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The Top Ten Ways That Anime and Professional Wrestling Are Alike


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10: Both feature scantily clad women who require acetate to come to life.

9: Both involve combatants who rise from the worst physical punishment ever meant to rain down on an individual.

8: Both owe a lot, thematically, to Dickens' "Oliver Twist."

7: You wouldn't want to date a fan of either.

6: Kids love them.

5: The most identifiable figure in each is a yellow freedom fighter that can hardly speak (ain't that right Hulksters, I choose you for Wrestlemania 84!).

4: They're both favorites in state prisons.

3: One features lithe, pretty boys whose eyes sparkle when they turn to face you; one features fat, beer guzzling slobs who don't mind slamming their head into various forms of metal; but women want to sleep with them both.

2: The English dialogue sucks.

1: They're both edited by the WB.


As always, Akadot welcomes submission for new top ten lists based on existing topics or on entirely new topics. Email all entries to editor@akadot.com.
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Amazing Nurse Nanako © Save Our Nurse Project / Pioneer Ent.
Street Fighter II © Capcom / Group Tac / Amuse / Yomiuri Telecasting Corp. / Manga Entertainment, Inc.
I'm Gonna be an Angel © HEAVEN PROJECT / Bandai Visual - Studio Pierrot - TV Tokyo / Digital Manga, Inc.
EscaFlowne © Sunrise TX / Bandai Entertainment, Inc.