Kendo Appears at the Stoke-on-Trent
Centenary Celebrations at Tunstall Park
On Sunday, Kendo arrived at Tunstall Park in his yellow Lamborghini, to perform his time-honoured cleansing ritual in the wrestling ring, at a special day out as part of the Stoke-on-Trent Centenary Celebrations. Organised by Councillor David Conway (pictured above with Kendo), the event was well-attended, with many Kendo fans seeking autographs and photos with him. Atlantis Chronos Goth commented, “Kendo is always ready to support Stoke-on-Trent, because his career effectively began here, at the Victoria Hall. As ever, Councillor Conway had arranged a well-managed and most enjoyable day out, and all Kendo’s fans were delighted to see him there.”
Here’s to another great century for Stoke!
“Genesis In Portrait” featured at the
Staffordshire Open Art Exhibition
Among the numerous exhibits at Staffordshire’s annual Open Art Exhibition at the Shire Hall Gallery, Kendo’s animated feature “Genesis In Portrait” won an award in the Animation category.
Karen Sayle performed the animation of Rob Pointon’s brilliant painted sequences depicting the “genesis” of Kendo Nagasaki, winning a prize for her work.
The animation can be seen in Kendo’s Video Gallery, and here:
See the Council’s Website feature page here:
“This Is Staffordshire” feature article on the Legendary
Nagasaki / Bartelli Match – a true fan reminisces…
The legendary Nagasaki vs.Bartelli match continues to be a vivid memory for true wrestling fans.
Read the text of the article below…
Kendo gets a Mystical New Number Plate!
Kendo has acquired two fascinating items together – a beautiful and extremely rare Lamborghini Diablo Roadster, as well as an excellent number plate to go with it.
The car is, we believe, one of only three ever built just before the take-over by Audi, with open headlamps, 4-wheel drive, the magnificent 5.7-litre V12 engine which went almost unchanged into the newer Murchielago model, and is even more rare by virtue of being one of only a few examples of a right-hand-drive roadster model. It was also owned by Rod Stewart.
The car suits Kendo perfectly – its blend of enormous power, athletic precision, and unmistakable image fit perfectly with the icon himself!
As so often happens around Kendo, circumstances flowed in a perfect harmony to bring just the right number plate to him – 13KN.
KN obviously represent the initials for Kendo Nagasaki, but why is the number 13 significant?
13 has long been associated with matters mystical and occult, and Kendo has always had a keen interest in such things. There are 13 letters in the name Kendo Nagasaki, in classical numerology, his name equates to the number 13, in Egyptian mythology there are 13 steps between life and death, the Romans equated 13 to death and destruction, a coven has 13 members, 13 people at a feast or banquet may signify an untimely death (Jesus Christ, Odin) which reveals karmic consequences, and for many more reasons, 13 is a significant and feared number. Kendo Nagasaki uses the number 13 to shed light upon the interplay between life and death, creation and destruction, good and evil, and thus elevate human understanding of universal laws, which exist beyond simplistic morality.
Here’s the article from regtransfers.co.uk:
Furious Fall-out as Kendo takes a stand against Mediocrity!
Kendo Nagasaki is infuriated as LDN try to impose restrictions on his excellent skills!!!
As anyone who knows wrestling will know, Kendo Nagasaki is a true icon of the sport – and for very good reasons – he has had a very long and successful career at the pinnacle of wrestling because of the sheer excellence of his skills.
The full range of Kendo’s athletic and combat skills and the heights to which he has developed them are truly remarkable, and all of this formed the foundation for his supreme means of expression – wrestling.
And the sheer breadth and extent of Kendo’s skills have manifested in so many fascinating, inspiring, admirable, frightening, entertaining, and always indomitable ways, that for many years they have elevated British wrestling to supreme heights.
Kendo, therefore, continues to be a true sensei, a master of his craft, and even as a terrifying opponent, he is one who will require the very best from his combatants, further raising the standard of the great sport of wrestling, treating its fans to displays of supreme skill, unimaginable attacks, crushing defeats of his adversaries, and always absolute excellence of skill.
