Eastern Lariat

The Eastern Lariat is setting sail for a voyage on the ark! Pro Wrestling NOAH and their Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial show plus their upcoming N1 Victory tournament are the two main topics of this new edition of the show. But before that, STRIGGA & Dylan also discuss ZERO1's Fire Festival and how to watch it and also take a look back at an at most times puzzling All Japan show from Korakuen Hall.

Next week on our Patreon we will drop the second season of "A Week of Lariat" and this time we will be talking about Shinya Hashimoto matches outside of New Japan Pro Wrestling. However in the first season we went through his career in NJPW an of course also came across the highly controversial match against Naoya Ogawa from April 7, 2000.

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This week Dylan's joined by Derek Tillotson (@PrivateEyeball of the Private Eyeball Show & Marvelous expert) to discuss three shows with three widely discussed match of the year candidates. From Ice Ribbon we saw Osaka Ribbon headlined by Maya Yukihi vs. Giulia, SEAdLINNG's Stay Tune main evented by Takumi Iroha challenging Nanae Takahashi, and then Stardom's Shining Destiny main evented by Tam Nakano challenging Arisa Hoshiki. We close off by discussing Stardom's 5*GP and the 18 wrestlers announced for it.

With a crazy weekend of rumors surrounding Gedo STRIGGA & Dylan are back with a new episode discussing what led to STRIGGA tweeting about Gedo allegedly stepping down from the booking position of NJPW. Amidst all this turmoil the G1 Climax announcements can't be forgotten though and so the Eastern Lariat crew goes over both blocks, picks their favorites, runner ups, dark horses and the overall winner. How does the tournament compare to last year's? What about the drop outs and the newly added participants? Other topics include NOAH heavyweight & junior heavyweight tournaments as well as some bits about All Japan, 2AW and Dragon Gate.

Time for Dominion! STRIGGA & Dylan look back at one of the biggest and most important New Japan shows of the year since this is always kind of a midway point of New Japan's business year. The Eastern Lariat crew discusses all the matches from this show plus some from the final of the Best of the Super Junior. Another big talking point is of course KENTA's debut and the upcoming G1 Climax.

Dylan rides solo for V3: - Command Bolshoi Retirement Show - Catch the WAVE - Princess Cup - Gatoh Move - Ice Ribbon in May - Stardom in May

After the untimely passing of Atsushi Aoki STRIGGA & Dylan got together to talk about Aoki's death, but more importantly about his career and impact that he made in japanese pro-wrestling since he started his career in 2005. He would quickly become one of the closest friends and associates of Jun Akiyama and was part of some memorable matches and moments both in Pro Wrestling NOAH and in All Japan Pro Wrestling. This is „The Life and Death of Atsushi Aoki ~ Assault Point Forever!"

The 26th Best of the Super Junior is almost over, but with two days off before the Block B final the Eastern Lariat crew got back together to give their takes on 7 more events from the biggest Junior Heavyweight tournament in New Japan history after looking back at the first 6 days on the previous episode. Besides that STRIGG A & Dylan also make sure to debate the announcement of Jon Moxley being Juice Robinson's opponent and what that all has to do with comfort zones.

The Eastern Lariat returns with a show focusing on the first 6 days of the 26th Best of the Super Junior tournament by New Japan Pro Wrestling. STRIGGA & Dylan highlight the best performers, name their top three matches, talk about ongoing storylines and how the English commentary adds to the overall enjoyment of the product. This tournament is no different than others so where's light there's also the shadow realm. Oh, and there's a discussion whether Taichi is a Pokemon or a Digimon.

This week on Pure Heart, Pure Lariat, Dylan' (@DylanZeroSky)'s graciously joined by a trainee from his favorite promotion, Ice Ribbon, the Manila born YAPPY! (@Yapi on Twitter, @Yapitori on Instagram) After her debut teaming with Rina Yamashita we talked about her start and what got her into wrestling (it's pretty surprising) and what led her to Japan. Then after a personal touch we talk about her run in the dojo and the trials and tribulations involved in the Dojo system in a modern Joshi company, who helped train her and who she was most impressed with in her year and a half leading to her debut. Then we go into her debut itself, the unusual nature of how it occured and how fast it happened (not to mention being in a new tag team right off the bat), followed by a brief foray into where she and other Ice Ribbon wrestlers' goals are in the future. Then they talk about meat to end the show.

Check it out for a breezy conversation about all sorts of topics in regards to Ice Ribbon and wrestling training in general. Turn a Minus into a Plus & Be Happy with Pro Wrestling with the XL Shadows and enjoy this look into the Ice Ribbon dojo, P's Party and the life of a foreign Joshi rookie wrestler!