Guest Jesse Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Anyone have any idea who he is? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest sean pyro Report post Posted April 20, 2004 http://www.puroresufan.com/roster/suzuki.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Kenzo Suzuki, Japan's answer to Sid Vicious (i.e. he sucks ass). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Deviant Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Oh god, it's Suzuki?!? I don't see Raw until Friday, so can anyone upload the vignette, much like you kind folk uploaded the Mordecai bit for those who had it editted? Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jesse Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Ah, thanks guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 I smell rip off of Ludwig Bolga! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JMA Report post Posted April 20, 2004 I'm starting to think Bradshaw is on the booking team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Maybe he can cut "great", "outstanding" heel promos about how America deserved Pearl Harbor. Seriously, I'm not much in favor of bringing this guy in, but if you're going to bring new guys in, can an effort be made to at least NOT give them the shittiest gimmicks they can find? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Kenzo Suzuki, Japan's answer to Sid Vicious (i.e. he sucks ass). Based on what? His crappy stay in TNA? That's hardly what you should judge someone by. See some of his matches with Tenzan and you'll know that he's no where near Sid's level of "suck." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Is it definitely him? Did they actually show him in the vignette? I only caught the tail end of it where they showed his name. Some have speculated that it could be Kendo Ka Shin, who has also been making appearances here and there. Any confirmations? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 The video apparently says he hasn't forgotten WWII when the U.S. bombed Japan or something like that. I don't know. Either way, he's the "EVIL FORIGENER", so we will about a million "USA" chants for all this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Welcome back to the xenophobia of the late 1980's! I gather his first opponent will be Sgt. Slaughter, followed by Jim Duggan, and then his first PPV match will be against the Narcis... I mean, the All-American murder suspect Lex Luger. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 I have no problem with the Evil Foreigner gimmick. Let's be realistic. Would the average WWE fan even accept a Japanese wrestler with limited English skills as a babyface? Doubtful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Two words: Ta Jiri They loved him when he debuted. His crazy skills won over the crowd more than a thousand vignettes could have. Plus, his few-and-far-between Japanese promos were pretty well received if only for the sheer novelty of them. I'm sure having Regal as his straightman helped a lot, but the guy had something really great going before he was regulated to Midget Purgatory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Evil foriegner gets good heat all the time. The first time La Resistance came out to the arena... you heard the boos and the "USA" chants. It's cheap heat, but at least it's heat, and that's something that Garrison Cade will never see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Two words: Ta Jiri They loved him when he debuted. His crazy skills won over the crowd more than a thousand vignettes could have. Plus, his few-and-far-between Japanese promos were pretty well received if only for the sheer novelty of them. I'm sure having Regal as his straightman helped a lot, but the guy had something really great going before he was regulated to Midget Purgatory. Good point. =\ But still, how far could he have gone after that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jimbo Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Wouldn't it be great if we got a Japanese guy who came in and wasn't supposed to be some stereotypical, mysterious, mischievous foreign heel... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Two words: Ta Jiri They loved him when he debuted. His crazy skills won over the crowd more than a thousand vignettes could have. Plus, his few-and-far-between Japanese promos were pretty well received if only for the sheer novelty of them. I'm sure having Regal as his straightman helped a lot, but the guy had something really great going before he was regulated to Midget Purgatory. Good point. =\ But still, how far could he have gone after that? We'll never know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Banders Kennany Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Wouldn't it be great if we got a Japanese guy who came in and wasn't supposed to be some stereotypical, mysterious, mischievous foreign heel... Ultimo Dragon. C'mon man. As for this Hirohito business, I think it's weird. The volume on my TV was giving me trouble and cahnging all up during odd times on RAW, so some segments I had trouble hearing, like this one. I would think they would was weird at first. The name Kenzo is cool indeed, but I'd bet a lot that they didn't want Suzuki as a last name because it's also a carmaking company. Maybe it will be Kenzo Hirohito. I wonder if future vignettes will show how the people of Japan suffered the after-effects of the A-bombs (I believe those were mentioned in the commerical, correct?). That will be a little gruesome and overboard for a wrestling angle but then again this is Dunce McMahon and the Human Roid's WWE we're talking about here. I hope Kenzo does well. He is a hoss but a foreigner, so maybe those things cancel each other out and he'll be in the midcard in a bit. He's probably a little better than everyone thinks, since most people only know him from that one TNA match with Saturn who made him look bad on purpose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Wouldn't it be great if we got a Japanese guy who came in and wasn't supposed to be some stereotypical, mysterious, mischievous foreign heel... Didn't Tajiri basically do that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humongous2002 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 That's how Vince's mind works if you are not caucasian and american that means you are evil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Well... what about Kane? He's caucasian and American. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Can we never point to the work of a wrestler in Japan as how good they are going to be in the WWE? We all know that we will never see what they can do because they don't wrestle the Vince style of slow down and tell the worlds most boring story. If he sucked in TNA then he is probably going to be unbearable in the WWE. I'll give him a chance as a wrestler but this gimmick already screams bad. I mean, bringing up Pearl Harbor??? Come on, most of the people alive don't even care about it anymore. This would be like bringing up the War of 1812 to get heat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Korgath Report post Posted April 20, 2004 I mean, bringing up Pearl Harbor??? Come on, most of the people alive don't even care about it anymore. It's a Hollywood blockbuster![/sarcasm] Anyway, Emperor Hirohito was monarch of Japan during World War II. I guess that's where all the American hate stems from. After all, Hiroshima and Nagasaki predate Chernobyl by decades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 He is a hoss but a foreigner, so maybe those things cancel each other out and he'll be in the midcard in a bit. He's probably a little better than everyone thinks, since most people only know him from that one TNA match with Saturn who made him look bad on purpose. Agree with the point about Saturn, there's some drama for you there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted April 20, 2004 He is a hoss but a foreigner, so maybe those things cancel each other out and he'll be in the midcard in a bit. He's probably a little better than everyone thinks, since most people only know him from that one TNA match with Saturn who made him look bad on purpose. Agree with the point about Saturn, there's some drama for you there. Why not step into the Puro folder and ask what they think of him. I've seen several of his matches from Japan and I can safely say he sucks. He has a very limited moveset. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 So, how long until he feuds with Tajiri? And will Funaki magically appear on RAW as his manager, or is Mr. Fuji primed for a comeback? At any rate, I smell an anti-US alliance between this guy and La Resistance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nikowwf Report post Posted April 20, 2004 They absolutely love WWE in Japan, yet WWE uses Japanese characters as the "evil foreigner". And i HATE the name - dont name him after an emperor of Japan, its somewhat offensive. Plus, the promo was something from the history channel. It didn't strike me as fearsome. niko Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nikowwf Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Also, the whole LA RESISTANCE heat is supposed to be from the fact that they are "anti-american" and not standing with us. How the hell would they do this with Hirohito? Japan's not against us at all. niko Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaYourCar 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2004 Bring in Sonny Ono as his manager!! Oh and he's a Japanese Hoss so Vince probably thinks this is the answer to the fans who want some Puro action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
