Im tired of not speaking my truth to stay uncouth. We simply must torture The Character in perverse and cruel ways for my enjoyment and pleasure. Guards begin
— a njpw match guide to kevin knight and clark connors
notes:
all of these matches are on njpw world
singles matches are marked with an *
my personal favorites are purple
for a narrative account of their feud, you can read part one of my primer here (part 2 is in the works)
Something to be said about badger being a death match wrestler and connor being a high flyer and the stipulation they chose for their match was an i quit match. They knew they would win but they gave connor the choice to end it whenever he wanted and they didn't trap him down into it. Of course it's a violent match but there's some sort of parallel to be drawn of connor smiling nose to nose with badger compared to desperately trying to get away and Can't Leave in his matches with rose. Hmmmm