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#1 ·
About time we made a Puro thread seeing as there's an Indy one and it deserves a seperate thread. You can use this to discuss any Puro matches or shows, past or present.

I've just finished this awesome set so I may as well get the thread up and running with some ratings for it.


ivp's Top 25 Matches in NOAH History

Disc 1

25. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Koji Kanemoto vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi - January 26th 2003 - Kobe World Hall
***1/2

24. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA - April 25th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2+

23. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs. Makoto Hashi - March 6th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***3/4

Disc 2

22. Kenta Kobashi vs. Minoru Suzuki - January 8th 2005 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***3/4

21. Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio vs. Takeshi Morishima & Muhammad Yone - April 1st 2007 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall
****1/4

20. Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki vs. Makoto Hashi & Jun Akiyama - July 18th 2005 - Tokyo Dome
****

19. Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura - April 28th 2007 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***3/4

Disc 3

18. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa - December 2nd 2007 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

17. Akira Taue vs. Yuji Nagata - June 6th 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
***1/2

16. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi - September 12th 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

Disc 4

15. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda - June 6th 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

14. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Juventud Guerrera & Ricky Marvin - November 1st 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

Disc 5

13. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura - June 5th 2005 - Sapporo Media Park Spica
****1/2

12. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA - July 16th 2006 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2

11. KENTA vs. SUWA - September 18th 2005 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/4

Disc 6

10. Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue - September 10th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2

9. Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga vs. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito - 19th October 2002 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall
****

8. Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA - October 29th 2006 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****3/4+

Disc 7

7. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA vs. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Takehiro Muruhama - July 16th 2003 - Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
****1/2

6. Kenta Kobashi vs. Tamon Honda - April 13th 2003 - Tokyo Ariake Colosseum
****1/2

BONUS Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama - December 23rd 2000 - Tokyo Ariake Colosseum
****3/4

Disc 8

5. Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama - April 25th 2004 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
****1/2

4. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama - July 10th 2004 - Tokyo Dome
****3/4

Disc 9

3. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi - March 1st 2003 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
*****

2. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima - November 5th 2005 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan
*****

1. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki - July 18th 2005 - Tokyo Dome
*****

Overall:
Absolutely amazing comp. Perfect for any new NOAH fans with an insane amount of brilliant matches.
 
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#5,561 ·
One of the lesser performances from Shelley, if I'm honest.

His facial expressions and attempts were downright laughable at times. A flatter finish than I'd have hoped and the same, generic mat-based "flashiness" that starts every Devitt match didn't do this pairing justice, either. This was one of my dream matches, and it just fell so flat compared to what I had hoped. Devitt getting his nose drilled, however, was downright nasty.

How was the main? I should watch it for Ishii and Shinskay but their opponents really, really turn me off.
 
#5,563 ·
NJPW Road to Invasion Attack 4/5/2013

Ryusuke Taguchi vs KUSHIDA: ** 1/2

Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan: **

Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Yujiro Takahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado: **1/4

Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka vs Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama: **

Kazuchika Okada & Gedo vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & BUSHI: *** 1/4

Prince Devitt (c) vs Alex Shelley: ****

Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii: ****1/4


- Both title matches of the night delivered, especially the tag title match which was stellar. Okada and Tanahashi's tag match was a good little preview of what's to come at the iPPV as well. Rest of the show wasn't that great. Despite two great matches and one good one, this is one of NJPW's weakest shows thus far this year.
 
#5,566 · (Edited)
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Road to Invasion Attack


1. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. KUSHIDA

Decent opener, they had me worried at first, but they put their shit together down the road.

**1/2


2. Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Cpt. New Japan

Nakanishi fucking stole this one.

**1/2


3. CHAOS (Yujiro Takahashi, Jado & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Togi Makabe

Decent match, Honma and Tanaka being ringside really hooked me up for their Ryogoku tag. Tanaka had few reactions that were priceless.

**1/2


4. CHAOS Dark Instigators (Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka) vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama

Highly enjoyable, especially the pre-match attack, and ESPECIALLY the post-match reactions from Yano and MiSu. MiSu going batshit crazy was :lmao. Can’t wait for their Ryogoku match.

***


5. Hiroshi Tanahashi & BUSHI vs. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo

I thought this was awesome, they previewed Tanahashi/Okada perfectly, I fucking LOVED how Tana pulled MiSu on Okada during that clean break. BUSHI had few amazing sequences, they really put him over here, even with taking the fall.

***1/2


6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Prince Devitt © vs. Alex Shelley

Damn good match, but I wouldn’t call it great or something. It was your regular Devitt title match with ordinary structure and pacing, highlighted by kickouts, false finishes and impressive visuals. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, though, I’m just saying I’ve seen this match many times already.

***1/2


7. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) © vs. CHAOS Invincible (Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii)

So much fun, great title match. Ishii is the true hero of Korakuen, a perfect underdog. Archer and Davey Boy are crazy good right now.

****


Good show, with an average lowcard, good midcard, and great main event.
 
