>>18358664
You need native stars for him to go against. Fans in the 70's and 80's legit believed that top pro wrestlers were the toughest guys in the country. Even if they didn't completely believe the matches were legit, they believed guys like Inoki, Maeda and Hashimoto were legit. You can't get that back after wrestling was exposed by MMA and kayfabe got shattered by Takahashi's books.