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Fav Matches of 2022 (10/10)
El Desperado vs Jun Kasai
TAKATaichiDespe Mania. 9.12.2022
This match is a romance. It’s a love letter to life-affirming pain and struggle. El Desperado fights like his life depends on it and by the post-match you figure out he might as well have been.
This match is satisfying. It’s bloody, it’s relentless, it’s cathartic. I’ve watched this match a half dozen times and it never feels like 30 minutes.
#takataichidespe mania#njpw#freedoms#jun Kasai#el desperado#mars art#wrestling#new japan pro wrestling#sorry for posting three of these in like 24 hours#I should’ve been posting them as I was finishing them like on my Twitter#but I kept forgetting to update the list on tumblr and Instagram 😭😭😂
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mjf’s tweet about how wrestlers should come out of a match the same way they entered… it resonates so closely with kasai’s words at takatachidespe mania, “we pro-wrestlers may not fear death or pain, but we should be fighting so that we can walk out of the ring with our lives”
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Dishes got into wrestling in 2022 and has some faves
or my attempt at somehow squishing everything I watched down to one post for this beloved hellsite
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Match of the year ❤️
Jun Kasai vs El Desperado, Takataichidespe mania, 2022
This match went right at the edge of my limits in hardcore/deathmatch spots without going over. Besides that, it’s just a wild ride that goes and goes for 30 minutes, with some gorgeous visuals, a crowd that’s super into it, and a post-match I still think about so much.
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Wrestling matches wrapped 🔁 (some favorites that I rewatched a lot) (not all from this year)
Young Bucks vs reDRagon vs Jurassic Express, Revolution 2022
Young Bucks vs Swerve in our Glory vs Team Taz, Dynamite 2022
Orange Cassidy vs Will Ospreay, Forbidden Door 2022
Bryan Danielson vs Nick Jackson, Rampage 2021
Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros, cage match, All Out 2021
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Some other memorable faves 💜 (of this year)
CM Punk vs MJF, dog collar match, Revolution
Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta (where he joined BCC)
Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta vs Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta
Death Triangle vs House of Black, Double or Nothing
Blood & Guts, BCC vs JAS
Jon Moxley vs El Desperado, Music City Mayhem
The Elite vs United Empire
Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori vs Master Wato & El Desperado, Battle Autumn
Shingo Takagi vs El Phantasmo, Rumble on 44th Street
Brandon Cutler vs Serpentico, Dark Elevation
Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida
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Matches to cry to 😭
El Desperado vs Jun Kasai, mostly that post-match, Takataichidespe mania
Eddie Kingston vs Jun Akiyama, All Out Zero Hour
KAIRI vs Miyu Iwatani, NJPWxSTARDOM
Suzuki-gun final match, Road to Tokyo Dome
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Fav kiss 💋
Jon Moxley vs EFFY, GCW Homecoming I, 2022
Loved the match too, for vibes and story and visuals (Mox smoking while sitting on the top turnbuckle, while Effy’s squirming on the floor… good stuff).
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Other favorite things 💙 (or how I got into wrestling)
HOOKhausen
My gateway drug, I wouldn’t be watching wrestling if not for gifs of their tag team courtship. Even now, when I go back and watch their promos, I get all soft.
CM Punk vs MJF feud
Yes, like 90% of tumblr I also saw the dog collar match gifs. After Hookhausen had caught my eye, I stumbled across Outside Interference’s video, which inspired me to go through all the shows to watch the full segments. I got to know lots of wrestlers along the way, very enjoyable way of exploring AEW for the first time, and very worth doing for the feud itself too.
G1 Climax 32
Although Forbidden Door introduced quite a few NJPW wrestlers, none of it really stuck (too many new faces and acronyms and mostly me laughing at and being impressed by Excalibur trying to power his way through it all).
So G1 was me following El Phantasmo and getting to know the New Japan roster. Most of the matches weren’t as memorable as the ones I listed above, mostly on account of it all being very new to me. But I did get really into it as the tournament went on and had a blast.
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And other assorted favorite things �� (most will be no surprise):
El Desperado :3
Penta’s little taunting walk, and his slingblade, too
Matt Jackson’s locomotion northernlight suplexes, and his hair, and also his gender
Kenta’s thighs
Tom Lawlor's whole vibe
Being the Elite
Trios Tag Team Tournament
ZSJ, Sanada, Taichi and Naito having their polycule moments, and Suzuki-gun vs LIJ nonsense in general
El Phantasmo’s antics and entrance
Binging free matches on YT, esp those with Orange Cassidy and the intergender ones
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Also, yeah, there’s lots I didn’t watch (yet) if u wonder why xyz isn't on there.
Especially women’s wrestling is lacking on my list. I kept hoping for something in AEW to really drag me into it but unfortunately my fav got injured (I miss Kris!!) and I do need some narrative to hook me, but that didn’t happen 😔. I am enjoying Jamie Hayter having the belt, though, and there’s plenty of women on the roster I do like, so I’m keeping an eye out. NJPW and Stardom having their show introduced me to Stardom, so I might give that a go too.
I think that’s about it :3
Best wishes for this holiday season! 🎉
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Maybe Deathmatch can be kind of loving
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I was incredibly moved by this match and Kasai’s philosophy that deathmatch wrestling is not about courting death, but about celebrating life.
What a huge moment for El Desperado!
Alternate version below:
#el desperado#despy#Jun Kasai#takataichi mania#takataichidespe mania#blood#deathmatch wrestling#wrestling#njpw#new japan pro wrestling#just tap out#jto
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Despe has the funniest reaction to a board in the shape of a cross covered in barbed wire almost falling and landing on him
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Jun kasai (?)
As a deathmatch freak (positive) it comes as no surprise that I rather like Mr Kasai.
His relationship with Despe is a very endearing one and their 2022 singles match at TakaTaichiDespe Mania is up there for me when it comes to my favourite deathmatches I've ever seen, especially with the added life & death message behind it. I learnt about Kasai through Despe, and for that I'm incredibly grateful. I'm always quite excited whenever I stumble across his work in other promotions that I watch (DDT and Dragongate).
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