(ALL JAPAN) Kazuo Shintaku's "My Beloved Entertainer"

Weekly Pro

27th November 1984 (Issue No.69)

Baba: Tiger, you're participating in the "World's Strongest Tag Team Tournament"! Do your best! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase the new and improved Tiger team!

Ikki Kajiwara: I, too, will support you from the sidelines, even though I'm bald!

Baba: Hopefully your height is enough, but I wish you were a little heavier.

Tiger Mask: About 500 kilos?

Ikki Kajiwara: Baba-san!!! I have a feeling that it might be too soon to have Tiger fight a super heavyweight, don't you think?

Baba: I think he'll have a lot of success if he frequently uses techniques like "aerial combat maneuvers" or wear those "multicolored short pants*"!

Tiger Mask's eyes pop out of his head in alarm, he screams: Everyone! Please note that this isn't about "multicolored short pants," it's about "multicolored suplexes"! Please keep that in mind!

Ikki Kajiwara: ...Well, I think he is just making a big deal about something trivial, but...we still need a little more substance, don't you think?

Baba: So, it seems we agree. 

(Baba fixes a cord into Tiger Mask's navel, and starts pumping air, causing Tiger Mask to inflate)

Baba: Baba: How does it feel, Tiger Mask?! Do you feel like you've gained some weight?

Tiger Mask: I understand what you mean, but this doesn't feel like Tiger Mask at all! This is more like Pig Mask!

Notes

Multicolored extremely short pants: 1980s youth slang for wearing scanty pants (think a thong).

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