Chasing the Storm: a retrospective of Jushin 'Thunder' Liger

[kingliam]

Just started a new column over at Kayfabe Today

 

http://kayfabetoday.com/index.php/2017/06/04/chasing-the-storm-a-retrospective-of-jushin-thunder-liger-episode-1/

 

The idea is to watch Liger from the beginning via New Japan World. Liger was my favourite wrestler when I was really young, so primarily this is about seeing if my opinions on him hold up, as well as discovering matches I didn't see when I was pre-teen, pretty much.

 

Thought this might be along the lines of something people here might like, so enjoy! The updates won't be regular regular, but I'll post whenever I add a column.

[WingedEagle]

Love Liger! Really excited to see this develop and am glad that you're going back to Yamada rather than starting with him under the mask. Tons of great work in that period as well.

[kingliam]

I actually got around to the second column a lot quicker than I thought I would.

 

http://kayfabetoday.com/index.php/2017/06/11/chasing-the-storm-episode-2/

 

The debut of the Liger character, his IWGP title match against Hase and the first of the Sano matches are covered. Hope you enjoy.

[kingliam]

http://kayfabetoday.com/index.php/2017/07/01/chasing-the-storm-episode-3/

 

Episode 3 covers three Sano matches, with an Akira Nogami contest between September 89 and January 90 Sano matches.

 

My final ranking for the Sano matches from best to worst:

31st January 90

10th August 89

13th July 89

20th September 89