Can brehs put me on to Japanese wrestling? I've never watched, but always been interested cause it's always Japanese matches that be getting these 5 stars from Big Dave.
They do storylines too?
How to start watching faithfully?
I got questions.
1.- Most easy to follow Japanese promotion is New Japan Pro Wrestling, it also is the most popular and critically acclaimed promotion from Japan too (and the 2nd biggest wrestling company in the world).
If you have $10 you can subscribe to their streaming service
New Japan World they show pretty much every show they do live,you can watch it on demand too. There are sites like dailymotion and
Watchwrestling that upload their matches and shows so you can watch for free too, specially watchwrestling.
2.- It's kind of hard to give a list were to begin to be honest
I guess the best way to start watching right now would be with this year's G-1 Climax tournament. I'm sure other brehs can give you a more detailed list than me (I don't watch as much New Japan as others in here)
@Cobratron @The Rainmaker @El Villano Ingobernable .
3.- One thing to keep in mind is the way Japanese wrestling promotions do their shows. It basically goes likes this.
-Each month there's a tour where they work a bunch of shows, most of them are worked like "house shows" with a bunch of multi man tag matches that (sometimes) build to a bigger matchup down the line.
-Each tour has at least 1 big show - you could call it a PPV level event - were they book title matches and they go all out in the ring. In the case of New Japan, they now have like 2 or even 3 shows with important matches in each tour. After the big tour ender, they take 1 or 2 week break before starting a the next tour.
-There are tournaments that are held yearly. There is one for the Junior Division (cruiserweights), one for the Heavyweight Division and one for Tag Teams. In New Japan's case it's the Best of the Super Junior (May-June), the G-1 Climax (July-August, thogh next year it will be held later due to the Olympics) and the World Tag League (November-December), respectively.
-Each big show has a thread in TSC so you can follow along with the brehs
4.- They do have storylines but for the most part, they are not presented like US wrestling. Most promos are done in press conferences and backstage interviews after each match.
5.- Almost every puroresu company has a streaming service. I think New Japan is the best one to start with but if you are curious for more stuff just ask and we'll give you the piff
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). But can't help but feel this would've been better with no commentary/better audio and a crowd that didn't felt like a hyped up EVOLVE audience. These kind of hoss battles aren't meant for this type of settings imo.
and this shyt
one of those matches that just stays in it's lane because there's no need for it to be anything else. Basically four guys beating the shyt out of each other and trying to out do their opponents in every striking department for 16 minutes. Daisuke/Elgin are the hosses and Nomura/Mochizuki are the smaller guys whose kicks and slaps are fukking vicious. I need more Mochizuki in Big Japan to be honest, because of course he fits perfectly here. Elgin once again is showcased like a beast and does well in this role, he continues to feel special like he did in the Sekimoto match the day before. Young Gawd has another good performance here, showing fire, resilience and most importantly, the most stiff and disrespectful slaps in the biz @SubZeroDegrees All four guys looked great here, very good tag match. Loved Sekimoto imploring Nomura to keep fighting in the end. @The Rainmaker let Mochi introduce you to that Strong BJ life 
@TheGodling @Scottie Drippin @3Rivers @Ace of the Metropolitan
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