Welcome to the Forgotten Inokiists: Bas Rutten vs Osamu Nishimura

NJPW The Spiral
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
10/14/2002 50,000 in Attendance (claimed)

The Forgotten Inokiists is about the individual fighters, bouts, feuds, theory, and aesthetics of last era of Antonio Inoki's New Japan Pro-Wrestling. 

Gone was a world where Inoki's concept of "different style" matches was just a vision; MMA reigns supreme and the 90s boom period for professional wrestling is waning. The motto KING OF SPORTS is tested by all and challenges are made, whether they be no holds barred fights or fixed pro-wrestling bouts, violence and struggle explodes on every stage of fighting in Japan. 

The match above is just a sample of kind of fighting that will be covered on the Forgotten Inokiists as we explore this sadly in the modern day misunderstood era of New Japan and the greater Japanese fight scene.