Caps-for-Upgrades Fundraiser


Over the years a number of generous people have taken the time to vidcap Japanese wrestling matches. In olden times this was done off VHS tapes, a far more involved process than DVD rips. Those days also called for smaller, lower-quality caps due to weaker graphics cards and slower internet connections. As such, a large portion of the matches I'm currently hosting could stand a facelift.

Starting this year I've made a significant investment in puro DVDs, in some cases to watch shows I hadn't seen before, but quite often to improve the vidcap of something online. I've only really scratched the surface in terms of what can be upgraded, especially over at Daily Puro. I've capped all the matches I like, but that's just my taste. I'm sure there are matches in the uncapped collection you'd like to see, or have seen and think should be online. There's a way to combine these two issues so that everyone wins!

For a reasonable fee, I will rip and upload matches you select. I will cap them at a higher bitrate than I cap for myself, and upload the file to a location of your choice (besides my server). Proceeds from this will go toward a fund that will be used to purchase upgrades of matches currently on the site- and you'll even get to pick which ones get upgraded!

The minimum purchase will be $10. In general a match will cost $2, though that will vary. Make sure to first email me for a quotation on matches you're interested in, so I can determine the price and provide details like video quality and completeness. Prices will be added here after a match/show has been analyzed for quoting.


Available DVD/Show List

All Japan Classics #9. Notable: Jumbo vs Ken Mantell 12/5/74; Baba vs Jack Brisco 12/5/74; Baba & Jumbo vs The Funks 2/5/75

All Japan Classics #13. Notable: Flair vs Jumbo 10/19/85; Jumbo vs Curt Hennig 12/4/85; Jumbo vs Animal Hamaguchi 3/13/86; Hansen & DiBiase vs Baba & Dory Funk 12/4/85; Mr. Wrestling vs Don Leo Jonathan

All Japan Classics #16. Notable: Jumbo vs Abdullah 12/17/75; Baba vs Rusher Kimura 12/17/75

All Japan Classics #28. Notable: Race vs Baba 11/7/79; Jumbo vs Fritz Von Erich 1/5/79; Baba vs Abdullah 2/10/79

All Japan Classics #29. Notable: Bockwinkle vs Verne Gagne 2/10/79; Baba & Jumbo vs Abdullah & Shiek 12/3/79

All Japan Classics #43 & 44. Notable: Terry Funk vs Bruiser Brody 12/7/82; Hansen vs Terry Funk 9/11/82; Baba vs Hansen 9/14/82; Baba vs Tiger Jeet Singh 6/8/82; Brody vs Jumbo 10/7/82; Baba vs Race 10/26/82; Jumbo vs Race 10/24/82; Race vs Baba 11/2/82; Baba vs Singh 7/30/82; Hansen & Brody vs Steamboat & Youngblood 11/26/82; Baba vs Ueda 12/7/82; Jumbo vs Hansen 12/7/82

All Japan Classics #49 & 50. Notable: Funks vs Hansen & Brody 4/20/83 & 4/22/83; Chavo Guerrero (Sr) vs Mighty Inoue 6/8/83; Hansen & Brody vs Baba & Jumbo 4/28/83; Baba vs Brody 6/8/83; Terry Funk vs Barry Horowitz 6/12/83; Brody vs Jumbo 5/26/83 & 6/12/83; Chavo Guerrero vs Fuchi 6/12/83; Brody & Kerry Von Erich vs Gordy & Hayes 6/17/83; Jumbo vs DiBiase 6/17/83; Baba vs King Kong Bundy 6/17/83 (last 3 matches in the US)

New Japan TV, Early 1986. Notable: Inoki & Sakaguchi vs Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (IWGP tag title creation match); Maeda vs Takada (UWF return to New Japan); Maeda & Kido vs Inoki & Yamada (Liger); Maeda vs Fujiwara; Maeda, Fujiwara & Takada vs Fujinami, Kimura & Koshinaka; Fujiwara & Kido vs Sakaguchi & Hoshino. Great VQ!

