Hey all, been a while since I've posted, got locked out after I got a new phone and finally found my account. Anyways, this has been pissing me off for quite a while so I'm about to fire some shots. I made a large rant on another site about the Tsuji/EVIL match so I will just copy and paste what I wrote because it's way too fucking much to do again. Enjoy the read. Like. Downvote. Bring it. I'm pretty much done with this narrow minded bullshit 'American' take of House of Torture and the company itself. Let's fuckin get to it!
Okay, so Tsuji v Evil. American social media is blowing up about how 'this is bullshit' and 'fuck Gedo' and 'this is why the young generation will never get over' and whatever other garbage take they have. Let me fill everyone in on something…if you're on Reddit and follow New Japan there is a poster named EffinKenta. He's my GOAT, dude is amazing. I don't know if he lives in Japan or what but he always has a unique view of things and some DEEP insight. As him and others who live in Japan have posted, House of Torture is OVER AS FUCK in Japan. They are the leading merch sellers for the company, EVIL is used in MANY public PR ventures like the recent New Japan train tour, and there have even been school kids polled on who their favourite wrestler is and one poll had EVIL winning by almost 300 votes in ONE SCHOOL 😳. I love them but we all need to accept the fact that House of Torture is just one of those things in Japan that a majority of American fans just do not and probably will never understand. They're a cultural difference. They're the equivalent of Japanese gameshow clips from the 90s coming to America and us saying 'How is this entertaining? It makes no sense!' That's House of Torture. Look at the fans faces during their 'bullshit', they're booing but so many of them are laughing and have a huge smile on their face. We might think it sucks but hey, Japanese wrestling is catering to Japanese, not us. They do not, and rightfully SHOULDN'T care if American fans don't like it because this isn't for them.
Rant aside, I still think Takeshita is taking the tournament like I said from the beginning BUT do not be surprised if EVIL takes it. This Wrestle Kingdom is going to be the most highly viewed possibly ever, it wouldn't be the dumbest idea to put your top merch seller into the main event. Personally I think Takeshita wins and this concussion angle is used to create a Tsuji v EVIL match at Wrestle Kingdom with a possible stipulation to disband HoT. People complain about 'not building new talent', well how good does a new talent finally defeating the cancer of the company on the biggest stage sound? Pretty fucking cool to me.
Just remember, New Japan are the kings of using every detail to working towards a future moment, they actually turn chicken shit into chicken salad and it's not about what happens now, but what it will lead to. Even though it sucks time being, Takeshita hurting Gabe will lead to a huge future rivalry between them and I feel Tsuji getting worked over by EVIL will lead to a WK moment between them. Let this shit cook, the meal is always worth the wait
by DespyHasNiceCans