Well for me it was basically in 95 when I started seeing guys like Eddie, Malenko, Mysterio, etc. on ECW/WCW and made me want to find some tapes. Then I went to my first ECW event (for those of you who wouldn't know....RFVideo was always at their shows) and I was introduced to the great world of tapes. From there I got into the NJ Juniors stuff and eventually collected the J-Cup/J*Crown tourney's. After than I kinda migrated into AJPW 90's in all it's greatness. Now I really only watch NOAH, but I'm always up for AJ/NJ shows that I hear good stuff about or have an interest in. I would like to start checking out more Dragons Gate and Osaka for sure though.

It had a lot to do with the talent exchanges between WCW and NJPW. I liked guys like Chono, Tenzan and Liger from their appearances and when I found good tape dealers it was only a matter of time. The 94, 95 J Cups and the J Crown Tournament were my first buys. My second purchase was the 95 G-1 Climax due to Flair's involvement and the 94 Junior Tag League. I basically just buy New Japan shows because I know the workers but I buy the occasional All Japan or NOAH tape. The G-1 Climax shows are always my favorite.

It started when I saw ECW Heatwave 98 for the first time in early 2000. I enjoyed the guys like Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka, and Mike Awesome that were coming over from FMW, so a friend and I put some money together and ordered tapes off the internet. A few months later I got back on the internet and searched for Hayabusa, which ended up leading me to finding the Super J Cup 94. I ordered this and was immediately hooked on the Juniors. I didn't start getting into the NJPW heavies or All Japan until I became a smark in late 2000.

WARNING: Watching or owning any J-Cup or J*Crown may cause to Puroresu addiction.

I swear it's like clockwork. Everyone I know that watches Puro for the most part started because of those shows......

I'm actually in the process of getting into it now. I have a bunch of random matches on some comps, and some other stuff, like The Bulldogs In Japan and the 94 and 95 J-Cups, but what I'm really looking to check out is the early-90's AJPW. I'm starting at about 1991 or so, with some custom Lynch comps covering the entire Misawa/Jumbo feud. The tapes look good, with all the 6-mans and tags from the time, and lots and lots of Kawada. I also grabbed a comp of some 70's AJPW with Billy Robinson, Race, Jumbo, and Terry Funk, so I'm psyched for that, too.

I think the J Cups are just the easiest show for a beginner to watch. If you've watch U.S. wrestling you'll know most of the guys on the 94 J Cup show and then the 95 you'll know a lot of guys because you watched 94.

This is going to sound horrible, but I've never seen Puro until 2 years ago (ducks a thrown chair). I've seen guys now and then with WCW talent exchange, but I just thought they were random guys.

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I didn't know about most Puro superstars until I downloaded Super Fire ProWrestling X Premium for SNES. After that, I tried reading about some workers that I recognized and have a few tapes, but nothing much.

I want to get into it more. I would especially love the 70's stuff, and the J Cups.

First got interested when Liger came to WCW and they showed footage from NJPW. Then I got hooked up with Mike Quackenbush around 95 or so and he had a good supplier of NJPW and AJPW TV so I was following it regularly for a couple years, almost but not quite becoming a "puro elitist".

Count me as another that got hooked on the J-Cup and Skydiving J too.

I started collecting tapes in 98/99, beginning with Flair and Michaels comps. Had read some stuff about Dynamite Kid/Tiger Mask and bloody Mutoh matches and decided to find people who knew something about them. Wasn't long after that that someone started offering 6 hrs. worth of shows for $5 each in return for reviewing what was on the tapes, and voila.

Who do you do your reviews for CTC?

Downloaded some Liger matches in early 2003.

can't believe no one said through downloads found on message boards.

can't believe no one said through downloads found on message boards.

Match downloads weren't really around when I first started to get into puro.

The vast majority of my puro viewing comes from message board downloads and youtube.