>>9904343>>9904411Saying Hashimoto and Muto were bigger draws than Misawa is like saying Rock and Austin were bigger draws than Hogan or something
They're all huge draws regardless.
Proof of Misawa's drawing power is evident in NOAH's creation -- he pretty much gutted AJPW and went off to sell out Tokyo Dome shows.
Misawa was the most successful of any of the Showa Era's guys in terms of the promotion he created. Wrestle-1 and Pro Wrestling Zero 1 were nowhere near as successful as NOAH, so it can be argued that Misawa was the biggest draw of the era from that perspective.
Where Hashimoto and Muto floundered without NJPW, Misawa jannetty'd his own promotion and destroyed their business. Even with Muto as chairman, AJPW couldn't be saved from irrelevancy.
