When I think about puroresu, I imagine it to be the most serious wrestling gets without being pretentious or unwatchable. I think of Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu and Giant Baba getting into rings and crafting stories based out of strikes and suplexes and facial expressions. Well, now, I think about them sitting around, ingesting those kinds of mushrooms, and playing dress-up for kicks. Dave Musgrave of the Wrestling Culture podcast passed this along yesterday, and the only words I can use to describe this video are cracked-out and wonderful. The 4-or-so minute clip features Tsuruta dressed up as Super Mario, Tenryu as an army man, and Baba in a powdered wig. You've gotta watch it.
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