ZIP JAPAN Archive Thread

It's a bummer to hear this, but that's life, we have our priorities, and frankly, I could see myself in this exact situation within a year's time.  Hopefully, you'll find that you'll have more time to run those occasional shows than you thought, but if you can't, that's ok, too.

Of course, your guys will still get some solid work across the Office, whether we get more ZIP talent in L-Pro, Nakajima and Newfie continuing to battle in the Old Guard division in TIPWF or perhaps even a ZIP team in Wacker Drive Revival.  They're too good to remain inactive!

And that last show looks like one heckova event to go out on for the time, I think Shimura might well be the toughest opponent yet for Starr, he's agile enough to keep up with his speed and resilient enough to endure Starr's offense.

I've always considered ZIP to be the standard bearer for how to run a consistently great efed where every show is entertaining. People in this community disagree (a lot sometimes haha) but its tough to find someone that doesnt agree that ZIP is top notch.

Real life stuff always comes first, we'll all try to hold down the fort while ZIP is away. I do hope ZIP still pops up from time to time, but until then you better believe we'll see some guest spots over in Warrior Pro.

Totally understandable. Real life can get hectic! Look forward to the day ZIP returns even if it's a decade from now lol. In the meantime I'll be using some of your edits so they won't be getting any ring rust.

Take all the time you need, Deni. There's been plenty of epic bouts you have provided to satiate our needs.

Sen, Firehawk, I, and many others will hold down the fort.

"The king's a beggar, now the play is done: All is well ended, if this suit be won, That you express content; which we will pay, With strife to please you, day exceeding day: Ours be your patience then, and yours our parts; Your gentle hands lend us, and take our hearts."
-William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well

ZIP Japan has been a cornerstone of the Critical Alliance upon its reformation, a constant star in the sky, a biweekly metronome of wrestling goodness every other Friday night. And now, the era of ZIP regularity comes to an end, but as it does so, we get one epic Final Fight to close things out. And I would be remiss if I didn't bust out one good ol' fashioned hypefest to match! So, come 8:00 PM (ET)(ZIP O'Clock), tune into the ZIP Channel for the all out conclusion!

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And for an event that promises to be one of the greatest in modern wrestling history, we have a main event to match, with two of the never-say-die heros of wrestling meeting up to do battle over the ZIP Heavyweight Championship! Daisuke Shimura is one half of Team Fighting Spirit, and has multiple reigns up top in singles competition as well, with his otherworldly resiliancy and his impact abosorbing afro ensuring that it takes nothing short of a tactical nuke to keep him down for good. But a compact nuke may well be a good description for the current ZIP Heavyweight Champion, the Go-Go Gaijin himself, Justin Starr, who has ascended from Junior Heavyweight dominance to become one of the most dynamic Heavyweight champions in recent history. That, my friends, is what you call a match.

But of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg, as the ZIP Joshi title is up for grabs, with the dominance of Momoe Ito being challenged by the presumptuous claim of Suki ZIP, who seeks her very birthright in her pursuit. And since every single title is on the line, the doofus Doogan Brothers will see if they can set a record time in squashing two Jr. Heavy chumps in Rekless Endangerment...but from the perspective of Johnny Rekless and Danger Daniels, perhaps it's merely a matter of outworking two lunkheads to capture the belts on such a day. Finally, Shuji Tsukamoto proved his mettle with a recent victory over Ichiro Katagiri to capture the Junior Heavyweight title, and will need to be as vicious and sadistic as ever as he takes on the best boots in the business, and the man who wears them, Yutaro Ichikawa in what promises to deliver a show stealing spectacle.

Mind you, ZIP has often more than matched the top part of the card with what comes before. As such, a match that could main event most events, Touma Tanaka, Mr. Suplex, Jin Matsuda and GORO is merely the transition between the undercard and the title bouts. Three champs, and a rising star in the making in this one, folks. You get one of ZIP's most demanded lost treasures in King ZIP vs. the unstoppable Gorobei in his absolute prime in 2003 for the archives, finally reaching the broadcast a decade and a half later, the ultra popular Storm of the Century clashing with their less than popular counterparts in Pure HEEL, one last go around for HAGE and Hamada, the Uncrowned Ace Akira Shinjo against the dastardly Demon Otsu, a Joshi battle royale containing CUTIE BOOTIES!! and Mr. 450 himself against the ugliest face in human history, Super Scorpio opening up the show!

This is wrestling, this is puroresu, this is what you asked for, this is what you're getting, this is ZIP Japan Final Fight!

"Everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back"
-Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City

5 minutes til the show begins!

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