Originally Posted by Andy3000

Fluorescant Lighttubes Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Shadow WX v Yuko Miyamoto & Takashi Sasaki (BJW, 2/9/08)

Big Japan is seriously ruling it right now, and this continues that trend. I'm not the biggest fan of Ito, and Shadow I'm pretty indifferent to (althoug he was great here), but Sasaki and Miyamoto are one of my favourite tag teams at the moment and they have yet another great match here, this time in the death match stting as opposed to the regular tag format they had with Sekimoto/Sasaki from 1/2.

Miyamoto is an absolute babyface heat magnet, so the crowd are constantly making noise in this one, especially in the last 5 minutes where Shadow goes about killing him. Speaking of Shadow, the guy takes some sick shit in this, including a couple of running knee shots from Miyamoto, driving a bunch of lighttubes into his chest, and a sick roundhouse kick from Sasaki that drives some more lighttubes into the side of his head. I like how he would just run the ropes whether there were still lighttubes attatched to them or not, making him seem like a badass (which the match in general managed to do) for not caring if he gets a shit load of glass stuck into his back. He's also the one that eventually picks up the win for his team after destroying Miyamoto with lariats and brainbusters.

This is the first death match I've watched this year (still have to see BJ/Jacobs NRBW as wel as the DM that dele uploaded), so naturally it goes top of the death match list, but I still feel it will take a bit to beat this one once I get caught up with Big Japan. It's not in my top 5 for the year overall, but it's a pretty good choice for top 10. ****