Talk:Professional wrestling in Japan
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[edit] Intro sentence
"Professional wrestling in Japan is commonly known as Professional wrestling". This is surely one of the most fascinating opening sentences in the whole of Wikipedia. -- 131.111.8.96 01:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Let's see if we can do something to fix it... --Voievod 21:57, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Inaccurate content
This article is completely full of inaccurate information:
"The wrestlers use shoot style strikes and kicks and complex submission moves. The wrestlers are also legitimate athletes and are strictly not sports entertainers."
Some wrestlers may use shoot style strikes but most certainly hold back. And there are also many wrestlers in Japan who fit into the category of "sports entertainers" such as Ultimo Dragon or Dragon Kid, along with many American wrestlers (like Hulk Hogan) who have wrestled in Japan. The sport may be taken more seriously in Japan and the rules are strictly enforced, however, the winner in most matches is pre-determined.
"Most of the Japanese organizations do not follow the faces and heels style of their Western counterparts. There is no good guy/bad guy structure, it's strictly competition between the wrestlers. "
Every match may not be arranged with a "Good guy" pitted against a "bad guy" but there are certainly bad guy characters(heels) as well as heroes(faces). —Preceding unsigned comment added by DemiRDR (talk • contribs) 13:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- This page does smack of a certain degree of puro-fanboy bias at the expense of American pro wrestling...personally, I appreciate both, but I think the page as written has some definite NPOV issues. The part about the lack of dirty finishes is also misleading, as it certainly hasn't always been that way.
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- I've removed a ton of unverified content. Some of it might be helpful if verified by reliable third-party sources, while some of it was inaccurate or blatantly POV. MrVibrating (talk) 15:16, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
