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James and John Dinsdale talk GAEA and their relationship with The Wrestling Channel in the early 2000's.

The Beginner's Guide To Japanese Wrestling Part 71; GAEA And The Wrestling Channel

James is joined by Darragh from the Wrestling Rewind to introduce Darragh to his first Joshi show and relive some epic matches from AJW's Destiny.

The Beginner's Guide To Japan Part 74; AJW Destiny 1995

James and John take a look back at the career of Dump Matsumoto.

The Beginner's Guide To Japan Part 81; The Life & Destruction Of Dump Matsumoto

James and John look back at how Joshi coped with bring up new stars once the 26 rule had passed into history in LLPW and AJW.

The Beginner's Guide To Japan Part 82; Starting Over With AJW & LLPW

James welcomes John Dinsdale back to look at the life and times of KAORU Maeda from her start in the early 80s all the way up to her recent retirement.

The Beginners Guide To Japanese Wrestling; Part 82 The Life And Times Of KAORU

James is joined by John Dinsdale pay tribute too Antonio Inoki in this very special edition of the Truepenny Show

Antonio Inoki

James is joined by Anna this week to look at some Classic Joshi as Bull Nakano & Sninobu Kandori go at it in a chain match, Megumi Kudo absolutely buries any of her girl next door image in an out right assault of a wrestling match and the LCO just flat out start taking souls. As LLPW challenges the world in 1994 and gets way more than they bargained for.

The Beginners Guide To Japanese Wrestling; Part 83 LLPW Takes On The World

In April of 1993 the women of Joshi were on fire.  As we looked at least year they had delivered with Dream Slam I in Yokahama, eleven days later they headed to Osaka and tried to pull off the same trick and they may have actually topped it. AJW, LLPW, JWP and FMW come together to deliver a breath taking card featuring Chigusa Nagayo, Bull Nakano, The LCO, Combat Toyoda, Megumi Kudo, Shinobu Kandori, Dynamite Kansai, Mayumi Ozaki, Toshiyo Yamada and Manami Toyota. James is joined by Chelsea Spollen of ShouldersUp.net to explain the action.

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The Beginner's Guide To Japanese Professional Wrestling 27; Dream Slam II

"The Japanese Flying Angel" Manami Toyota has retired. James is joined by Chelsea Spollen and Alex Watt to pay tribute to the greatest wrestler to ever live(in James Opinion at least). An emotional rollercoaster ride through her days as a tag team Queen, Ace of AJW,  and her later career working for a myriad of companies where she shed her shinning light on Joshi how it should be done.

The Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 29; Manami Toyota An Angel's Story

Minoru Suzuki is reaching his thirtieth anniversary in the wrestling business, a business he has helped create, mould and secure. James Truepenny, Chelsea Spollen and Marcus Green talk about his career and legacy. From his humble beginnings as a NJPW rookie, jumping ship to go to UWF early in his career and his path through PWFG and Pancrase helping define the sport of MMA in Japan and finally his return to full time pro wrestling and the latest portion of his career.

The Beginner's Guide To Japanese Wrestling Part 35; Minoru Suzuki

James is joined by Chelsea Spollen of Shoulders Up this week to talk about the one and only, Meiko Satomura. If you know James and Chelsea at all you will know that Meiko is perhaps their favourite subject. As she did begin her career in 1995, and the Beginner's Guide to Japan has reached 1995 it seemed churlish not to look at the career of the greatest professional wrestler in the world today. Starting with her time in GAEA, her training and the philosophy of wrestling instilled in her by Chigusau Nagayo all the way up to being the Matriarch of Sendai Girls and the wider Joshi scene and how she has spread the gospel of Joshi around the world.

There is also a look at the film GAEA Girls and the moral conundrum that Joshi brings to the table when it comes to training and the pressures those young women go through.

Whichever game you play, she came to win and she is here to stay. Meiko Satomura #BestintheWorld

The Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 37; Red Dawn The Life and Times of Meiko Satomura #BestintheWorld

LLPW is a company with a 26 year history and today the team go back in time to their third anniversary VHS compilation sourced over Youtube, to find out what the company was about, the path it took to success and how it differed from its contemporaries like AJW and JWP. Legends like Noriyo Tateno gave the brand kudos whilst its main eventers like Eagle Sawai and Shinobi Kandori gave the company drawing power. Their rookies like Gami would go on to shape the entire industry over the next quarter century.

The Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 39;  LLPW 3rd Anniversary

James is joined this week by Alex Watt to discuss Joshi mid nighties stalwarts JWP and their 1996 show Big Project in Sumo Hall. In a fascinating main event Dynamite Kansai tags with Aja Kong against Kyokyo Inoue and Devil Masami with an early inter-gender match featuring all the lunacy Michinoku Pro could provide. Also includes a joyless performance from Tiger Mask, Heel Manami Toyota murdering rookies, hair talk of course and Dynamite Kansai's ring jacket commentary.

The Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 41; JWP Big Project 1996

James is joined by Chelsea Spollen to talk about the life and times of Aja Kong.

The Beginner's Guide To Japanese Wrestling Part 48; Aja Kong

James and Chelsea look at Megumi Kudo on this edition of The Beginnner's Guide to Japan!

The Beginner's Guide To Japanese Wrestling Part 51; The Megumi Kudo Special

James is joined by Simon Heath to discuss the very early days of British Professional wrestling as they embark on the long journey of the history of BritWres on#BritWresIsDead Part 1

Brit Wres Is Dead The Eulogy Part 1; The Very, Very Early Days

James is joined by Simon Heath to explore more of the Brit Wres story with part two concerning hooking and shooting out of the venerable Riley's Gym, Wigan. Known the world over for its fearsome reputation for producing catch wrestlers. The Snakepit.

Brit Wres Is Dead The Eulogy Part 2; Wigan, Where Pain Comes From

James is joined by John Dinsdale to celebrate 25 years of GAEA Pro wrestling and the GAEAISM retrospective on YouTube.

The Beginner's Guide To Japanese Wrestling Part 52; GAEAISM

James is joined by John Dinsdale to celebrate the Dangerous Queen's 50th Birthday. Akira Hokuto's greatest moments.

The Beginner's Guide To Japan Part 57; Dangerous Queen Forever The Life And Times Of Akira Hokuto

James and John talk ARSION in its debut year as the Truepenny Show Channel continues to party like its 1998. Aja Kong is in charge, and may the Lord have mercy on our souls as ARSION applies the shoot/hybrid style to Joshi.

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