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Post by bossrock on Oct 5, 2020 20:56:27 GMT -5
Top Matches - Kobashi or Misawa
Versatility - Kobashi or Kawada
Consistency - Kobashi or Kawada
Charisma/It Factor - Kobashi
Elevating Others - Misawa or Kobashi
Offense - Kobashi
Selling - Kobashi
Rewatch Value - Kobashi or Misawa
Elliott's Bonus Question - Kobashi
For consistency and versatility, Kobashi and Kawada have the most varied catalog of good matches with different opponents. Misawa being the ace kind of limited who he faced in singles matches and as mentioned above, he often wasn't the star of tags or multi-mans.
For selling I was tempted to add Kawada but he developed an annoying tendency to drop leg selling in the 2000's. Kobashi was more consistent throughout his career.
Kobashi, Kawada, Misawa, Bryan, Tenryu, and Hansen have always been the six wrestlers I've been comfortable with calling the GOAT, but the "gun to my head" answer has always been Kobashi.
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Post by Kadaveri on Oct 6, 2020 4:29:48 GMT -5
People rarely watch the bad matches of 90s AJPW, but to look at consistency watch Hansen vs. Misawa in October 1993. Never seen any of the other pillars in a Budokan main event put on such a stinker.
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Post by Cap on Oct 6, 2020 7:59:34 GMT -5
That is totally fair. I take it back. I'm giving consistency to Kobashi.
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Post by nintendologic on Oct 6, 2020 10:19:40 GMT -5
Misawa broke his sternum early on in the 10/93 Hansen match, so it's not quite fair to hold that against him.
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Post by Cap on Oct 6, 2020 11:02:10 GMT -5
I don't think I actually knew that.
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Post by KB8 on Oct 6, 2020 12:33:20 GMT -5
I still think, at his best, Misawa is the best seller of the lot. He's obviously way more understated than Kobashi and I suppose even Kawada, but there's something about him refusing to accept defeat in the face of seemingly-insurmountable odds that can be just mesmerising. The '96 Tag League is one of the best selling performances I've ever seen, especially in that last 15 minutes when it's him all on his own against Kawada and Taue.
In the "selling a limb/body part" sense that might be Kobashi, I suppose.
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Post by bossrock on Oct 6, 2020 15:52:45 GMT -5
Yeah I think he could Kobashi a run for his money in terms of selling.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2020 7:38:34 GMT -5
Kobashi, Misawa, Kawada, Taue, Akiyama
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Post by Cap on Oct 7, 2020 9:31:26 GMT -5
I feel like my order would be Kobashi and then the other four grouped together depending on the setting and my mood.
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