Kai En Tai

We will discuss how Michinoku Pro does in the Observer Awards that year.

We will go to Battle Arts proper for one of our personal favorite matches of all time, an eight-man tag with the Sekigun versus Kaientai DX that takes place on Battle Arts.

And Michinoku Pro takes America in our next episode.

We will talk about not only their first two appearances in ECW, but also their weird spot show that they do for the CWA, and we will get introduced to a man named Sheldon Goldberg, who from this point on will become one of the most important reoccurring characters in Those Days.

I was leaning, uh, best there was, best there is, and best there ever will be.

But I think instead I'm gonna be a silly goose and go Kai En Tai indeed.

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Oh, [laughs] that's-

See, I never-

That's probably why I remembered Kai En Tai is 'cause we talked about them during that.

Yeah.

Gary goes on to say, "A strong dislike of mustard, a broken psyche.

Did Matt Hardy escape the mustard realm? While the Hardys were appearing before then it—for WWF, they didn't get their first win until they beat Kai En Tai on September 27th, 1998.

It would be totally plausible that eager up-and-comer Matt would've taken a private meeting with WWE personality Tony Schiavone to see what his options were in January of 1998." We're just gonna have to wait and see, aren't we? [laughs] Hmm.

So it's very likely that the Hardys were held in the mustard realm.

No, 100%.

And then we think we're gonna, like, get it, get this match going, um, and then Kaientai shows up.

Um, and Mr. Yamaguchi Son joins commentary because h- this furthers the feud, um, with Val Venis and Kaientai.

I l- actually kind of like this as a, like-

Me too, actually

Wait, I do remember that.

Uh, there was a porn star wrestler by the name of Val Venis, and, uh, he was in a feud with a Japanese stable called Kaientai.

Is that the guy that you were in the movie about?

No.

What happened to Chaz, Triple H?

Yeah, so he says that, "Tonight you will reinstate Mick Foley, and if you do not meet our demands, every single WWF superstar is ready to walk out on your candy asses." Which, you know, top guys, Headbangers, Kai En Tai, Albert.

Kane looking huge with his arms crossed.

Yeah, man, he was pissed.

Never mind that noise.

Here comes Kaientai.

Yeah.

I love the fact that they wrestled in, like, actual gear for one week, and Vince clearly went, "You all look shit.