Before I even start to talk about what I just watched I'd like to remind everyone that this is a match from 2013 but has recently been given amazing English commentary and Subtitles in AXS TV's New Japan show. If you would like more info and to watch this match (If you love wrestling you should) click here to be taken to TWF. You won't be disappointed.
My first exposure to NJPW was through watching Day 1 of the recent G1 Climax (A tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling that is considered one of the best events of the year). I only watched the one day. Not because it didn't interest me, it most certainly did. The wrestling was entertaining, the wrestlers and their gimmicks were also and I enjoyed watching it, I didn't really have enough time to keep up with it all, plus it was my first exposure to it and I was unsure about dedicating my time to it. Luckily for me, tonight I stumbled across AXS TV's New Japan while browsing TWF. To my delight Dave over at the site also linked the whole match. How could I say no?
Personally for me NJPW really is the best alternative to WWE, although I see huge similarities in the way that matches play out and just overall tone of the show I can't help but feel like NJPW paces the matches much better that WWE, they treat the matches almost with the same respect ROH does and it gives the show an overall bigger vibe than WWE does. But this is from a wrestling fans perspective, I love to watch wrestling and even live wrestling when I was a kid at holiday resorts which weren't the best I still loved to watch. From a casual watcher or someone who only watches WWE and isn't involved with all the internet behind-the-scenes news, they might not be into this. I only say that because although we don't like to acknowledge it, foreign things scare us, but I do like the idea of AXS TV bringing English speaking audiences this exposure to New Japan. Hopefully this show is just the first step of getting NJPW regularly broadcast on our TV screens with full English commentary. I'd love to be watching current NJPW or even the show live with fully English speaking commentary and subtitled interviews. But this is all still a dream. This match was brilliant and I suggest heading over to TWF for the match because it is some great wrestling.
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