Advice on buying tapes needed.

[Russ L]

As someone who has been reading about puroresu for a long time, but has never actualy seen any...

Can anyone give me any links, addresses etc. for good places that sell tapes? Not just puroreseu, but independant/old wrestling in general.

[Luds]

I suggest that you buy the history of the Triple Crown (Top belt in All Japan) and the History of the IWGP Heavyweight chanpionship (top title in New Japan).

This will give you a good start. You'll see which wrestlers have been a part of these 2 main federations... Guys like Jumbo Tsuruta, Stan Hansen, Vader, Keiji Mutoh, Shinya Hashimoto, Masahiro Chono, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuhamu Misawa, and more...

After that, you can decide to follow someone's career (I like Kobashi, so I bought a 5 tape 27 hours series on his best matches) or look at other promotions (like NOAH, Zero One) or keep looking at new things like follow the Juniors (New Japan always has a fantastic Junior division) or High Flying action (Toryu-Mon, Michinoku Pro)

Most sites will sell you tapes 15, 20, or 25 US$ each. Compilations will be up to 60 or 80 US$.

Contact me directly if you want more info...

[Russ L]

Thanks a lot for the help, but I was hoping for some UK based sites/addreses (should've made that clear, really). I'll bear in mind everything you've said, though.

[Luds]

I understood, but you should really just go to the best sellers rather than only near your home... It might be a bit more pricy...

Good sites:

Highspots (for regular events)
Goldenboy Tapes (for compilations)
RF Video (expensive, but some rare good tapes)
Ichiban Puroresu (for regular events)
Japan Tapes (in canada, but good price for multi tape deals)

[Russ L]

It's just that I don't have a credit card, and so international ordering could be difficult.

I appreciate the advice, though, and I'll endeavour to find out what I can about the traders you mentioned.

[Womb Suffocation]

off thetoprope.com and rfvideo sells everything you want thats where i get all my stuff

[Jason]

RF's fine for ECW, ROH, and comp tapes, but don't go there for puro. The best places are Lynch, Highspots, Wrestleholics, or Japan Tapes.

[Womb Suffocation]

offthetoprope.com is a really good place to get all kinda s of stuff. I dont really know anything about puroresu could someone tell me about it?

[Jason]

I've never bought from offthetoprope.com but I had always thought they were more for independent tapes than for puro.

[Daishikaze]

since we are on the subject of buying tapes, can anyone tell me where I might find classic Joshi tapes for a decent price?

[Jason]

To me, the best guy for all of your puro needs is Lynch. He has the best selection, the best quality, the best service, and reasonable prices. What more can you ask for?

Ok, a website would be nice.

[pete]

These UK-based traders have all done me proud. I can recommend all of them:

http://www.simania.co.uk
http://www.kingoftheshill.com
http://www.pickstapes.co.uk
http://www.strongstyletapes.com

They all have good selections of puro, lucha, indies, and classic stuff.

Hope this helps.

[Russ L]

Excellent. Thanks for the help, everybody.

[tigerdriver92]

I get alot of my Puro from this guy, Steve Knight

http://www.kswrestling.com/launch.htm