Advertising Where You Didnt Think Theyd Put It?

[SOL BADGUY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCuqGZhJJd8

Chigusa comes out and on her cape is NEO GEO SNK, this is in 94 when she was returning to the ring, so its really cool they got her to help advertise them. I dont know how much of a fighting game fan she was though.

Any places you wouldnt think youd see an ad for gaming but then you did?

[Gamevet]

And I thought North American wresting had become really cheesy. That match was painful to watch for all the wrong reasons.

[SOL BADGUY]

And I thought North American wresting had become really cheesy. That match was painful to watch for all the wrong reasons.

If youve never seen Japanese wrestling before, or Joshi for that matter, I dont know how to really explain stuff really. Go watch this match http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w1byzpTuiw

[Gamevet]

It's just so cheesy, that I can't watch it. It's like watching 2 cosplay people in a wrestling match; I can't do it. I can't watch Mexican wrestling for the same reasons, because everyone is wearing those stupid masks. Then again, I quit watching WWE wrestling in the 90s', when Vince turned it into back stage soap opera and less about wrestling.

Sorry!


Back to the subject. I believe I've seen Playstation logos while watching K1 matches held in Europe.

[PreZZ]

The Sega logo on the helicopter in Ridge racer on ps1!!!

[A.C. Sativa]

And I thought North American wresting had become really cheesy. That match was painful to watch for all the wrong reasons.

Think that's bad? Watch this: (WARNING: Not for people with weak stomachs, and make sure there's no kids in the room)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDsmUJO4qo

Or this: (WARNING: see above)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5NbbOoFP3A

[SOL BADGUY]

It's just so cheesy, that I can't watch it. It's like watching 2 cosplay people in a wrestling match; I can't do it. I can't watch Mexican wrestling for the same reasons, because everyone is wearing those stupid masks.

Different countries, different cultures, those Japanese women wrestle better than most American male wrestlers. And theyre not in cosplay.

[Gamevet]

Different countries, different cultures, those Japanese women wrestle better than most American male wrestlers. And theyre not in cosplay.

Of course they're different countries. Those Mexican wrestlers all have to jump off of the top ropes and do those crazy acrobatics. It gets old really fast.


It's much like Cosplay. The chick came into the ring dressed like a mech and the other looks like some wizard from Final Fantasy. It not much different when the Great Kabuki (80s) came into the ring and spit green juice in peoples faces like he was some twisted version of a Ninja. Those chicks wrestle like those dudes in back yard wrestling. It's horrible to watch and I see very little that would make it much better viewing than your average North American wrestling match from that era. It almost a bad as GLOW that was on ESPN in the early 90s.

[A.C. Sativa]

Of course they're different countries. Those Mexican wrestlers all have to jump off of the top ropes and do those crazy acrobatics. It gets old really fast.

I'm a huge wrestling fan (I even review the Ring of Honor shows for another website), but I can't stand Mexican wrestling, or lucha libre as it's called down there. It's nothing but acrobatics, almost more like gymnastics than wrestling. It doesn't help that my Spanish is horrible so I can't really understand what the hell is going on.

[SOL BADGUY]

i really fucking regret this god damn thread

[Gamevet]

i really fucking regret this god damn thread

The thread is cool. I was just pointing out that the wrestling in that video was horrible. It was interesting to see her (it) wearing a cape with SNK on it. ;)

[A.C. Sativa]

i really fucking regret this god damn thread

Why? I've found it rather amusing.

[SOL BADGUY]

When I said they dont cosplay I meant female japanese wrestlers 99.9% of the time. maybe some will for liek halloween, but honestly, Ozaki always wore that red outfit in the 90s.

[Gamevet]

When I said they dont cosplay I meant female japanese wrestlers 99.9% of the time. maybe some will for liek halloween, but honestly, Ozaki always wore that red outfit in the 90s.

How can you look at it and not see that it looks alot like people that are dressing up for cosplay?

I have never seen an American female wrestler enter the ring looking like she came out of a comic book or videogame. The woman featured in that video, did not look like they came into the ring to wrestle. They looked like they were ripped right out of a videogame of comic. Those costumes looked very much like someone that would show up at a Comic-Con event.

[SOL BADGUY]

Thats because America isnt as creative of a country as Japan. Also, where do you think anime/video game creators get fashion ideas from? Theres more to Japan than anime/video games. Those women are extremely talented, Chigusa has more talent in her pinky than all US female wrestlers combined and half the males too.

Ozaki always wore that, she is a somebody, so she dresses the part. Again, DIFFERENT CULTURE, so without going on about her dressing like a Final Fantasy character and not taking her seriously, look up what stuff is like over there. And Chigusa doesnt look like a mech.

