# Live Action Monster Matches Wrestling Japanese Monster Movie Style By Cowbag | Published 2008-10-07 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/live-action-monster-matches-wrestling-japanese-monster-movie-style References: [plasticandplush](http://www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/kaiju_big_battel/index.html)  This is so coooool, brilliant and amazing - surreal Japanese monster movies mixed with wrestling, in a ringed arena? It is not possible for this not to ROCK! Kaiju Big Battel is a live-action tournament-style performance event, with 'monsters' such as Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder and Uchu Chu the Space Bug duke it out on a paper-maché landscape. The hybrid of American pro-wrestling rules as it takes out the red neck aspects of the traditional sport and adds geeky weirdness and charm from of Japanese monster movies. Unsurprisingly it has a MASSIVE cult following. You have simply got to check out the video - a wrestler called chicken noodle soup doing a victory dance!!! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.3/10 - Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Life](https://www.trendhunter.com/life)