I'm Hello again, friends, and welcome back to part two of 605 Super Podcast's 100th episode extravaganza, spectacular, whatever it is you may want

to call it.

I am your host, the great Brian last, and let's kick things off right now with what has become

a very popular recurring segment here on the show, where Fumi Saido, Japanese wrestling's

leading historian and myself look at the history of Japanese

wrestling, using the relationship between Giant Baba and Antonio Onoki as the foundation to tell

this story, or perhaps I should say, all Japan and New Japan, and we are in a really crazy

era for Japanese wrestling, the early 1980s, where talent is jumping back

and forth, the junior heavyweights really take off, outlaw promotions, spring up, and so much

more.

Let's go to this, a segment looking at Japanese wrestling history with Fumi Saaito.

I am happy today to welcome back to the Super Podcast, one of our very most popular guests,

and that is Japan's preeminent wrestling historian and reporter, your friend in mine,

Fumi Saido, Fumi, welcome back to the Super Podcast.

Hello from, yeah, hello from Tokyo.

Hello from New Jersey.

It's great to have you back on from Tokyo.

Yes.

You know, this series that you and I have done looking at the history of Japanese wrestling,

but really focusing on the relationship between Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki has been

really popular.

And this is really something I was looking forward to is getting to this period of time,

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