>>19528279Always got the vibe that Misawa had a specific sort of charisma in Japan as this stoic boomer workaholic fighting through the pain and fatigue and drinking like a sailor.
Like how Stone Cold was appealing to us because he beat up his boss and disrespected authority, Misawa was more the power fantasy of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and earning your boss' respect. That probably resonated with both overworked salarymen and young people in 90s recession Japan who were unemployed and getting yelled at by their dads all day. Not sure how accurate that is though.
