Kaz Hayashi

I’m going to go to a world buffet tomorrow because of this thread. I’ll get an item from each country and pour gravy over the lot. Yes, there will be photos.

I’ve been to Glastonbury 4 times since early 00’s, last one in 2016, no bother whatsoever. Leeds 3 times in the same time frame, and always bother. 

My observations are that Leeds had more ‘lads on the piss’ and booze just brings out the bellend in bellends. More people getting fucked on crates of Fosters and lines of coke, where as glasto was more people smoking joints or tripping. Not everyone obviously, but it’s a noticeable difference in tone and atmosphere. Definitely far more pleasant and enjoyable in my opinion.

Just now, scratchdj said:

@Kaz Hayashi -  That's awesome!

Cheers fella. Nice to get back in to recording again. Once I play and record everything, it’s just a case of finding time to record my mate who drums. Finding time is much trickier these days.

Here’s one I’ve just uploaded. Just going through the process of mastering a number of songs before doing a Spotify multi-upload. So this is in mid-mixed form.

9 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said:

I remember being at Leeds the year the toilets were set on fire and the company were barred from using that site again (2004?). 

It got pretty scary at on the last night. Ice cream vans on their roof, I saw a bunch of lads somehow managed to snap one of those telegraph poles, a bonfire of tents at least 8 meter wide, a lad walking past use with 6 camp stove gas canisters duct tapped together. It was like Platoon…probably.  

I think all of that bull shit started at 2000. There was a fucking huge gathering of people around the fire bogs, with 1 security guard looking absolutely bewildered, who then decided the best course of action was to rugby tackle a young lass.

That went down well.

Just to clear up my point when I said the event looks shit, it’s purely down to the fact that on paper, to me, it looks utterly shit. There were numerous utterly shit years/line ups when I was still young, so my point isn’t about now vs then, or age, it’s about my taste. 

Jesus, it looks like a terrible event. I was lucky enough to see Rage at Leeds 2000, which also included Deftones, Foos, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, early Muse, Beck and early Queens of the Stone Age amongst others. Oasis also headlined, so maybe Zack and Liam are bezzies.
We were properly spoiled back then though, what a line up.

and... Daphne & Celeste. Poor lasses lasted a song and half before security had to safely escort them to the back.

So I’ve just bought these. 
I think I’m might be having a midlife crisis, possibly rebelling, not sure until I wear them in.

25 minutes ago, gmoney said:

I really liked Owen and Yoko. A visual orgasm and they just generally remind me of a time when WWF was fucking class. 

and some other text, words etc.

You’re lovely and you’re wasted in Off Topic.

On 2/9/2020 at 3:33 AM, PowerButchi said:

"Cover him in blancmanges and generally cause mayhem"

Beauty. I was going to say that is a great shout for UKFF out of context. Then I thought about some of the forum posters. 

3 hours ago, tiger_rick said:

Headshrinkers. End of own thread.

Seriously. They were bloody brilliant. That match with the Steiners at WM9 is one of the more forgotten gems in Mania history. Fuck knows why they were always fannying about with low card shit. Them and the Steiners should have just ripped it up in 1993 and early 1994, swapping the titles in ever-increasing red hot matches. They had ample amounts of shitarse teams to feed to them too.

Two big hosses who looked great, worked better, had a bit of wow factor and a decent manager. Criminally under valued by the company first and foremost and not given enough love.

Now, let's have your incorrect suggestions.

Yes, you have indeed won. It’s the first team I thought of when I read the title/before I opened the thread. Absolutely brilliant team, athletic, massive, great gimmick & look. Also very believable. In a world full of racist/cartoon gimmicks with people that looked like parodies, these, inc AFA, looked mint and legit (for wrestling). I’m still gutted that we didn’t get to see Yoko join them as Kokina as planned. Saying that, it leads me on to arguably my favourite team of all time...

Owen & Yoko

Now whilst they had the titles and people have fond memories, I still think they were underrated, and that’s likely because Yoko was near his tipping point and Owens team with Bulldog was class. Whilst I’m really fond of Owen & Bulldog, I have a massive soft spot for Owen & Yoko. 
The idea that the companies two biggest ribbers (Owen & Fuji) being in a team is mint enough, but when you add that to Owens cheeky charisma and in ring ability, with the sheer mass and power of Yokozuna, who had feuded with Owens brother/nemesis, Bret. Then throw Cornette’s twatty, shouty, annoying face in to the mix.

What a team it really was. I think it’s possibly one of the best of the 90’s, but never really gets added to that discussion, so that’s why I think they were underrated. Not unnoticed, but defo underrated. Under appreciated is probably the best phrase to use.

