Yuji Okabayashi (c) vs Daisuke Sekimoto - Big Japan Pro-Wrestling
Added 2024-10-08 14:00:10 +0000 UTCFrom ElSche:
Short Context: Big Japan is a japanese promotion, which is famous for their death matches but should be even more famous for their so called "strong" division (to qoute Big E: Big Meaty Men slapping Meat) Sekimoto is basically Big Japans ace for at least 15 years who made that Division matter next to the crazy Death Matches. Yuji Okabayashi is his disciple and by this point it could be argued that he has overtaken Sekimoto. But Sekimoto won the Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2022 (Big Japans G1 equivalant) to prove he is still the top guy and to challenge his former student for his belt. Okabayashis finish is a Argentine Backbreaker or a Big Splash from the top, Sekimotos Finish is a Deadlift German Suplex or a Lariat. The match happened when in japan fans were not allowed to cheer because of Covid, just in case you are confused why people only clap.
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Lol we try our best 😅
Tallywags
2024-10-09 15:21:49 +0000 UTCHa ha I’m proud that I can pronounce these guys names. Thanks anime.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-10-09 10:22:11 +0000 UTCWelcome back!!!!
Karen
2024-10-09 01:01:15 +0000 UTCGood match
Ryan Evans
2024-10-09 00:26:35 +0000 UTCI'm marginally German, around 7%. Before doing an Ancestry test I thought I was much more German than I actually am because of my last name lol.
Lucas Biersack
2024-10-09 00:15:48 +0000 UTCHe had, and Sekimoto also had great matches in Germany. Maybe we will come around to those eventually :D
ElSche
2024-10-08 23:37:31 +0000 UTCI did like how vocal they were, it was a good choice! That's awesome that Gunther was there too! I bet he had some good matches.
Tallywags
2024-10-08 23:29:12 +0000 UTCOhhh seeing Gunther back then would be cool
Tallywags
2024-10-08 23:25:45 +0000 UTCI try to share my useless wrestling knowledge :D BTw, judging by your name, are you also German?
ElSche
2024-10-08 22:48:35 +0000 UTCWelcome back!
Wade Kruse
2024-10-08 22:22:42 +0000 UTCWill u guys be watchalong to Monday night wars tonight and good to see u both back
Ryan Evans
2024-10-08 20:44:42 +0000 UTCTo my knowledge the move name came before Hansen used it, so Hansen incorporated the move into his aesthetic as a whole. The two moves are also different, a lariat sees the user of the move run into the opponent, while a clothesline sees the opponent get stopped in motion by the user of the move.
Lucas Biersack
2024-10-08 18:26:15 +0000 UTCfirst RINGS and now BJW, ElSche is the man! BJW rarely cleans their rings, so blood on the mats is a common sight (death matches are common in the company after all.) At times they would even use tape to cover up any holes in the canvas. GUNTHER actually wrestled with and against both of these guys a fair bit, I'm sure you could have seen the potential influences lol. A lariat and a clothesline are similar, yet distinct moves, but they often times are conflated as being one-in-the-same.
Lucas Biersack
2024-10-08 18:18:58 +0000 UTCLariat is the Japanese term for clothesline, popularized by a Stan Hansen, whose cowboy gimmick inspired the name. He was a main eventer in Japan. It's similar to how people say Razor's Edge instead of Crucifix Powerbomb due to Scott Hall/Razor Ramon. Japanese clotheslines typically have more force due to the psychology of them being credible finishers, but Gunther and JBL's hard-hitting versions are still called clotheslines in the west, even though they execute it like in Japan. Clotheslines are generally called Lariats in AEW and most indies, because super hardcore fans find it cool. Michael Cole once called Gunthers a "Lariat Clothesline".
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2024-10-08 18:00:54 +0000 UTCGlad you guys are feeling better! And I am glad you liked the match. Imo this is not the best match of these two, but I chose it because it is more recent and since both are very "vocal" wrestlers I think the silent crowd adds something special to it. Daisuke Sekimoto is one of my fvorite wrestlers, and a little fun fact, imo he was one of the biggest reasons Gunther had his international breakthrough, his matches with Sekimoto in wXw and Big Japan put him on the map outside of Germany for the first time in 2012. It is unfortunate he is rather unnknown because he never left Big Japan and therefore his exposure was always limited but I kinda respect the loyalty.
ElSche
2024-10-08 17:29:01 +0000 UTCGlad that yall are feeling a lot better and getting over this as well as you can be. Yalls voices still sound rough I hope your senses of taste come back to 100%.
John Coffey
2024-10-08 16:26:17 +0000 UTCI remember reading someone describe very true about the different between a clothesline & a lariat: Your opponent runs into your "clothesline", Your "lariat" runs through them. Both seems to be the same move that requires the arm making contact to the opponent, but the lariat means you put the actual force into hitting them. Stan Hansen, one of the if not the most iconic foreigner to ever step foot inside a Japanese ring, popularized the lariat & even raised the move status to literally be a lethal weapon, due to the fact that he has a bad eye sight, one of his eyes is blind i believe (someone needs to correct me about this part), he couldn't see his opponent properly so he decided to just swing the arm with all the force he has. JBL's "Clothesline from hell" though having clothesline on its name is also a lariat. Another fun fact: Hulk Hogan wrestled (as in WRESTLING or GRAPLING for real!) in Japan, he was the inaugural winner of the IWGP League (the predecessor of G1 Climax). His finisher when wrestled there was the Axe Bomber, a running lariat. One more thing i want to mention is you might see a lot of signature moves or finishers in Japanese matches to be a German Suplex, or any of its variation, into the bridging pin. It all thanks to Frank Gotch, the creator of German Suplex & the man hailed as "The God of Japanese wrestling" due to his significant contribution to Japan's early wretsling scene, popularized that move in the country
Nathan Morningstarz
2024-10-08 15:21:31 +0000 UTCSo Japanese matches have a thing called ‘fighting spirit’. It’s like, when you take a certain amount of punishment, you can tap into a reserve and ‘no sell’ essentially. A good example of fighting spirit is Sami kicking out of Gunther’s power bomb on Raw last night. It’s usually a hype as hell moment as the wrestler fires up to overcome their domineering opponent. It’s a storytelling tool more than just normal no selling or sandbagging or whatever (both of which tend to hurt whatever story the match is trying to tell). Anyway, it’s good to remember about ‘fighting spirit’ when you watch more japanese matches in future. Some of the best moments in wrestling involve fighting spirit.
Will Humphries
2024-10-08 15:11:38 +0000 UTCGlad to see you guys back and doing better.
Drew Or Die
2024-10-08 14:46:15 +0000 UTCDaisuke Sekimoto is the king of having random matches on dailymotion that are the best thing you’ve ever seen. Really looking forward to watching this.
Will Humphries
2024-10-08 14:44:25 +0000 UTCOfficially back great first reaction 💯🔥
Phillyman!!
2024-10-08 14:41:25 +0000 UTCTHEY’RE BACK!
Mahmood Al Mardi
2024-10-08 14:38:05 +0000 UTCI’m glad you two are feeling better and I hope max did a good job running the show
Jakob Micheal
2024-10-08 14:09:09 +0000 UTCIt’s great to see you again ♥️ I’m glad you both survived this mf!
TheBlueOne
2024-10-08 14:03:57 +0000 UTC
