Thursday, July 19, 2018

ENSON INOUE: THE CRAZY DOGS BOSS (PART 1)


Known as: Enson Inoue
Height: 5 Feet 11 Inches
Weight: ~210
Time in New Japan: 2003-2004
Discipline(s): Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bujinkan, Shooto
Signature Moves: Sleeperhold
MMA Record: 12-8

Where to begin with Enson Inoue? A weed-man, a professional SHOOTIST, and a lover of all things pitbulls; Inoue is pioneer in MMA having major wins over guys like Randy Couture and Rene Rooze. After years in SHOOTO, Enson made the jump to PRIDE in 1999, winning his first bout but then losing every subsequent fight until his final loss to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in early 2002. Inoue needed a break (and a nice payday) so he found himself where many slipping shootfighters have ended up: NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING!

INOUE CHOKES OUT HOSHINO:

The Crazy Dogs (Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto) are feuding with the Inoki cultists Makai Club, lead by the maniacal and very very old Kantaro Hoshino. As Makai assaults the dogs and Hoshino gets some shots of his own in (before falling off the top turnbuckle in hilarious fashion), Enson Inoue comes into the ring and chokes Kantaro out. "ENSON. ENSON INOUE. CRAZY DOG BOSS!" The Dogs pick up the incapacitated Kantaro and stuff him into the giant dog house they always bring to ringside (Inokiism is very serious stuff!). We got a war coming up at NJPW Hyper Battle 2003!



MAKAI VS DOGS:
Makai #5 (Mitsuya Nagai) has just murdered Takashi Iizuka (which I have included for posterity) and this crowd is hot! The doghouse is here and the crowd is even more ecstatic! CRAZY DOG BOSS Enson Inoue is in the building and he is gonna put these strong style cultists (Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1, Ryushi Yanagisawa & co-head Tadao Yasuda) in their place which is the Dog House because everything with Inoue is dog related (even his gyms are named PureBred, an illusion to dog stuff). The kicks from Kazunari Murakami in this one are heavy, and Makai gets most of the action till the match is called as a NO CONTEST because Inoue ran in to break up a submission and a brawl ensues! Brawling has a real place in this era of New Japan as it typically did end up in a NO CONTEST or COUNT OUT (unlike whatever the hell is going on there now) and this allowed for a feud to continue and refine its content further. The brutal assault on Kantaro at the end of this no contest is a way to distill this feud into something more personal between Murakami and Inoue while at the same time continuing the greater struggle between Makai Club and the various factions in New Japan.



CRAZY DOG BOSS VS THE HEISEI TERRORIST:
After two more encounters at the Hyper Battle series, it culminates here. The Heisei Terrorist, the baddest man on the planet, Kazunari Murakami and the CRAZY DOGS BOSS Enson Inoue are about to fucking brutalize each other in front of thousands of bloodthirsty fans at the Tokyo Dome. If Rutten's catch wrestling match with Osamu Nishimura represents the most refined side of Inokiism (one of ethereal sportsmanship, a light of eternal combat), this bout between Murakami and Enson is the most indulgent and transgressive. This comes from the world of Island Deathmatches, the Accursed Share that Bataille spoke of, vented off in an explosion of spectacle and war. The Crazy Dogs gang assault Murakami, slicing his face with a blade as form of punishment for past violence. Enson Inoue wins by TKO as the rest of the Crazy Dogs pull their boss away from Murakami's limp body, leaving the Makai Club to clean up the mess left behind.


[There will be a part 2 to this once I manage to get my grubby hands on NJPW shows with Enson stuff on there!!!!!!]

A highlight from Enson Inoue's Twitter:

PS: Kazunari Murakami did manage to get his win back a few years later in Big Mouth Loud, an interesting (and almost all on youtube!) splinter from NJPW founded by Fumihiko Uwai. Check that out below!

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