[Seabs]

That pretty much sums it up. In mid April, I emailed my contact, saying I was ready for another batch of new stuff. It has been 2 months since the last batch arrived in mid-February, so I wanted to make sure we didn't have to wait too long for the next batch.

He replied, saying he was in Australia and would get back to Japan on 4/30. He said he would send me the list of shows he had recorded for me then.

That was almost 3 months ago. No word from him since.

I sent him several emails since 4/30, some were flagged so I would get a notification when the email was opened. None of my emails have even been opened in that time.

He was incommunicado for some time last year, before emailing me out of the blue, saying he had shipped a new batch of stuff.

I am hoping he gets things sorted out, but until he replies to my emails, I have no clue what is going on.

That all being said, he recorded EVERY puroresu show that aired on any channel from early 2004 all the way to early 2012.

Not a bad run....

Dan Ginnetty "

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[Martyn]

Its really sad. I really want to see Dominion and 7/22 WPW. I'd like to pay for New Japan PPVs. iPPV streams would be perfect in current situation. A stream with shows on Samuari TV for free and ppvs for few bucks. Maybe we can all sign some petiton for ippvs and send this to New Japan? It shouldnt be a big problem for them to organise this and they might get some extra buys from all over the world.

[smitlick]

Should I go searching for this man?

[11rob2k]

Kenta Kobashi GHC title history

1.Kenta Kobashi VS Mitsuharu Misawa(01-03-2003) **** 1/2
2.Kenta Kobashi VS Tamon Honda(13-04-2003) ****
3.Kenta Kobashi VS Masahiro Chono(02-05-2003) ****
4.Kenta Kobashi VS Bison Smith(26-08-2003) **** 1/4
5.Kenta Kobashi VS Yuji Nagata(12-09-2003) **** 3/4
6.Kenta Kobashi VS Yoshinari Ogawa(01-11-2003) **** 3/4
7.Kenta Kobashi VS Takuma Sano(25-01-2004) ****
8.Kenta Kobashi VS Takeshi Rikio(06-03-2004) **** 1/4
9.Kenta Kobashi VS Yoshihiro Takayama(25-04-2004) ****
10.Kenta Kobashi VS Jun Akiyama(10-07-2004) **** 1/2
11.Kenta Kobashi VS Akira Taue(10-09-2004) ****
12.Kenta Kobashi VS Akitoshi Saito(24-10-2004) ****
13.Kenta Kobashi VS The Gladiator(04-12-2004) **** 1/4
14.Kenta Kobashi VS Minoru Suzuki(08-01-2005) **** 1/2
15.Kenta Kobashi VS Takeshi Rikio(05-03-2005) ****

Took me about 3 days to watch all of this, well worth it amazing set of matches, there wasn't one match one the video that i didn't like, i might have rated some matches to high, but iv never really been good with giving matches star ratings.

Does anyone know if theres any where i could get the J-Crown tournament from, i really want to see that.

[JoeRulz]

**** for Kobashi/BIG TAK is the lowest I've ever seen, and ****1/2 for Kobashi/MiSu is teh highest I've ever seen.

[sXeMope]

Planning an order from IVP. Just curious if anyone has seen these shows/DVDs and can say if they're good or not. I'm basically trying to stock up on Jr. Heavyweight stuff

Planning on getting all these

IWA King of the Deathmatch 1995
Best of NJPW Super Juniors 1998
Best of Low-Ki V.4
Best of Low-Ki V.5
NJPW Top of the Super Juniors 1995
NJPW 1996 J-Crown Tourny
Freedoms 01/25/2012
Osaka Pro 2004 Super J Cup
BJPW 10/21/2011 (Triangle Of Ultraviolence)
NJPW Best of the Super Jrs. 1997
Michinoku Pro Mask Tournament 1999
NJPW Best of Super Juniors 1993

And just gonna throw it out there, but if anyone here likes deathmatch wrestling, I highly recommend the BJPW Deathmatch Survivor League 2011. Not a bad match on it IMO. Too much to give any detailed review but Takeda/Kasai is amazing IMO. Every Takashi Sasaki match is also great. He's very under-rated IMO. Not a fan of Hoshino but his matches were decent. Totally worth the money

[Stardust Genius]

Originally Posted by sXeMope

Just curious if anyone has seen these shows/DVDs and can say if they're good or not.
BJPW 10/21/2011 (Triangle Of Ultraviolence)

That DVD has only the tournament matches of this review (third post).

