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Pacific Rim: The Japanese wrestling significance of September 30th

Pacific Rim: The Japanese wrestling significance of September 30th

Jim Valley by Jim Valley
October 1, 2019
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Do you know the significance of September 30th in Japanese wrestling history? You will after listening to this episode of the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast with myself and wrestling journalist and historian Fumi Saito.

Also on the show:

– We cover the Japanese career and history of the late Rick Bognar.

– We talk about New Japan’s recently completely East Coast tour.

– We discuss The Rock’n’ Roll Express, Tanahashi, Tiger Hattori, Dragon Lee, RUSH, and New Year’s Dash.

– Plus we answer your #AskFumi questions about the famous 1995 Antonio Inoki shows in North Korea, an update and the potential return of Hiromu Takahashi, the possibility of a multi-promotion super show in Japan, Fumi’s favorite up and coming young wrestler, thoughts on the DDT promotion, Joey Ryan in Japan and much more.

Want to ask a question for next week’s podcast? Tweet to Fumi and I using #AskFumi.

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