[BricatSegaFan]

Thats because America isnt as creative of a country as Japan. Also, where do you think anime/video game creators get fashion ideas from? Theres more to Japan than anime/video games.

Please don't sound like a weeaboo.

[Gamevet]

Please don't sound like a weeaboo.

Isn't that the audience that would watch that crap?

[Zing]

Think that's bad? Watch this: (WARNING: Not for people with weak stomachs, and make sure there's no kids in the room)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDsmUJO4qo


I found it amusing at 17:55 when the one guy is about to get slammed off the top of the cage, and he points to the cage door being open so the ref can come close it before he get slammed.

[Guru of Time and Space]

Please don't sound like a weeaboo.

That ship sailed a long time ago.

-GoTaS

[Ed Oscuro]

i really fucking regret this god damn thread
No way, I'm happy you shared that find with us.

Too bad I can't think of anything really helpful to contribute at the moment. Billboards, tie-in merchandise, I think everybody knows about that stuff so I won't bother.

[SOL BADGUY]

Ive been working on a 11 hour long video mixtape of japanese and other asian things. so im ok with being called that bri. A girl I met at a party would call me that when Id talk about video games and going to anime conventions.

and at f4wonline more people who watch japanese wrestling love old school american wrestling than stuff nowadays, which is why the watch joshi and puro since theyre the zenith of pro wrestling style wise. if you dont like the women watch any match between kenta kobashi and misawa or jun akiyama or kawada.

[BricatSegaFan]

Ive been working on a 11 hour long video mixtape of japanese and other asian things. so im ok with being called that bri. A girl I met at a party would call me that when Id talk about video games and going to anime conventions.

and at f4wonline more people who watch japanese wrestling love old school american wrestling than stuff nowadays, which is why the watch joshi and puro since theyre the zenith of pro wrestling style wise. if you dont like the women watch any match between kenta kobashi and misawa or jun akiyama or kawada.

I just had a bad experience with weeaboos at arcade UFO when I used to play in the Gundam vs Gundam next tournaments.

[SOL BADGUY]

I just had a bad experience with weeaboos at arcade UFO when I used to play in the Gundam vs Gundam next tournaments.

You can PM me what happened. Im sorry you ran into the wrong people.

[Queen Of The Felines]

I have never seen an American female wrestler enter the ring looking like she came out of a comic book or videogame.

You obviously haven't heard of Leva Bates. That's her entire gimmick and it's awesome. (Hell, she once wrestled as Captain Jack Sparrow and it was amazing.)

[Gamevet]

You obviously haven't heard of Leva Bates. That's her entire gimmick and it's awesome. (Hell, she once wrestled as Captain Jack Sparrow and it was amazing.)

That's a pretty select audience. Shimmer Woman Athletes?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Of course they're different countries. Those Mexican wrestlers all have to jump off of the top ropes and do those crazy acrobatics. It gets old really fast.

.. hey. HEY. FUCK YOU!

At least our wrestlers don't need to act out fucking soap opera storylines to keep people interested!

(Fuck you meant in jest. But seriously, fuck you. Our wrestlers can wrestle. :P)

[SOL BADGUY]

Hey we shouldnt start throwing around expletives at each other. and yes Mexican wrestling has a lot of catch as catch can in it.

He really isnt familiar with Japanese and Mexican styles obviously.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Yep. I was at the DVD tapings last weekend and it was a hell of a lot more entertaining/impressive than anything that's been on WWE/TNA lately.

The Shimmer roster is thousands of miles above Divas/Knockouts crap. Seriously, if anybody thinks the only female wrestlers are in WWE/TNA they should check out Shimmer stuff.

Now let's see how much further we can derail this thread!

Edit: Whoa, probably should've previewed first!

[SOL BADGUY]

These are my favorite Japanese matches.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALyg-EhxbgI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alRYwNB-nuI

[Gamevet]

.. hey. HEY. FUCK YOU!

At least our wrestlers don't need to act out fucking soap opera storylines to keep people interested!

(Fuck you meant in jest. But seriously, fuck you. Our wrestlers can wrestle. :P)

I pretty much quit watching wrestling about 10 years ago. It's just not that entertaining anymore.

I really loved watching wrestling in the 80s and early 90s. I watched guys like Kerry Von Erich, The Great Kabuki and Cactus Jack wrestle at the Texas Sportatorium, via satellite. Junkyard Dog, Rick Flair, Terry Funk, The Superstar & Super Destroyer and Ricky Steamboat on GCW when it was featured on WTBS. And WWF matches at Madison Square Garden (USA Network) with guys like, The Somoans, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Tito Santana, The Iron Sheik and Andre The Giant.

