Now, I’ve never seen the wrestling opera that is HUSTLE, at least not in terms of a complete presentation. There seems to be almost a concerted effort to keep the show out of the radar of wrestling fans outside Japan. Which is really odd seeing as it is more like WWE than any other Japanese promotion.
My limited understanding of the promotion is that it struggled to find an audience to begin with, as it’s style is something of an anathema for your puroresu hardcore fan. However, addition of mainstream media stars like Razor Ramon HG (who started as a wrestler) and the Taiwanese model Yinling seems to have raised it’s profile to where it is a success amongst folks who would not normally follow wrestling.
Despite the difficulty in finding HUSTLE, there are plenty of neat promo videos that you can find on your video sharing sites of choice. Here’s one of Hustlemania 2006. Yes, it does feature Yinling (in her NewLing face gimmick) getting shot.
SHOT WITH PSYCHIC BULLETS!