I’m asking for help not from the casual wrestling fans but from the fanatics and walking encyclopedias.
I recently got really in to NJPW and in an effort to get my friends (who know all about the WWE from 2000-2016) interested in New Japan wrestling, I thought that it’d be fun to kinda bridge the gap by naming NJPW superstars and their WWE superstar counterparts.
FULL DISCLAIMER: I have way more years of WWE knowledge than the couple of months I’ve been getting into NJPW but I tried to make this list based on things like their accolades, influence, personalities, gimmicks and some of their in-ring performances. If there’s any questions on how/why I made some picks, I’d be willing to explain and I’d like some help filling in the blanks.
So far I have:
Tetsuya Naito (My GOAT) = CM Punk
Hiroshi Tanahashi = John Cena
Kazuchika Okada = Randy Orton w/ Ric Flair money
Kota Ibushi = Shelton Benjamin
Kenny Omega = Edge/Triple H
Yano Toru = ?
Keiji Mutoh = ?
Jay White = ?
Satoshi Kojima = ?
Kenta Kobashi = Kurt Angle
Will Ospreay = Seth Rollins (2015)
Mitsuharu Misawa (R.I.P) = Shawn Michaels
SANADA = Christian
Minoru Suzuki = Sheamus?
4 Pillars of Heaven = Evolution
Los Ingobernables de Japon = DX
? = Batista
? = Rey Mysterio
? = Undertaker
? = Jeff Hardy
by Pootie-the-Tang
