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Post by John Hyperion on Sept 20, 2010 14:29:02 GMT -6
This was one of the most amazing nights I've experienced. Haze's match was pretty stellar. Even though she took the pin the Portal pretty much had to kill her to keep her down. She looked extremely strong.
Manami was amazingly over. Chants started while Quack was still making his way to the ring. Match was insane, rolling cradles, giant swings (plural), piledriver, spike piledriver, doomsday Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex, Top rope cross body to the floor....just buy it. It's so, so good. Manami brought her A game and demonstrated why she is the greatest of all time, and still pretty far up there right now.
The Queen was, of course, The Queen and had new gear in a similar theme to her recent ones.. You'll like it.
And, OMFG, we got to have dinner with Manami at Jumping Bomb Angel Itsuki Yamazaki's restaurant. The food was great and Manami was so wonderful and kind. She obviously had a great time and said she'd like to come back to the US.
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Post by spiffie on Sept 20, 2010 14:55:23 GMT -6
She obviously had a great time and said she'd like to come back to the US. DAVE, MAKE IT HAPPEN!
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Post by aurone on Sept 20, 2010 16:30:24 GMT -6
She obviously had a great time and said she'd like to come back to the US. DAVE, MAKE IT HAPPEN! Dave's policy is always that the wrestlers need to come to them if they want in, and even if she's conciderded the greatest in the world, I question if he'll make an exception. Still though, if she's gonna be working the Indys of America in the future, she'll most likely hear that Shimmer is the place to be.
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Post by Evergrey06 on Sept 20, 2010 17:53:35 GMT -6
Out of curiosity, how is her English?
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Post by John Hyperion on Sept 20, 2010 18:04:35 GMT -6
Aurone, Dave said the original plan was to also have her at the past SHIMMER tapings. This trip WAS considered to be a one off but given the sell out, reaction, and how she said she wanted to return, I will keep my hopes slightly up. Out of curiosity, how is her English? We had a translator. She did take the time so sign a card for each of us in English.
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Post by theeb on Sept 20, 2010 18:36:12 GMT -6
This was amazing!, Could not have been a better day, The matches were fantastic, Toyota did great showing us why she is maybe the best female wrestler of all time, I don't think she really lost a step.
The dinner was amazing, If i recall correct we had a Q&A, And right before everyone left they had group photos taken with each and everyone's camera who was there.
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Post by famouseric on Sept 20, 2010 18:44:42 GMT -6
we posted a photo collection of the match at diva dirt and leslie and i will have a afterparty report up on the site really soon.
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Post by John Hyperion on Sept 21, 2010 10:43:35 GMT -6
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Post by John Hyperion on Sept 22, 2010 9:15:10 GMT -6
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Post by John Hyperion on Sept 22, 2010 11:12:40 GMT -6
Seriously, the best female wrestler ever and the best female wrestler now main evented a sold out show in New York for a primarily male promotion, and killed it. This is a pretty huge moment.
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Post by tswdm on Sept 22, 2010 14:28:11 GMT -6
I can't wait to see this.
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Post by tystates on Sept 22, 2010 15:02:16 GMT -6
We got to meet Toyota on my last trip to Tokyo, had lunch. She spoke very little english but Fumi translated. She signed a zillion autographs for all of us and group photos afterwards. Very awesome to meet and be around her.
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Post by famouseric on Sept 22, 2010 20:28:23 GMT -6
I stand out in that pic with Toyota.
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Post by profchaos on Sept 23, 2010 9:45:44 GMT -6
Bitchslap
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Post by John Hyperion on Sept 28, 2010 10:35:07 GMT -6
M-Drop did an interview with Manami in English!Best part: MD) What do you think about American fans?
I like them a lot. They were totally different from Japanese fans. They are very honest and respond directly to wrestling itself, so I was very happy to be in the ring and wrestled in front of them. Japanese fans are very picky and stick to negative points and tend to criticize wrestling. On the contrary, American fans stick to good points and try to enjoy wrestling. They get excited more and more as matches go so I tried to respond to their cheers.Manami has such a wonderful sense of humor!
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