It's interesting to see a match where Hashimoto falls into the rhythms of "shooting" and wins by submission as a victory for New Japan style wrestling. Didn't he have to adapt to the other man's world to win? It's almost an admission that the wrestling he knew wasn't enough, something made more explicit by Ogawa just a few short years later.
That's an interesting point. He knew he had to submit Takada to prove a point, and that by itself is admitting the UWF philosophy changed the wrestling scene for the better (especially with both AJPW and NJPW adopting clean finishes more often in the 1980s).
I'm glad I re-watched this match on Joseph's stream. I forgot how incredible it was at conveying everything that makes pro wrestling great philosophically. The match stands on its own quite well. The story it tells connects at a very simple level in terms of the emotions we feel as human beings.
It's interesting to see a match where Hashimoto falls into the rhythms of "shooting" and wins by submission as a victory for New Japan style wrestling. Didn't he have to adapt to the other man's world to win? It's almost an admission that the wrestling he knew wasn't enough, something made more explicit by Ogawa just a few short years later.
That's an interesting point. He knew he had to submit Takada to prove a point, and that by itself is admitting the UWF philosophy changed the wrestling scene for the better (especially with both AJPW and NJPW adopting clean finishes more often in the 1980s).
I'm glad I re-watched this match on Joseph's stream. I forgot how incredible it was at conveying everything that makes pro wrestling great philosophically. The match stands on its own quite well. The story it tells connects at a very simple level in terms of the emotions we feel as human beings.
I am also glad that I rewatched it on Joseph’s stream. Takada >>>