Kendo Nagasaki’s Sensational Return to Wolverhampton Civic!!!
Following extensive press, radio, and television promotion of Kendo Nagasaki’s return to the
Wolverhampton Civic, the night itself was sensational!
Atlantis Chronos Goth opened Kendo’s bout by announcing that having wrestled all over Britain and indeed all over the world, Kendo chose the Wolves Civic for his ceremonial unmasking because he regards the venue as his spiritual home…
The audience really appreciated this connection with the great man, and they applauded enthusiastically. Then it was down to business for another sensational and brutal wrestling match!
The match was originally intended to be Kendo Nagasaki versus Yorghos Christopoulos, but Kendo had previously decided that Yorghos did not deserve the honour of such a competition, and that he and his familiar tag team partner Blondie Barrett should instead challenge LDN for their tag team belts! Yorghos did not know this until he was actually in the ring, but Atlantis soon set him straight, and told him to go and find a tag team to oppose Nagasaki and Barrett.
Yorghos must have been furious! After having been so battered by Kendo in their previous match at Hanley, he was no doubt aching for some pay-back against Nagasaki, but he was brutally shut out of the competition; Kendo certainly knows how to treat his adversaries with contempt! However, Yorghos left the ring, and found the tag team of Hakan and Alan Lee Travis who had accompanied LDN to the venue. Hakan too had a bone to pick with Nagasaki, as he, too, had been brutally dispatched by Nagasaki at Hanley – it had been so severe that his courage at facing Nagasaki again was admirable, if more than foolhardy! Poor Travis had no idea of the baptism of fire he was about to endure!
So, the two tag teams faced each other across the ring – Kendo Nagasaki and Blondie Barrett versus Travis and Hakan; Kendo had a serious score to settle with any tag team including Hakan, as he, in combination with Yorghos, had stolen the Sword of Excellence from Kendo at a book and poster signing session in Grays in July, and while Kendo had slapped them both about in Hanley, his memory is long and his vengeance is total! While Hakan had had time to recover and perhaps train-up in some new techniques, he must have known that he was most likely to be battered once again!
And that is precisely what happened… Kendo could barely restrain his fury, and ended up with 2 public warnings against him, but he also took a clean first fall against Hakan, who had been subjected to the customary vicious Nagasaki “softening-up”! The highlight of the match came when Kendo threw Travis over the top rope onto the floor outside the ring, and attacked him with a table! This was followed by the time-keeper’s bell, which Kendo hurled into Travis’s stomach with a “smack!” which echoed around the entire Wolves Civic!
At this point, the entire audience were on their feet in outrage at witnessing the two baby-faces Hakan and Travis being so comprehensively slapped around by Nagasaki and Barrett. These days it’s rare for a wrestling announcer to have to appeal to the audience to take their seats, but this is what happened here out of sheer necessity… Missiles had also begun to rain down into the ring, so effective was Nagasaki’s brand of rule-bending brutality!
Hakan had also been booted out of the ring, but he hauled himself back in to protest to the ref, but Blondie Barrett intercepted him and beat him into a corner post, and while the ref was attending to the in-ring action, Nagasaki casually booted Travis in the face as he attempted to get back into the ring, and he collapsed once again at the feet of the sudience.
Eventually, the crowd calmed down and Travis dragged himself back into the ring, but Kendo swiftly made the result a formality by subjecting him to a body-slam and shoulder-press, gaining the winning fall.
Yorghos re-appeared at the end of the match, outraged at how his fellow LDN wrestlers had been so completely dominated, and, no doubt, still furious and deeply frustrated that he had been shut out of the match, but Atlantis gave him an ominous warning that he would be dealt with in due course! He got a little quieter after that!
Kendo scoring the winning fall on Travis
It was an intense and energy-packed evening, and as usual Kendo had polarised the audience – some hated him, but the majority – including a large group of metal-heads – congratulated Kendo and wanted to pose for pictures with him.
Kendo had once again shown total dominance, to the delight of the audience, both his long-term fans, and new appreciators of his awesome power.
