should also give you a sense of how far behind i am lol

#ChocoPro 488 is one of the best Ichigaya shows of the year. a wide array of heaters. chie and sayaka do not feel like their pinch-hitting at all

someone in this bar just said “this song has big Saw vibes.” he was referring to “Gimme Shelter”.

punishingly bad bald-spot-centric video of billy woods at BAM

he then proceeded to watch 50+ clips of contemporary tv action sequences by opening each of his streaming apps and scrubbing thru random episodes til he found one. he kept each app open afterward. his phone must’ve been 200 degrees by the end

watched an adult man on the train google “best tv scenes” and i think not only is capitalism over, everything is over and we should just go back to being euglenas or w/e. animated gelatinous masses bumping into other slightly different animated gelatinous masses. shut it down

angel’s egg 4k remaster review:

i love rookies and rookie matches, but this addresses two important issues they face: surpassing the hype and fleshing things out

lol. lmao

It's that time of year again where in conversation with coworkers someone inevitably mentions something about raking their leaves in passing & I pretend to be normal about it & not scream about how much of a stupid waste of time it is & anyway I didn't realize you fucking hate fireflies you monster.

due to a prolonged and exhausting internet issue as well as a litany of personal problems i won’t get into, Unmanned Local Train is taking a little break

Another month, another TJPW Korakuen to ramble about. Includes my thoughts on sincerity, Wee Koalas and more. Give it a read if you have a chance! ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/11/10/t...

A Shohei Ohtani picturebook defeated Rika Tatsumi to become the 1,780th #ddtpro Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. That guy’s on a serious roll. #tjpw

I wrote a little more about this:

uninstalling this app while i process what i hope is the last of a (so far) month-long saptsd episode sorry this post isn’t fun or funny or about the substack

a brief(ish) post about the deeply frustrating semi-final and final of the TJPW Nex Gen ‘25 tournament is now up in Unmanned Local Train! sorry the timing is weird! i forgot bc Halloween! open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

After a quieter September for my matches of the month, I had a lot to talk about in October. Among other stuff, we have a foray into sumo, Senka's first title shot and a lot of Meiko Satomura. Give it a read, tell a friend, you all know the deal. ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/11/01/r...

a brief(ish) post about the deeply frustrating semi-final and final of the TJPW Nex Gen ‘25 tournament is now up in Unmanned Local Train! sorry the timing is weird! i forgot bc Halloween! open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

Miu helping me prove this assertion by creating a 'training dummy' of J-Rod

Miu is an underrated weirdo (affectionate)

for anyone interested in scifi paperbacks, nice guy/noise guy shane english (corporate park, the excellent CONAPT label, etc) opened an etsy shop with some cool stuff at reasonable prices: www.etsy.com/shop/Shop1142

If you like TJPW and aren't reading these, you're doing it wrong. No one is better at digging into stuff.

there is no one else currently wrestling who makes me feel the way shoko nakajima makes me feel; like it’s all still possible

every piece of Matt D’s writing that hits my feed gives me such insight, it’s kind of overwhelming. you don’t even need to watch AEW to glean something of value from this (i know, because i don’t)

get to write about Penda’s Fen for class this week fuck yeah

Teej Takes: TJPW Additional Attack ‘25 is now LIVE on Unmanned Local Train. Please enjoy and tell a friend about that guy you know from online who writes about women fake hitting each other open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

woke up with this song in my head. is this an early warning sign of a stroke? youtu.be/XXCNbINaw98?...

pls check out the first episode of Midnight Visitor, a public access tv show made by some dear friends and family. it is delightful. ffo elvira, paul reubens, and ghostwatch youtu.be/uxLpLuMyj04?...

really interesting to me that the TJPW wrestler uta takami most resembles in how she works comebacks is mizuki

the RETURN of Choco Mince, covering 3 notable matches from September, has boarded Unmanned Local Train! pls enjoy open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

needed this. i figured @xyonmckell.bsky.social would have some real boots-on-the-ground intel from tae’s early days, but did not anticipate tae’s post hot dog match reaction would be in the mix. tae honma forever

Remember the ASUKA (Veny)/Akito One Light Tube Deathmatch? That was so fucking good. If you don't remember it, you are in luck www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSrH...

Sometimes simplest storytelling is the best. #TJPW ⭐ www.wrestle-universe.com/en/videos/iC... #Joshi #ProWrestling #WrestleSky

Very happy to finally share video of Matt Krefting's oneiric set at the Goethe last spring. www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QU...

mic mic

this is beautiful. haruna neko forever

This whole section really.

As someone who has been on the wee cat being great train for ages, this made me happy.

Unmanned Local Train’s celebration of TJPW’s resident cat pervert, Haruna Neko, is now live, just ahead of her retirement on the 27th open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

Even by @hens-ear.bsky.social's ridiculously high standards, I think this is an excellent review.

as an aside, dude laughing like a dracula gets me every time

Unmanned Local Train’s coverage of TJPW Wrestle Princess VI is up and ready to scald you with piping-hot middlebrow reference tea and maybe some worthwhile observations (no promises tho). Enjoy and tell a friend! open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

The repeated infantilisation of Riho, a grown ass woman and near twenty year veteran, says for more about her detractors than it does Riho, and it's very odd that they so often view joshi wrestlers (and joshi wrestling as a whole) through the lens they do.

just heard my neighbor furiously thumping their big dog’s flank god bless

yessssss

Bunch of memories popping to mind as Tae gets into the last few weeks of her career, particularly that awesomely ridiculous time she demolished something like 15 hot dogs during a match. #iceribbon #taehonma derailmentsofthought.com/2019/04/11/f...