March 7, 2004
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REV Pro meets OSAKA Pro
Ebessan versus Kuishinbo Kamen
from Osaka Pro WrestlingYesterday’s Revolution Pro event was a hoot. It’s common knowledge amongst lucha fans that after Mexico, Japan is the next country to have a legacy of masked wrestlers. But we’d never seen any LIVE until yesterday and now I want more!!! Look at those masks!! Yes, Kuishinbo Kamen’s mask has big black glasses & buck teeth. And Ebessan is the “God of Laughter”.
In the Super Happy Match, these two wrestlers from Osaka Pro-wrestling tag teamed with regulars of RevPro - The Human Tornado and Top Gun Talwar. Imagine two clowns, a pimp and an angry pilot in the ring together. Ebessan and Kuishinbo Kamen had lots of comedy routines mixed in with their wrestling. Words cannot describe the craziness.
So we played the Ebessan promotional DVD last night, and what do you know, these guys are HUGE over in Japan. In the DVD, they are at an arena the size of a WWE production. As he enters the ring, The ‘God of Laughter’ blesses the fans by annointing them with his leafy branch. He is followed by fifty women dressed like nuns, all carrying leafy branches and chanting. When Kuishinbo Kamen the clown appears (sporting a backpack!), he is high up on stage in the middle of a long line of perfectly-synchronized singing dancing school girls, and of course, there’s pyrotechnics all round. It’s indeed an honor to have seen these guys wrestle at such a small indie arena in Southern California. What a treat.
Related links:
Cacao Planning - (Japanese website) Makers of Japanese prowrestling masks. Lots of cool masks here.
RevPro photo galleries from Shanesphotos.com.
