Each match fitted into the wider story being told in AJPW as a whole .
So fans could see a wrestler rise from the status of rookie , through the mid-card pack and finally to the point where he challenged the Four Pillars themselves .
Each match fitted into the wider story being told in AJPW as a whole , and so fans could see a wrestler rise from the status of rookie , through the mid-card pack and finally to the point where he challenged the Four Pillars themselves .