>>19016617Poor Great Sasuke gets forgotten in this conversation when he's the actual first J Crown Champion. Because of that, people forget that the 8 belts were literally fought for in a tournament with the 7 best Jrs in Japan along with Negro Casas from Mexico (no disrespect, he's based he's just not Japanese) leading to the finals with every belt on the line between 2 men. Ultimo was already the man when he added the other 2.
There's no comparison between that and Mercedes hopping around to indies with promotions, champions and championships nobody has heard of to wrestle 1 match and dip with their belt to do fuckall with. It's like when Okada won the C2 and they acted like it made him tie Chono's G1 record, which in itself felt like if Ric Flair won some regional belt and called it #17. And the worst part is this adds absolutely nothing to Mercedes' feuds (she's barely had any at all, muchless of note), presentation or presence on TV. She literally lost to the top champion in her promotion, disappeared then returned as if nothing happened.
