Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 12:57:21 GMT -5
I got a Dynamite Kid DVD and watched all his matches and got inspired to watch more Japanese wrestling.
I have now begun to watch Kenta Kobashi, but this is what I don't understand.
In two Kenta Kobashi matches I have watched, the first being his match of the year with Misawa, he got dominated throughout the entire match and he comes back to win.
The second match was versus Mike Awesome. In this match alone, he took multiple awesome bombs, was put through a table, was powerbombed from the top rope, body splashed, and STILL WON. That's not believable to me. How could anyone take that many powerbombs in the ring, on a table, and off the top rope, and still win? Mike should have equally took a beating, for him to lose like that isn't believable.
That just doesn't make sense to me. It seems to me like most of Kobashi matches are following the same formula. Kobashi takes a beating the entire match, does nothing, but then comes back and wins in the end with a finisher.
It says on wikipedia :
"It is treated as a legitimate fight, with fewer theatrics; the stories told in Japanese matches are about a fighter's spirit and perseverance."
So is this what most Japanese matches are like? In my Dynamite Kid set, the matches are pretty even... And this is kind of a turn off if all Japanese wrestling is wrestler B getting his butt kicked and in the last 5 minutes he comes back.
Thanks
I have now begun to watch Kenta Kobashi, but this is what I don't understand.
In two Kenta Kobashi matches I have watched, the first being his match of the year with Misawa, he got dominated throughout the entire match and he comes back to win.
The second match was versus Mike Awesome. In this match alone, he took multiple awesome bombs, was put through a table, was powerbombed from the top rope, body splashed, and STILL WON. That's not believable to me. How could anyone take that many powerbombs in the ring, on a table, and off the top rope, and still win? Mike should have equally took a beating, for him to lose like that isn't believable.
That just doesn't make sense to me. It seems to me like most of Kobashi matches are following the same formula. Kobashi takes a beating the entire match, does nothing, but then comes back and wins in the end with a finisher.
It says on wikipedia :
"It is treated as a legitimate fight, with fewer theatrics; the stories told in Japanese matches are about a fighter's spirit and perseverance."
So is this what most Japanese matches are like? In my Dynamite Kid set, the matches are pretty even... And this is kind of a turn off if all Japanese wrestling is wrestler B getting his butt kicked and in the last 5 minutes he comes back.
Thanks