All Japan Classics #75. Notable: Hansen & DiBiase vs The Funks, 12/6/86

All Japan Classics #105. Notable: British Bulldogs & Kobashi vs Footloose & Ogawa; Jumbo & Yatsu vs British Bulldogs 11/25/89; Hansen & Tenryu vs Abdullah & Singh

All Japan Women August 21st 1993. Notable: Nakano vs Yoshinaga; Hotta vs Harley Saito; Kong, KAORU & Ito vs Yamada & Double Inoues

All Japan Women October 9th 1993. Notable: Kandori & Kuranai vs Takako Inoue & Hasegawa; Hotta & Minami vs Nakano & Bennett; Kyoko Inoue vs Devil Masami; Toyota vs Ozaki; Kong vs Hokuto

All Japan Women November 28th 1993. Notable: Hasegawa & Ito vs Kuranai & Futagami; Nakano vs Fukuoka; Kong vs Sawai; Toyota vs Yamada; Kandori & Handa vs Hotta & Takako Inoue

All Japan Women December 10th 1993. Notable: LCO vs Ito & Watanabe; Kong & Hasegawa vs Sawai & Kurenai; Toyota & Hokuto vs Yamada & Kyoko (tag league '93 final)

All Japan Women March 3rd 1994. Notable: Hotta vs Takako Inoue; Yamada vs Hasegawa

JWP May 22nd 1994. Notable: Cutie Suzuki vs Takako Inoue; Ozaki vs Nagayo; Kyoko Inoue vs Candy Okutsu; Masami & Nakano vs Fukuoka & Hasegawa; Kong vs Kansai

All Japan Women September 2nd 1995. Notable: Aja Kong vs Bison Kimura; Hotta vs Bennett

All Japan Women December 4th 1995. Notable: Watanabe vs Asari; Ito vs Hasegawa; Hokuto & Shimoda vs Lioness (plus additional match after that); Aja Kong vs Kyoko Inoue; Kansai vs Toyota (AJW title)

FMW December 21st 1995. Notable: Fujiwara & Ikeda vs Oya & Boulder (tag titles); Mr. Pogo vs Masato Tanaka (deathmatch); Kudo & Kong vs Combat & Bison; Matsunaga, Hosaka & Jason vs Kanemura, Hido & Leather (deathmatch); Hayabusa, Sasuke & Nakagawa vs Delfin, Taka & Ricky Fuji

New Japan Classics 813 & 814 (covering March 1996). Notable: Tenzan vs Nishimura; Tenzan & Chono vs Choshu & Kojima

FMW December 11th 1996. Notable: Kanemura vs Taka; Kanemura vs Awesome (FMW title); Kudo vs Kandori; Hayabusa vs Taka; Hayabusa vs Sasuke

JWP April 8th 1997. Notable: Kansai vs Fukuoka

All Japan Women TV August 10th 1997 (taped 8/9/97). Notable: Watanabe vs Maekawa; LCO vs Kong & Kyoko Inoue

New Japan April 10th 1999 part 2. Notable: Ishikawa & Otsuka vs Yamazaki & Fujita; Sasaki & Koshinaka vs Tenryu & Fujinami (tag titles); Mutoh vs Frye (IWGP title)

FMW April 20th 1999 PPV. Notable: Hayabusa & Shinzaki vs Tanaka & Kuroda (3/19, All Asia tag titles); Gannosuke vs Kanemura; Hayabusa & Fuyuki vs Ikeda & Yone. VG+ video quality, VHS original source

FMW May 5th 1999. Notable: Morishima vs Mammoth Sasaki; Jado vs Gedo; Hayabusa & Shinzaki vs Tanaka & Kuroda; Nakagawa vs Kikuchi; Fuyuki vs Kuroda (double titles). VG+ video quality, VHS original source

