Is his name Rain, or Hercules?
We had heard that he was going to do this, but seeing as the date was kept hush-hush (I can see why, controlling the crowd was going to be hard enough once Rain hopped out of his transportation and hit the street), we simply waited to see what would happen. And by George—he actually wrestled! Way to go, Ji-Hoon! (Korean-style wrestling, which is reminiscent of Japanese sumo, Greco-Roman, and American amateur, rather than WWE sports entertainment. Vince McMahon was NOT in The House, folks.)
On the afternoon of March 28th, Rain and four of his dancers, on a mission called the Keep The Promise Project (for KBS 2’s TV show “Seung Seung Jang Goo”, or On The Up and Up), went mano a mano with five real university wrestlers in the center of Seoul’s Myung-dong, as more than 1000 people looked on.
Of course the crowds cheered and clapped as if there were no tomorrow. And when the tournament was over, Rain had shown real skills and had won all five of his bouts. How about that? (The way we understand it, a huge bull and a harp were also involved, but as prizes, not in the wrestling. Thank goodness.)
The broadcast was recorded, and will be shown on KBS 2 on April 6th.
(Credits: Sports Korea, TV Daily, Rain Gallery, Today Korea, Daily Korea. Original translation: rain bird. Thank you to Rain-eu. for the information and images.)
» You can also read allkpop’s take on the unique format of the Keep The Promise Project HERE.
And for an added treat, a fan cam of our Rain tossing an opponent right over on the butt. Then grabbing at his own lower back like, “Dear god, get me out of here!” LOL! (courtesy of rakota9, credit: DC) — Stephe ^@@^
Cloud USA 
Every time I see something like this, I think the same thing, K. “I wanna live there tooooooo!” 😉 So I can just walk out of my house and see RAIN in the street. I mean, can you imagine?
Stephe ^@@^
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u just made me squeak with excitment – i would die if i walked out the door and he was ther. omg just thinking about it makes me go major fan girl haha. oooo the imagining – i do wonder what i would actually do, ther are too many options hehe, but i know i would squeal with excitment
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Wooooooooooooooo fan cam, epic just epic – awwww bless him, damn living in the uk. all them lucky people seeing him in the flesh hehe. oooo can’t wait to see the actual footage of this 😀
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The poor wrestler who got dumped on his butt by Rain in the fan cam looked pretty dejected, bless his heart. As if he was saying, “What the hell?? He’s a POP IDOL!” LOL
Stephe ^@@^
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i know bless em, it must be quite a OMG i just got beat by a pop idol moment mainly when they actually do the sport. its nice to see rain having fun and having a laugh though 😀 love his smile sooooooo much
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