Episode 103 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata - Sakura Genesis - April 4, 2017

If there’s ever a match worth of lengthy discussion, it’s arguably Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata from Sakura Genesis, April 4, 2017. Globetrotting Eamonn Bell returns to talk the build, action, story, fallout, legend and legacy.  PLUS: brain swapping, Jimmy vs. Jey, Mania without Mania, engagement, Matt Tremont’s toilet, wild stats, the curse of long matches, Taken starring Katsuyori Shibata, bloody Robin, Suzuki vs. Tanahashi, Heat, Super Dragon, wrestlers as fighting game characters, “Ultimo Dragon shit”, Jaguar Yokota, Red Shoes’ dance, “the anthropomorphic personification of 1970s New-Japan”, character through action, the art of storytelling in pro-wrestling, far too many film analogies, the internal bargaining and reckoning one does as a wrestling fan, and a superb visual demonstration of headbutt technique on an audio-only show.  Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG/Threads/Bluesky: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles Follow Eamonn: ⁠@no_more_mutants MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.