Japanese Wrestling Classics With Roy Lucier

Japanese Wrestling Classics With Roy Lucier

Roy Lucier talks to the wrestlers who worked in Japan, especially All Japan, during the 80's and 90's. We get a detailed look at the country, the company, the wrestlers, and everything inbetween

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November 22, 2017 74 mins

In this episode, Roy chats with "Jungle" Jim Steele/Wolf Hawkfield, who wrestled in Japan for over 11 years, as he discusses how he got the nickname "Jungle" Jim back when he worked for WCW, training at the Power Plant, how he got involved with All Japan, his team with Mike Bart...

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In this episode, Roy talks to Sam about him watching tapes from Japan at the age of 7, his current run as the top rudo of the CMLL promotion, his recent tour of All Japan, his current feeling on the state of wrestling, learning and training at the UK camps, and so much more. Roy also talks to Eric Cholminski about how the public can donate to the Yoshihiro Takayama fundraiser that is currently going on.

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In this episode, Roy talks to Joe Malenko about his time in All Japan, being trained by Karl Gotch, how it was to "grow up Malenko", he looks back on the title match against his brother Dean for the Jr. title, his time in UWA in Mexico, and so much more

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On this episode, Taiyo Kea joins Roy from Hawaii to discuss growing up around his uncle, King Curtis Iaukea, going to the All Japan Dojo, working with legends like Steve Williams, Stan Hansen, Giant Baba, Minoru Suzuki, the All Japan/NOAH split, winning the Champion Carnival, the Triple Crown title, and so much more!

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In this three hour spectacular, Roy and Kurt Beyer (the son of the iconic Destroyer) talk about growing up in the Beyer household, his time in the All Japan Dojo, the friendships he made there, his feelings towards Giant Baba, teaming with his father in his dad's last three matches, and so much more

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In this episode, I talk to iconic journalist Bill Apter about the role that the "Apter mags" played when it came to Japanese wrestling, his relationship with the offices in Japan, his friendships with Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba (you gotta hear his impersonation of Baba), how t...

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In this episode, I talk to Richard about his training in the All Japan Dojo, his friendship with Mitsuharu Misawa, the split between All Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH and why he chose to go to NOAH, his favorite people to work with, and much more!

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In our first episode, we talk to former All Asia Tag Team champion Joel Deaton, who tells us in detail about how he first got introduced to Giant Baba and starting working for All Japan, his tag team with Billy Black, backstage attitudes when Tenryu took part of the roster and went to SWS, he takes us back to the night him and Billy won the tag titles, and so much more

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