Post by simon on Aug 16, 2018 19:43:18 GMT -5
Might be my #1, absolute lock for the top 10.
Probably the best big match resume of anyone this decade. Great performances as Ace in his prime, Ace struggling to hang on, passing the torch, and post-prime old guy trying to avoid dealing with the process of aging. Alternating face/heel roles within those, incredibly versatile. One of the only wrestlers to tell stories tackling an entire life cycle, his matches force us as viewers to consider our own mortality and fleeting youth. If you want to get into nuts and bolts, he's the master of a style he invented, and NJPW main events without him in them being less good is no coincidence because nobody can read the blueprint like the man who wrote it.
Nothing but respect for my Ace.
Probably the best big match resume of anyone this decade. Great performances as Ace in his prime, Ace struggling to hang on, passing the torch, and post-prime old guy trying to avoid dealing with the process of aging. Alternating face/heel roles within those, incredibly versatile. One of the only wrestlers to tell stories tackling an entire life cycle, his matches force us as viewers to consider our own mortality and fleeting youth. If you want to get into nuts and bolts, he's the master of a style he invented, and NJPW main events without him in them being less good is no coincidence because nobody can read the blueprint like the man who wrote it.
Nothing but respect for my Ace.
