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Gimme more Boy: Jay White as New Japan's next great auteur

We Work Stiff
We Work Stiff
Episode • Sep 22, 2022 • 2h 49m
The three wholesome bois reunite this week to bring you a loaded tripodcast. 
The lads start out by answering all this week’s listener questions, covering a range of topics from STARDOM and the IWGP women’s title, pitching new nooj docos, ELP, his son Shingo, and the KOPW, what the deal is with Taiji Ishimori and the junior division, where Naito is placed for Wrestle Kingdom, and the increasing involvement of NJPW wrestlers in other promotions. Then, the tour break format continues as Redd takes us all on an adventure, revealing his Mt Rushmore of ‘gateway bois’; the wrestlers he suggests new, Western style influenced, fans should check out to get into New Japan, before Josh and Dave take the show into a place it has never been to lead to place the show always goes... French philosophy, auteur theory, New Hollywood and no gi grappling and how this could lead to the re-emergence of New Japan in the image of Switchblade Jay White.
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