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Professional wrestling in Japan: A Brief History of Puroresu
Professional wrestling in Japan, or "puroresu," is a combat sport popular. Peaked in 1960 and 70, but it is still widely enjoyed today.
Rikidozan and the early days
Puroresu began in Japan after World War 2. It does not really take off until Rikidozan wine. Rikidozan was a Korean-born sumo wrestler. In 1951, started the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance, or the JWA. It was the model of associations of professional wrestling in the United States States.
The first 10 years are dominated by Rikidozan proresu. He helped to establish practically the entire wrestling industry. He was the first to compete internationally, and began bringing international fighters for Japan to compete. Basically, put Japan on the map in the world of wrestling.
In 1963, Rikidozan died at the age of 39. Although there puroresu done much in the last ten years, died leaving many projects unfinished. It was decided that the JWA would continue with all the new talents that have emerged.
Rival Camps
In the 1970s, there were plenty of stars puroresu famous in Japan, including Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki. At this time, the unity of the JWA was beginning to break. Both Baba and Inoki started their own organizations of struggle and competition was fierce between them. Giant Baba started All Japan Pro-Wrestling and Antonio Inoki started New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The following year, JWA went under.
Puroresu been less gimmicky than American in wrestling and Antonio Inoki has done much to try to raise their status to form a real struggle. Throughout the 1970s, tried to raise the legitimacy of the sport by fighting karate fighters, judo fighters and boxers. In 1976 he fought Muhammad Ali in a fight that was very heavily promoted, but not fought. With all the restrictions about what the fighters could and could not do, it became a joke. However, puroresu tried to legitimize its motto, "puroresu civil rights."
Women in the ring
Women have always been active in wrestling in Japan. Pro-Wrestling Women's National Association of Japan began in 1955, but the struggle of women in Japan really began to accelerate in 1967 with the establishment of the Women's Pro-Wrestling Association of Japan. In the early days of AJW, Japanese fighters fighting fighters from other countries, in an effort to promote fights. In 1975, Mach Fumiake WWWA won the Championship, and since then only 2 Japanese women wrestlers have won.
A series of large pro-wrestlers in Japan throughout the 1980s and '90s, including Jushin Luger, Manami Toyota, Akira Hokuto Leone and Asuka. With the dissolution of the federations of the important men in wrestling, women wrestlers have taken the main stage. Today the struggle of women is much more popular in Japan that wrestling men. While the combatants of men outside of wrestling are usually divided other fighting styles, women fighters tend to remain faithful to puroresu.
Today Puroresu
In K-1 and the popularity of mixed martial arts win in Japan, the popularity of puroresu has been declining. This is also due to the gradual disintegration of both AJPW Baba after his death, and decreased the NJPW.
Although pro-wrestling is not as popular as it was in Japan, still attracts huge crowds. As has been mixed with other sports in the new hybrid fighting styles, has lost some of its purity, but is still popular.
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