Michinoku Pro Mask Tournament 1999. Notable: Tiger Mask 4 vs Naniwa; CIMA & Fuji vs Taka & Fujita; Taka vs Fuji; Sasuke vs Naniwa; Caras vs Curry Man; Sasuke vs Tiger Mask 4; Tournament Final

Osaka Pro January 4th 2000. Notable: Tsubasa, Sugamoto (GAMMA) & Demekin vs Black Buffalo, QUALLT & Policemen; Murahama vs Hoshikawa ('different style fight'); Delfin vs Togo (Osaka Pro title determination). TV source, as good as you can get

Toryumon TV February 2000 (taped January). Notable: Arai vs Ryo Saito; CIMA, Fuji & MAKOTO (Kness) vs Tokyo, Mochizuki & Dragon Kid; Tokyo, Mochizuki & Tiger Mask 4 vs CIMA, Fuji & MAKOTO

NOAH August 5th 2000. Notable: Morishima vs Hashi; Takayama, Omori & Asako vs Ogawa, Ikeda & Kakihara

NOAH August 6th 2000. Notable: No Fear vs Taue & Izumida; Misawa & Ogawa vs Ikeda & Shiga Toryumon TV September 22 2000 (taped August). Notable: Ichikawa vs Aoyagi; Ichikawa vs Arashi; CIMA, Fuji & Suwa vs Dragon Kid, SAITO & Horiguchi; CMAX vs M2K 6-man; Arai vs Horiguchi (NWA welterweight title)

Toryumon TV November 2000. Notable: TOKYO vs SAITO; Jushin Stalker Ichikawa vs TARUltimo Dragon; SUWA & TARU vs TOKYO & SAITO; Ichikawa vs Otsuka; Arai vs Kanda (NWA welterweight title)

New Japan February 3rd 2001. Notable: Fujinami vs Fujiwara; Mutoh & Ohtani vs Chono & Frye

New Japan March 17th 2001. Notable: Nagata & Nakanishi vs Scott Hall & Tatsutoshi Goto; Tenzan & Kojima vs Mutoh & Frye; Sasaki vs Norton (IWGP title)

New Japan June 4th 2001. Notable: Mutoh vs Kojima; Liger vs Tanaka (BOSJ final)

Best of NOAH 2001. Notable: Marufuji vs Juventud Guerrera; Kikuchi vs Shiga; Rikio & Morishima vs Akiyama & Kanemaru (twice)

Toryumon July 1, 2001 (PPV version). Notable: TARUltimo Dragon vs Stalker Masahiro; Dick Togo vs Chocoflake; CMAX vs Sasuke, Tiger Mask 4 & Hamada; Mochizuki vs TOKYO (British Commonwealth title)

New Japan August 4th 2001. Notable: Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki vs Yoshie & Makabe; Yasuda vs Tanaka; Mutoh vs Nishimura; Nakanishi vs Fujinami; Nagata vs Murakami; Chono vs Kojima

New Japan August 5th 2001. Notable: Tanaka vs Murakami; Kojima vs Nishimura; Mutoh vs Liger; Nagata vs Nakanishi

New Japan August 6th 2001. Notable: Fujinami vs Murakami; Nagata vs Tanaka; Chono vs Liger; Mutoh vs Kojima

New Japan August 8th 2001. Notable: Fujinami vs Tanaka; Nakanishi vs Murakami; Chono vs Nishimura; Nagata vs Yasuda; Mutoh vs Tenzan

New Japan August 10th, 2001. Notable: Koshinaka & Makabe vs Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki; Liger vs Nishimura; Nakanishi vs Tanaka; Nagata vs Fujinami; Mutoh vs Chono

Toryumon TV August 2001. Notable: Marvin vs Yokosuka (NWA welterweight title); CIMA & Fuji vs Ryo Saito & Horiguchi; CMAX vs M2K 6-man

