>>8265939> That is essentially what Okada's pro wrestling represents, a very impressive routine with a very similar winning formula every time.Again, you can say this about anyone and it becomes more visible the more of a main event guy someone is because then they are forced to consistently work 20-30 minute matches instead of 10-15 minute matches which means a hell of a lot more time to fill in the ring, more spots, etc.
But it's the same for ZSJ, love him though I do.
>Wow, he bent back the guy's index finger instead of his middle finger this time to keep him off the ropes!You can trivialize any good wrestling/good work/good story by breaking it down to its most broad, generic story beats and saying "Wow, THING is just like OTHER THINGS!"
I don't find that valid criticism, really, because you can just say the same thing about anyone.
>Wow, Tenryu with his 5 moves of doom again! Anyway, your bias is showing, m8.
>his matches aren't compelling anymore, his entire career in Japan was a waste!Imagine unironically thinking this about a guy who is going to break Inoki's Tokyo Sports MVP record and a guy who has won Best Bout so many goddamn times, including again this year with an Ospreay match that you are surely going to say was "conventional, just another boring Okada match", completely ignoring the backstory with him and Ospreay and how their matches devolve into violence that Okada doesn't normally pursue.
>Go ask any puroresu fan who doesn't religiously watch New Japan??? You mean me?
I do religiously watch NJPW though, I just also religiously watch all puro I can get my hands on.
I just watched the entire fucking WAR and Hustle catalogs on
archive.org, don't pretend you're the only guy that watches puro.
You're just a guy with an opinion, like me. Difference is, yours is wildly contrarian.
