Getting back into wrestling after a while
Well you have 3 "Major" Companies that are aiming for the western market right now.
WWE
New japan pro wrestling
All Elite Wrestling
>The UK scene blew up but wwe pillaged and raped it
>Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada at gets called the best match of all time by alot of people on the internet at wrestle kingdom 11
>NJPW who had slowly been gaining steam in the US explodes over night
>Jericho leaves wwe and stars working NJPW
>The Elite is a faction in NJPW with Kenny Omega and Cody rhodes
>WWE spends the last 8 years booking all about the shield
>With the backing of ROH/NJPW the Elite do a show called "All in" making it the largest non wwe american show since wcw
>The Elite leave NJPW to start an american company
>Jericho Signs an AEW contract allowing him to still work NJPW
>NJPW sells out Madison Square Garden
>dean ambrose leaves wwe to work NJPW/AEW
>AEW is backed by tony khan
Wrestling outside of wwe is fucking great right now
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Boxing is on ESPN and Fox.
Nah no one is /seriously/ saying that. They might tease and toss it around but AEW is still proving itself. If you’re coming back, try watching some handpicked WWE matches to get you back in, then some bigger NJPW matches of the past few years. Idk if you like “epic” matches but no matter what other fags on the board might say, Kenny/Okada is legitimately a legendary series of matches.
Okada/Shibata is great
Omega/Ishii at the G1 was great
Bucks/Lucia Bros went a little long but still very good for some tag team wrestling
This is just off the top of my head but some anons have copy pasted lists of good shit in the past few years
people are desperately wanting wwe to change course or go out of business. it's mostly shit posting and blind allegiances at this point
it's typical smark retardation claiming every new wrestling company as the second coming of jesus.
Ok, now talk about how the rest of the card was fine. Oh, you aren't? Figures.
I was actually surprised to know that Punk became such a big deal(or was it only online) since it felt his character was just becoming
more whiny than fun as it was with his Hardy feud.
I watched WWE more for their soap opera thing but with wrestling thing they had going on desu. Later years became seriously sterile.
I like watching Japanese matches occasionally but you know language barrier prevents me from enjoying their drama.
Well NJPW has English commentary and a translator on commentary to translate anything that comes up like a promo. they have only had 6 different people hold their world title in the last decade and 3 of them have been English speaking foreigners