2026.01.08 Kobe Sanbo Hall ■SMJ/Kzy/U-T v Susumu/KAGETORA/Doi ■Royal Sambo: YAMATO/DK/BxB/Hyo/Junior/ Kanda/Shachi/Takashi/Mondai/Fuda/Jiro ■Ultimo/Cucuy/Demus v KFM2 ■MochiFuji v Jason/ISHIN ■Yuki/Dia/Daiki/Kazuma v Kikuta/Minoura/KAI/Kato ■Shun/Cielo v BenK/Jacky ■Brave Gate: Ryoya© v Riiita

Actual note in my files for an eventual Shun Skywalker follow-up doc:

CIMA/Magnum TOKYO produce show in February. 2026 is already getting weird with it.

The Obra Dinn will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

Five Dragongate shows this week will fix me

Working on my next round of Disbanded videos. Good god, I somehow forgot how much 2005-2007 was such an absolute mess of alliances. Multiple people joined more than one unit as temporary or unofficial members, started up side project units, or formed new ones and then abruptly left them.

Stray thought: Defy has been booking Jack Evans recently DGUSA is back at Mania Week I'M JUST SAYING

The most tragic missed opportunity for a great pun was never teaming up Nick Aldis and Shannon Moore in a team called "Aldis & Moore". Maybe even worse than never pairing Taker & IRS into a team called "Death & Taxes".

I know everyone wanted Nakamura too, and yeah the reasons why not are stupid, but he made his choice years ago. I would've liked to see Nagata and Liger show up too though.

My crow friends visited me this morning 😊

the real Meat Madness is here

So cool of Tanahashi to pay homage to other people's finishers in that match... Shibata's PK Nakamura's Boma Ye Yoshioka's High Fly Flow 😜

Kinda watching WK20. My (wrestle) kingdom for an English commentator who can pronounce "Kazuchika"

TIL that in 1989, the Village Voice gave both The Cure's Disintegration and Soundgarden's Louder Than Love a C+ grade. Why did anyone ever take that publication seriously?

(whispering in quiet horror) no... dear god no...

Beware of Ryans, they're up to something.

If I was booking Natural Vibes for a DGUSA show, I'd be hiring a local dance troupe to do the whole entrance routine Magnum TOKYO style.

Holy trinity of seeing puro legends live: -singing "Kaze Ni Nare" at the top of your lungs -shouting "Mo-chi!" between Mocchy's lyrics -chanting "Death! Death! Fukigen Death!"🤘🤘 I have done the first two. The third is on my bucket list.

happy 2026, I guess I just live in Silent Hill now

How I am walking out of 2025

Aoi Please Go Somewhere Bigger Than JTO You're So Much Better Than This Challenge 2026 (Impossible)

One of the weird rants I go on sometimes is about how time is fake, and that we should have fewer time zones and no DST. Nothing exemplifies that more than NYE. I know several people already in 2026 who are physically closer to me than a lot of people still in 2025. We just made all this stuff up.

2025 Wrestling Photo of the Year imo courtesy of @bacteria1.bsky.social

FYI, I am referring to the DG rookie trio as "Fuda-gumi" just to make things easier, at least until they either a) get a name, or b) actually join other units.

As both a filmmaker and wrestling editor, oh god stop trying to film wrestling artistically, that is absolutely not your job. It can be done if your DOP is trying an entire new presentation gimmick, but if one camera randomly has a Dutch angle it's like nails on a chalkboard to video producers.

The weirdest thing about being in a nu metal or mallgoth band in the 2000s must have been if you were unsuccessful, so then you had to explain in job interviews in your 30s why you used to wear a numbered jumpsuit and your stage name was Ballz.

My crow friends dive down and swoop past me when they see me coming down the street now. Haven't yet gotten to the stage of contact, but they don't fly away. We'll get there. One is braver than the other.

Watching Dream Queendom without being current on Stardom for like a year, so it's kinda weird not knowing who everyone is anymore. The landscape changes so fast. Actually maybe exactly a year? I think the last event I watched was DQ'24.

Why does my recycling app need two-factor authentication? Oh no, someone might return some cans in my name. The outrage.

RIP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_B...

