| 2 | 01.12.2022 | Burning V Sternness | 4.0 | World Japan came about due to Riki Choshu and his main protege, Kensuke Sasaki, leaving New Japan and starting up a new office. Choshu had one of the greatest runs as a booker and match maker ever during the 80's and 90's in New Japan, but by the 00's he was still living in the past and World Japan's product failed to catch the interest of wrestling fans. There were some talented established wrestlers on the books for World Japan, such as Sasaki, Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka, along with up and coming wrestlers that went on to be successful such as Tomohiro Ishii Tomoaki Honma. However, World Japan's shows were often odd mis-matches with no real philosophy really shining through. Often events came down to Choshu either battling with fellow legends or in wacky tag team bouts, which in 2003/04 just wasn't going to get fans to come and watch. The company died with a whimper in 2004 following a mass exodus of talent at the end of 2003, and Choshu started running his own Riki-Pro shows until returning to New Japan |
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