I just think they're neat

Eric just wrote my favorite piece of the year and got me to renew my DIANA sub. Wonderful reminder that the indies are special and it drives me nuts so many great promotions get overlooked.

SOCIAL SUPLEX EXCLUSIVE! Eric Addy met with Diana President Taishi Fuwa and top talent Debbie Keitel in Kawasaki to discuss their stacked roster, their approach to matchmaking, their current ambitions and collaboration with other promotions. www.socialsuplex.com/exclusives-3/

Spotted an ancient relic from a bygone era

Reading the ShuPro write up and this doesn't feel right. That was the first time Momono and Hanazono have wrestled? That just feels wrong.

Been a bit out of the loop on wrestling since ASGQ. What I love about these Monday Magic joshi matches is they are so random and easy to just dip into. Where else do you get Mio Momono vs Momoka Hanazono vs Seri Yamaoka?

Just checked into the hotel for work and threw AEW on. Watching American TV wrestling feels so bizarre to me. Between only watching Japan and not having cable for over a decade this feels so weird to me.

Day 3 at the new job neck deep in a massive project, nearly 400 miles from home, deeply behind schedule & trying to hit an impossible deadline. The arcade industry is wild but this is the most fun I've had while getting paid in years. I got thrown in DEEP on this one.

Few matches before work. Immediately going for the rookie opener Ren vs Shion & Suzume vs Haru because I know my priories. GIVE ME THAT ROOKIE GOODNESS. I'm so glad I bought in day 1 on Haru. This kid is already so damn good & Ren in her first year is already in my S tier #tjpw

Racing Lagoon ~ レーシングラグーン (1999) Developed by Squaresoft.

I'm so glad my exposure to wrestling has been almost entirely outside of that bubble. That specific bubbled fandom just radiates the same energy as a cold war propaganda campaign. There is so much richness, history & genre outside of that bubble current & past. It's just bizarre.

New Post in #kay-wrestle Sayaka Kurara and I share a suffering. A gaping hole left in our hearts. The emotional wound left by the retirement of Tam Nakano is not one that easily heals. [Link] 💬

...I think this might actually be my favorite wrestling match in many many years. I'm speechless. I've had some very special matches for me this year but this one gets its own category on my recommendations list. Art as pro wrestling tier. It made me cry. #stardom

Holy shit the entrances alone for Saya Kamitani vs Sayaka Kurara made me tear up. This shit is art. 😭 #stardom

Missed Stardom's last Korakuen so I'm sneaking in a few matches before my ASGQ nap. Neo Genesis tags trigger this perfect flow state in me. Neo Gen really are my ideal unit. #stardom

Just started a Mercenaries (2005) replay and it's amazing how much they nailed this game. Pandemic's 2005 is insane with Star Wars Battlefront 2, Mercenaries & Destroy All Humans releasing in the same year.

Last one before the sun went down

Time for some Tomodachi Life

Everytime I leave Blender for more than a week I have to completely relearn it. It's truly amazing software free software but even in 2026 if you don't live in Blender it's the most painful thing to use. Just moving verts around is so damn awkward.

This has been a rough week/month/year but finally things are looking up. Hikari Noa comes out of retirement and I just got some of the best personal news I very much needed. 😮‍💨

Learning through typos 猿害 engai. Monkey Injury. There is also salt damage or smoke pollution but I love that there is a word about monkeys being assholes.

Well the fun police are going to be mad again but President Okada rules and I am going to miss Saki Kashima so damn much. #stardom

This current class of rookies are too damn good. Yuria & Anne killing it opening the rookies tournament way beyond their experience. Ema, Matoi, Kikyo & Akira equally killing it in the openers tags. So many good rookie all over the joshi wrestling scene right now. #stardom

Poi & Itoh rekindling their TJPW feud. Rian foot stomping everyone in sight including partner Yunamon & ref Daichi. SLK just being peak SLK. Xena turning people into raw meat (pineapple). Itoh & SLK are super fun together. This match has everything a tour show needs. #stardom

Damn Ema Maishima found some confidence while out injured. Syuri, Ami, Hina, Lady C vs Ema, Hazuki, Mei & Maika was way more than it needed to be and Ema did most of the heavy lifting. #stardom

Haven't slept a minute tonight but I've been watching Godzilla Minus One in bed raw without subtitles so I'm going to count that as a win. Understanding just enough to keep up in my sleep deprived state. Thankfully I saw it in theaters to fill the gaps.