6 hours ago, tiger_rick said:

However, these fill in a lot of blanks and reveal a ton of smaller angles that I'd never seen. I'm currently about to finish 1992, a year in which I'd not seen a lot of weekly TV prior to this and it's been great for revealing a lot of the filler in feuds. Highly recommended while they exist on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHO8RIhwvgKcK6GBV__cUsQ

I’ve been subscribed to him for a few months now, truly great channel and as you say, I also advise watching what’s there before it gets pulled. I credit this channel with being one of the main reasons I’ve still got an interest in wrestling if I’m honest. 

On 2/8/2020 at 10:10 AM, wandshogun09 said:

Robert Fuller did a fantastic interview with Hannibal TV fairly recently. And his telling of the Nasty Boys vs Ken Shamrock fight story is the best version I’ve heard by far.

Whether he’s embellished it or not I don’t know. Or care. He’s such a great storyteller. And I love that he’s got a big, massive...bottle of Crown Royal behind him! 

Yeah he’s great at storytelling. I’m surprised he hasn’t been more involved as a full time manager over recent years. He’d work a treat in NWA.

Also, Shamrock was booked at For The Love Of Wrestling this April, but he cancelled last week. The Nasty Boys have also just been announced. Hmmm.

Has RoH been pulled from Fight Network UK?

Wasn’t on and isn’t scheduled for next week. I can’t see anything about it being pulled online. Anyone heard or read anything at all?

Wow, what a line up. This is bloody difficult, need to go and and have a another recap I think. 

Great bunch. Let’s start a band.
Onyx gets my nod this year, he can be the front man.

I met Dennis Fist today.
He claims he was a dentist who apparently lost it all by investing his savings in a start up tooth paste company, but one of the owners was sent down after a massive drugs bust.
He’s planning to bounce back by opening up a library on wheels, “but only go around the Posh streets”.

I really hope I see him again tomorrow. 
 

Edit - Just found out it’s actually Dennis Pfist, and that whilst the shady investment was true, the library thing is just him talking bollocks. I’m hugely disappointed.

I remember seeing this for the first time in 2017. The link I had to the doc on YouTube was deleted so cheers for posting this. My favourite line is this absolute beauty when he’s travelling home in the car.

"Remember what the conservative party announced? spending 216 billion pounds on widening the motorways, to deal with the increase in traffic in the year 2025, petrol runs out in 2019, who they kidding? they're building them for skateboards".

On 1/23/2020 at 11:22 AM, Uncle Zeb said:

What grinds my gears is companies reducing their range of multipacks to a single, mixed flavour assortment.

Stick your variety up your arse. Give me what I want, lots of it, and nothing else.

I was in Morrison’s today and fancied a bag of crisps to go with my sandwich. I didn’t want an average packet of walkers, but fuck me, the options for normal size, single bags of crisps are limited in there.
It’s either a really small, crap selection as part of the meal deal range, big massive multi packs, or big family packs of Doritos etc. Considering the crisp aisle is a long double aisle, why such a terrible range of single bags?
I’ll happily smash a 150g pack of crisps on an evening no bother, but not on my work lunch break in front of Debbie and svelte Steve from accounting. I’ve just started my job for Christ sake. I’m not a greedy bastard Steve, I’m not.

My wife is 1/2 way through the application process to receive an Irish passport. Her and her siblings all jumped at the chance when the opportunity arose. It’s a long process but I couldn’t be happier for her. It gives her and my daughter the option ‘to be’ Irish and stay part of the EU.

If Scotland ever gain independence, I’ll be doing exactly the same.

We’ll all set up a camp in Europe and then come back as ex-pats to use the NHS if it’s still about.

9th overall. I’ll happily take a top 10 spot.

Cheers once again for your efforts @Glenryck Pilchards always good fun.

In regards to Tekken, Tekken 2 was the best wasn’t it? I really can’t see past it, especially once all characters were unlocked and you could destroy everyone with a Baek combo.

On 1/26/2020 at 1:41 PM, Steve Justice said:

Cheers for that. Shame we'll have to keep it as a lawn. We really wanted to do away with it. I hate mowing, and my wife is unable to mow.

That’s ideal. Turn it in to a big grassy eye saw and let them moan about it to the point they advise you to concrete it. Sorted.

2 hours ago, MrK said:

TIL that Nikolai Volkoff‘s brother played in the 1974 World Cup, the 1976 European Championship, won the UEFA Cup in 1983 and managed Tony Cascarino and Fabian Barthez at Marseille in 1995. 

That’s one of the best TIL’s I’ve ever learned.