Finally getting to Dynamite. That cage is gigantic!

Can’t remember if I told you the story of my original accommodation going out of business overnight the night before I flew out, but my replacement is a three-storey, three-bedroom house out in the suburbs. The neighbourhood is little independent shops and two 24hr combinis. May have struck gold.

First Tokyo mission complete: collect Sendai Girls ticket from a 7-11.

Oh noooo… my arm hurts… I must cease rotating.

I’d rather have a spy shag me.

Losing the charging case to my earphones minutes before my flight boards is not the one. FFS.

Hey, this was yesterday. I was at this.

Here’s how tired I am: I’m trying to find a picture of something on my phone, only I can’t remember what it’s a picture of or why I’m looking.

The fucking BOUNCING anvil case. Jesus Christ. They don’t do that.

Well, I have just committed the ultimate sin in Japan. A public bus in Fukuoka will now be late because of my bumbling gaijin ways. In Osaka, you only tap your OC card when you get off, so of course in Fukuoka, you tap when you get on AND off.

Kushida shrine. Trying to split some time.

Just passed through my fifth airport of the week. 😅

These lads have been playing Theme Park. A ton of salt in the sandwich sauce and a shovelful of sugar in the soda. Well played.

Airport breakfast, Kansai style.

Fuck’s sake. They’re bringing back Deep Drunkers for this show too. They scarred me enough first time around.

You guys wanna see a dead body?

AND A FUCKING DANCE COVER TOO!!!

Just got Whamageddoned on November 12th in an Osaka department store. FFS.

Found Sting’s retirement plan in Osaka.

Some twat got in the way of my photo of Osaka castle. Blood tourists.

Perfect comedy. No notes.

I think it’s the animation used for this reversal in the AKI games.

Of all Japan’s great technological innovations, the bathroom that dries your clothes for you might be the best. Signed, A guy who used this feature for the first time last night with a 100% success rate.

Sumo day 2: Pulldown day, and beloved babyface Ura tries a sneaky heel move to no avail. 😄

I don’t know where the ghosts will come into this and I’m appropriately scared to find out.

I think this is actually European as there’s French, German, Spanish and Italian on the box, and the Japanese text is all on stickers. There’s also a large plain black square stuck on the back for no real reason.

I have made three of the neediest purchases of my life today and I will not apologise. First, a pair of Milano Collection A.T. figures from Hurricanrana in Osaka. Tiny shop and heavily NJPW-leaning, but some cool stuff…

Not only do HardOff now have announcements in English (“HardOff is your dream place”), they also have their own rap song.

Enough black garlic tonkotsu to fill me up and a tankard of Coke. £5.90 from a tiny, 12 seat ramen shop in Denden Town, Osaka. Those 12 seats were spread over two floors. 😄

I think hardware sales might've gone differently for Xbox if they could've figured out whatever design flaw led to this unfortunate situation.

Slightly scared to press this button on the AC remote… Whoa… what happened?

Slightly scared to press this button on the AC remote…

It’s 5:30am here. If I wanted to go for a wander, there are at least two Don Quijotes within walking distance that are still open. 😄

Ura simply walking the much larger Tamawashi out in just four seconds was hilarious. I want a longer match when I’m in the building though. 😄

Rewatching yesterday’s sumo highlights in English. There’s a woman in the crowd whose sweater simply reads “GRIB NURT”. I want one. 😄

A quick flick through Tinder shows immediately why this country has a population crisis. Most profiles are utterly insane and the trend for women’s photos is cat, food, hair from behind, nails, maybe half a face with an emoji or filter covering what’s actually visible. No wonder nobody fuckin’!

Nobody ever talks about the horrible squealing racket that ferris wheel part makes. 😄

Sad I missed this episode. 😄

In Osaka. Currently walking back and forward over all the bridges I kicked the shit out of people on in Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name.

Can I suggest that the JLPGA change the colour of their tees, so it doesn’t look like Shuri here has got a cig on the go? 😄

Sting (2021)

More amazing work: I’ve just got an email telling me how to check in. The first line: “This email is only sent to people who have already checked in online.”

“I think you're either hopelessly unimaginative or just a coward” will be entering the retort rotation.

Here’s the return of Kazuchika Okada to NJPW to announce the match with Tanahashi. It’s a uniformly positive reaction. I didn’t expect otherwise, but they did it safely in a place they knew would react big to something of this magnitude. #njpw #njwk20

“0% woke shit” a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time

BONUS SHOW!! November’s first interview in lieu of a review show: we go over an hour with the man behind The Wrestling Channel, Sean Herbert. Get it now from your podcast provider of choice and the first reply. Spread the word.

succubus - female demon that seduces men incubus - male demon that seduces women vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party

Eventually western governments are gonna have to grapple with the choice between X and democracy. You can have one or you can have the other.

LMAO, get fucked Stokely 😂 #AEWDynamite