Toryumon TV November 17th 2001 (taped late October/early November). Notable: CIMA vs Chocoflake (Schwein debut); Fuji vs Ryo Saito vs Horiguchi; Darkness Dragon vs Dragon Kid; Marvin & Arai vs Apache & Horiguchi; Mochizukis vs Magnum & Ryo Saito

New Japan November 23rd 2001. Notable: Jado & Gedo vs Kashin & Black Tiger (Silver King); Tenzan & Kojima vs Nagata & Tanahashi

New Japan May 2nd 2002. Notable: Kanemura vs Sekimoto; Tiger Mask 3 (Kanemoto) & Tiger Mask 4 vs Black Tiger (Silver King) & Samurai; Liger & Tanaka vs Jado & Gedo (junioe tag titles); Nakanishi vs Rutten; Misawa vs Chono

New Japan June 7th 2002. Notable: Kanemoto, AKIRA, Black Tiger & Gedo vs Liger, Tanaka, Tiger Mask 4 & Curry Man; Rutten vs Naruse; Chono & Norton vs Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki

Toryumon July 7th 2002. Notable: Shuji, Boxer & Yagi vs Arai, Shisa & Mishima; Marvin vs Super Nova (NWA welterweight title); SUWA vs Yokosuka (British Commonwealth title)

Toryumon July 14th 2002. Notable: Suwa vs Arai.

New Japan July 19th & 20th 2002. Notable: Kanemoto vs Tanaka (junior title); Chono & Tenzan vs Steiners (tag titles); Steiners vs Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki; Nagata vs Rutten (IWGP title)

Toryumon August 11th 2002. Notable: Dragon Kid vs Darkness Dragon; CIMA, Fuji & TARU vs Tokyo, Yokosuka & Horiguchi (6 man tag titles)

New Japan October 6th 2002. Notable: American Dragon vs Wataru Inoue; Nakanishi & Naruse vs Nagata & Tanaka; Fujinami vs Tanahashi; Nishimura vs Iizuka

New Japan October 14th 2002 (partial). Notable: Nishimura vs Rutten (European rounds); MUTA (not Mutoh) vs Tenzan; Chono vs Chyna; Sapp vs Nakanishi; Nagata vs Fujita (IWGP title)

Toryumon TV December 2002. Notable: Milano & Yossino vs Fuji & TARU vs Shisa & Mishima; Tokyo, K-Ness, Yokosuka & Horiguchi vs Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Arai & Ryo Saito; Yokosuka, K-Ness & Horiguchi vs Mochizuki, Ryo Saito & Mori; Tokyo vs Dragon Kid; CIMA, SUWA & Fuji vs Milano, Yossino & Yassini

Toryumon TV January 2003 (taped December 2002). Notable: Yoshino vs K-ness; CIMA vs Milano Collection AT

Toryumon TV February 2003 (taped January 2003). Notable: Yossino vs Fujii; Mochizuki, Arai & Doi vs Milano, Yassini & Kondo (twice, two different matches); Mochizuki, Sasuke & TAKA vs CIMA, SUWA & Fujii

New Japan Complete Collection #2. Notable: Nagata vs Nakanishi (IWGP title, full match)

Big Japan March 30th 2003. Notable: Hido & Pondo vs Yamakawa & Gosaku (lightbulb deathmatch); Ito & Shimoda vs Benkei & Kobayashi (WEW hardcore tag titles); Kanemura vs Shadow WX (light bulb & glass deathmatch, BJPW deathmatch title decision match)

K-Dojo April 20th 2003. Notable: TAKA vs Minoru Fujita

NOAH June 1st 2003. Notable: Nagata & Sano vs Taue & Sugiura

New Japan Complete Collection #4, BOSJ 2003 tour. Notable: BOSJ 2003 Final; Suzuki vs Naruse; Nagata vs Shibata; Tiger Mask 4 vs Murahama (junior title)

