[Andy3000]

^^Looking forward to that one when I get around to it.

Just watched this though, and I doubt even Tanahashi/Kawada will top it:

BJW Tag Team Titles Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki v Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto (1/2/08)

Yeah, so this was fucking awesome! Sekimoto and Y.Sasaki are a fantastic powerhouse team, and T.Sasaki and Miyamoto are so good at being the tough challenger and underdog babyface respectively. Miyamoto is probably one of the most over babyfaces on the planet right now, and the last 6 or 7 minutes of this have the crowd going INSANE for the guy, constantly chanting his name and getting red hot for every near fall.

The powerhouses pretty much try to get T.Sasaki out of the way so they can kill the more inexperienced (and easier to throw around the fucking place) Miyamoto, which is really a thing of beauty in it's own right. Sekimoto may be my favourite power guy in wrestling at the moment as well, and he was freakin' awesome in this one, pulling dead lift Germans and dead lift fucking POWERBOMBS out like nobody's business in an attempt to put down (seemingly literally at times) Miyamoto. One great spot was when Miyamoto hits a perfect moonsault on Y.Sasaki, and looks like he's got it won, before Sekimoto lifts him up from the cover and just drops him with a German. All in one motion. Another is when Miyamoto is standing on the apron (I think he's intending to dive onto Y.Sasaki at this point, although I'm not certain) and Sekimoto reaches over the top rope, lifts him back into the ring and plants him with another sick German. Again, all in one motion, without Miyamoto's feet touching the ground.

Sekimoto's not just all about killing the other guys though because he takes some great offence from Miyamoto and T.Sasaki in return (both Sasakis are really good in this match, by the way, but Sekimoto and Miyamoto are absolute stars, just to explain why I'm showing all the love to those 2 guys). He takes a SICK ring post bump where he charges at Miyamoto (like, REALLY charges) from one corner to the other, and just launches himself shoulder first into the post. It looked so realistic and nasty and beautiful all at the same time.

Sekimoto FINALLY manages to keep Miyamoto down after hitting a shit load of Germans and one SICK AS FUCK Lariat, picking up the win for the powerhouses after 23 minutes of awesomeness, keeping the tag titles in the process.

Unbelievable match, and one that comes very close to being my MOTY so far, just behind HBK/Flair. Watch this now (it's on dailymotion in 2 parts)! ****1/2

[-Blaskohiro Tenryu-]

Takashi Sasaki is the most under rated thing going as of now. srsly, that guy is borderline amazing.

[Andy3000]

Oh Sasaki's fantastic, no doubt, but he was really just along for the ride in this one. Not knocking the guy whatsoever, it was just that Sekimoto and Miyamoto were so awesome in it that it was damn near impossible for anyone else to shine. Although the story wouldn't have worked as well as it did without him as I don't feel anybody else in Big Japan could have played the role as well as he did, even if he wasn't standing out, as such.

[-Blaskohiro Tenryu-]

BJW is really pushing Miyamoto after his fantastic Trial matches. The guy BLEEDS fighting spirit. I'd think naturally he's going to be the next person to win the DM title of Shadow WX, or whoever will be the champ at the time, by the end of the year.

....Still waiting for the Epic Jun Kasai push.

[Andy3000]

Yeah, I can definitely see him winning the DM strap sooner rather than later. I agree with the fighting spirit point as well; the crowd just eat it up. One negative on him may be that he just goes into a little overkill sometimes, but one could argue that it fits perfectly with his character.

[dele]

Originally Posted by Andy3000

BJW Tag Team Titles Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki v Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto (1/2/08) ****1/2

I was lucky enough to be at this event. It was fucking amazing. ****1/2 stars is actually low in my opinion. At least ****3/4 from me. The amazing thing: that wasn't the main event of the show.

Originally Posted by -Blaskonio Inoki-

BJW is really pushing Miyamoto after his fantastic Trial matches. The guy BLEEDS fighting spirit. I'd think naturally he's going to be the next person to win the DM title of Shadow WX, or whoever will be the champ at the time, by the end of the year.

....Still waiting for the Epic Jun Kasai push.

They've been teasing the crowd for over a year with a Miyamoto title reign, it will happen by the end of this year.

And keep on waiting for that Jun Kasai push....

[Andy3000]

I was actually going to go for a ****3/4 rating, but just decided a little lower. I won't argue with anybody giving it ****3/4 though.

And were you one of the masses chanting MIYA-MO-TO! MIYA-MO-TO!?

[-Mystery-]

Dragon Gate Dead or Alive
KENTA vs. Naruki Doi - ****1/4

[dele]

Originally Posted by Andy3000

I was actually going to go for a ****3/4 rating, but just decided a little lower. I won't argue with anybody giving it ****3/4 though.

And were you one of the masses chanting MIYA-MO-TO! MIYA-MO-TO!?

Hell yeah I was!! Me and some Japanese guys (who were hammered) had way too much fun at that show.

[watts63]

Dragon Gate DEAD OR ALIVE
CIMA vs. Masato Yoshino vs. Dragon Kid vs. BxB Hulk vs. YAMATO vs. Yasushi Kanda ****1/2