Daniel Bryan Says No
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Post by Daniel Bryan Says No on Jan 15, 2012 22:24:55 GMT -5
Anyone else as big of a Taka fan as I was? I always loved to watch him perform, especially in his early WWE career before they put him with Funaki. With his size he was never going to be a major player in the WWF but he was still fun to watch.
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Post by IRS on Jan 15, 2012 23:04:34 GMT -5
Yeah I've enjoyed his stuff, it's a shame that when he was around the cruiserweight division was so light. I think if he was around in '03 or '04 when that division was at it's peak he could have had some stellar matches.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Jan 16, 2012 0:03:16 GMT -5
Taka was pretty great, especially with a good opponent. If I recall correctly, the WWF brought in Taka because they were looking to hire Great Sasuke, and Taka came in as his tryout opponent/travel partner. Then the WWF powers that be were more impressed with Taka than they were with Sasuke, so they ended up keeping Taka.
I may be off by a detail here or there, but I seem to remember that being the story. There was definitely a lot of fanfare about the WWF signing Sasuke in response to WCW's cruiserweight division, and then when he finally appeared in the WWF, he disappeared quickly while Taka had a long run.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2012 0:40:39 GMT -5
Taka acutally had a GREAT match with Triple H for the WWF title on Raw back in 2000. Plus he had awesome entrance music:
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Post by Himmy! on Jan 16, 2012 5:36:03 GMT -5
I loved TAKA, he was really good.
Also, thanks for that match, never knew Tajiri had a match in WWE so early.
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Post by Bullgod on Jan 16, 2012 5:48:01 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Taka michinokus work
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2012 5:53:29 GMT -5
I enjoyed Taka too.as said above if he had been around(and used correctly)during the 2002-2004 heyday of WWEs interest in the cruisers that would have been sweet!!
he could have had some great matches with Rey,Ultimo,Noble etc
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Post by K5 on Jan 16, 2012 13:28:22 GMT -5
it was good that kentai died off and let taka shine before funaki showed.
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Post by DTP. on Jan 16, 2012 13:36:42 GMT -5
Always loved TAKA. Even when he was just in Kai En Tai.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2012 15:46:52 GMT -5
TAKA was awesome in Japan in All Japan in Roughly Obsess & Destory. Nowadays he's hit and miss. He only tries when he can gather the two ****s to make the effort.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Jan 17, 2012 21:36:28 GMT -5
Yeah, he was pretty great. Over too. shame WWE didn't put more effort into the light heavyweight division. It kept looking like they were going to, but it didn't pan out.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2012 5:58:31 GMT -5
didnt Scott Putski enter in that LHW Tourney in 97 too?
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Post by DTP. on Jan 18, 2012 6:00:00 GMT -5
And a young Tajiri.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2012 6:01:02 GMT -5
yeah?wow I never knew that. |
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