The Best There Ever Was #1: Mitsuharu Misawa

Did you miss us? On our comeback special extravaganza, Ryan hits Damien with a double turn and leads discussions on the events of WWE Backlash and their thoughts on the upcoming Double or Nothing before doing our very first in depth profile of one of wrestling's most legendary and revered wrestlers, one of the Four Pillars of Heaven, Mitsuharu Misawa! From his early excursions into Mexico, to his rise as the ace of AJPW, his exodus from AJPW to start Pro Wrestling Noah and much, much more, grab an ice pack and travel down Kings Road with us!

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Segments

0:00:00-0:15:44- Intro, Thoughts on Gaza, What're We Drinking

0:15:45-0:29:26- Discussion on WWE Backlash

0:29:27-0:34:14- Thoughts on Dave Meltzer and Bruce Mitchell

0:34:15-0:36:30- Thoughts on Impact Under Siege

0:36:31-0:51:30- Predictions for AEW Double or Nothing

0:51:31-1:49:41- Misawa profile

1:49:42-1:56:59- Legends of the Bingo Hall

1:57:00-2:02:42- What We're Listening To, Outro

Media

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (AJPW 1994)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQngTdDtBw8

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (Pro Wrestling Noah 2003)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1CC0kNmP3I

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPT 1990)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsMQi6B7WuA&t=255s

Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobash vs Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada for the AJPW Tag Team Championships (AJPW 1994)- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl3j1s

Kuniaki Kobayashi vs Tiger Mask II for the AJPW Jr Heavyweight Championship (AJPW 1985)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obo0t5zuyC4

Wheeler Yuta vs Lee Moriarity (Beyond 2020)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWSB5qLu2VE

Willow Nightingale vs Max Caster (Beyond 2020)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt31ePqO8rM

Trish Adora vs Jordan Oliver (Beyond 2021)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsLAfC3xh7c

What We're Listening to

Rise Against: The Numbers (2021)- https://open.spotify.com/album/07JzTROu7C7BgonQVhdiDM?si=qH0henIvQ_yX8ZR3__q18Q

Gojira: Fortitude (2021)- https://open.spotify.com/album/3bmdzJRZ4DLRTiA6yBBQcI?si=5P0ztPWPSyWBe5LWot9LAw

Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime (1988)- https://open.spotify.com/album/4eEQ3aNA8mptFIfbFdX79p?si=bCbQ8SQxRve56xagsWEOsg

Billy Strings: Turmoil & Tinfoil (2017)- https://open.spotify.com/album/3CKP5G9f93RBbUi73HnyVC?si=jKMMs1ffTMeaKpHfOpfaRA

Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1977)- https://open.spotify.com/album/1u2Qni8cVRptDTaA00fmBC?si=hHIYSNzTRiOZBXTL9Rwfyg

What We're Drinking

Ryan: DNP- Allergies

Damien: This Fresh Morning (6.5% Farmhouse IPA brewed with 2020 Pink Boots hop blend, Pink Peppercorn and Lemon peel) by Big aLICe Brewing Company