>>8700312>He has no peers amongst his contemporaries. Not Choshu, not Hashimoto, not Fujinami, not Chono, not TenryuFujinami and Choshu aren't his contemporaries, they're his forebeaerers. Liger, Hashimoto, and Chono are his contemporaries in NJPW.
Hashimoto drew more than either of the other Musketeers. Sold out more dome shows than either Mutoh or Chono thanks to how hard Choshu put him over. Choshu, now, Choshu drew so goddamn much that he made Inoki's protoge Fujinami his jannetty. And Chono had a really strong late 90s run.
In NJPW terms of historical drawing power, I'd put it like this
> Inoki > Choshu > Hashimoto > Chono > Mutoh > Tenryu = Fujinamiand so on and so forth
