MiSu -"Who the hell pays money to see a guy that's 8/10 in everything in the ring?"
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"Everyone in this business is a mark, you included. You fans have this idea of ratings, of skill points. You put all those points in a hexagon graph and calculate an average. Who the hell will pay money to buy a ticket and see a guy who's a perfect hexagon"
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CBoz
We Are NXT!
He's right about that ratings system. It's pretty pointless in the end.
WWE tried that with SD and it lasted a week because like WTF was the point.
WWE tried that with SD and it lasted a week because like WTF was the point.
SuGOAT saying Stinky things, but folks will sing Kazi Ni Nare and act like this business gives a fukk about ratings, workrate, and 5 Meltz stars.
20,000 people in queens seem to be paying for just that
TrueEpic08
Dum Shiny
This is an old quote (he gave it before he first faced Moxley in NJPW a while back), but it's completely on point. Guys who are great at some things and mediocre to terrible at others are often better to work with than pure jacks of all trades, because you can play to their strengths and weaknesses in matches and storylines. Rey Mysterio is interesting, for example, not only because he might be the best high flyer of all time, but because he's NOT a slick mat wrestler or power guy. The intrigue is in how he wins with what he has, despite the disadvantage it may put him at.
Think of your favorite wrestler, and there's probably shyt they just can't do no matter how good they are. For instance, CM Punk has a unique look, a brilliant wrestling mind, and is elite when it comes to promos, angles, and match layouts, but his actual wrestling technique seriously lacks in comparison to, say, Bryan Danielson, and he's never had great aesthetics no matter how hard he trains. That's where the intrigue is, though: how does someone like that get so popular and beloved he can sell out a building based on the RUMOR of his appearance?
You could, of course, do the same for Danielson (excellent technique and knowledge of wrestling, as well as how to sell his wrestling to any crowd he's in front of, but also short, on the smaller side for wrestlers, and not necessarily a super loquacious or creative promo...though he's probably pretty underrated when it comes to the more direct promo material). That's what makes wrestlers and matchups interesting, though.
Think of your favorite wrestler, and there's probably shyt they just can't do no matter how good they are. For instance, CM Punk has a unique look, a brilliant wrestling mind, and is elite when it comes to promos, angles, and match layouts, but his actual wrestling technique seriously lacks in comparison to, say, Bryan Danielson, and he's never had great aesthetics no matter how hard he trains. That's where the intrigue is, though: how does someone like that get so popular and beloved he can sell out a building based on the RUMOR of his appearance?
You could, of course, do the same for Danielson (excellent technique and knowledge of wrestling, as well as how to sell his wrestling to any crowd he's in front of, but also short, on the smaller side for wrestlers, and not necessarily a super loquacious or creative promo...though he's probably pretty underrated when it comes to the more direct promo material). That's what makes wrestlers and matchups interesting, though.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
what he say?The best of that whole interview was him shytting on New Japan's LA dojo, shyt had me
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it's the homogenization of sport
too many generic workers
a variety of styles is a better draw that's a duh
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too many generic workers
a variety of styles is a better draw that's a duh
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Nero Christ
Sniper out now on all digital platforms brev
this feels like the same anti-analytic complaint you see in sports...guys are coming up with all around games to have little to no weakness (which is smart) but that means they don't have that one special skill that makes their game standout. Jack of all trades, master of none...at the end of the day, styles make the fight and if everyone has the same style, then you get 
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
–So you’ll be on Autumn Attack September 25 and 26 for matches taped to air on NJPW STRONG in the coming weeks. What are your thoughts on STRONG?
Suzuki: I don’t know. I don’t watch it. Haven’t watched it. Why should I, Minoru Suzuki, pay to watch?
–Umm…
Suzuki: I do know that Tom Lawlor is there. I wrestled him a few years ago.
–December 2019 for Warrior Wrestling in Chicago, you beat him with a Gotch Style Piledriver.
Suzuki: After our match we got to talking. The guy’s a real nut.
–A nut?
Suzuki: He grew up watching wrestling, wanting to become a wrestler, and then started MMA. Fought in the UFC, got cut and then said ‘OK, let’s give wrestling a try’. He knows all this stuff about Japanese wrestling as well. I heard him talk about all that and thought ‘OK, guy’s a nut’.
–A focal point of NJPW STRONG are the products of the LA Dojo. Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks have both graduated under Katsuyori Shibata, and certainly seem to have that NJPW-ism about them.
Suzuki: Good for them? Nothing to do with me.
–Do you have any insight, having come through the old school ’80s NJPW Dojo?
Suzuki: No. I’m not a New Japan guy. I don’t give two shyts about the LA Dojo, don’t know where it is. I guess there are some people coming out there that are pretty separated in mentality from the rest of the US.
TrueEpic08
Dum Shiny
Isn't that from the most recent interview he did (this one: https://www.njpw1972.com/104247) ?
I thought the OP quote was from the interview he did in February of last year (this one: King of America? Minoru Suzuki’s war on Moxley (1/2) | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING).
Not that it matters, y'all should read both of them in any event.
NJPW website interviews are actually pretty great.
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
Isn't that from the most recent interview he did (this one: https://www.njpw1972.com/104247) ?
I thought the OP quote was from the interview he did in February of last year (this one: King of America? Minoru Suzuki’s war on Moxley (1/2) | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING).
Not that it matters, y'all should read both of them in any event.
Lol, no idea. Never crossed my mind OP's quote was anything but his latest interview
