Joel and Damon are back to review NJPW's Best Of The Super Jr 2025 with grades an analysis of each block. The guys also discuss the future of US New Japan shows, another Maple Leafs meltdown, Hiromu as a heavyweight, and we answer your questions.

Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective!

There are some events in wrestling history that we can measure before the event and then everything after. This time on Those Days, Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) discuss the lead up to the first Super J Cup and then the historic show from Sumo Hall. They discuss Super J Cup and their fandom, the initial proposed tournament bracket, and how across one night The Great Sasuke became a wrestling superstar before talking about the tape trader aspect of this show! Then less than two weeks later, Michinoku Pro is back in Tokyo at a SUPER NO VACANCY FULL HOUSE Ota Ward Gymnasium for one of the most legendary matches in early Michinoku History - The Great Sasuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki II.

Matches and Shows Discussed:

Super J Cup - First Stage - 4/16/94

“Oedo Burns” - 4/29/94

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