๐ฃ OFFICIAL - England are NOT stepping aside today v Ukraine as their media said Wales & Scotland should last year.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐บ๐ฆ goes ahead at Wembley in a Euro 2024 qualifier. KO 17.00.
#EURO2024
#ENGUKR
#Ukraine
#WALES
#Scotland
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Hereโs the facts. Iโm Welsh. Iโm sorry to see anyone pass away. I have no interest, relations or relevance with the royal family, we didnโt elect them. I wish my grandma had the access others did. They stole the Prince of Wales title from Wales. Thatโs facts. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
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THREAD: Setting off from Tokyo to go to Walesโ World Cup play-off semi-final on Thurs. Have to fly Tokyo-Doha-London. 24+ hours travel to LDN & then a train to ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ. Iโll post some travel updates here.
#TogetherStronger
#TheRedWall
#YWalGoch
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
After being misted twice
@kenoh_prowres
set his own leg on fire ๐ฅ before putting the boot to the Great Mutaโs face!
#noah_ghc
#ใ ใฟใปใถใปใฏใผใซใ
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#RIPRikidozan
Rikidozan, the Father of Puroresu died on 15 December in 1963 aged just 39. This is the statue at his grave in Honmon-Ji Temple Cemetery.
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
What a way to sign off from Saitama Super Arena!
& ๐
@noah_ghc
Heavyweight champion Naomichi Marufuji! Marufuji-san was rushing the opposite way & stopped in his tracks when he saw us. Class act
ใใใงใจใ
@noah_marufuji_
ใใ
#CyberFightFes
#noah_ghc
#ใตใคใใผใใกใคใใใงใน
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
Former Asian Wrestling Championships winner
@OlegBoltin
๐ฐ๐ฟ made his pro wrestling debut today at Korakuen Hall.
Boltin is still ranked 7th in the world at 125kg.
#Wrestling
#WrestleAstana
#njpw
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
๐ฏKickboxing star
@takerusegawa
has been unveiled as the 7th generation Tiger Mask.
Sayama wants pro wrestling fan Takeru to spread the TM name worldwide & to continue his charity work. Takeru wonโt be wrestling. This is more of a charity work project.
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
RIP Katsuya Kitamura. The amateur wrestler turned pro wrestler turned MMA fighter has died aged 36.
Kitamura had strong ties with team AACC due to his amateur background & was regularly seen at RIZIN shows.
AACC boss Hiroyuki Abe said: โIโve just found out. Iโm very shocked.โ
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
20 years ago Antonio Inoki parachutes into PRIDE Shockwave Dynamite in front of a reported 91,000 crowd at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Inoki was 59 here.
#RIPInoki
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
What is your favourite ever Mitsuharu Misawa match and why?
Mondayโs Memorial event marks the first time the show will air live with English commentary.
#ไธๆฒขๅ ๆดใกใขใชใขใซ
#noah_ghc
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#OnThisDay
Rikidozan, The Father of Puroresu, died on this day in 1963 aged just 39. This is the statue at his grave in Honmon-ji Temple Cemetery.
#OTD
#prowrestling
#ๅ้ๅฑฑ
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In the space of 29 days
@WillOspreay
๐ฌ๐งwill wrestle:
v Shingo Takagi RevPro 26 Aug
v Chris Jericho AEW Wembley 27 Aug
v Naomichi Marufuji NOAH 17 Sep
v Yota Tsuji NJPW (IWGP UK) 24 Sep
#noah_ghc
#njpw
#AEW
#RevPro
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
I asked Josh if Katsuhiko Nakajima is on his radar for Bloodsport Japan:
"Iโm well aware of Nakajima. He grew up in pro wrestling & kakutogi. The question is does he think he has what it takes to go to this ring? I think he can do it!"
@Katsuhiko_N311
#BloodsportBushido
#ajpw
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
Thank god PRIDE legend &
#UFC
Hall of Famer Mark Coleman is now responsive & well after saving his parentsโ lives from a terrible house fire.
No words do this man justice! Letโs keep all of his family in our prayers.
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Happy 35th birthday
@noah_katsuhiko
๐บ
Hereโs the KONGO man *20 years ago* winning his MMA debut v Jason Leigh by stoppage in the opening seconds.
#noah_ghc
#MMA
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All I need is a dragon on my chest ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ โฝ๏ธ
Ready for a 1am KO here in Tokyo, Japan. Wish I was there as I was in 2016.
