VIEW FROM THE RISING SUN
by Masanori Horie


(NOTE FROM ROB--Beginning on January 1, 2001, View From The Rising Sun by Masanori Horie will be the star attraction of its own website. The new address will be http://www.oocities.org/masanorihorie2000. Please be sure to let Masa know how much you enjoy his writings and photographs!)

Happy Holidays!

Thank you very much for reading VFTRS!
I hope you and all your family and friends have a wonderful Christmas
and New Year 2001!


Dory & Terry Funk

Masanori and Terry Funk
Terry Funk

October 30, 2000---Flashback: The Funks In Japan
October 25, 1999---The Funks 2000 Part 2

September 20, 1999---Boys, Be Ambitious (Funking Conservatory II)
June 28, 1999---Funks 2000
April 19, 1999---Terry Funk's title matches in Japan
January 25, 1999---WWF Funking Dojo
November 16, 1998---Dory Funk Jr., 60 Minute Man


Abdullah the Butcher

Abdullah and Masanori

March 6, 2000---Abdullah The Butcher
January 11, 1999---The Deep Scars Told Something
September 28, 1998---Tokyo Pro Wrestling


Cactus Jack Mick Foley

Masanori and Mick

February 28, 2000---King Of The Death Matches / Kawasaki Baseball Stadium
March 8, 1999---Bacon & Egg Burgers
September 16, 1998 ---King Of The Death Matches


Sabu

Sheik and Sabu

May 8, 2000---Where Will He Go?
March 13, 2000---Flashback: Sabu In Japan
December 21, 1998---ECW In Japan/Sabu's Wedding
November 23, 1998---A man named Sabu


Legends

Arn Anderson and Masanori
Arn Anderson

November 27, 2000---You Have To Love It When We Boo! (Referees)
November 6, 2000---Old Soldiers Just Won't Fade Away (Stan Hansen & Abdullah the Butcher)
September 25, 2000---Blast From The Past (Blassie, Kiniski, Sammartino, Jonathan, Sheik, Iaukea, Murdoch, Guerrero, Gigante)

August 28, 2000---Gaijin Daze (Stan Hansen, The Destroyer,Sabu)

August 21, 2000---Gypsy Joe, King of the Death Matches-1970's
November 1, 1999---The Original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama
August 23, 1999---To Be The Man, You've Got To Beat The Man (Ric Flair)
July 26, 1999---Jushin "Thunder" Liger
July 19, 1999---Harley Race
February 22, 1999---A Chain Of Tradition (Malenko Family)
December 7, 1998---Bruiser Brody
October 19, 1998---The Iron Claw (Fritz Von Erich)
October 12, 1998---Kamisori Fighter (Dynamite Kid)


Wrestling History

Funks' Coin
The Funks' Lucky Coin

October 2, 2000---"September 30"--Puroresu Anniversary
September 11, 2000---Knight Errantry (Muta,Chono,Hashimoto,& Sasaki)
August 14,2000---Mid-August

June 26, 2000---The Early Days of Television Puroresu
May 15, 2000---Nippon Budokan
April 17, 2000---The AWA
March 20, 2000---Smoky Mountain Wrestling
January 17, 2000---Japanese Wrestlers' Championship Matches in the U.S. and Canada, 1955-1999
November 15, 1999---Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
July 5, 1999---Flash Back July
June 21, 1999---The Dawn Of Joshi Puroresu
June 14, 1999---For The NWA World Heavyweight Championship...
May 24, 1999---A Brief History of Gaijins
May 17, 1999---Aloha Hawaii
May 10, 1999---Luchadors-Wrestling's Daredevils


All Japan Pro Wrestling

Masanori and Gary Albright
Gary Albright

October 9, 2000---"Dr.Death" Steve Williams
July 10, 2000---Flashback Tenryu 1977-2000

May 22, 2000---Jumbo Tsuruta 1951-2000
April 3, 2000---Misawa vs. Kawada vs. Taue vs. Kobashi vs. Akiyama
January 31, 2000---Texas TOUGH (Stan Hansen)
January 10, 2000---Gary Albright
December 20, 1999---Year End Flash Back 1999 Part 1 : New Japan & All Japan
August 16, 1999---The Beast Is A Human Being, Too (Giant Kimala)
May 3, 1999---Sightseeing With Johnny Ace
April 5, 1999---Orange Crush (Kenta Kobashi)
March 29, 1999---The Man Called VADER
March 1, 1999---British Bulldog Johnny Smith
February 15, 1999---All Japan At The Crossroads
January 18, 1999---Giant Baba


FMW & ECW

February 14, 2000---Jado & Gedo
January 3, 2000---1999 Year In Review Part Two/Eiji Ezaki & Masato Tanaka
October 11, 1999---"The Gladiator" Mike Awesome
September 6, 1999---"Dangan" Masato Tanaka
August 9, 1999---Yoshihiro Tajiri
February 1, 1999---Raven


Canada

Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho

August 7, 2000---Chris Jericho's Wedding, Johnny Ace, and Gordon Solie
February 21, 2000---O Canada Part 2
November 8, 1999---The Thrillseekers (Chris Jericho & Lance Storm)
June 7, 1999---A Day In History (Owen Hart and Toshiaki Kawada)
April 26, 1999---O Canada
November 9, 1998---Sean "Val Venis" Morley
September 21, 1998---Monday Night Gaijin (Chris Jericho)


Shows

December 11, 2000---Greet The New Year
April 10, 2000---Golden Week 2000

November 29, 1999---November 23, 1999 (FMW, Funks, HBK, and ECW)
October 4, 1999---My Carolina Vacation (NWA, WWF, ECW)
March 17, 1999---UFO/NWA Make History---Ogawa Beats Severn
November 30, 1998---Youkoso Nippon e!
November 2, 1998---NWA 50th Anniversary


My Kick A** Photo Gallery

December 4, 2000---Part 6
July 17, 2000---Part 5

February 7, 2000---Part 4
December 13, 1999---Part 3
August 30, 1999---Part 2
August 2, 1999---Part 1


One Fan's Garbage, Another Fan's Treasure

Mike Samples and Masanori
Mike Samples

May 1, 2000---Part 4 (Combat Zone Wrestling)
December 6, 1999---Part 3 (Kintaro Kanemura)
July 12, 1999---Part 2 (Mike Samples)
May 31, 1999---Part 1 (IWA Japan)


Introductions

Masanori, Bionic J, and Yumi Fukawa
Bionic J and Yumi Fukawa

November 13, 2000---Chance And Success
July 3, 2000---T-Shirt Gallery

June 5, 2000---Stardom (Kikuzawa, Fukawa, Kobayashi, Fujita, Homma & Miss Mongol)
January 17, 2000---Part 7 (IPW Hard Core Wrestling)
January 3, 2000---Part 6 (Bo "Spanky X. Spitzmiller" Oates )
January 3, 2000---Part 5 (Miss Mongol)
August 2, 1999---Part 4 (Sam Panico)
July 5, 1999---Part 3 (Jeffery Peterson)
June 28, 1999---Part 2 (Jeremy Lopez)
February 22, 1999---Part 1 (Chad Collyer)
February 8, 1999---Gangrel, Luna, and the Black Harts
December 14, 1998---Jessica Soto
October 5, 1998---Who Is Miss Mongol?

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