Write That Down! A history of pro wrestling tournaments in Japan

Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper return with a unique episode centered on the history of seasonal wrestling tournaments in Japanese pro wrestling history. From Rikidozan’s World League tournament to Giant Baba’s Champion Carnival to Riki Choshu’s G1 Climax to all the round-robin and single-elimination tournaments in between, this episode of Write That Down! covers it all. Rikidozan and sumo culture’s strong influence on Japanese pro wrestling 1959 World League hosted by Rikidozan AJPW’s Champion Carnival: 1973 NJPW’s G1 Climax & “Mr. August” Masahiro Chono NJPW’s own version of the ‘World League’ from 1974–78 This turns into NJPW’s MSG Series from 1979–81 The Japanese network television wars IWE 1966–1981 NJPW IWGP tournament & Hulk Hogan Vince McMahon at Wrestling Summit Ted DiBiase vs. Ultimate Warrior Bret Hart vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (Tiger Mask II) AJPW Champion Carnival 1997 Kazuchika Okada’s recent G1 Climax 33 victory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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