>>11378887They still had Kawada who was a top guy, Fuchi who was a veteran and all the gaijin regulars didn't jump cause one of the goals of NOAH was to focus more on the Japanese talent.
Tenryu came back who was a top guy in the late 80s and remained a as relevant as a non New/All Japan guy could be in the 90s. Co-promoted with New Japan, and then by 2002 Muta had jumped over to All Japan who was arguably the biggest star of the 90s.