I really don't care for where wrestling has gone over the past 15 years. The wrestling matches are poorly executed, the backstage acts are super-cheesy and the characters are very meh.

Yeah, I appreciate the talents of guys like Ray Mysterio and Eddie Guerroro, but I don't want every match to be about acrobatics. You don't want every match to look the same throughout the event.

[SOL BADGUY]

Yeah, I appreciate the talents of guys like Ray Mysterio and Eddie Guerroro, but I don't want every match to be about acrobatics. You don't want every match to look the same throughout the event.

Theyre really not just about that. And you can say that American matches have the same general moves in them too. Theres been cage matches there, and all kinds of brawls. I far prefer Japanese stuff over Mexican, but I can still see them for being products of their respective cultures.


Oh and if anyone wants the first 4 1/2 hours of my Japanese video mixtape message me. It has a ton of crazy cool stuff from vacation videos people make of different Japan locations, tv clips, commercials, animes, video games, Puro spots, and all kinds of other cool stuff.

[Emperor Megas]

Of course they're different countries. Those Mexican wrestlers all have to jump off of the top ropes and do those crazy acrobatics. It gets old really fast.


It's much like Cosplay. The chick came into the ring dressed like a mech and the other looks like some wizard from Final Fantasy. It not much different when the Great Kabuki (80s) came into the ring and spit green juice in peoples faces like he was some twisted version of a Ninja. Those chicks wrestle like those dudes in back yard wrestling. It's horrible to watch and I see very little that would make it much better viewing than your average North American wrestling match from that era. It almost a bad as GLOW that was on ESPN in the early 90s.Ahahahahaha!


Please don't sound like a weeaboo.Ahahahahaha!


That ship sailed a long time ago.

-GoTaSAhahahahahahahaha!

[Kitsune Sniper]

Hey we shouldnt start throwing around expletives at each other. and yes Mexican wrestling has a lot of catch as catch can in it.

He really isnt familiar with Japanese and Mexican styles obviously.

Anyone who's been around the forum knows I tend to joke around with people, so I hope he realized that I'm not being serious about the insults.

[A.C. Sativa]

Yep. I was at the DVD tapings last weekend and it was a hell of a lot more entertaining/impressive than anything that's been on WWE/TNA lately.

The Shimmer roster is thousands of miles above Divas/Knockouts crap. Seriously, if anybody thinks the only female wrestlers are in WWE/TNA they should check out Shimmer stuff.

Now let's see how much further we can derail this thread!

Edit: Whoa, probably should've previewed first!

I've seen the Shimmer girls in ROH, and I haven't been impressed. They're sloppy as all hell and look like they haven't been properly trained. Still far better than the WWE models, but that's not saying much.

[BricatSegaFan]

Should we change the title in this thread to Japanese and misc wrestling?

[Gamevet]

Anyone who's been around the forum knows I tend to joke around with people, so I hope he realized that I'm not being serious about the insults.

I saw the :p

;)

[Queen Of The Felines]

I've seen the Shimmer girls in ROH, and I haven't been impressed. They're sloppy as all hell and look like they haven't been properly trained. Still far better than the WWE models, but that's not saying much.

The current roster is a hell of a lot better. Promo vid for this past weekend's show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4PVFBMMRI

(Melanie Cruise is a goddamn BEAST.)

[A.C. Sativa]

The current roster is a hell of a lot better. Promo vid for this past weekend's show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4PVFBMMRI

(Melanie Cruise is a goddamn BEAST.)

Still just looks like people imitating wrestling instead of actually doing it.

[M.Buster2184]

Not to change the subject from wrestling, :roll:, but I know that at Safeco field(the Seattle Mariners stadium)behind home plate there are usually Nintendo ads.

[SOL BADGUY]

Not to change the subject from wrestling, :roll:, but I know that at Safeco field(the Seattle Mariners stadium)behind home plate there are usually Nintendo ads.

Nintendo owns them, or partially at least. It is weird theyd buy them.

[A.C. Sativa]

Nintendo owns them, or partially at least. It is weird theyd buy them.

Not really, Nintendo of America has their headquarters in Seattle (or right outside Seattle) and baseball is huge in Japan. Given how the value of baseball teams keeps going up and up it's probably the most valuable thing they own.

[M.Buster2184]

I never thought it was weird. Though it did explain why the Mariners were always badass in all the Griffey Nintendo games. Even now when you go to see a Mariners game they have a deal where you can link up your DS or 3DS and keep track of stats during the game.