I’ve decided to start a blog talking about wrestling and MMA, since I tend to post a lot on those subjects anyway. I know a lot of people don’t tend to be into both of those subjects, but really they’re two branches on the same tree.

Wrestling was originally a shoot, and for a long time after some wrestlers got together and realized they could make more money by throwing matches, most wrestlers were still legitimate tough guys with experience in real wrestling.

One of the earlier modern MMA organizations, Pancrase, was formed by two men who had previously worked as professional wrestlers, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Both would later go back to working wrestling matches as well.

Furthermore, in Pancrase and later Pride, some matches were worked. A Nobuhiko Takada vs. Mark Coleman match that Takada won was later acknowledged as a work by the Pride commentary team.

So that’s why I made this blog about both subjects. In the near future at least I’ll probably post more about wrestling than MMA as i’m more knowledgeable about it.

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