*Psst* Hey kid I got a wrestling promotion that will make you much happier

2025.12.28 Sambo Hall ■MochiFuji v OG Jimmyz ■Takashi v Jiro ■Sambo: Ultimo, SMJ, Kzy, UT, Dia, Kanda, Shachi, Mondai, Kimura, Ho Ho, Ho Li, Reach ■YAMATO/BxB/NotHug v Kikuta/Minoura/Jason/KAI ■JackyRiiita v Yuki/Ryoya ■Triangle Gate: Hyo/BenK/Junior© v Fuda/Daiki/Sahara ■Shun/Cielo v ISHIN/Kato

Big sad that I can't make it down to Seattle for this show tonight. Lots of my guys on this one. Also for the love of every god, please keep booking Jack Evans.

For a guy who's still in the ridiculous shape he's in and about to turn 50 in a month, I kinda doubt it. Aliens made Dragon Kid.

2025.12.27 Sambo Hall ■Fujii/Kanda v Sahara/Kimura ■Royal Sambo: Ultimo, YAMATO, BxB, Susumu, KAGE, Shachi, Takashi, Mondai, Fuda, Daiki, Shimbashi ■D'Courage v KFM ■Not Hug vs Shun/Cielo ■Jacky/Riiita v Kikuta/Kato ■PWR Title: Cucuy© v ISHIN ■Triangle Gate: Kota/Jason/KAI v SMJ/Kzy/UT v Hyo/BenK/Jr

Pet peeve: I used to be able to quickly Google start times for shows by typing in "(time) JST to PST" and it would just give me whatever that was. Now it's "Well, it depends on the time of year, and whether DST is active in your area. Historically, DST is--" YES I KNOW JUST GIVE ME THE INFO NOW

If Mocchy keeps going until his 70s, expect at least 3 more chapters of this. youtu.be/bXwo7RTHkhc

🚨 DRAGONGATE THEME RELEASE 🚨 RYU FUDA, GAJADOKURO, LOVE & PEACE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW ‼️

Me: "As soon as I finish this project I'll have time to follow other wrestling promotions again." Also Me: (takes on 3 other projects)

Catching up on Pluribus, which feels like Vince Gilligan saying "y'all expecting another Breaking Bad forgot I got my start on X-Files, didn't you"

My Christmas gift to the world is a reminder of the most Ho Ho Lun thing that has ever happened. youtu.be/8UoSDlLe6Kg

Psst... Hey, Ishida and Lindaman... You don't HAVE to stay in GLEAT now. Come back, all is forgiven. Not you, T-Hawk.

OK hear me out: Gajadokuro is already a pun on Gashadokuro, replacing one syllable to alter the meaning. So if we can't have Doi Darts anymore, let us have "Gachadokuro", where the heels make random spins to determine their opponents.

Explain your username Old gamer tag that stuck with me because I never rebranded myself by the time my content got noticed, so that's just my brand now. Late 80s video game reference, but it sounds pretty metal/spooky, and spooky-nerdy is a fair way to describe me.

Oh no, the algorithm somehow found out I'm producing music, so all my ads are about Pro Tools and audio engineering classes and mixing plugins. I wish you could tell ads "I'm all set. I have the things already."

Maybe Hangman just really loves Naruki Doi's Muscular Bomb.

PRIME ZONE+ Vol.17 2025.12.23 Hyogo Kobe Lapis Hall <Cast List> YAMATO★ KAGETORA Riiita Mochizuki Jr. Kzy★ Yuki Yoshioka ★ Dragon Dia★ Ryoya Tanaka★ Jason Lee ISHIN Genki Horiguchi Ryu Fuda★ Daiki Yanagiuchi★ Akihiro Sahara★ Kazuma Kimura Jiro Shimbashi ★＝Xmas Special "Host Rumble" Player

This Friday, the GOAT Masaaki Mochizuki taught a bunch of new kids how to kick ass. Twice! Note: Nobody from the v2 lineup has joined a unit yet as of the final 2025 Korakuen, so I'm calling them all independent now. I'll make an updated version of this someday when everyone lands somewhere else.

Still sad about this. It was such a cool project, and we worked directly with Paramount on it. I've never seen another game with this kind of genre hybrid. Maybe someday I can convince the game studio to make a non-IP version.

REO Speedwagon Mike Bailey, is that anything