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Only thing I can think of is the official announcement of a Budokan show.

Also, when Tanahashi is talking about drifting from the classical style he started out with to flashier moves, he’s basically saying he went from the influence of one mentor, Tatsumi Fujinami, to the influence of another, Keiji Mutoh.

Basically, Tana is saying FujinamiISM is superior to MutohISM.

Seri Yamaoka will return on October 24th at Ryogoku!

Big Reina out here cementing herself as Rookie of the Year, taking it to the “Sun God” and holding her own.

Exceptional stuff.

Chihiro puts Spike away for her 9th successful defense of this reign.

Manami steps up as the next challenger; is she ready?

How to watch:

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/rwpGR8V7ZiJDJNEZB5UFC6

Start Times:

11:00 PDT; 1:00 CDT; 2:00 EDT; 7:00 BST; 8:00 CEST; 3:00 JST; 4:00 AEST

Match Card:

Special Singles Match -

Sareee vs. Reina Takano

6Man Tag Match -

SENJO Daikaannon, SAIRA & Unagi Sayaka vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Yura Suzuki & Shin Hirota Katsuhika Sakura

Special Singles Match -

Mio Momono vs. Chika

Special 6Man Tag Match -

Aja Kong, VENY & Lady Leigh vs. Safire Reed, Anita Vaughan & ZONES

Tag Match -

Hiroyo Matsumoto & Ryo Mizunami vs. Manami & YUNA

Special Tag Match -

Mika Iwata & Miyuki Takase vs. Natsupoi & Saori Anou

Sendai Girls World Championship Match -

Chihiro Hashimoto (c) vs. Spike Nishimura

Their singles match on November 3rd is gonna be that good shit.

Tetsuya Izuchi asked for it and now he’s getting it, a singles match against THE BEAST himself.

Ito looks to make his 3rd successful defense of the UWF LIDET Title, against the technician Simon Gotch.

Show will be steaming live on YouTube for FREE: https://www.youtube.com/live/Gb0H8bVE5XU?is=Qpd9jQv1LzSO\_Le3

Arguably the two biggest “draws”/stars of Shoot-Style, each man with complicated legacies, with both praise and criticism thrown both their ways.

Arguments for Maeda:

- the OG “star” of Shoot; massive popularity in the 1980’s and chunk of the 90’s, being able to sell out multiple buildings with his name alone.

- had an undeniable presence and intensity about him that few could match or replicate, imo; helped by the fact Maeda was a big man who had multiple occasions of fucking people up.

- with the creation of RINGS, responses for bringing multiple big name martial artists to Japan and to the forefront of MMA, names like Fedor, Nogueira, Overeem.

Arguments against:

- his terrible temper lead to multiple fallouts on both business and personal levels, with multiple wrestlers speaking vocal contempt for him, even people who were once allies or friends.

- tried to claim to be in full “shoots”, despite every one of his matches being clearly worked bouts.

Arguments for Takada:

- much more classic babyface star, who was able to fill out multiple big buildings in the 1990’s (with the only people selling out more being Shinya Hashimoto & Mitsuharu Misawa).

- helped train some of the best Japanese martial artists/shooters, particularly Kazushi Sakuraba & Kiyoshi Tamura; Takada was also praised for being a much more humane trainer than the Ike’s of Maeda & Satoru Sayama, not abusing his trainees and treating them like human beings.

- popularity caused the creation of PRIDE FC, one of the most popular MMA promotions of all time; despite losing his reputation, Takada actually competed in full “shoots”, unlike Maeda (even though some do Takada’s PRIDE fights would be criticized as being fixed).

Arguments against:

- was seen as some people as being somewhat “unfit” for Shoot-style, due to not having an actual martial-arts background (his original love being baseball), unlike Maeda and co.

- said to have “compromised” the vision/ethos of Shoot-Style, when he agreed to the NJPW/UWFi inter-promotional angle in the mid-90’s, that would see the NJPW guys steamroll the UWFi talent in the booking.

Two disciples of Inoki clash in the house built by Misawa.

While not really your typical “Shoot Style” match, it is two very important “shooters” going at it for the first time in the squared circle, beating the piss out of each other, as only they can.

(From top to
Bottom):

Yurika Oka & Mika Iwata vs. YUNA & Chihiro Hashimoto

Hyperactive vs. Spike Nishimura & Lady Leigh

Yura Suzuki vs. Ryo Mizunami

Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Manami

Reina Takano vs. Miyuki Takase

From Lady Leigh’s X account

For a promotional in Mexico for Cruise & Iñárritu’s DIGGER.

Maeda gonna advise Tsuruya to “shoot” kick OZAWA in the face and it’ll be glorious.

Tsuruya comes from a martial arts background, his father Hiroshi (picture on the far right) coming up in Shooto, while his older brother Rei (pictured next to Maeda) currently fights in the UFC.

Tsuruya seems very promising and could definitely carry that “Shoot Style” flavor into the future.