NOAH October 24th 2003. Notable: Scorpio vs Inoue; Sugiura & Kanemaru vs Modest & Morgan; Rikio & Morishima vs Sano & Kikuchi; Marufuji, KENTA & Suzuki vs Guerrera, Marvin & Slinger; Misawa, Ogawa & Yone vs Akiyama, Saito & Hashi; Kobashi & Honda vs Taue & Ikeda (tag titles)

Toryumon TV (taped October/November 2003). Notable: JUN vs Doi; Kondo vs JUN; Kondo & Yasshi vs Yokosuka & K-Ness (tag league finals); Tokyo vs Arai (UDG title)

Toryumon January 31st 2004 PPV. Notable: CIMA & Fujii vs Mori & Sugawara; Tokyo & Yokosuka vs SUWA & TARU; Kondo, Yasshi & Owashi vs Mochizuki, Arai & Dragon Kid (6-man tag titles)

NOAH May 21st 2004. Notable: Ikeda & Yone vs Sano & Hashi; Misawa, Ogawa & Suzuki vs Smith, Williams & Steel; Liger vs Kikuchi (junior title)

Toryumon July 4th 2004 PPV. Notable: Ultimo vs Nakajima; TOKYO & Shinzaki vs Fujii & TARU; UDG title final

New Japan July 6th 2004. Notable: Iizuka vs Samurai; Tiger Mask & Naruse vs Heat & Kakihara; Liger, Jado, Gedo & Takemura vs Inoue, Taguchi, Hirooki Goto & Nakajima; Tenzan vs Yano; Nakanishi vs Shibata; Suzuki vs Blue Wolf; Nagata & Makabe vs Murakami & Nagai; Nakamura vs Kanemoto; Sasaki vs Tanahashi

NOAH November 7th 2004. Notable: Akiyama, Izumida & Kanemaru vs Misawa, Yone & Suzuki

NOAH November 28th 2004. Notable: Modest, Morgan, SUWA & Marvin vs Taue, Sano, Hashi & Aoyagi; Ikeda, Yone & Inoue vs Honda, Izumida & Shiozaki; Kobashi & KENTA vs Saito & Sugiura; Rikio & Marufuji vs Akiyama & Kanemaru; Misawa, Ogawa & Suzuki vs Awesome, Scorpio & Slinger; Tag tournament final

All Japan December 5th 2004. Notable: Love Machines vs Fuchi, Araya & Hirai; Hayashi vs NOSAWA (junior title); Vader vs Suwama; Kojima vs Super Love Machine; Muta vs MUTA; Kensuke Office vs RO&D 5 vs 5 elimination match

NOAH December 4th 2005. Notable: Sugiura & Kanemaru vs Marvin & Suzuki (junior tag titles)

New Japan December 11th 2005. Notable: Kanemoto vs Tiger Mask 4; Fujinami, Yoshie & Tanahashi vs Chono, Tenzan & Goto

Best of Taiyo Kea. Notable: vs Yoshinari Ogawa; w/Smith vs Kawada & Fuchi; vs Tenryu (Triple Crown); vs Tenryu (CC '01 final); w/Mutoh vs Tenryu & Fuyuki; w/Mutoh vs Kawada & Nagai; vs Nagai

Best of FMW. Notable: Gannosuke vs Kuroda 11/20/98; Hayabusa & Shinzaki vs Tanaka & Kuroda 5/5/99; Fuyuki vs Kuroda 5/5/99; Hayabusa vs Fuyuki 11/12/00; Tenryu vs Fuyuki 5/5/01

Best of Mariko Yoshida. Notable: vs Aja Kong 8/6/99, 12/11/99 & 5/7/00; vs Tamada & Yagi 3/15/00, vs Shimoda & Omukai 4/7/00; vs Shimoda 5/7/00; w/Otsuka vs Fukawa & Minoru Tanaka 6/7/00




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