When has there ever been a parade of aprons in a pro wrestling event? I find Octo and Mr. Itrang's ignorance astonishing.
Why would you make comments about aprons and 'dressing as babies' (the standard bigoted joke about sumo) when the news story and video footage is about an outlaw pro wrestling promotion holding an event on a train?
Pro wrestling is not the same thing as pro sumo wrestling. A pro wrestler who is Japanese is not automatically a sumo wrestler.
But just look at the footage, the wrestlers are dressed in wrestling boots and trunks. Babies don't typically dress that way, neither do sumo wrestlers. The piledriver is not a typical sumo technique.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 20 Sep 2023, 16:13,
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Well you've changed your tune, your response to Octo's previous remark about babies was to refer to Star Wars. Is there a Lucas equivalent of Godwin?
My response about aprons was to Octo's 'dressing as babies' remark, nothing more. I had assumed that given your reference to pro wrestling, Japan and Octo's remarks that Sumo wrestlers were involved. Clearly my mistake,
Can you have 'outlaw' Pro Wrestlers? If the wrestling organisation they claim to belong to is professional then surely 'outlaw' behaviour would see them banned from the ring. Reduced to fighting for money in illegal street fights set in underground car parks usually against a Belgian or Pony-tailed opponent as shown in those many 80s and 90s documentaries.
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It was 2am and I wasn't paying enough attention to be outraged in more than one way at once.
An outlaw promotion is more or less just a term for a shitty small indie these days. In the olden days a true outlaw promotion would be running without permission from the relevant athletic commissions and, crucially, without being involved in the local/national criminal cartel (e.g. the National Wrestling Alliance). My use of it was to highlight the shonky, low rent, hardcore blood and bullshit nature of the DDT promotion.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 20 Sep 2023, 20:54,
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