>>1194782780s AJW was very basic. Lots of drop kicks and body slam. It was a lot more character driven than anything else in Japan.
By the 90s girls took they had gotten rid of the strict the heel and face dynamics which made 80s AJW great and replaced it with more spectacular moves, and the drama was more driven by the individual girls being desperate to win more so than faces over coming the heels.
>>11947853I think modern indies are more influenced by Dragon Gate, without understanding those guys only train with and wrestle each other, and you aren't going to hit your mark as consistently as they do when you only wrestle 8 times a year.