G. Badger

When I think of excess in pro wrestling, I think of ultra violent death matches. I like a good barbwire or thumbtack match in the right setting or context but, I find nothing appealing about a light tube razor wire match where the winner has to powerbomb the opponent into a tray of salt. That's too much! It's not wrestling anymore...and frankly it's not even entertaining. To take it more mainstream, I would say many gimmick matches where climbing is involved can be excessive. There is a fine line between a good cage match and contrived goofiness.

I would have to go with strong style since it can be a bit of a hybrid of the other styles. I'm thinking of 80's NJ specifically 86-88 with the UWF guys in the mix. It struck me as a faster NWA style with shoot elements and the Jr's. incorporated a bit of lucha as well. So, I feel like the style could lend itself to surprises. Conversely, I don't care for most 90's strong style matwork as it just followed the pattern of apply the hold, work towards the ropes, milk the drama, and rope break.

Greetings, I've been a fan of PWO since probably the '96 yearbook was being worked on or before. Finally I have gotten around to becoming a member! Thanks for having me! I'm 32 and would call myself a fan of wrestling since '98. I watched a good deal of the Monday Night Wars unfold and then go out with a whimper. I was a big fan of ECW and that helped me get into buying BJW & IWA death match tapes...oh those days of tracking issues and wacky audio! Anyhow during my college days, my fandom took a back seat to other things but, was kept alive by my old ps1 copy of WCW vs the World and the occasional free WWE ppv in the student center...and said death matches. After graduating and having to move back home with the folks for a couple years, my love of wrestling blossomed. I got into TNA wrestling which let to ROH which eventually led me to puro and joshi. This would be about 2007-2009. To speak about present, I've been watching mid 2000s NOAH, AJPW from 2011-2015, and 2004-2006 ROH & TNA. Thanks to the Good Shit posts by Supersonic for the latter! Generally speaking though, my favorite period of wrestling is 86-90 Japan and I am most passionate about puro & joshi. Anyhow, I look forward to sharing and big thanks to everyone who's kept PWO going!