Today marks the start of the Nagoya Basho, so to celebrate sumo's return I wrote about the biggest storylines heading into the tournament. Injuries, our yokozuna, Kirishima's white rope chase, some exciting young guns, a quirky debutant, & so much more! combat-thoughts.com/2026/07/…

Here are some of my favorites off the top of my head: Kensuke Sasaki/Yutaka Yoshie KENTA/Ricky Marvin Aja Kong/Chaparrita Asari Yoshihiro Tajiri/Taka Michinoku Samoa Joe/Tomasso Ciampa Vader/Takeshi Morishima FTR/Workhorsemen Kushida/Hiromu Takahashi

Yuko Miyamoto might have a top 5 moonsault ngl

Not everyone is this kind of fan but I think it would help a lot of people on here if they picked a wrestling match they loved and wrote about it in detail. Really study it. What each moment in the match is telling you, how the wrestlers convey info/emotion to you, etc

Keep in mind we're not even 2 minutes into the match. Sick cross body though.

Yuko Miyamoto murders Ryuji Ito with a gnarly Fire Thunder Driver off of the top of the cage through a table. God fucking damn bruh.

A frankensteiner so good it can only be outdone by Elix Skipper. Love seeing Ito pull out the classic No Mercy cage shaking strat too.

You know after the 4th highspot off of the top of the cage you'd think it'd start reaching diminishing returns but man all of these spots are sick af so it doesn't even matter

Ryuji Ito might have a top 5 frog splash ngl

Yuko Miyamoto murders Isami Kodaka with a gnarly Fire Thunder Driver. God fucking damn bruh.

I'm quickly becoming a Yuko Miyamoto guy ngl

Christian is also better than Shawn and Kurt

These are 2 of the realest fucked fuckers of all time man holy shit

Scaffold matches can be hit or miss, but man when it hits it produces some of the most truly tense, dramatic, and awe inspiring stuff in this amazing sport. Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Yuko Miyamoto is one of those hits. Just incredible.