NJPW Dominion - June 4th 2023

[Alexa]

shit you could argue Okada is well on his way to becoming the ultimate anime villain - losing his smile, contempt for other wrestlers, doesnt want to give his spot to anyone, is extremely violent when beating up young guys and has 0 remorse doing so. he getting there

Man, has just become Jumbo Tsuruta honestly

 

[Chris]

Man, has just become Jumbo Tsuruta honestly

Hey that's actually what Meltzer said and I was kinda surprised even tho I know he knows that era real well. Didn't think he'd make the connection as quick as he did tho

 

[Alexa]

Hey that's actually what Meltzer said and I was kinda surprised even tho I know he knows that era real well. Didn't think he'd make the connection as quick as he did tho

...Meltzer out here stealing my shit. Who do I contact to sue him? And yeah, once you watch Jumbo when he is the ace and fighting young guys especially Misawa, anyone can see it, lol.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Hey that's actually what Meltzer said and I was kinda surprised even tho I know he knows that era real well. Didn't think he'd make the connection as quick as he did tho

sadly I dunno the reference I just know he was Baba's dude and trained under Dorry

 

[Alexa]

sadly I dunno the reference I just know he was Baba's dude and trained under Dorry

Want me to explain it?

 

[Comrade Khan]

ah I see so he was the first top guy in Japan to start doing the FUCK THESE KIDS gimmick

 

[Chris]

I haven't seen a lot of that era either myself, I just know he was in fuck these kids mode too lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

Want me to explain it?

yes

 

[Chris]

ah I see so he was the first top guy in Japan to start doing the FUCK THESE KIDS gimmick

Yeah and against the crazy group of young talent they had in the early 90s

 

[Alexa]

Yeah and against the crazy group of young talent they had in the early 90s

Misawa, Taue, Kenta, and Kawada aka the four pillars

 

[Comrade Khan]

so AJPW had the pillars, NJPW had the musketeers in the same-ish era. crazy

 

[Alexa]

yes

Basically, AJPW had two aces, Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta. Tenryu left and created SWS, anyone know of this, lol, and so by doing so Baba basically was like "Tenryu will never wrestle in All Japan as I live", and so Jumbo became the ace. By this time, Jumbo was oldest member and he wanted to stay on top because as the meme goes "Fuck them kids! this is my spot and I will be damned if them kids take it from me." and so Misawa was like "Alright bet old man" so they began their rivalary and it was damn good since it was the old v new and you had the Tsuruta-gun v The New Generation Army, which was also great. So at the height of their carrer for both men, Baba decided to let Misawa win because he was so over and Jumbo began dealing with helath issuses so Misawa won and ethroned the old ace to become the new.

(This is just a short version of everything)

 

[Samoa Looch]

Bishamon retains! Thank fuckin' god...

What a fun chaos though

 

[Alexa]

so AJPW had the pillars, NJPW had the musketeers in the same-ish era. crazy

Pretty much yeah, and only a few years later you had the Dragon Gate 6. So in that era, late 90s to early 00s, you had the following: Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue, Kenta Kobashi, Shinya Hashimoto, Masahiro Chono, Keiji Muto, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi, Shingo Takai, BxB Hulk, Yamato, and Akira Tozawa.

 

[Samoa Looch]

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