3. Wins And Losses Matter A Lot More In Japan
One of the biggest criticisms that fans have towards WWEs programming is that matches and win/loss records dont matter as much as they used to. For example, WWEs token superhero John Cena lost a big match once, and on the next show he was smiling and cheerful, as if that match never took place. It was as if being entertaining was more important than what he does in the ring. In another example, this past week on RAW featured a contest between Luke Harper and Eric Rowan, two former members of the Wyatt family, two Superstars who had spent a lot of time together, wrestle in a two-minute throwaway match without any build. In an ideal world, that match wouldve been a big deal and wouldve been heavily hyped. This is where Japan differs once more. Win/loss records are extremely important, matches and tournaments to determine the #1 contender for a title are taken very seriously, and a lot of effort is put in place to make Championship matches as big as possible. To do this, the wrestlers have to care a lot about winning and losing.