>>14483659It's absolutely a shoot.
This is how the Japanese wrestling business works. People think, "Oh the guys don't talk about behind the scenes shit" but they're wrong. They do talk about it. And openly and in public, and it's presented as part of the show.
Choshu's feuds with Inoki whenever he left the company always happened in public. NJPW TV would literally ambush Choshu coming out of his car on Inoki's orders and confront him about World Japan and shit, it's kind of wild how they used to do things.
They've buttoned it up a bit but traditionally, this is how they shoot: under the pretense of kayfabe. It's all presented like kayfabe, even the shoot behind the scenes shit.
