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>>13614291
Stan Hansen made a career out of breaking Bruno Sammartino's neck with a lariat.

The Japanese magazines hyped it up for months and when he came to Japan, it was as the man who had destroyed the most respected champion in the US.
Hansen injuring Bruno created the myth of the Western Lariat.
So if you capitalize on it the right way? It can make you

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Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 23:33:32 No.13615200 Report

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>>13614306
am i being worked?

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Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 23:37:41 No.13615239 Report

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>>13614291
depends on who's the opponent

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Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 23:39:18 No.13615253 Report

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>>13614329
I don't know if this is true but that was 40 something years ago. We're in 2024, redditors would pee, poo and cry if he tried to build his character on the fact that he ended Big E's career

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Fair-minded anon !!Ht/oMGOvLa3 Fri 01 Mar 2024 23:44:35 No.13615301 Report

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>>13615253
This is why Japan actually maintaining kayfabe to a degree makes it more fun to follow than American wrestling

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Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 23:48:05 No.13615343 Report

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>>13614329
he had already done a tour for Baba the year before that

and how much of it was Inoki wanting to kick sand in Sammartino's face given their history? I wonder

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Fair-minded anon !!Ht/oMGOvLa3 Fri 01 Mar 2024 23:49:26 No.13615352 Report

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>>13615343
It's Inoki being a based fucking carnie, he was a top tier promoter in the 80s

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Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 01:37:33 No.13616985 Report

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>>13614329
Is a very common practice

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