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Originally Posted by Dirty Fighter
Do you really think Fuji will take them with all the Pride folk?
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They have aired K-1 WGP for many years. It has less to do with former PRIDE staff than it does with low ratings started during the later HEROs events, and a continuation of this trend with the first DREAM event. TBS was very close to dropping HEROs last year due to ratings. They put on good fights from time to time but the matchmaking is generally convoluted and there was no continuity between events, no rivalrys, heck, alot of the time you saw a core group of 5 or 6 guys fighting and then other unknowns/former puroresu stars coming in. DREAM didn't have time to grow really.
And historically, Bushido events usually didn't pull much as compared to the regular PRIDE events. Maybe Japan, even with its deluge of talented lighter weight fighters, really likes the big guys more?