#5,568 ·
NJPW Road To Invasion Attack 4/5/13


1) Ryusuke Taguchi vs KUSHIDA ~ **1/2


2) Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan ~ ***


3) Togi Makabe & TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) vs CHAOS (Yujiro Takahashi, Jado, & YOSHI-HASHI) ~ ***


4) Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama vs Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka ~ ***1/4


5) Hiroshi Tanahashi & BUSHI vs Kazuchika Okada & Gedo ~ ***


6) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Prince Devitt(c) vs Alex Shelley ~ ****


7) IWGP Tag Team Championship
Killer Elite Squad(c) (Lance Archer & Davey-Boy Smith Jr) vs Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii ~ ****1/4


~ Lazy review. Long story short, as one can tell I loved this event. Good stuff from top to bottom. With the latter two championship matches being full blown excellent. Watch them now. I'm begging NJPW to stop being this great and making all other promotions out there look bad. It's not fair anymore. Oh and Toru Yano is rapidly becoming the most entertaining member of the New Japan roster. It's a tough spot to fill with all the contenders. That's a problem you want to have though. :mark:

Oh, and it was so great seeing this man return: :tak
 
#5,573 · (Edited)
For those who care, here are Dave Meltzer's star ratings for NJPW Invasion Attack

KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi - ****

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine & Akebono vs. Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Bob Sapp - ***1/4

El Terrible & Tama Tonga vs. La Mascara & Valiente - ***1/4

Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi - ****1/4

Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki - ***1/2

Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata - ***3/4

Ron Conway vs. Satoshi Kojima - ***1/4

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. - ****1/4

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada - *****

Source: http://www.profightdb.com/cards/njpw/invasion-attack-16933.html

Dave must have been very impressed. Not a match below ***. I can't disagree on his rating on Okada vs Tanahashi. That was a great match. I also have it around ****3/4-*****.
 
#5,574 · (Edited)
Those ratings are insane, even mine aren't as high as that for some of those matches.

Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi: *** 1/2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Akebono, Manabu Nakanishi, and Super Strong Machine VS Bob Sapp, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI: ***

El Terible & Tama Tonga Vs La Mascara Vs Valiente: ***1/4

Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi Vs Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma: ***1/4

Minoru Suzuki Vs Toru Yano: ***

Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto Vs Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata: ***3/4

Rob Conway Vs Satoshi Kojima: **3/4

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Davey Boy Smith Jr.: ***3/4+

Kazuchika Okada Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi: *****

Second best show of the year behind WK7, amazing show.
 
#5,580 ·
Service is fantastic. Chris is a class act and if you make a big order he'll more than likely throw in a free disc without telling you (he has with me at least)

There's so many fucking New Japan shows out there that you'll probably get 325 different recommendations... BUT if I had to make one, I'd grab the 4/29/1996 show. An AWESOME, bloody spectacle in Muta vs. Shinzaki, an excellent juniors match in Liger vs. Sasuke, and super fun NJPW vs. UWF sprint in the main event (Hashimoto vs. Takada). Plus some other WCW names, a MANLY 6-man, & Fujinami vs. Tenryu.
 
#5,582 ·
Grab some 'Best Of's' for some of the guys you're more familiar with, it'll help you branch out into becoming more familiar with certain companies. With me, getting complete shows just wasn't the best way to go because there was so many guys on the cards that I knew zero things about and it was hard to really care.
 
#5,583 · (Edited)
NOAH "FINAL BURNING IN BUDOKAN", 11.05.2013
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

1. Feel the Dengerzone: Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hitoshi Kumano
2. This is the NOAH Junior: SUWA & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge
<Kenta Kobashi Retirement Ceremony>
3. BURNING vs. BURNING: Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki
4. Js Spirits vs. Revolution: Takeshi Morishima & Masao Inoue vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Yoshinari Ogawa
<Break>
5. NOAH vs. NJPW: Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone, & Akitoshi Saito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata, & Satoshi Kojima
6. Four Men GET Together: Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki vs. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Omori
7. Final Burning in Budokan - Kenta Kobashi’s Retirement Commemorative 8 Man Tag Match: Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama, Keiji Muto, & Kensuke Sasaki vs. KENTA, Go Shiozaki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Maybach Taniguchi

Sad Kikuchi isn't on the card, wish it was him instead of Shiga. Retirement ceremony is after the second match so there is a chance he will show up there with Hansen, Kawada, Taue, Chono, and other folks. (Those names are not confirmed, I'm just saying.) Very surprised Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano aren't on the show, since they're the GHC Tag champs and faced Kobashi at All Together. Kind of surprised that Yamato and KAI aren't on the show, since they were in Kobashi's All Japan match from 2009 and because AJP is going to be Kobashi's new promotion. Would have been nice if Makabe, Tenzan, Nakanishi, Okada, Nakajima, Miyahara, and Kitamiya were on the card as well. There are a ton of guys who have Kobashi history (or are good) and have a name that are still active...

Anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to a number of matches on the card and seeing a bunch of the guys. Should be a good show. FEEL THE DENGERZONE!!
 
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