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NJPW Presents: J Crown Tourney
8 Men, 8 titles, 1 Champion
Masayoshi Motegi vs Great Sasuke - *** 1/4
Motegi works over Sasuke's legs early on to take away his ariel advantages, and then proceeds to try and take him down by overpowering sasuke, but Sasuke isn't going down easy and manages to make a fun comeback for the win
Ultimo Dragon vs Jushin Thunder Liger - *** 1/2
Dragon & Liger go all out bell to bell and this is pretty much the best you can get in a only 6 minute match. Lots of fun and intense at the same time.
Negro Casas vs Shinjiro Ohtani - *** 3/4
Starts off with some nice mat work, works into a bit of a strike fest when niether man gets the advantage and works it's wat into a highspot showdown without feeling forced. Nice little post match moment when the camera zooms in on a worried looking Ultimo Dragon
El Samurai vs Gran Hamada - ***
Samurai can be dull at times but Hamada has enough to keep him interesting. Little bit of a nice Power/Technical game going on here, the worst match of the tournament and it was still a pretty good if not too terribly exciting match.
Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Ohtani - *****
ABSOLUTE MUST SEE MATCH. Personal favorite of mine and for my money the greatest junior heavyweight match in history. Story is that despite a nearly show stealing match Ohtani fell to UD's Mahistrol Cradle at J Cup 95, and Ohtani oh no he hasn't forgot (I love how they work such a simple spot into the match 3 times and it goes over like gangbusters each time). This match is all about Ohtani and his growth as a wrestler in that time, see Ohtani while may not be a big name like a Liger or Ultimo Dragon he has more than enough to put them away and he's determined to bring UD the fight of his life and get his win back. Ohtani's performance in this match is so damn awesome, Meltzer's a damn fool for not giving this a full *****.
Great Sasuke vs El Samurai - ****
Again this match is another don't brush me off just because I'm a midcarder match. Samurai absolutely picks apart Sasuke, from the leg to powerbombing his ass all over the damn place. Finish seems a tad forced and Samurai goes down a little too easy to me but still an excellent match.
Ultimo Dragon vs Great Sasuke - **** 1/4
Ultimo brings the structure and Sasuke brings the "I'm fucking insane" highspots and the result is a very good, very fun and very fitting final to a great tournament
Show Rating - (*****) Must Have Show
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