#WAL
#WALITA
#EURO2020
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VIDEO OF THE DAY:
@goshiozaki54039
, who carried NOAH on his back during an unprecedented time & sacrificed his body in the process, returns after 266 days away from the ring & having recovered from shoulder surgery!
#GOtoBUDOKAN
#noah_ghc
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
I can say now that I stayed up until 7.30am for the
#njpw
v
#noah_ghc
show to complete 46 pages of notes because it was so important to me. Obviously we didnโt get chance to use half our notes! And it was still not perfect.
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Three of the greatest judoka of all time here. Delighted for Shinji-san. He was 1984 Olympic champion, 1985 world champ, led Nomura to 3๏ธโฃ
@Olympics
gold in a row & helped Ono become the p4p king.
#TorchRelay
@sono0203
@nomura60kg
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RIP Koga. A true all-time great. This photo is from 2015 in Kazakhstan at the Worlds as he supported his student Mami Umeki who was absolutely inspired that day as she won an unexpected gold at the age of 20.
Thoughts with his family, friends & the Japanese judo community
@eJudo
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
The introduction of the
#Afghanishtan
flag receives a big round of applause.
Their two taekwondo athletes Hossain Rasouli and Zakia Khudadadi are unable to compete so a volunteer is carrying their flag on their behalf.
#Tokyo2020
#Paralympics
#OpeningCeremony
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๐๐ EXCLUSIVE: Ex-NZL u20s winger Tevita Li, 28, will be joining League One newcomers Honda Heat next season.
Li had been at Sungoliath since 2020.
#NTT
ใชใผใฐใฏใณ
#LeagueOne
#GoForwardAsOne
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
Starter guide to Kaito Kiyomiya matches for
#NJPW
fans:
v Okada, 21 Feb โ23
v Kenoh, 1 Jan โ23
v Timothy Thatcher, 10 Nov โ22
v Hideki Suzuki, 3 Sep โ22
v Masa Kitamiya, 13 Aug โ22
v Muto, 16 July โ22
v Kenoh, 1 Jan โ22
w/ Inamura v Takeshita/Ueno 6 June โ21
๐บ
#wrestleUNIVERSE
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
It was a privilege to be involved w/ tonightโs show. The first
#noah_ghc
show I saw was a tape from Strong Style Tapes in 2003 (Kobashi v Misawa) after seeing rave reviews on the Real in Memphis forum.
Hope everyone can join us on Sunday for
#CyberFightFes
#ไธๆฒขๅ ๆดใกใขใชใขใซ
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This ๐ธ is Walesโ Tokyo 1964 judo Olympian Alan Petherbridge MBE from Swansea. Alan was the 1st judo black belt in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ, won Euro ๐ฅ, founded
@Welsh_Judo
+ was a 9th dan rank
Alan wished to come to
#Tokyo2020
to the venue he faced Geesink in 1964. Alan sadly passed away July 2020
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ 6 years ago today in Toulouse ahead of the Russia game. What a day. One of the greatest performances Iโve ever seen from
@Cymru
.
#Euro2016
#TogetherStronger
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Katsuhiko Nakajima showed up in AJPW!
Post-main he threw a bunch of flowers at Miyahara and stared at TC champ Aoyagi while leaving through the crowd.
#ajpw
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I was scrolling through
@WONF4W
as usual & saw this. Iโm genuinely stunned. I started comms in Oct & Iโve done 4 events. Huge thanks to
@Noah_ghc
&
@tjpw2013
for the opps, thx to all those who voted, thx to the top pbp guy
@sfultonMMA
for leading me. Well done
@ShutUpExcalibur
.
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Mark Pickering ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐
Judoka Madina Taimazova of
#ROC
suffered a massive hematoma & a black eye before getting choked out by Japan's Arai in her semi-final which lasted ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ
The 22-year-old came back to win her -70kg
#bronze
medal contest in added time ๐
#Tokyo2020
#Olympics
#Judo
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Who is the ONE wrestler/fighter who you think MUST compete on Josh Barnett's Bloodsport Bushido show in Japan on 22 June? ๐ฏ๐ต
Tag them below ๐
Josh & Minoru Suzuki are already confirmed to compete
#MMA
#prowrestling
#puroresu
#BloodsportBushido