g-1 climax

This week marked the end of new Japan pro wrestling's Grand 1 climax 2014 round robin tournament and according to most people, who have seen it, it is the grestest work of wrestling art possibly ever. The praise for these shows has been awfully high from anyone in the know. The question I pose is can a tournament such as g-1 ever get over in the united states? Can a tournament so heavily based on in ring performance and quality ever be sold to the masses of sports entertainment or the wwe universe? All three "major brands" have the talent pool to put on such an event but does anyone believe the modern era fan can invest in this caliber event? Is it a sad state of wrestling that I don't know if we could? In an era where good to great matches are so few and far between, not because of the talent rosters but because of the limitations put on the rosters, I don't know that the "universe" would appreciate such a wrestling heavy approach to the product. Nor would they enjoy a several week long event based solely on success inside the ring and wins and losses. A wrestler may have to sleep with a corpse just to keep the audience tuning into the shows. Maybe the leader of block a's girlfriend could make fun of block b winner's fiance then we would have can't miss television. Maybe I am getting phased out of wrestling as a fan but what happened to competing for titles being the main focal point of stories with the grudge match spawning from the competitors wanting to know who the better man is? Don't get me wrong I enjoy the personal and deep storylines as much as everyone but some times in wrestling it is OK to be competing to see who is better or a rival being built out of jealousy or a personal vendetta without the motivation being based on a lifetime made for TV movie. The focus needs to shift back to wrestling according to this long time fan and maybe then a high quality match isn't so shockingly rewarding but the new expectation. Maybe that would even bring in more viewers and in the long term set up a tournament where the winner is made to be a superstar; instead of the guy who is starring in the next straight to DVD movie.
People in Japan are conditioned to know and respect a high quality of in ring action and because of it wrestling as a whole is much more accepted in the land of the rising sun. Imagine that concept, produce a respectable product and people will be more willing to accept your product. That is probably just a fluke and Japan is too small of a sample size to really know what wrestling fans appreciate. Until north american wrestling companies figure it out enjoy adam rose weekly and you may want to consider www.ivpvideos.com and watching a little new Japan pro wrestling where they consider wrestling to still be the sport of kings. But that's just this marks remarks.