New to Puroresu

[antiy4ho0]

I've recently discovered puroresu through a few wrestling media sites and for the most part I'm in love. I've known about puroresu for quite a long time but I haven't seen much, there was just nothing that made me want to see it for the longest time. So I have a few questions:

Who are some good wrestlers to watch? I've seen some Mutoh/Muta, Lyger, Hayabusa but thats pretty much it.

Is there any differences in rules in most of the feds in Japan?

What major feds are currently running in Japan?

Sorry if these questions get asked all the time, but I'm just eager to learn =)

Shoot! wrong section, if somebody could move this to the right section . . . Sorry.

[stunning_grover]

Who are some good wrestlers to watch?

junior heavyweights: Jushin Liger, Great Sasuke, Super Delfin
heavyweights: Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi
women: Mayumi Ozaki, Ayako Hamada, Manami Toyota

Is there any differences in rules in most of the feds in Japan?

There are some minor differences. But nothing really noteworthy for now. You'll probably figure it out yourself anyway as soon as you're watching more puroresu.

What major feds are currently running in Japan?

The major feds are: NOAH, All Japan, New Japan

But you shouldn't just check out the major feds, you should also check out:
independent feds: Michinoku Pro, Osaka Pro
women's wrestling feds: JWP, Jd', AtoZ

Sorry if these questions get asked all the time, but I'm just eager to learn =)

That's okay. You can keep asking questions if you want to know more about puroresu.

[Luds]

Welcome to the board, antiy4ho0!

Who are some good wrestlers to watch? I've seen some Mutoh/Muta, Lyger, Hayabusa but thats pretty much it.

Best Juniors: Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Ultimo Dragon, Great Sasuke

Best Heavyweights: Keiji Mutoh, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, Masahiro Chono, Mitsuharu Misawa

Best new stars: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shisuke Nakamura

Is there any differences in rules in most of the feds in Japan?
What major feds are currently running in Japan?

There's 3 major feds in Japan:

New Japan, All Japan & NOAH. All of them are regular feds, juniors & heavys

[Sliced Bread #2]

Juniors: Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV, Koji Kanemoto, Wataru Inoue, Dick Togo, Ikuto Hidaka, Minoru Fujita, KENTA, Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, TAKA Michinoku & Kaz Hayashi.

Heavyweights: Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, Keiji Mutoh, Kensuke Sasaki, Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jun Akiyama, Genichiro Tenryu & Satoshi Kojima.

Women: Mayumi Ozaki, Manami Toyota, Mima Shimoda, Mariko Yoshida, Aja Kong, Dump Matsumoto, Akira Hokuto, Toshiyo Yamada, Yumiko Hotta, Ayako Hamada, Chigusa Nagayo, Lioness Asuka & Megumi Kudo.

I just went with most people who are still active and not retired.

[antiy4ho0]

Thanks for all the info everyone. Does anyone have some favorite places to buy tapes/DVDs?

[mrpayperview]

I've always found Highspots to be fairly reliable with tapes (And I live in Australia)

[Sliced Bread #2]

IVPVideos

PuroresuDVDSource

[Jushin_Suzuki]

I am also quite new to Puroresu, so I'd just like to say hello to everybody: I'd also like to offer you gifts ^_^ - See My other post for details, However I'd like to let everyone know, that I've found my Puroresu family here at Hisa's Dojo! Thank you all for Having me!

- Frank

[antiy4ho0]

Thanks for the links, How reliable is IVPVideos? Has anyone ever had major problems with them?

Also, thats a kickass offer Jushin, too bad I'm not one for theme collecting.

[stunning_grover]

Triple Crown Tapes is a great site for tapes.

http://www.triplecrowntapes.com/

[Tradewynd]

Problems with IVP? I can give you a laundry list. Besides, I beat his prices anyway.

Tradewynd is your hookup. Holla, if ya hear me.

[Sliced Bread #2]

IVP is great. Check on any other Message Board and you won't find anything negative about him.

[antiy4ho0]

Thanks for all the help everyone, one last question for now, I was watching a Lyger match from Weekend of Thunder in ROH. I thought the Lygerbomb was a sitout tigerdriver, but he does a running sitout powerbomb in this match and the announcers call it a lygerbomb. Is there two versions of the lygerbomb or was I just in the wrong?

[pigman]

Yeah there's two versions of the Ligerbomb. Ones a sitout powerbomb and the other is a running sitout powerbomb. He uses them but he doesn't usually pick up the victory with em. He usuely wins with a shotei, brainbuster, or fisherman buster. For the noobs i also suggest watching some of Satoshi Kojima's recent matches. Some of his older ones are pretty good too.