October 8th, 2008 
Spooky 
You have to hand it to the Japanese, they know violence sells and they market it like no other country can.
But this has to be the dumbest sport in history, two fat guys pounding each other with neon-rods until they’re both soaked in blood? I have no idea what this sport is called or who came up with the idea, but apparently it’s very popular in the Land of the Rising Sun, despite it’s obvious stupidity. I’d rather watch some K1 or UFC any day, this is just like wrestling only with real blood.
I wonder if those lamps are mercury free…if they’re not, do the fat guys know they could die from mercury poisoning?
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why are the photos out of order?
All they need to do is add a Tesla coil, and this would be the greatest sport EVER.
Are you kidding me??? Everything you described about this sport sounds awesome!!!!
Those are not Neon lamps.
Of course the tubes don’t have mercury inside…and I think poisoning is not the main concern for these guys: they are hitting eachother with tubes what kind of common sense are you trying to apply? Great sport!
This sport looks dope, good post but the original poster is an idiot.
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Best Sport Ever….
Japanese Neon Lamp Fights. Yes, Japanese Neon Lamp Fights. Light fight, light fight…….
Your photo source link is broken. It would be nice to see the source of these photos before making comment. I’ve lived in Japan for the past decade and have studied Japanese language/culture for the past two decades, and I have never heard of anything like this. This seems a very isolated sport indeed. I would venture to say even a stunt. But as the link is broken, I cannot really make proper comment. Pity.
It’s wrestling. i use to follow this stuff in the 90s and there were some federations that used like FMW and Wing that had matches w/ all kinds of stuff like lamps, glass, barbed wire, thumbtacks, c4, all kinds of weird. I even have one on tape where they have a kiddie pool of scorpions
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Seriously Japan, WTF?
Though I would still watch this over that gay porn that’s called UFC…
It’s pro-wrestling actually in the “hardcore”/”deathmatch” style. Usually uses stuff like thumbtacks, steel chairs, barb wire, etc. Crazy-ass stunt-shows basically. They seem to REALLY like fluorescent light bulbs though.
they aren’t neon. they are fluorescent lights. get it right…
but seriously, this is some fucked up shit.
1: As it as been pointed out already, this is a hardcore wrestling match. They don’t have “Let’s break fluorescent lights over each others heads” sporting events…
2: “this is just like wrestling only with real blood”, yes because they don’t actually bleed in wrestling. When Mick Foley got a portion of his scalp torn because of the repeated chair shots from The Rock, that was just a optical illusion… LOL
I bet these are just failed sumo wrestlers
It’s pro wrestling. Those that call it a sport have got to get a grip on reality. This is done in more of the world than the writer implies. Ever heard of “backyard wrestling” in America?
STUPIDS MEN
@TheForever you are a fucking idiot
This is so cruel. Stupid japanesee
now i know where my recycled lamps go…