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@classicjdog

jericho | 20 | any pronouns | māori/niuean | queer | i watch a lot of wrestling and play a lot of games | currently: watching a shitload of old tanahashi matches
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I was tagged by the great @ijustthinkevilunoisneat forever and a day ago lol but finally here I go

Last Song Roxette - Listen To Your Heart

Currently Watching - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Currently reading - The Young Bucks - Killing The Business

Current Obsession - Still Eddie Kingston lol

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@emberphantom @gracejones @daphne-minor @z-a-d-i-e @classicjdog @actionjeffson @ijustcantfigureout @alanangels @rockinthebeastmode

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last song: cold rock it by 2 mello. honestly that whole album is so fuckin good, magic loop is one of my fav songs of last year

currently watching: nothing really. i don’t watch much regular tv and i’m not even a regular aew watcher anymore sooo i guess the g1? lol

currently reading: well not “currently” but i recently got done listening to jennette mccurdy’s book. it was really good, super super bleak though

current obsession: hiroshi tanahashi. been watching an arseload of old njpw the last couple months, and i was originally on an okada kick but i decided to watch every single okada/tanahashi match (i’ve watched 12 so far, only like 2 or 3 left unfortunately), which got me watching other tana matches and now i’m hopelessly in love with the ace

#couple weeks ago or so i watched a bunch of tanahashi matches from 2018#and i've realised that when it's done right i'm a HUGE sucker for an old broken down character refusing to go down#manifesting one more moment in the sun out of sheer determination#raging against the dying of the light#like when it's done well that shit HITS#and that was the story of tanahashi in 2018#like it started off pretty normal with him successfully defending the ic title against jay white at wk in jay's return from excursion#but at the next big show after that he got his leg fucked up like CRAZY by minoru suzuki and lost the belt then got stretchered out#couple months later he made it to the finals of the new japan cup but got tapped out by zack sabre jr.#couple months after THAT he challenged okada for the title in a last-ditch attempt to protect his title defense record#cause back in 2011-2012 tana set a new record for defenses of the heavyweight belt in a single reign with 11#and okada had just hit 11 defenses so tana challenged him to try and keep him from breaking the record#the match was amazing the crowd was 100000% behind tanahashi but he wasn't able to beat okada#after the match he tearfully proclaimed that he'd build himself back up and that led to the g1 which didn't start out very well#he got matched up with suzuki again on the first night and just barely squeaked out a win after getting his leg destroyed for 10 minutes#then he lost to jay white on night 2 but from there rattled off 6 straight wins before the final night of his block#which mirrored okada! cause after beating tana he then lost the title to omega which fucked him up mentally and he started 0-2 in the g1#before getting 6 straight victories himself which led to the final night of the a block where okada and tanahashi fought once again#and chris charlton my beloved made the observation that despite their careers being defined by their incredible achievements and victories#this was a match between two men defined by what they'd LOST which is just AAAA love you chris i hope njpw keep you on commentary forever#anyway the match ended in a time limit draw and since tana had more points he made the finals where he was matched up against kota ibushi#and HOLY SHIT tanahashi vs ibushi might legit be the best wrestling match i've ever seen in my entire fucking life#the story of the old ace trying desperately to get back to the dome one more time#against the young golden star trying equally desperately to surpass his god#it was amazing & as with most of kota's BIG matches there was a point where Murder Ibushi showed up#but halfway through the horrible beating ibushi was dishing out tana stood up and started walking into the shots ibushi was throwing#and no matter how hard ibushi hit him tana just kept coming forward and coming forward and coming forward#as the crowd got louder and louder and louder and GOD that moment sends chills down my spine every time i watch the match#like that's art!! that's beautiful beautiful art that you can only get in wrestling!!!!#anyway sorry for using this post to ramble on about tana lol i just got a lot of thoughts about him and no one irl to dump them on
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not to be dramatic but fire whoever was choosing the camera angles during that match. killer match but it was shot like absolute crap. cutting away from any kenny/ibushi interaction when their reunion is like thee story of the match, choosing the one angle for that table spot where u cant see anything, like what are yall doin

edit: apparently also mox let himself get cuffed to try and save yuta. u literally cdnt tell from how it was shot. ik cage matches are hard but jesus christ

#yeah they did a pretty shitty job#also maybe this is a minor thing but why wasn't there a cameraman inbetween the rings?#that seems like easily the best spot to shoot from