reminder that gabe kidd was out there leading rounds of applause for sid scala who was out there abusing his trainees

im sorry the only reason oedo tai was villainous was that they were all leaving everyone else starving, they always ate.

TAKA Michinoku might be probably one of the most spiritually correct wrestlers of 1996, and this is just the first match with Minoru Tanaka in BattlArts.

If you pitted me against anyone that follows me on Bluesky for the BattlArts jacket, just know I'm walking away with a jacket.

The Ikeda KO on Funaki pushed it to MOTYC for me. (which, both shows have had MOTYCs... probably not a good sign for my scale.) Dude, what a damn kick.

Take the RINGS dive, don't say "maybe," it's the greatest vision of wrestling combined with combat sports. One of the greatest companies ever.

Also, Ikeda needs to release this match. It's on Fu-Ten BATI-BATI 22.

Rating off of vibes, here, since numbers are arbitrary and can be what I want them to be, and this is the first show. Yuki Ishikawa and Daisuke Ikeda barely miss a "WOTY case contender" match in my eyes, as I'm adding 2.75+ to a WOTY case.

I'm actually starting with 96-00, the sheet is looking to be pretty extensive

Doing a project where I watch any of the BattlArts I can get my hands on (or, BattlArts in chronological order.) I'm on the first show, and look at how young Ikeda & Ishikawa are, holy shit.