History Anime / TigerMaskW

* ArtShift: Mr. X is drawn in a way to specifically mimic the original anime's, giving him a bit of an UncannyValley effect.

''Tiger Mask W'' is a wrestling {{Anime}} series and a sequel to the original ''Manga/TigerMask'' from the 70's. It's produced by Creator/ToeiAnimation. It premiered October 1st, during the Fall2016Anime season. It is available[[note]]Only in the U.S.A, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America including the Caribbean.[[/note]] for streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/tiger-mask-w here]]. It will run for 39 episodes.

** Zigzagged with the Yellow Devil. [[spoiler: The original is [[MentorArchetype now too old to fight]], while the first one fought is actually Billy the Kidman, who nearly defeated Tiger Mask, but got Worfed with his second appearance. The mantle of devil then falls to the low levels of [[DirtyCoward Kaioh Mikasa]], who is promptly and easily beaten by Tiger the Dark. As the for one that crippled Daisuke? He ascended to the lofty level of being ''[[UpToEleven Tiger The Great's successor]].'']]

* RealityEnsues: It wouldn't be ''Tiger Mask'' without it:
** Even if ProWrestlingIsReal, people can still get crippled into wrestling matches.
** The CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown trope is ''immensely'' difficult to pull correctly, and some wrestlers get recognized from small things.
** As smart as she is, Haruna is still inexperienced as a manager, and Nagata and Miss X use this to outmanouver her in various occasions.
** When it concerns Yellow Devil/[[spoiler:Tiger the Great]], Naoto and Takuma are filled with UnstoppableRage... Leading to them doing some rather stupid mistakes, both during fights and on more long-term occasions.
** Takuma [[spoiler:goes into the fight with Tiger the Great with [[GameBreakingInjury bruised ribs]] from his fight against Tiger Mask mere minutes earlier, and it may have played a part in his defeat]].
** In their first fight, the Candy Pair are completely outmatched by Payne Fox and Queen Elizabeth, who are taller, stronger and more experienced.
*** In the same way, Milk of the Candy Pair defeats Haruna in their fight because ''Haruna'' is the smaller and less experienced one here. The same happens when she fights Mother Devil, the strongest female wrestler in Japan, [[spoiler:and only wins because Mother Devil [[UnderestimatingBadassery dismisses her abilities too much]], allowing Haruna to to catch her by surprise with a hip strike in the head and stun her]].
** As seen in numerous UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fights, grapplers tend to hold the advantage against strikers. King Tiger gets reminded of this ''[[GameBreakingInjury painfully]]''.
** [[spoiler:Makabe]] inflicting a GameBreakingInjury or ''[[CareerEndingInjury worse]]'' on [[spoiler:Tiger the Black]] with a simple ''spider suplex'' move that his opponent was too stunned to roll with reminds the viewers that not only people can be crippled in wrestling matches, but that they can be broken by even common moves that would normally be not much of a problem. There's a reason Wrestling/{{WWE}} is so insistent with the DontTryThisAtHome PSA...
** [[PintSizedPowerhouse As strong as he is]], Big Tiger II is the oldest of Tiger's Den wrestlers, and has poor stamina.
** In their final battle, Tiger [[spoiler:the Great]] the Third has initially the upper hand on Tiger Mask as he's just as fast but taller, more experienced, and much stronger. He then ends on the receiving hand of this trope when Tiger Mask scores a piledriver (a ''very'' dangerous move, that in RealLife is banned in many promotions and under MMA Unified Rules and WWE allows to use only to the large and experienced Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}}), and while The Third is tough enough to continue fighting he's noticeably slowed down.
** When [[spoiler:Miss X]] starts a new promotion, all the expenses to set it up, organize a first night, rent a cheap gym and license [[spoiler:GWM's logo]] left them broke, and they have to turn that first night into a success to not go bankrupt immediately.
** The final episode reveals that Miss X' leg still hasn't recovered from the terrifying beating Haruna inflicted her months earlier.

** Subverted later on: Tiger Mask's rage actually throws him off his game, and it's only when he's told to BeYourself that he can actually fight effectively. Rage is a good motivator, [[RealityEnsues but you still need actual technique to win against a stronger opponent]].