ProHeadlockGrader

Please move this if it's not acceptable as a reply to this thread on 90s AJ but I have a question. Why did Baba close off relations with all other promotions near the start of the decade? I've done a bit of reading on this topic on this site and in various things written by Meltzer like observers and his Tributes books, but cannot find a satisfactory answer for why All Japan cocooned itself the way it did aside from a list of things that pissed off Baba about other promotions There wasn't anywhere to send young boys out on excursions because quote "there is nothing more to be learned in America" Crockett Jr. screwed Baba by cancelling several Flair tours in the late 80s when Baba was pushing NWA champions hard even though the organization was in the shits There was a goofy angle in America when AJ had a relationship with them where Tenryu and the Road Warriors couldn't wrestle JYD/Murdoch/Hayes at Clash of Champions V 02/15/1989 for the NWA six man titles because Kevin Sullivan blocked off the challengers in their rooms and took over the match and Baba thought this was too goofy for his serious sports style (Meltzer says this is the straw that broke the camel's back and he mentions it in both Baba and Hawk's obits as something big but I don't believe it considering he works with WWF a little of a year later) Baba was promoting a Hulk Hogan WWF title match for the AJ/WWF dome show but Vince made Warrior the champ and didn't clue Baba in on it so Baba looked like an idiot even with the Hansen/Hogan main event WWF either cuts off ties with AJ and then forms a relationship with SWS or forms a relationship with SWS while still in cahoots with AJ. I'm not sure how it is but neither would make Baba a very happy giant If I was Baba, I would be pissed off at foreign companies too and even Tenryu's boys, hell especially them when he publicly said none of them are coming back while he was alive. But he let things decline with the same pool of talent at the top of the card instead of doing any invasion storylines like everyone else in Japan. Were there any reasons he was so apprehensive about working with other companies in Japan until the late 90s, and even then only bringing in Hayabusa and Shinzaki from FMW in for the tag league? Was it too corny for him (this is something I don't buy when he was more than happy to do Choshu's boys vs All Japan in the 80s.)? He didn't want to work with anyone to the point of burying Kawada when he publicly suggests interpromotional cards, so again, what made Baba decide to have All Japan stick to themselves?

I agree with sentiment that it was an accident and that Riddick Moss isn't to blame; but still, is it really a good idea putting the best wrestlers in the world in the hands of people with very little experience? It's not like it's acceptable for the lesser talented people to be injured by rookies because it isn't, but there's a reason guys like Honky don't take bumps on the indies from total randoms

Are there no decently experienced guys around who can work with the green workers without risking guys like Hideo Itami? There only seem to be three kinds of wrestlers in NXT , the 15+ year veterans who are there to prop up the brand, the 5+ year guys hot off the indies and the fresh out of the performance center trainees. It's important for the wrestlers in the last category to grow better and the only way they can do that is by wrestling people better than them, but shouldn't they stick to the mid level guys and work their way to that level of skill instead of going up against the performers out of their league and potentially hurt them while not learning jack or shit because of the talent and experience disparity?