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Yuki Ishikawa vs Ryuji Hijikata - AJPW Only My Royal Road 22/07/2004

Ryuji Hijakata is in hell, unfortunately for him, he is alone with the devil.           Little side note before we start, I was initially planning on writing about Sareee vs Ranna Yagami from the 08/06/2025 Stardom show and I still am going to be! Expect that over the weekend at some point, I've got a few other projects I'm working on as well as that so it'll take a little longer, I just saw this match for the first time a couple of hours ago and felt immediately compelled to write about it so I did, as always I would recommend seeking this match out afterwards, it is easily available on YouTube so it is not difficult to find. Enough yapping though, lets actually talk about this. Yuki Ishikawa is someone who I know a bit about but someone who I want to learn and dive into way more. I already recognise from what I have seen that he's one the rawest and straight up best wrestlers of all time, so him coming up against a BattlArts trainee, one who had left to join A...

Makoto Hashi vs Taro Nohashi - Fu-Ten BATI BATI 35 - 24/04/2010

 What Is Professional Wrestling?    I'm going to begin this by asking a question and if you would indulge me for a few moments, before you read my thoughts and feelings surrounding this fight I just want you to think about what professional wrestling is to you. What is it that brings you back constantly? What is the driving force behind your fandom? At it's core, to you, what is professional wrestling? Whatever your answer may be, keep it, hold onto it and once you have read my thoughts regarding this go and watch this. Calling what transpires here a "match" would be a disservice, this is a fight. This is something so raw and pure that in my few experiences with this (both on initial watch and showing it to two friends who have absolutely zero interest in wrestling) will change how you view pro wrestling as a sport and an art form, whichever you see it as first. A fight that sees Jun Akiyama's protégé Makoto Hashi face off against Taro Nohashi, a man trained by Ul...