TJPW doesn't miss on big shows. I can't think of any company in history that has a higher average hit rate. Korakuen or above you are guaranteed a good show overall for the last decade without any misses. #tjpw

🧵 東京女子プロレス Grand Princess 26 Startoooo! #tjpw

Opening bell in an hour and half. Let's see if I can get through this 35 minute Grand Princess preview video before the show starts. Dictionary and translation tools open. Let's go! #tjpw

First time outside in a while.

Having a when it rains it pours moment. Nothing bad but I went from a nice clear schedule to 20 million things all hitting at the exact time and completely impossible.

Background watching the most recent Marigold show. Mai and the two UK wrestlers won an all you can eat buffet represented by a Tuna plushie. I love that the sponsor just hands this fucking Tuna over to some very confused foreigners #pw_mg

Poking around previous tournaments and I think this year's beats everything before it. There are a few good years when it still a one night tournament but that's a very different tournament at this point. This roster is just so stacked right now. #stardom

Rian mimicking Maki at 1:12!! ☺️😁 #STARDOM #Joshi #Wrestlesky 🤼‍♀️

This Cinderella Tournament is crazy and has elevated so many people. The average has been insanely high and they haven't been relying on the big names. Most of the heavy hitters have been out of the country or out of action. To produce this tournament out of your "B" team is nuts #stardom

Itoh has been fantastic in #Stardom and I love her story of adopting Kikyo but there is a small part of me that feels like I've crossed the streams and seen something forbidden.

The Okada, Despy, Maki Itoh & SLK Korakuen Hall opening is incredible. I love these dorks. Did a bit of translating to follow along but I'm to afraid to check the transcripts and spoil myself on the tournament matches. Despy invitational lets go! #stardom

Trying to talk myself into skating the back room 13 foot. I've skated it before it's like falling off a house every time. I'm bringing some vert gear next week and doing a test session.

Anyone need 5 hours of two Johns talking Japanese wrestling and our struggles to learn the language? Always glad to be on Omakase.

Revisiting any album from before I really started learning the language is such a brain fuck. Holy shit these are words! Real words! 100% recognizable and totally new at the same time. youtu.be/YgEUH8Pv-hM?...

March 29 at Ryogoku Kokugikan – “GRAND PRINCESS ’26”, Miyu Yamashita and Sareee will clash in a tag team match! Sareee’s partner will be her colleague from her time overseas, Lei Ying Lee! Yamashita will team with Arisu Endo! #tjpw #tjpwGP26

Watching Mayu vs Rin was heartwarming. I need to catch up on Rin's retirement return. She's always been a personal favorite of mine. Shame that her best era is completely inaccessible now. #pw_mg

Yuuka doesn't get the spotlight as the other rookies but Yuuka Yamazaki fucking rules. #pw_mg #wrestling

Just got home in time for main event Miku. . . vs Chiaki. Well I'm going to need Miku pull out the performance of a lifetime. #pw_mg

I still haven't found the BlueSky balance of void posting live shows

Natsupoi giving Maki Itoh the "I fucking hate you" slap tag #STARDOM

Now to dissect this one. 2 things I keep missing the tiny sweet spot on this ramp & I dont have confidence in my knees so I safety bail more often than I need to. On this one my left foot slips on the launch under rotating. Thankfully younger me remembers to tuck in & ride it out no matter what. 1/2

Almost died 😅 #rollerblading

The way Kurara moves & chains everything together is so perfect. She has the explosiveness of the highspeed wrestlers but her impacts have this theatrical delay. Train more art school dropouts. That little kick she does on her forearm 😘👌 #stardom Props to Azusa for bumping like mad here.

I hope Natsupoi officially adopts Rian at some point. Rian is babypoi in so many ways. Just need to teach her some aerials and a feud over stealing AZM's melon pan. #stardom