When Wrestling Gets Real: The Gaea Girls

[@matthewlee4697]

Thats not "training"....that's downright "bullying" aswell as disrespectful to the world of wrestling.

[@cjthehaasman9954]

What happened to Saika and the other girls leaving is a Big example of a Devastating Truth about the wrestling Business. Many people who dream of being Wrestlers end up with Horribly Abusive Trainers who Treat them like Property and Humiliate them at Every possible turn and it Almost Always doesn't even Matter in the End! I know this, because I myself went through something similar when training under Rudy boy Gonzalez two years ago. He ordered other students to be stiffer on me, He screamed at me over nothing, and eventually myself and others Realized that i was only allowed to Train because Rudy wanted to make an example out of me and was actively Trying to get me to Quit, and I basically got Kicked out because I wouldn't. Then about a month later, I found out from one of my old Training buddies that Most of them quit shortly after I got the boot, and thankfully 2 of them are currently doing well for themselves on the Texas Indy scene now. I am thankful for that experience overall because A. It exposed me to one of the many Horrid sides of the Wrestling Business and B. I got to make some great friends in the process. Just wanted to go on a bit of a tangent there, Great Video as Always 👍

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Thank you so much for watching !

[@ghostkeeper09_82]

Crazy story man thank god you made it before it got worst brother- sometimes all it take is just one to make a difference

[@kadharefinley224]

Jesus that dropkick looked brutal asf. Meiko ain’t have to do that to her like come on

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Yeah it was a bit too much tbh

[@alejandrofigueroa2431]

I'm not even in the training ring, yet I still felt that from afar. (And I flinched in the process, too).

[@ThyNameIsCool]

She probably was scared that she would have gotten a punishment

[@Dark_Soul_X]

"Chigusa is not a bad person." You're right. She's a horrible person.

[@Dusti91]

Man now someone IS playing her in the new Netflix show Queen of villians

[@WilliamsPinch]

@@Dusti91 yeah, I was feeling so bad for her. That’s all done now 😂

[@oideshannpuu_]

care to explain?

[@thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827]

Oh yeah, I heard about this..... it's crazy that those girls went through that type of shit. Also, having the owner of a company book themselves to the top is really a bad idea because we've seen that it doesn't work out most of the time and would have been smart for someone like nagayo to put over someone that can use the rub.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Yeah true, the amount of abuse the girls went through was astounding. Chigusa’s booking wasn’t the greatest I guess because Gaea went under in 2005

[@davidpalmer5967]

That is Straight Out Abuse and should be Charged with Assault

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Yeah, Watching it was brutal

[@romanenen]

they take weed and all of that seriously but stuff like this is left without anyone doing anything

[@trucings9013]

Damm.. I really got no words to say after watching this. I just hope my girl Saika is doing well nowadays 🙏❤️

[@AgeOfWrestling]

I hope so too 🙏

[@LoadBulking]

What a crazy documentary... Joshi Wrestling really is something else.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Joshi wrestling is a different Beast lol

[@lucianz7636]

In my opinion Chigusa is sadistic and found a way to inflict pain and justify it as training. Ugly inside as well as outside...

[@WilliamsPinch]

Ok, so I don’t have to feel bad about Chigusa getting dragged by Dump now lol. Thank you for that.

[@eren_88]

-found your channel today, i've been binging your videos, keep it up gang.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Thank you, that means a lot!

[@brixlo1]

if she sees them as her kids imagine if she actually had any💀💀someone needs to find out and go and save them💀💀

[@ElfriedaDaniel18]

Oh my God, I felt that dropkick in my soul

[@jmp591]

Ive heard about this a bunch of times but this is the first time I realized that the head trainer was Chig from the crush girls. Ive heard about this a bunch of times but this is the first time I realized that the head trainer was Chig from the crush girls. It honestly explains alot, coming up when she did im sure she went threw alot of the same, and I know she looks big now but she was small like her trainees back then. That doesnt make what she did right but it does add alot of context.

[@Alycanj]

I feel sorry for her lack of esteem and letting these abusers do this stuff to her, they should be arrested.

[@ChristopherElli-cc1ly]

The wickedest drop kick i have ever seen.

[@anthonylarosa1155]

theres been rumors for a long time that chigusa had saika blackballed form the industry after the negative reception of the documentary too

[@therealhatchet]

"She herself is bland and boring" Jesus man lol

[@AgeOfWrestling]

LOL

[@danecranberry6025]

When all is said and done, the WWE is a small part of a larger problem.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

That’s so true.

[@nadecha5326]

Growing up in Japan is tough even without wrestling. Just very strict out there no matter what.

[@trashboat2687]

Idk how Meiko even has any respect man. She was just as much a part of this abuse as Nagayo

[@Antonio-gg4vv]

Meiko was very young when this occurred. She has her own promotion and wrestling school that she runs now, and it’s gone on for 17 years. That doesn’t excuse the abuse she caused here, but she has grown and changed her ways since Gaea Girls.

[@MastersGraduate2023]

Saika is the perfect example not to under estimate shy, introvert & timid looking people. She is a Go Getter to survive all that & be stubborn not to go home. She is a warrior in her own rights.

[@pedrofreitas4262]

She quit Gaea 2 years after debut because she was turned into a jobber (she even lost matches to Sakura Hirota) and was blacklisted by Chigusa from joining other promotions, nowadays she works in a convenience store.

