>>11179262>oh boy, here comes Tatsumi Fujinami>he's so vanilla!>just another guy in black trunks like Inoki, get your own identity!Anon, it's important to understand the history of puro. Riki Choshu made a splash because he wore white boots without kneepads (but still just plain black trunks) and this was considered some sort of new breath of fresh air.
But anyway, wearing plain black trunks is kind of the NJPW signature on account of Inoki, and doubled down on by Fujinami, Shibata, etc.
If someone's character is "I respect the past of NJPW, I'm a no frills NJPW wrestler", that, to the Japanese audience, is a valid and defined character with a lot of history behind it.
