Its been a while since I've really watched some so, I ordered some Shin Nihon, Michinoku Pro, and Arison. The Michinoku Pro commentary was blah... the Shin Nihon wasn't too bad... but goodness, the Arison just had me cracking up.
I'm watching the 5th anniversary show, and watching the Tamada/Inoue vs Fujita/Akino match... and the commentator is like "I think she's a good woman!" when talking about Inoue Takako (not the pop star) and then he's like "The challengers are good, aren't they?"
Oh man... I love the action and stiffness... but whooo... I'd even listen to Coach and King over this stuff...
Any other weird Japanese Commentary stories that you'd like to share with us.... no.. I haven't had the chance to hear SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIININGU UIZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARUDO...
I hope that I didn't do anything wrong by making this thread.
"Pile-drivah" "Count of three" "Tiga Driva" "Lariat-o"
This is especially true if you play import Japanese wrestling games, where the soundbites loop, just like they do on the WWF games.
"No one's ever done a movie about flowers before. So there are no guidelines." "What about "Flowers for Algernon"?" "Well, that's not about flowers. And it's not a movie." "Ok, I'm sorry, I never saw it." -- Adaptation
I loved when Kawada wrestled Tenzen and punched the shit out of him and the annoucers screamed "POOOOOOWWWWWAAAAAAAA PUNCHHHHHHHHHHHAAAA!!!!!!!!"
RIP Curt Hennig: Yeah, they call me a redneck, but you know---that's a beautiful thing!
You don't get it boy, this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon. Something tells me to stop with the leg. I don't listen to it. But where in the world is there in the world A man so extroardinaire?
I saw an FMW match once where Tommy Dreamer grabbed Francine's crotch in a claw grip and the japanese announcers went absolutely berzerk. I have it on DVD actually..
It's fun to think about how English commentary probably sounds just as funny to Japanese people. You just know somewhere, right now, somebody in Japan is making fun of Jim Ross. "MAH GAWD IN HEAVEN! DAMN HIM! DAMN THAT TRIPLE H!"
Little quibble. The women's promotion is called ARSION. (I have the t-shirt and autographed pic of Michiko Ohmukai to prove it!)
I'm a mark for the "LARIATO!" call. At Revolution Pro shows in 2001, I was screaming it whenever it was thrown. At one of their shows, you can hear me and one of the RevPro wrestlers going off on it.
Also, my favorite call personally, was on a NJ PPV where Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea won the IWGP Tag Team Titles. mentioning the participants, the one thing you can make out from them is "MIGHTY MIGHTY MUTOH KEIJI!"
I have a special friend. He's the baby Jesus and I love him and...and...he don't give me no s**t and he don't f**k around and he's just the f**king coolest guy and I wanna say I love the baby Jesus.I can't say enough.I love the baby Jesus and I think...he's the best thing and he's really great when he shares his love for everbody.You know what I mean?I can't even see a manger without thinkin' about him,eh?I just love the Jesus.I've only been into him for a couple of hours though,but I'm really into him. --Bruce McCulloch
Originally posted by IsaacYankem I saw an FMW match once where Tommy Dreamer grabbed Francine's crotch in a claw grip and the japanese announcers went absolutely berzerk. I have it on DVD actually..
I rebeaked that show over at weekly visitor. That might have been the same one where at the end of some match, the commentators just screamed for like 10 minutes. FMW was the best.