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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Just think of all the mercury the wrestlers and the front row occupants are being exposed to!!!!!
Just enough mercury to make all attendees slightly dumber.
Sigh….
Those are fluorescent bulbs… not Neon.
Lucha de tubos de neón japonesa [+18]…
Un ring, dos japoneses, muchos tubos de neón alrededor del ring, un poquito de sangre… mucha gente preguntándose si esos tubos aun tienen mercurio dentro, pero todos aplaudiendo….
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It’s just japanese wrestling. They also do barbed wire matches, c4 explosives macthes ans much more completely f*** up stuff.
die of mercury poisoning? can we add HIV, Hepatitus C and all manner of other blood borne unpleasantness as well?
How about all the powdered glass they must end up ingesting and inhaling. That can’t be good for you.
That really is nuts.
I heard that their cage matches are electrifying. Literally.
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… this is no sport.
But I live in Japan, and this is not very popular. I think it’s more underground… I’ve never heard about it.
Those are not neon lamps. They are flourescent lamps.
I think they are injected with pain reliever to be able to continue with the show
lava lamps would be better.
Sigh… This is hardcore style pro wrestling. The fat guy is Abdullah Kobayashi, but I’m not sure who the other one is. The wrestling promotion is called Big Japan Pro Wrestling. They’re not that popular, but obviously enough to be somewhat financially successful. Like already mentioned by others in the comments, those are fluorescent bulbs and aren’t all that bad. I’m sure the glass inhalation is bad, though.
“I’d rather watch some K1 or UFC any day, this is just like wrestling only with real blood.”
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here. In pro wrestling, nearly all blood is real. Fake blood is hardly ever used and generally looked down upon by other wrestlers.
Seriously, did no one watch Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler?”
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Typical brainless heathens. Let’s nuke ‘em!
‘Real blood’ in the sense from real, honest fighting.
None of this carney pish.
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hi fight very hard becaus this fight after more blod come but i like that
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The fat guy is Abdullah Kobayashi and the other is Ryuji Ito. They are two of the most popular BJW wrestlers. Fluorescent matches are not usual events but this one got attention from people who always expect absurd things from Japan. Let me ask you who the real weirdo is.
For the record, there is some mercury in flourescent bulbs, and phosphors, neither of which is healthy
anythin 2 get a little fame lol pity thet werent plugged in shock sme sense in 2 them
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I’m speechless – yet I MUST find videos of this!
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What makes you guys think that these are off the shelf lamps? Hmm?
What wimps! Those tubes are not even plugged in… And please, bare feet next time.
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And I though there are small amount of mercury inside those tubes.
Do you honestly think they manufactured a ton of SPECIAL mercury-less fluorescent bulbs, just for this idiotic “sport?” NOT LIKELY. Not saying 100% for sure, just not LIKELY. But alright – mercury aside – they’re also breathing in TONS of airborne glass particulate, which is essentially the same thing as asbestos. When the lung inhales glass particles, they don’t get naturally removed & absorbed into the blood via the body’s natural self-cleansing system like other inhaled organic particles do; every tiny piece of glass stays lodged in the lung lining, making a continuous wound that is constantly being re-agitated, never healing. The lung makes more & more scar tissue, which is unable to act like regular lung tissue & process oxygen, so eventually the person has so much scar tissue in their lungs, they’re unable to breathe properly, and basically suffocate to death. It takes a long time and a lot of inhaled glass particulate to cause death, but regardless, it’s not “healthy for you” either which way.
LOL@ “Neon lamps” …idiots!!
Yeahright, they’re not made special, without mercury, just for the sport! Mercury vapor is essential to make fluorescent bulbs function, and it’s also the reason they POP when broken! To actually manufacture a BUTTLOAD of FAKE bulbs that still have a vacuum in them so they act like REAL bulbs when broken would be nearly impossible. If they didn’t contain mercury, then you would not see that white puff cloud seen in most of the pics as the bulb is shattering. So yeah, they DO contain mercury vapor.
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Typical brainless heathens. Let’s nuke ‘em!”
i think America’s one step ahead of you.. >.>
they are fake, the tubes are made of sugar and filled with either powdered sugar or a flour substance.
this is pro-wrestling. just like american pro-wrestling… it’s a type of hardcore match.. and yes the cuts and blood are real but the matches are still predetermined. some guys don’t mind hurting and scarring themselves for the show. gotta respect that.
It is Big Japan pro-Wrestling “大日本プロレス”!
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THIS.IS.AWESOME!
I hope it becomes an Olympic sport…
this is stupid they could go blind just because of those chemicals, needles to mention the glass
What a pair of stupid f***ing idiots!
whatever floats your boat
WHAT THE FUCK.
Seriously, the 4th pic looks like the dudes getting stabbed in the face with a broken light tube. How long do these guys have to stay in surgery for afterward to get all those glass shards out? I had to clean up from a broken window once and bitched about the only TWO pieces i got in me, these guys are taking hundreds and keep going.
I hate how fluorescent lights feel on my eyes, I certainly don’t want one shoved into me like that.
Oh, and to the guy who said they are florescent and not neon, just FYI florescent is neon.
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