Search Results
7/17/2025, 4:33:48 AM
>>18278945
>At first, she tried to wrestle seriously and wanted to win. But she wasn’t particularly strong, fast, or tough. Realizing she couldn’t win through conventional means, she thought, “Then I’ll catch them off guard. I’ll be silly.” And that marked the beginning of her comedic wrestling style.
>“For example, with Arai (Yuki)-chan (former SKE48), of course you want her to sing, right? So I’ll grab a fan and pretend to be an obsessed idol fan in the crowd—and use that distraction to roll her up for the pin. I started thinking up strategies like that.”
>When I said, “You’re a real tactician,” she giggled, “Pomu’s smart? Maybe... yeah, maybe I am.”
>She says she takes inspiration for her matches from Western children’s cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants, Phineas and Ferb, and The Amazing World of Gumball.
>“Even in SpongeBob, there are villains, right? They don’t fight head-on, but they’ll do all these weird and funny things to get back the stolen secret recipe. I thought, ‘Hey, this could work in wrestling.’ I use that unpredictability as a reference. Because if your opponent can’t guess what you’ll do, you can catch them completely off guard.”
>On August 12, 2022, Max the Impaler made her first trip to Japan. Standing 178 cm tall and weighing 95 kg, this mutant-like wrestler is known for her post-apocalyptic look and massive presence.
>The next day, on August 13, she was scheduled to appear at Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s Korakuen Hall event. When it was announced that her opponent in a singles match would be none other than Harajuku Pomu, fans were stunned.
>At first, she tried to wrestle seriously and wanted to win. But she wasn’t particularly strong, fast, or tough. Realizing she couldn’t win through conventional means, she thought, “Then I’ll catch them off guard. I’ll be silly.” And that marked the beginning of her comedic wrestling style.
>“For example, with Arai (Yuki)-chan (former SKE48), of course you want her to sing, right? So I’ll grab a fan and pretend to be an obsessed idol fan in the crowd—and use that distraction to roll her up for the pin. I started thinking up strategies like that.”
>When I said, “You’re a real tactician,” she giggled, “Pomu’s smart? Maybe... yeah, maybe I am.”
>She says she takes inspiration for her matches from Western children’s cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants, Phineas and Ferb, and The Amazing World of Gumball.
>“Even in SpongeBob, there are villains, right? They don’t fight head-on, but they’ll do all these weird and funny things to get back the stolen secret recipe. I thought, ‘Hey, this could work in wrestling.’ I use that unpredictability as a reference. Because if your opponent can’t guess what you’ll do, you can catch them completely off guard.”
>On August 12, 2022, Max the Impaler made her first trip to Japan. Standing 178 cm tall and weighing 95 kg, this mutant-like wrestler is known for her post-apocalyptic look and massive presence.
>The next day, on August 13, she was scheduled to appear at Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s Korakuen Hall event. When it was announced that her opponent in a singles match would be none other than Harajuku Pomu, fans were stunned.
Page 1