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Post by Tournament Master on Jun 25, 2007 12:55:03 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me how the whole throwing of streamers into the ring tradition started in ROH? Was this borrowed from Japan? Seems that they are getting a bit out of control at times now.
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Post by gamemaster on Jun 25, 2007 13:23:08 GMT -5
Yes it was borrowed from Japanese wrestling as a sign of respect for your favorite wrestlers. I think it started with alot of the farewells in ROH like Punk and welcoming Japanese wrestlers like Kobashi. I think it ads something special to ROH but im pretty sure there will be some idiots that ruin it for everyone. At the start of the show I went to they said streamers were fine but that was all you can throw. I think its pretty fun as long as they dont care. The japanese wrestlers that were here Kenta and Marufuji seemed pretty happy about there entrances and said they would be back. If you ask me its better to throw a couple of streamers as a sign of respect then to have some idiot with a sign infront of you the whole match. I made sure I had enough streamers for the main event and Marufuji's entrance. Back to the original post its a Japanese thing but I think its pretty cool.
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Post by Knapik on Jun 25, 2007 23:26:57 GMT -5
I just wish people could get their streamer throwing straight! Throw it when their name is announced, cmon!
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Post by pikemojo on Jun 26, 2007 3:39:12 GMT -5
I thought it was funny when the Embassy would come out people would throw toilet paper in the same way. Rave would play it up really well too.
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Post by Knapik on Jun 26, 2007 11:19:06 GMT -5
I thought it was funny when the Embassy would come out people would throw toilet paper in the same way. Rave would play it up really well too. Yeah that was the best! He'd chunk the toilet paper back when he could. When Sal Rinauro was with him it was Sal's job to block the toilet paper, but it never worked. I miss The Embassy |
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Post by hofclemens on Jul 2, 2007 18:35:01 GMT -5
The first show I remember them being used for was The Great Muta. I dont remember a lot of them but I remember there was some present.
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Post by Pete on Jul 3, 2007 0:07:42 GMT -5
Streamers in Japan go back to the 1970's, if not earlier, possibly to the Rikidozan Era. Though they didn't really start flooding arenas and completely blocking out the ceiling and audience until the late '80s/early '90s.
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Post by Talison on Jul 20, 2007 22:54:18 GMT -5
I was at the ROH show with Great Muta and the crowd threw some streamers for each Japanese match, but buried the ring for Muta's match.
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