It's all Sakura's fault

"As champion, I feel a responsibility to hold the belt, so I want to defend it more and more. But it's not going as smoothly as I'd hoped. Even when I held the Sendai Girls' Junior title, I couldn't generate any excitement.

I think it's because I'm not a charismatic champion, so I'm not appealing enough, and there are various other factors at play. But the fact that I haven't been able to generate excitement for two consecutive title's defenses makes me think it's my own fault."

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u/joepodd — 2 months ago

Yunamon is a good person

"Calm down and take three deep breaths." - posted at 2am, about a minute after a moderately large earthquake shook Tokyo

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u/joepodd — 2 months ago

Here they come now sayin' "Many☆Money"!

In any other situation I am rooting for Sakurara, but these New Blood belts are badly in need of some...well, new blood.

But maybe this Sunday is a little too soon?

u/joepodd — 2 months ago

Do you prefer Poi-Road or Tam-Road?

Poi-Road (aka Cena-Road): Announce your retirement several months in advance. Have many "dream matches", constantly reminding people that your career is nearing an end with an onslaught of memorial goods, giving fans plenty of safe preparation and closure.

Tam-Road (aka HBK-Road): Retire suddenly, denying it to the very end. In hindsight, you can see the same "retirement road" has happened in stealth, but person remains in high profile storylines, even as the focus of the promotion, and attempts to forecast the end are obfuscated to the very end, resulting in maximum impact when fans realize the end is actually here.

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u/joepodd — 2 months ago

Two months ago, she was champion of the world. Then, a year's worth of FruitySu arrived. It was all downhill from there.

The most surprising thing I learned from Kurara's InstaLive was that she dyes her hair black.

u/joepodd — 3 months ago

Damn, they dropped Kurara like a hot potato

Maki too. That's what you get for netting the president!

u/joepodd — 4 months ago

Happy 10000th birthday to Yuria!

Mad props to anyone that keeps track of the number of days they have lived since being born.

u/joepodd — 4 months ago

IRG is great, but they are incomplete. They need one more thing to become a true unit.

Edit: Tweet from Kiyoka Kotatsu.

https://x.com/mchan1201/status/2068525997297975719

"Yesterday, I tried to remain emotionless and not watch, so that I could fully concentrate on what I was doing and my teammates' matches, but when I looked back after stepping out of the ring, these forms of spirit and words resonated so deeply that I couldn't help but cry.

Everyone is fighting with so many different emotions. And this ring is a place where it's okay to lay those emotions bare."

u/joepodd — 4 months ago