10 Things Japanese Wrestling Does Better Than WWE
7. Inter-Promotional Cooperation That Benefits The Fans
Many people think that the power-brokers in WWE have this ‘us vs. them' mentality, and that many decisions are made to spite certain fan groups for having different opinions of whom the company wants to promote. This leads to many people complaining about the state of things in WWE, and how the lack of real competition (sorry, TNA) has led to fans ‘having no choice’ in wrestling programming.
Of course, if one were to watch Japanese wrestling, they’d see how the philosophy is far more ‘fan-oriented’ than WWE.
Inter-promotional cooperation is not only promoted, but it’s encouraged. When multiple promotions proclaim to have the strongest roster and the best World Champion, the result is a series of cross-promotional mega-feuds and dream matches that truly benefit the fans.
To this day, there is regular cooperation between All Japan, New Japan, and NOAH that allowed fans to see match combinations that at one time wouldn’t have been conceivable. Furthermore, NJPW has recently intervened and has saved a troubled NOAH, which was on the brink of closing after KENTA signed with WWE.
Instead of adopting the ruthless ‘zero competition’ philosophy of WWE that creates a single promotion where if talent are unhappy they can leave (but have nowhere else to go), there is healthy competition between multiple promotions that benefits fans more than it does backstage interests and egos.