Jack-Hammer
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!
Over the past few weeks, I've been watching some clips, sometimes entire matches, of some of the more raved about stars of New Japan Pro Wrestling like Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii and a few others. This isn't a thread to put down New Japan or anything like that, I've enjoyed the matches I've been watching for the most part, but I'm just not seeing what all these dirt sheet writers are raving about all the time. Again, not that these aren't talented wrestlers putting on entertaining matches, it's just that, to listen to the constant praise of various writers, especially Dave Meltzer, you'd think that Tanahashi and Okada especially are two guys who can walk on water. Again, I can't emphasize enough that this isn't a put down of these guys or New Japan, but I read the reports of writers on prowrestling.net or pwtorch.com raving about it constantly; Dave Meltzer seems to have a permanent erection for New Japan and can't put it over enough. I'm just wondering if I'm missing something, is there an aspect of things I'm not seeing or haven't seen thus far, is this dirt sheet writers geeking out and making seem like it's much stronger than it actually is or what?
One thing I have noticed is that the hits seem to be much harder than what we see here in the states; some of them look like they're knocking the crap out of each other. Partially because of such physicality, does New Japan only hold one or two shows a month in order for talent to sort of rest up and recover? Another reason I'm wondering about that is due to champions frequently having runs lasting 150, 200, 250 days or more, yet said champions only defend the titles maybe once or twice the entire time.
Again, I'm just curious to get an idea of what's what as it seems like these writers constantly heap praise on anything that isn't WWE or TNA related.
One thing I have noticed is that the hits seem to be much harder than what we see here in the states; some of them look like they're knocking the crap out of each other. Partially because of such physicality, does New Japan only hold one or two shows a month in order for talent to sort of rest up and recover? Another reason I'm wondering about that is due to champions frequently having runs lasting 150, 200, 250 days or more, yet said champions only defend the titles maybe once or twice the entire time.
Again, I'm just curious to get an idea of what's what as it seems like these writers constantly heap praise on anything that isn't WWE or TNA related.