Post by Mark on Sept 12, 2009 9:06:41 GMT -5
New Japan Pro Wrestling: The Strongest Style of Them All, Part II
New Japan Pro Wrestling: The Strongest Style of Them All, Part II
Friday, September 11, 2009
By Mike Cranwell, AKA The Puro Dude
This is the second in a three-part Introduction to New Japan.
The Three Musketeers
Keiji Mutoh, Shin’ya Hashimoto, and Masahiro Chono. The first and third names should be familiar to anyone who watched 1990’s WCW, and I imagine that all of you have heard of Mutoh’s alternate persona, the one and only The Great Muta. Frigging Great Muta rules the world, but I digress.
These three young guns were the next generation for Shin Nihon, the guys to replace Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Riki Choshu.
The Great Muta had a fantastic run in 1989 in the NWA/WCW, where he went undefeated for the better part of a full year, and had a legendary feud with Sting. Their feud was legendary as much for the battle of charisma as anything they did in the ring, which being said they certainly had several good matches. It was this feud that caused......for morehttp://thewrestlingdaily.com/?p=1268 - thewrestlingdaily.com/?p=1268
New Japan Pro Wrestling: The Strongest Style of Them All, Part II
Friday, September 11, 2009
By Mike Cranwell, AKA The Puro Dude
This is the second in a three-part Introduction to New Japan.
The Three Musketeers
Keiji Mutoh, Shin’ya Hashimoto, and Masahiro Chono. The first and third names should be familiar to anyone who watched 1990’s WCW, and I imagine that all of you have heard of Mutoh’s alternate persona, the one and only The Great Muta. Frigging Great Muta rules the world, but I digress.
These three young guns were the next generation for Shin Nihon, the guys to replace Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Riki Choshu.
The Great Muta had a fantastic run in 1989 in the NWA/WCW, where he went undefeated for the better part of a full year, and had a legendary feud with Sting. Their feud was legendary as much for the battle of charisma as anything they did in the ring, which being said they certainly had several good matches. It was this feud that caused......for morehttp://thewrestlingdaily.com/?p=1268 - thewrestlingdaily.com/?p=1268