Coverage of the event by the media had been extensive, including pre-match radio and television spots, and articles by Wolverhampton’s Express and Star newspaper, and an excellent web article by BBC Black Country, as seen below.
The BBC also covered the match itself, showing a video feature of the match on BBC Midlands Today in the evening, showing that Kendo deservedly remains as popular as ever!
The BBC and Press Preview Kendo’s Next Match in
Wolverhampton on 29th October!
Following a Press Conference at Wolverhampton’s Civic Hall, the BBC and Wolverhampton’s Express and Star newspaper have posted online articles about Kendo Nagasaki and the forthcoming match against Yorghos Christopoulos on 29th October…
See the BBC Black Country article here
See the Express and Star online article (includes video) here
See the Express and Star printed article here
Kendo Nagasaki’s return to the Victoria Hall delivers a stunning and spectacular match in the battle for the Sword of Excellence..!
Following the wildly-misguided actions of Yorghos and Hakan in pilfering the Sword of Excellence from Kendo Nagasaki at Grays in July, the match to settle the score took place on Saturday 20th September at Hanley’s Victoria Hall. As many would have seen on LDN Wrestling’s news features, Yorghos and Hakan had chosen a ladder match to decide who should claim the Sword, and the resulting match was unbelievable and violent mayhem!
Read Eric Holmes’ gripping Match Report, and see the match write-up from
Hanley’s local newspaper, The Sentinel, here…
The Sentinel Newspaper writes about Kendo Nagasaki’s return to the Victoria Hall, Hanley, on 20th September 2008, and about the forthcoming mysterious movie, "Kendo Nagasaki: Genesis in Portrait"
Genesis In Portrait
The above picture is a single frame from the animated painting which features in the movie, “Kendo Nagasaki: Genesis in Portrait”. As the title suggests, the movie will dramatically depict some of the mysterious origins of Kendo Nagasaki – his genesis – as well as the stunning new portrait painted by Burslem-based artist Rob Pointon.
Kendo Nagasaki returns to the Victoria Hall, Hanley,
as the Sword of Excellence Feud Continues..!
In a move of incredible insolence, Yorghos, the LDN Wrestling champion, accompanied by Hakan, snatched the Sword of Excellence from Kendo Nagasaki’s merchandise table while the legendary star was signing autographs at Grays on 19th July. Yorghos claimed he intended to return the sword to Robbie Brookside, as he felt Brookside deserved it. Atlantis Chronos Goth warned Yorghos about how dangerous his actions would be for him and for Hakan, but he just walked away with the sword. Kendo Nagasaki is scheduled to meet Yorghos and Hakan in the ring on 20th September, and, as Atlantis said, there will be Hell to pay for their actions!!!
Also to be featured on the night will be the first public screening of a unique animation of Kendo Nagasaki, as seen through the eyes of an artist.
It’s going to be a HELL of a night – BE THERE!!!
Kendo Nagasaki Returns to the Ring in Characteristically
Brutal Style!!!
The blood feud originating in the partnership of Lloyd Ryan and Robbie Brookside collaborating against Kendo Nagasaki boiled over in a match packed with action and controversy – and all this occurred in addition to the spectacular return to the ring of the greatest icon of British wrestling, who was as brutal as he has ever been!
Kendo Nagasaki and Atlantis Chronos Goth pictured immediately before the match at Grays.
Life-long Midlands wrestling fan Eric Holmes has written a blistering Match Report here…
Atlantis Chronos Goth Introduced at LDN Wrestling’s
“Legends Showdown”
The face behind the recent commentaries from Kendo Nagasaki was revealed at LDN Wrestling’s Legends Showdown at Broxbourne Civic Hall on 14th November 2007. In many ways, it was a highly controversial show!
Read an Introduction to Atlantis Chronos Goth here.
Read the full story of the Legends show below…
Lloyd Ryan is Disloyal to Kendo Nagasaki!
In an astonishing outburst, Lloyd Ryan is publicly disloyal to Kendo Nagasaki!
Following the chaotic conclusion to the Kendo Nagasaki Sword of Excellence show at Bath, at which Robbie Brookside was not awarded the Sword of Excellence and then overturned Kendo Nagasaki’s merchandise table, Lloyd Ryan has taken a position in conflict with Kendo Nagasaki.
