>>12119092it's because charisma and ability to carry a storyline outside of matches are all that matters for drawing in the west and not a single person gives a shit about preserving meaningless sports-like distinctions. all weight divisions produce in american wrestling is a vehicle for meaningless cruiserweight spotfest matches, which get old quick, don't need any justification for existing these days, and adding weight divisions would not serve to mitigate the problem, which is that these matches still happen on a near universal basis in the first place despite their limited appeal and diminishing returns
also a lot of the heavyweights in japan are fairly short they're just built like brick shithouses
