>Tanahashi saved Japanese wrestling! I saw it on Reddit so

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2017-09-10 10:27:21 Post No. 3130719
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Anonymous 2017-09-10 10:27:21 Post No. 3130719 [Report]

>Tanahashi saved Japanese wrestling! I saw it on Reddit so it must be true!
Um, no sweety:

>The fall and recent small recovery of New Japan correlates exactly with the stratospheric rise of PRIDE FC (late 90s/early 2000s) and the eventual collapse of its successor company DREAM (around 2011). Tanahashi didn't 'save wrestling' or whatever you marks believe, it's just that wrestling didn't have to compete with MMA as a mainstream cultural force anymore.

>Back then New Japan and puroresu in general was having to compete with MMA, and TV execs were telling Inoki to push shooters like Ogawa or they'd take away NJPW's TV time slot. Inoki did indeed make some mistakes, but to ignore the more important external factors he had no control over is pure ignorance.

Anonymous 2017-09-10 10:33:24 Post No.3130727
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Anonymous 2017-09-10 10:33:24 Post No.3130727 [Report]

>>3130719
>neglecting that he brought in the yakuza into the business and had them ordering him to do things for kickbacks

Anonymous 2017-09-10 10:36:06 Post No.3130732
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Anonymous 2017-09-10 10:36:06 Post No.3130732 [Report]

>>3130727
You're naive if you think the yakuza weren't part of literally every wrestling or combat sport promotion.

Do you even remember the NOAH yakuza scandal? Of course you don't, because you only started watching Japanese wrestling in 2017 after Nerd Culture Website #374 told you it was cool and you rushed to Hot Topic to get your XXXXL Bullet Club t-shirt.

Anonymous 2017-09-10 11:56:04 Post No.3130898
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