fashion world along with his playing to the crowd is akin with Duane.
Mecha Mummy Posted October 21, 2003 Report Posted October 21, 2003 Who's the US equivalent of CIMA...?
Guest ManKinnd Posted October 21, 2003 Report Posted October 21, 2003 I'd have to say the easiest ones would be Tsuruta=Flair Baba=Andre (duh) Kobashi=RVD (not so obvious, but think of it, flashy moves, crowd rallies behind him no matter how much he loses)
Guest RickyChosyu Posted October 22, 2003 Report Posted October 22, 2003 Dude, the topic is just for fun. Not much has been going on within the board, so what's wrong with having a little fun. Nothing wrong with fun, I just find this type of fun to be innane and pointless. What's wrong with discussing the wrestlers instead of making poor comparisons to American wrestlers? It seems to me that if someone wants to know about any of these wrestlers, it'd be easier to tell them about the wrestlers instead of saying, "Takayama = Jericho."
Guest BionicRedneck Posted October 22, 2003 Report Posted October 22, 2003 Kobashi=RVD (not so obvious, but think of it, flashy moves, crowd rallies behind him no matter how much he loses) Are you on drugs? Seriously?
{''({o..o})''} Posted October 22, 2003 Report Posted October 22, 2003 Kobashi=RVD (not so obvious, but think of it, flashy moves, crowd rallies behind him no matter how much he loses) Are you on drugs? Seriously? Yeah, I think we all know that Kobashi isn't half the worker that RVD is...
Guest trickstyle_360 Posted October 22, 2003 Report Posted October 22, 2003 Kobashi=RVD........that's the greatest friggin joke ever.
Guest Dave O'Neill, Journalist Posted October 22, 2003 Report Posted October 22, 2003 Nothing wrong with fun, I just find this type of fun to be innane and pointless. What's wrong with discussing the wrestlers instead of making poor comparisons to American wrestlers? It seems to me that if someone wants to know about any of these wrestlers, it'd be easier to tell them about the wrestlers instead of saying, "Takayama = Jericho." Lighten Up Dude Plus, I've always gone on Scott Keith assertion that Takayama is what would have happened if Terry Gordy had a kid IN Japan Who's the US equivalent of CIMA...? Spanky??????
Guest bort Posted October 22, 2003 Report Posted October 22, 2003 "Plus, I've always gone on Scott Keith assertion that Takayama is what would have happened if Terry Gordy had a kid IN Japan" that is so true....
Guest La Marka Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 So who would Tajiri's equivalent be in Japan?
Steviekick Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 So who would Tajiri's equivalent be in Japan? Scorpio
Guest cheercomp Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 So who would Tajiri's equivalent be in Japan? Scorpio Hmmm...interesting...what makes you say Scorpio? I would think Shibata ...but thats a little off. Who would be the equivalent to Macho in Japan?
Guest ManKinnd Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 Kobashi=RVD (not so obvious, but think of it, flashy moves, crowd rallies behind him no matter how much he loses) Are you on drugs? Seriously? Yeah, I think we all know that Kobashi isn't half the worker that RVD is... I didn't say they exactly equal each other, sheesh, but just for the reasons I listed. Don't think of it on a workrate scale, but Kobashi pulls out the flashy moves (moonsault, half-nelson suplex, burning hammer) and RVD does too (split-legged moonsault, rolling thunder, 5star). Kobashi lost to Misawa constantly, and RVD loses to HHH constantly, but they were still both very over.
Steviekick Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 So who would Tajiri's equivalent be in Japan? Scorpio Hmmm...interesting...what makes you say Scorpio? I would think Shibata ...but thats a little off. I'm not too up on everything in Puro but it made sense to me to go with Scorpio. Both him and Tajiri are working outside their home nation, and I guess both of them do a lot of kicks.
Guest tigerdrivah91 Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 Who's the US equivalent of CIMA...? Id say Trent Acid as he does get the same kinda heat/reaction and i can see some similarities in their work. But Trent aint half the worker CIMA is...but he could be.
Downhome Posted October 25, 2003 Report Posted October 25, 2003 Who is the US equivalent of Tiger Jeet Singh?
{''({o..o})''} Posted October 26, 2003 Report Posted October 26, 2003 Tiger Jeet Singh Tiger Ali Singh
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