Tapes

[Darkness Dragon]

I'm pretty new to puroresu, what tapes would you recommend for someone just getting into it? I'm looking more along the lines of compilations. Thanks for your help.

[Luds]

Hi there, if you would like to start watching puroresu, I would recommend you visit these Tape trading board on this site.

For starters, you can purchase tapes (you mentioned compilations, which is a great idea) about the history of the title belts for the big leagues (New Japan, All Japan, NOAH).

I would recommend the history of the IWGP Heavyweight title (New Japan's top belt) in 2 tapes. for match listing look here:

http://www.wrestlingemporium.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?7
and http://www.wrestlingemporium.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?491

Look for the following stars
New Japan: Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Mutoh/Great Muta, Masa Chono, Vader, Kensuke Sasaki, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger

All Japan/NOAH: Jumbo Tsuruta, Genichiro Tenryu, Stan Hansen, Mitsuharu Misawa, Steve Williams, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi...