Eastern Lariat

There's a lot going on in japanese pro-wrestling so The Eastern Lariat crew took their time to discuss a bunch of different subjects including OWE troubles, DDT Beer Garden Shows, Summer Vacation Memories and Osaka Octopus, All Japan's recent Korakuen Hall show and the upcoming Oudou Tournament as well as a look back to the group stage of NOAH's N-1 Victory. Besides that STRIGGA & Dylan take a look at next Monday's big NOAH show in Osaka that features the final of the N-1 Victory.

The Eastern Lariat Potpourri returns! The big anchor of the Summer Potpourri is this past weekend's Big Japan show that was headlined by the big boy battle between Daisuke Sekimoto and Michael Elgin. STRIGGA & Dylan also discuss the new Strong World Heavyweight Champion and the chances for young guys within Big Japan. A preview of the Saikyou Tag League concludes the Big Japan topic before the Eastern Lariat crew talks about Dragon Gate's Dangerous Gate show, New Japan's Super J-Cup and the Young Lions Cup, WRESTLE-1's upcoming show in Yokohama and some other news and notes on Ice Ribbon, OZ Academy and HEAT UP … and what about the Zodiac?

This week on Pure Heart, Pure Lariat we've got a special edition of the show with another interview! I sit down with Pumi Boonyatud, the GM of Gatoh Move in both Thailand and Japan! We talk a bit about the wrestling scene in Thailand and the surprising longtime presence of Joshi wrestling before diving into Gatoh Move's beginnings with himself and the great Emi Sakura. After that we get a bit meta talking about the realities of running a wrestling company in an emerging country. The conversation steers towards Gatoh Move and it's current roster, what he feels running the show, the current roster, what he looks for and where Gatoh Move is going in the future with it Returning to #1 in it's numbering system at the end of the month. Also we talk about his commentary on Gatoh Move YT videos, the reasons for the lack of rings at times and the positives of the mat based wrestling, his favorite style to watch personally, and advice for foreigners in Thailand.

Special thanks to Pumi for making time for Pure Heart.

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On the eve of the 7th Super J-Cup The Eastern Lariat returns with a review of the 2nd Stage in 1995 that was won by Gedo. Travel back time with STRIGGA & Dylan to relive a magical time in japanese pro-wrestling and a tournament that had a questionable winner, but also many good to great matches and unique characters.

With Pro Wrestling NOAH's N-1 Victory tournament already underway the Eastern Lariat team got together to pick every single of the remaining matches in the tournament up until September 16 when the final takes place in the big EDION Arena Osaka. Following the Pick'Em STRIGGA & Dylan speculate more about the N-1 Final show as well as about Sumo Hall and what the attendance could look like. Other topics at the beginning of the episode include Stardom,All Japan's Atsushi Aoki Memorial show and the September 3rd card.

In this episode originally recorded in 2016 and published on the MLW VIP feed STRIGGA & Dylan reviewed the legendary 1994 SUPER J-CUP right before the 2016 version promoted by NJPW happened. Fast forward 3 years there's another J-CUP on the horizon and in honor of this occasion the Eastern Lariat presents a "Lariat from the Vault". The review starts around the 30 minute mark, but if you're into some news and notes from japanese Pro-Wrestling in 2016 the first 30 minutes are your zone!

Pure Heart, Pure Lariat is back again with Dylan riding solo, catching up on Sendai Girls who had 3 big shows in July, Stardom who had not only two big shows with 2 of the best matches of the year, but also saw the debut of Riho! On a non-wrestling note we also go over the 5*GP Block announcements including the removal of Kasey Owens and her replacement. Finally I talk about the Catch the WAVE final show, WAVE attendances, and the unique final match itself, finally a shoutout and brief thoughts on Pro Wrestling EVE in the UK teaming up with Equity and hope for the future if wrestlers themselves.

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In the end there can only be one. There can only be one winner and there can only be one G1 Climax Megashow! STRIGGA & Dylan got together to talk about the two Block Final shows and the Final event from Tokyo Nippon Budokan. While going through this trifecta of shows the Eastern Lariat crew not only discusses all the G1 matches from Saturday until Monday, but they also rate every single performer's G1 tournament. You'll also get some fantasy booking revolving around the winner and some other outstanding performers plus the Eastern Lariat G1 Awards!

STRIGGA & Dylan return with their coverage of the Osaka doubleheader of this year's G1 Climax tunament. They not only talk about every single of the 10 tournament matches themselves, but also go in depth on Toru Yano and his appeal to casual wrestling fans. That's not all though! In more in depth discussions the Eastern Lariat team touch on the tournament so far for Will Ospreay and Shingo Takagi and they also break down the SANADA and Jay White characters and what clearly sets them apart. In the end STRIGGA & Dylan also name their top 5 matches of the G1 Climax 29 so far.

In a all new Eastern Lariat episode STRIGGA & Dylan discuss days 11 & 12 of the G1 Climax that saw some great and some not so great matches. They also dive deeper into Tomohiro Ishii's outstanding run, KENTA's position within New Japan and the idea of Okada going undefeated in the G1. Besides that the Eastern Lariat crew also talks about the N1 Victory lineup for Pro Wrestling NOAH, the updated card for TAKAYAMANIA as well as some WRESTLE-1.