[@therealsirdj5934]

the Gaea Girld documentary is just absolutely f'ed up... Calling this shit "Training" is insane... That was just down right unarmed assault the fact this was filmed and nobody even trid to hide it was insane, maybe it's been the way things were done over in Japan at that time, but it's still not right

[@StevenLamkin-z6e]

The big boss herself just makes me mad and sad at the same time 😠

[@capclip9]

Is there a way I can watch the whole documentary (for free or at a low cost)), I've been searching for a little bit now and hit some dead ends

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Just search up Gaea girl’s documentary on google and it should come up under videos

[@capclip9]

@@AgeOfWrestling Thanks bro, love the videos, keep em' coming 😄

[@capclip9]

@@AgeOfWrestling Also, of course the simplest way to find it is the way neglected to look at

[@PhilMiCoochie]

Imagine if Nagayo actually did have children. The physical and mental abuse would have been just as bad. I can see her dropkicking her 7 year old son for pissing his pants or something

[@SuperWildsnorlax]

She has to be a lesbian. Happy Pride Month

[@eddiearsenal718]

That is no trainer or anything thats a nasty person who loves to bully others around n gets others to lie about what actually goes on this makes me sick

[@JingDalagan]

This is why I felt nervous when Meiko became a trainer at NXT. I was like, "You want your wrestlers to go toothless?"

[@luhaleyry321]

Having suffered abuse from her father, Chigusa adopted an aggressive and violent attitude as a way to cope, shaping her into a tough individual suitable for the world of Joshi Puroresu. Consequently, when she trains and abuses others, she expects them to react the way she did.

[@uainjansun]

Kinda strange cuz aja king suffered abuse from her mom but thatnall changed and look at her

[@layna-heyhey]

I can see why a trainer would be tough on their trainees, because wrestling is tough. But whoa that was harsh, to say the least.

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

The only good thing about GAEA Japan is that World Japan is worse than them because a wrestler named Giant Ochiai died in training dojo.

[@duckmercy11]

GAEA may have been abusive behind the scenes but the actual wrestling was really good. I don't think they would have lasted for 10 years if they were bad. World Japan folded much quicker.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

I haven’t heard of that wrestler, I’m going to look into them

[@jeffersonaugusto7280]

Don't forget about Hiromitsu Gompei, Kensuke Sasaki killed him in a NJPW dojo, but NJPW did her thing to hide the case. This is the reason that Hiroshi Hase left for AJPW in 1997.

[@KadeemG61]

It goes to show you why wrestling is a work and when wrestling incidents gets real, there’s no way in hell you’re going to survive in the ring. Imagine if Meiko Sakamura called up to the main roster and face another wrestler who is infamous for being labeled “difficult to work with” and injuring so many women, Nia Jax. Look up for the Nia Jax vs. Charlotte Flair shootfight moment.

[@jamesupton5601]

I was wondering what happens behind closed doors, considering how rough they were when the camera were on. But over all, the poor trainee girl didn't have the personality from the start, she'd go through hell in the Stuart Hart dungeon as well. Although I think the trainer went too far.

[@jarobano]

I love Dump even more now

[@kufkzxkxzvkdvkxz]

I don't know how they stood there and filmed that. I am afraid of what I might have done if it had been me there, especially at that age I was at the time. I also completely disagree with you about Chigusa. She is a terrible person. All of the talk about them being like her children is so obviously an act and she uses it only as fodder for the manipulation of vulnerable young people that idolize her. She sounded so insincere in that interview when she was speaking about her father. I also believe that the beatings and mental torture she subjected that girl to were simply to "protect the business" as kayfabe is still alive in Japan. She even talks about how "in a real fight" it's different and all that during her rant after she beats Takeuchi within an inch of her life. They would never punish a trainee for throwing a worked drop kick without the cameras there. That's what they are there to learn how to do, and it's why Takeuchi looked so confused after those beatings. I'm not trying to throw any shade, here, but I feel pretty strongly about this after just watching it. Chigusa is an evil woman.

[@grandcanyon-d4d]

the bushido mentality is still alive and well

[@Vampcamp993]

She just wanted to beat her up

[@a-khanation5279]

8:17 . No it isn't , What you on about . That's called a reality show , Cut scenes and narration and so many camera cuts and editing . Your thinking about a reality show , Documentary are meant to have no cut scenes , Your BRITISH are you not , The UK are the king of Documentarys , Yeah I understand in recent times that has changed, post 2016 ish -

[@Daoloth]

She just never had what it took to finally take that next step or become that character. You gotta make people believe your tough or able to win matches to get over. Seems like wanted her to like lash out or react in a different way. Its really about the Cycle of Trauma in many ways too. IF this was MMA then people would be wondering why are you even competing. Even if the results are scripted you gotta be able to actually wrestle. Back in the day they would really be doing it in the ring even if already knew who would win. That Dropkick was pretty brutal to say the least. Female probably is missing from her making good on her claim. I can see how when get into forties seeing people as like your offspring. Best not to take things personal. Very few can be a Pro in anything even if they really want to do it. Bob Holly was always kinda stiff etc :).

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

Where’s the problem? 😂

[@Misterbgone1]

i think fabulous moolah was a worse promoter and instructor she pimped out her students

[@BIGM-gg9ln]

saw all this before

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Thanks for watching the video !

[@MayFive55]

Is this because after dump torture her on wwe stage,chigusa became like this?