[Seabs]

Pretty sure the Samurai TV version has most of the matches clipped. wXw have all the triangle shows from that weekend on their site which have the matches in full with non tournament matches too.

[Bubz]

Originally Posted by 11rob2k

Kenta Kobashi GHC title history

1.Kenta Kobashi VS Mitsuharu Misawa(01-03-2003) **** 1/2
2.Kenta Kobashi VS Tamon Honda(13-04-2003) ****
3.Kenta Kobashi VS Masahiro Chono(02-05-2003) ****
4.Kenta Kobashi VS Bison Smith(26-08-2003) **** 1/4
5.Kenta Kobashi VS Yuji Nagata(12-09-2003) **** 3/4
6.Kenta Kobashi VS Yoshinari Ogawa(01-11-2003) **** 3/4
7.Kenta Kobashi VS Takuma Sano(25-01-2004) ****
8.Kenta Kobashi VS Takeshi Rikio(06-03-2004) **** 1/4
9.Kenta Kobashi VS Yoshihiro Takayama(25-04-2004) ****
10.Kenta Kobashi VS Jun Akiyama(10-07-2004) **** 1/2
11.Kenta Kobashi VS Akira Taue(10-09-2004) ****
12.Kenta Kobashi VS Akitoshi Saito(24-10-2004) ****
13.Kenta Kobashi VS The Gladiator(04-12-2004) **** 1/4
14.Kenta Kobashi VS Minoru Suzuki(08-01-2005) **** 1/2
15.Kenta Kobashi VS Takeshi Rikio(05-03-2005) ****

Took me about 3 days to watch all of this, well worth it amazing set of matches, there wasn't one match one the video that i didn't like, i might have rated some matches to high, but iv never really been good with giving matches star ratings.

Does anyone know if theres any where i could get the J-Crown tournament from, i really want to see that.

Indeed an awesome set of matches. What a reign. I think you've overrated some and underrated others personally. Takayama match is damn near *****, and the Nagata match is nearer **** for me.

[Bruce L]

This is inspiring me to rate the Kobashi reign myself, and making me realize how much of it I haven't seen.



1.Kenta Kobashi VS Mitsuharu Misawa(01-03-2003) *****

2.Kenta Kobashi VS Tamon Honda(13-04-2003) ****¼

3.Kenta Kobashi VS Masahiro Chono(02-05-2003) N/S

4.Kenta Kobashi VS Bison Smith(26-08-2003) N/S

5.Kenta Kobashi VS Yuji Nagata(12-09-2003) ****½

6.Kenta Kobashi VS Yoshinari Ogawa(01-11-2003) N/S

7.Kenta Kobashi VS Takuma Sano(25-01-2004) N/S

8.Kenta Kobashi VS Takeshi Rikio(06-03-2004) N/S

9.Kenta Kobashi VS Yoshihiro Takayama(25-04-2004) ****¾

10.Kenta Kobashi VS Jun Akiyama(10-07-2004) *****

11.Kenta Kobashi VS Akira Taue(10-09-2004) ****¼

12.Kenta Kobashi VS Akitoshi Saito(24-10-2004) N/S

13.Kenta Kobashi VS The Gladiator(04-12-2004) N/S (Very surprised I haven't seen this one, as I was a big Mike Awesome fan back in the day)

14.Kenta Kobashi VS Minoru Suzuki(08-01-2005) ***½

15.Kenta Kobashi VS Takeshi Rikio(05-03-2005) N/S