Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Attire Every Year 1990-2021

32. 1990 - Jushin Liger

Yes, that picture is from NXT in 2015. No, NJPW haven't yet made the connection between its lack of buzz and media clampdown.

NJPW had tried to experiment with crossovers before, to uneven effect: Tiger Mask was as legendary as Space Lone Wolf was risible. Jushin Liger, based on anime, sat uneasily between the two initially. Almost too elaborate in design, the attire might have tumbled into parody, had the performer behind the mask not performed like a hero with what appeared to be actual super-powers.

Liger's incredible, brain-melting arsenal has been cannibalised to such an extent that it will never feel like it once did, but with his shooting star press, he redefined the way in which wrestlers moved, much less worked.