>>8222177All wrong. It's not a hipster desire for New Japan to remain 'Esoteric' it's the understanding that, frankly, you people have shit taste and I had to run all the way to Japan to find something fucking watchable. I know what New Japan would have to do to itself to become something that would be 'mainstream' in America. I stopped watching your mainstream swill to go watch something better, why in fucks name would I want the thing I'm watching now to become what I fucking left? That doesn't make any god damn sense.
Secondly, New Japan flirted with the idea of pushing to become a big contender in the west and gave up when AEW came into being, stealing all of it's thunder and hype. New Japan Strong is nothing more then an New Japan backed Indie show. A place to test out and train gaijin talent, do tryouts, give Japanese guys a chance to tour America and make some money all in the same time. Being 'mainstream' is a pipe dream that New Japan gave up on very quickly.
Thirdly, now you are arguing semantics.
>I didn't say it had to be all of them! It just had to be more! We only got Tana/Mox and White/Page/Okada/Cole! That's basically nothing.' Are you fucking serious? This is exactly why you can take 'Mainstream' and shove it up your ass. i don't want it, New Japan doesn't need it. It makes plenty of money doing things it's way.
