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I recently got the white yamamoto skull bee. the glow and the decals are great. but I have been curious about why it was made. I am not sure if this has been discussed on the board yet. maybe it was and I missed it.

From my research (looking at wrestling magazines and web hunting) it looks like the figures are fan support for this wrestler

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Here are some fun links on the league and general news on japan wrestling. So weird to look at stuff like this now. when I was a kid I was obsessed with WWF, so it for sure takes me back. In one of the magazines it showed Yamamoto in a secret base t-shirt!

General info on the NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling

Fan blog:
http://www.puroresufan.com/index.php

Fan Blog:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/strongstyleblog/

Fan Blog:
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/columns/index.html

US Chapter of NJPW, happens in long beach I think. the videos on this site are funny.
http://www.njpw.com/

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Cool... I was actually trying to find information about the league, but didn't know where to start...


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Puro wrestling in Japan is on a bit of a downturn at the moment. the big two was always All Japan and New Japan, AJPW is closed and NJPW is a lot smaller than it used to be.

There is soo many good puro wrestling matches on the internet that I could dig out if people are interested.

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I've never been a fan of the big time high profile feds like New Japan and All Japan. only crappy hardcore stuff like FMW and Big Japan, and even moreso the C level "monter" feds. those are the best.

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my favourite type of puro was always the juniours. Seeing Sasuke with the J-Crown is fantastic.

Favourite fed was Michinoku Pro, those guys smoked the Barely Legal PPV.

at the moment in Japan it has to be DDT, any fed that can have a ladder as a champ is doing something right!

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POST THE MATCHES!!!

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love japanese wrestling, anyone here every watch Hustle Pro Wrestling in Japan?


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