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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Dec 29, 2019 13:23:47 GMT -5
Probably won't happen now but, I'd love for Tana to win. Imagine how monumental it would be to see maybe the biggest star in the history of Japanese wrestling wrestle for an American world title on American TV. In what world is Tanahasi the biggest star in the history ofJapanese wrestling I mean, I'd only be able to see Misawa, Baba, Inoki, and Kobashi being ahead of him. Maybe not the most influential, but it's hard to refute that a man who single handedly saved a dying company from the brink to help turn it into the biggest company in Japan, and the first Japanese based wrestling promotion to gain a significant foot hold in the United States, is at least in the top 5. |
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Post by Cyno on Dec 29, 2019 13:32:44 GMT -5
I wouldn't say he's THE greatest, but let's not act like he's just some footnote in puroresu history either. He's up there.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Dec 29, 2019 13:50:55 GMT -5
Japanese wrestling was popping ratings in the tens of millions in the 90s. At one stage you could probably have called NJPW the biggest promotion in the world. Sure maybe Tanahashi is the biggest star in Japan today, and he definitely revived the promotion, but don't get carried away just because NJPW now has marginal western popularity as opposed to none.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 29, 2019 14:11:53 GMT -5
Seems like a good compromise. Jericho loses at Wrestle Kingdom and get his win back on an AEW show. Or Jericho just wins and brags to the AEW fans that he denies then to see the dream match of their lives.  Also the AEW championship has officially appeared on NJPW media.So that is one step closer at very least to some sort of cross over |
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Post by Stu on Dec 29, 2019 14:21:11 GMT -5
Is Tanahashi a huge get?
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 29, 2019 14:24:59 GMT -5
If Nakamura was NJPW Undertaker, Tana is their Cena |
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Post by chrom on Dec 29, 2019 14:43:05 GMT -5
Without question, he's the biggest star in Japan the past 10 years. He carried NJPW on his back and lifted them up out of the dark ages of Inoki |
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Post by Dub H on Dec 29, 2019 14:54:31 GMT -5
Not as huge as Tishana. I dont like making fun of the poor guy but I also didnt want to leave you on the dark |
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Post by Stu on Dec 29, 2019 15:16:48 GMT -5
Not as huge as Tishana. I dont like making fun of the poor guy but I also didnt want to leave you on the dark It's Tinashe. And thanks.  |
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Post by Cyno on Dec 29, 2019 16:36:48 GMT -5
Tanahashi also starred in a special episode of the tokusatsu series GARO as Gouki, one of the first Knights to bear the Garo the Golden Knight title and use the Garoken sword.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 29, 2019 19:19:31 GMT -5
I want Peter Avalon to try to "shhh" Tanahashi's air guitar.
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Post by chrom on Dec 31, 2019 15:49:36 GMT -5
Jericho doesn't have a match tomorrow, he's 100% focused right now on Tanahashi
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