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Sugar and Spice and OH NO! PILEDRIVER ONTO THE EXPOSED CONCRETE!

StopMakingSense — Sat, 12 May 2007 01:36:06 -0800

Meet Obasan: Adorable demon-possessed little girl and Japanese professional wrestler for the horror-themed Triple Six promotion. More highlights: (1) (2)

Who was that masked man?

wobh — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:57:42 -0800

We've been one-upped. "I won support from voters with this face, and to take it off would be breaking promises." We can't let this stand. If we don't do anything wackier next election year I'm mov ing.

swenson — Sat, 05 Jan 2002 20:32:50 -0800

Akebono's sumo retirement ceremony American-born sumo Yokozuna Akebono retired from the sport Sepetember 29th in Kokogikan, Japan.

This excellent photo essay talks about a few of the 300+ people scheduled to help cut off the topknot, a little on the history of Sumo, and why he needs 8 men to help him with the belt tying ceremony.

Also a few good photographs of another American-born Yokozuna, Musashimaru, and one Japanese one, Takanohana.

machaus — Sat, 25 Aug 2001 08:55:13 -0800

Not many still-practiced sports existed at the dawn of recorded history. Sumo wrestling is one of them. I've been trying to learn more about Sumo lately, and with the Aki-Basho tournament coming up next month, now is the time to follow along on the web as the drama unfolds.