Volk Han's guest appearances

Volk Han

Puro Pourri Podcast

Let Me Tell You Something!

Aja Kong

Jumbo Tsuruta

Akira Taue

Kota Ibushi

David Arquette

Steve Williams

Michael Cole

Vince McMahon

Seth Rollins

Bruiser Brody

Bret Hart

Steve Austin

Keith Lee

Shawn Michaels

Terry Funk

OwlTail

Having dispensed with NJPW and UWFI's dealings with the now-former Soviet Union, the PPP crew turn their attention to the adventures of Eastern Bloc combat athletes in two other Japanese wrestling companies: FMW and RINGS.  Marvel in wonder as David finally gets to wax lyrical about carny par excellence Atsushi Onita, a fascist gets kicked, one of the greatest matches of all time is dissected at length, and we discover why one-night 32-man MMA tournaments are not the best idea.  We'll also look at what was going on in Russia in the mid-90s and how it precipitated today's awful imperialist mess.MATCHES:Atsushi Onita vs. Grigori Veritchev (FMW, 29 May 1991)Akira Maeda vs. Andrei Kopylov (RINGS, 21 August 1992)Tony Halme vs. Tariel Bitsadze (RINGS, 22 October 1994)Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Volk Han (RINGS, 22 January 1997)Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. Grom Zaza (RINGS, 22 July 1997)Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Mikhail Ilyukhin (RINGS, 28 March 1998)

Having dispensed with NJPW and UWFI's dealings with the now-former Soviet Union, the PPP crew turn their attention to the adventures of Eastern Bloc combat athletes in two other Japanese wrestling companies: FMW and RINGS. Marvel in wonder as David finally gets to wax lyrical about carny par excellence Atsushi Onita, a fascist gets kicked, one of the greatest matches of all time is dissected at length, and we discover why one-night 32-man MMA tournaments are not the best idea. We'll also look at what was going on in Russia in the mid-90s and how it precipitated today's awful imperialist mess. MATCHES: Atsushi Onita vs. Grigori Veritchev (FMW, 29 May 1991) Akira Maeda vs. Andrei Kopylov (RINGS, 21 August 1992) Tony Halme vs. Tariel Bitsadze (RINGS, 22 October 1994) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Volk Han (RINGS, 22 January 1997) Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. Grom Zaza (RINGS, 22 July 1997) Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Mikhail Ilyukhin (RINGS, 28 March 1998)

Episode 26 - CCCPPP (III): The Maltese Volk Han

Akira Maeda

With a mixture of trepidation and a very obnoxious sighing, Simon (@simoncross3) has to take another chance on watching the shoot-style pro wrestling of the late 80s and early 90s that was a prototypical presentation of what would eventually become mixed martial arts. This time it's Akira Maeda's debut RINGS show. The fall of the Iron Curtain saw an influx of Russian wrestlers, many of them trained in the sambo style that eventually would bring Khabib Nurmagamedov to the UFC. Volk Han, also of Dagestan, literally wrestled his first match and within the year was one of the most popular foreign workers in Japan. Let's see if the LMTYS boys are also as taken on first look.https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With a mixture of trepidation and a very obnoxious sighing, Simon (@simoncross3) has to take another chance on watching the shoot-style pro wrestling of the late 80s and early 90s that was a prototypical presentation of what would eventually become mixed martial arts. This time it's Akira Maeda's debut RINGS show. The fall of the Iron Curtain saw an influx of Russian wrestlers, many of them trained in the sambo style that eventually would bring Khabib Nurmagamedov to the UFC. Volk Han, also of Dagestan, literally wrestled his first match and within the year was one of the most popular foreign workers in Japan. Let's see if the LMTYS boys are also as taken on first look.https://<a href="http://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

LMTYS Match of the Week #015 - Akira Maeda vs. Volk Han (RINGS, 07-12-1991)