I have subscribed to the Wrestling Observer off and on since 1990, both in print and digital form. My favorite parts have always been the histories and obituaries (sorry if that is morbid) as I love reading about the history of wrestling. At times I would rather read about some aspect of history instead of actually watching it. That is not to say I don't enjoy great wrestling. I love a great and well done match. But I love to read and love history in general, and so at times I love nothing more than to loose myself for 15 minutes reading a historical piece, whether it be a biography or a look at a past territory or company.
The first wrestling I was able to see was the WWF of the early 1980's. I used to read multiple wrestling magazines every month, and ate up all the discussion of wrestlers and territories I couldn't see. The onset of the Hulkamania period was about the same time we finally got WTBS and I was able to see the end of Georgia Championship Wrestling and then onto Mid Atlantic / NWA after the timeslot was traded around. Once getting to see the NWA in Georgia and then Mid Atlantic, I was hooked, and from then on rarely watched the ever expanding WWF.
By early 1990, I had started subscribing to the Observer, shortly before the NWA died for all intents and purposes. With the Observer, I was exposed to a whole new world, that of Japan and Japanese wrestling. My enjoyment of traditional American wrestling slowly died as my love of Japan grew. While, I did enjoy ECW and now enjoy ROH and PWG, I watched little to no WWF (and WCW at the time) over the years. Instead, throughout the 90s I would buy Japanese compilation tapes from various traders and became exposed to All Japan, amongst others.
So that is a little about my background and how I came to enjoy and love All Japan and these amazing Triple Crown matches that I hope to document here.