In an interview with LDN Wrestling, Lloyd Ryan publicly stated that he disagreed with Kendo Nagasaki regarding the outcome of the match – he said he felt that Brookside won the match and should be awarded the Sword of Excellence. He said in the dressing-room immediately after the match, he’d challenged Kendo on this point, stating that he felt that Brookside should be awarded the Sword of Excellence.
We can confirm that this did happen, and for Lloyd Ryan to question the wisdom of Kendo Nagasaki is outrageous – it’s ignorant, insubordinate and arrogant.
At the conclusion of the LDN interview, Lloyd Ryan stated that he wanted nothing more to do with Kendo Nagasaki, referring to him as “…a being who is pure evil…”, and he then had the insolence to state that Kendo Nagasaki had “…offended the ancestors…”.
Atlantis Chronos Goth responds:
“Lloyd Ryan is a great disappointment to us – his outburst on Television about Kendo Nagasaki and myself was rife with the insubordination and disloyalty of a misguided underling. Lloyd Ryan should regard Kendo Nagasaki as a master on absolutely every level – it is outrageous that he should attempt to second-guess such a true master. If these outbursts continue, and if he acts against us, Ryan will feel the full force of our combined powers, which is a force that no wrestler could resist, let alone a mere manager!”
Uproar At The Sword of Excellence Tournament!!!
Saturday 22nd September saw the Final of the Kendo Nagasaki Sword of Excellence
tournament at The Pavillion in Bath – but things did NOT go according to plan!
Firstly, Phil Powers was put under Nagasaki’s mysterious influence, and he claims to still be suffering from disorienting side-effects, long after the event.
But Kendo Nagasaki was not satisfied that the winner of the tournament, Robbie Brookside, had wrestled with true excellence – so Kendo withheld the Sword, refusing to award it to Brookside!
Brookside was not happy! After the non-ceremony was all over, Brookside stormed over to where Kendo was signing autographs, and overturned Kendo’s table of merchandise, and in the resulting confusion, an almost-life-size image of Kendo was lost. Kendo is most displeased at this insulting behaviour!
Brookside is claiming to be “blazing mad”, and that he won the Sword of Excellence fairly, and should have been presented with it; there is, of course, bad blood between Kendo and Brookside, ever since Kendo’s mysterious influence paralysed Brookside some 20 years ago.
The story is picked up and commented upon by a long-time disciple of Kendo Nagasaki, Atlantis Chronos Goth: “The eye of Nagasaki is on Robbie Brookside!”
Says Atlantis: “Robbie Brookside behaved like an immature fool at LDN’s Kendo Nagasaki Sword Of Excellence presentation. Kendo Nagasaki rightly judged Brookside as being unworthy of receiving the sword, and the tantrum Brookside then threw was an insult to Kendo Nagasaki, disrupting his time with his fans, damaging his merchandise, and causing the disappearance of a life-size image of Kendo Nagasaki. We hold Brookside responsible for the return of the image, and Brookside is put on notice that there will be Hell to pay for his insulting and outrageous behaviour!
Brookside – Prepare for an earth-shaking reckoning!!!”
The “reckoning”, in all its fury, could well come at The Legends Showdown, at
Broxbourne Civic Hall on 24th November – watch this space!
Kendo Nagasaki performed the Salt Ceremony after opening the Stoke-on-Trent Festival.
On 2nd September 2007, Stoke-on-Trent held it’s annual Festival in Tunstall Park.
Because of his extensive and long-term connections with Stoke and the surrounding area, Kendo was happy to appear at the Festival, at the invitation of Councillor David Conway, who is an unabashed Kendo fan!
Kendo arrived with his entourage in 3 vehicles, Kendo himself being chauffeured in his mint-condition Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III.
There was a wrestling tournament as one of the attractions, and Kendo agreed to bless the wrestling ring with his characteristic Ceremony of the Salt. Following this, Kendo signed autographs and allowed fans to have their pictures taken with him.
