Here’s another classic Vader match, his Japan debut where he essentially squashes Antonio Inoki. Inoki gets a lot of crap for putting himself over (even to this day) but here’s a case where he gets destroyed and in the process builds Vader into one of the great ‘monster heels’ in Japanese wrestling history:

We posted a video of Big Van Vader destroying Antonio Inoki with a German Suplex last week. Here’s a highlight compilation of Vader wrestling in Japan where he became one of the all time great ‘gaijin’ competitors:

This may be the best of the many Misawa tribute videos. It focuses on Pro Wrestling Noah and specifically the final show of the “Southern Navigation” tour, at the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The show became a de facto tribute to Misawa, and paid respect to him in the best way [...]

Here’s Tiger Shark, a protege of Satoru Sayama, against Japan puroresu legend Ultimo Dragon also from the 8/9 IGF show:

Here’s the video of Josh Barnett’s return to Japanese pro wrestling competition at the 8/9 Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) show. Barnett teams up with former adversary Naoya Ogawa to take on Bob Sapp and Yoshihiro Takiyama:
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One of the really exceptional moves made by HD Net lately is inking the excellent announcer Michael Schiavello to a long term deal. Schiavello has done the English language K-1 broadcasts for awhile and is not only a first rate fight announcer but downright hilarious. Here’s a clip of some classic Schiavello one [...]

Since we’ve had a lot of people ask about it, here’s the video of Peter Aerts vs. Yosuke Nishijima from K-1 World GP Tokyo on 8/11/09. HDNet will air the entire card on Friday night announced by the great Michael Schiavello, so check it out:

Lots of interesting stuff in the Japanese media today about DREAM 12. What we know is that it’ll be held in Osaka’s Castle Hall. Here’s where the fun starts: DREAM event producer Keiichii Saahara (basically to DREAM what Tom Atencio was to Affliction’s MMA promotion) is heading to the US for this [...]

Here’s a picture of Bob Sapp, Josh Barnett and Antonio Inoki promoting the most recent IGF event:

With Josh Barnett resuming his Japanese pro wrestling career today, we thought it a good opportunity to post the video of his last IGF appearance against Nayoa Ogawa:
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