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Search complete. 16 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Big Japan Pro Wrestling".
Oct 20, 2026
Ilja DragunovGUEST
I alway...
Ilja DragunovGUEST
Like, when I, back in the day when I started with WWE, they had a working relationship with Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
And when I joined WWE, it's kind of like this time was passed, okay? And the one thing that I didn't do in my career so far, I had multiple things that I didn't do in my career so far, but specifically something that I would, that I need to do is to wrestle in Japan.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
I need to wrestle in Japan because that's the place where I think my style belongs, and I think I would connect with the people, like, with its culture for professional wrestling in a whole different way.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
I wouldn't say it's necessarily who I want to work with, but where I want to work.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
Back in the day when I started with WXW, they had a working relationship with Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
And when I joined WXW, it's kind of like this time was past.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
And the one thing that I didn't do in my career so far, there are multiple things that I didn't do in my career so far, but specifically something that I would that i need to do is to wrestle in japan i need to wrestle in japan because that's the place where i think my style belongs and i think i would connect with the people like with this culture for professional wrestling in a whole different way
Ilja DragunovGUEST
I wouldn't say it's necessarily who I want to work with, but where I want to work.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
Back in the day when I started with WXW, they had a working relationship with Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
And when I joined WXW, it's kind of like this time was past.
Ilja DragunovGUEST
And the one thing that I didn't do in my career so far, there are multiple things that I didn't do in my career so far, but specifically something that I would that i need to do is to wrestle in japan i need to wrestle in japan because that's the place where i think my style belongs and i think i would connect with the people like with this culture for professional wrestling in a whole different way
Josh CraneGUEST
Yeah.
Josh CraneGUEST
But that's, that was whole side tangent to go from, that's basically how I got to BJW.
Josh CraneGUEST
Um, and at the time, I definitely, sometimes I look back on it and I'm like, "Ooh.
Josh CraneGUEST
Ooh," actually I just had a, this ADHD flash of a thought where I was like, "Dare I talk about this?" Um, how about this, I'll decide if [laughs] if it's worth bringing up based on any BJW questions you have, so we'll go from there.
Chris ColvinHOST
Well, I mean, really, I'm looking at your, your full run here, and I mean, for it to be only for May 11th to May 30th, y- [laughs] you do the, all these different tags where you're tagging with Drew Parker against the best of the best here, Ueki, Sakuta, Takashi.
Chris ColvinHOST
You do Crazy Lovers, and it's you and Sekine in barbed wire boards.
EbuHOST
Hashimoto became a bigger star after he beat Nobuhiko Takada in '96, uh, at the Tokyo Dome.
EbuHOST
In '97, they faced Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
EbuHOST
This has always been a thing for them, you know? I- I, there's a, there's a year where they faced All Japan.
EbuHOST
They faced TNA, like Rob said, multiple times.
Luke JenningsHOST
Predominantly in Japan, but has wrestled in ECW in 1999 and 2000.
Luke JenningsHOST
FMW, uh, Big Japan Pro Wrestling are, are usually his home promotions.
Luke JenningsHOST
We're now in the ring.
Luke JenningsHOST
Sullivan shouting at Yamaguchi-san.
TinkyHOST
Yeah, I think I'm on a little bit of a, a resurgence of just looking around at different promotions again.
TinkyHOST
Like I, I watched really randomly a match from Big Japan Pro Wrestling, uh, from 2016 the other day, a tag team match between four people I'd never seen wrestle before, and it was really excellent.
TinkyHOST
And I can- I've never seen them before, and I can only name two of them now, so that's how, you know, that's how little I, I knew about those wrestlers.
TinkyHOST
So yeah, um, well up for this going in certainly, and, uh, sh- was, was hoping we were gonna get something very, very special indeed given AEW's regular quality, at least in ring.
John CarrollHOST
No front-
AramethaGUEST
You might be doing BJW n- uh, numbers.
John CarrollHOST
Yeah, front row not sold out, every other sec- That's, but it is on few left, I guess.
John CarrollHOST
And every other section is just now on sale, no, no, uh, no few remaining.
3 HRS 32 MINS LATER
John CarrollHOST
Finally got, put him out of his misery.
John CarrollHOST
Um, then we had entrants 10 and 11, the Speed of Sounds, Banana Sangha and Tsutomu O- Osugi.
John CarrollHOST
Now, I was gonna say from BJW, but it turns out they don't even wrestle there at all anymore.
John CarrollHOST
Shows what I know.
John CarrollHOST
No front-
AramethaGUEST
You might be doing BJW nu- uh, numbers.
John CarrollHOST
Yeah, front row not sold out, every other se- that's, but it is on few left, I guess.
John CarrollHOST
And every other section is just now on sale, no, no, uh, no few remaining.
3 HRS 30 MINS LATER
John CarrollHOST
Finally got, put him out of his misery.
John CarrollHOST
Um, then we had entrants 10 and 11, the Speed of Sounds, Banana Sangha and Tsutomu O- Osugi.
John CarrollHOST
Now, I was gonna say from BJW, but it turns out they don't even wrestle there at all anymore, so as what I know.
John CarrollHOST
I don't watch BJW anywhere, any- ever, so.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
I go, okay.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
We go to the BJW bus.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
I'm like, sick.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
Now, mind you, what I just told you before, Chicago, Canada, England, all that, right? I get on the bus, and Drew Parker goes, you ready? And I go, for what? And he was like, did they tell you what this trip is? I go, no.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
I was trying to wear Japanese underwear.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
Socks that were off my heels.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
I only had a pair of sweatpants, so I was in the back of the BJW bus with no air conditioning in my boxers, sweating to death and having to do death matches.
Ricky Shane PageGUEST
And then I went home, finished that tour, went home, went to Disney World.