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Official Puro Match/DVD Discussion Thread (NO SPOILERS)

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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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#8,532 ·
Interview with Shibata:















Interesting about KENTA and Nakamura. Love that Shibata is staying put, but lol @ still not committing to NJPW. Nice to see his freelance status confirmed.

I wonder who he is talking about when he says some people in the company don't seem to want to step up. Any guesses?
 
#3,758 ·
ダニエル;11007298 said:
Although I don't necessarily think it's great for DG's business & exposure, it's not surprising at all. Don't forget that Americans aren't the only ones who can order from IVP. Gaora don't want their pay-tv material available for incredibly cheap prices, and Japanese people can easily buy from IVP. Whether they do or not, you'd have to ask Shoen, but it could well be happening. I also wouldn't be surprised if DG have discovered that the AMerican adventures aren't profitable, and that they're doing good enough business as is in Japan.
I have about four or five Japanese customers and they are always interested in the older stuff, especially the AJPW and NJPW Best of sets.

Honestly I am not too upset about this because that is the nature of the business that I am in. Some of the Dragon Gate USA stuff airs on their TV so maybe that is the reason behind it. I know that they have known I exist since before Dragon Gate USA started as I thought for sure that they would tell me to stop shilling it then. No worries, they are well within their right to do so and I really can't complain about that.
 
#5,911 ·


Wrestling World 1996

(1/4/1996)


1. Yuji Nagata, Shinjiro Otani & Tokimitsu Ishizawa vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kenichi Yamamoto

So many strikes…

**1/2


2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima

2013’s Tenzan looks almost exactly the same as 1996’s Tenzan. Creepy.

***


3. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Koji Kanemoto © vs. Jushin Liger

“Look, you hit your moves, then I’ll hit mine, then we’ll do a bunch of kickouts, then we’re gonna repeat the whole thing.” That’s the whole match. Plus weak selling. It was bad, but it wasn’t terrible, more like… frustrating.

*3/4


4. Masahiro Chono vs. Shiro Koshinaka

**


5. Hiromichi Fuyuki vs. Yoji Anjo

**


6. Hiroshi Hase vs. Kensuke Sasaki

This was really disappointing, I mean Hase was good, but KENSKE was completely out of the game, totally annoying, he was just… there.

**1/4


7. Antonio Inoki vs. Vader

Yeah, this was amazing, a perfect clash of styles. Vader was a brilliant monstrous aggressor, and Inoki had the crowd going, he was a loveable punching bag. Holy Moses at some of those shots, gruesome. This match probably has the greatest selling of a German suplex ever, Inoki’s face told the whole story. And not just that, but overall – this piece of art is just a tremendous ode to selling, and a vivid callback to the strong style warriors of the 70s and the 80s.

****3/4


8. Riki Choshu vs. Masahito Kakihara

Toukon fatties > shoot style, plain and simple. Choshu took Kakihara to school. Yeah, I said that.

***


9. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki

Damn, there’s just something bigger than life (and terrifying) when Hashimoto stares at his opponents, especially if they’re invaders. Really good match where Kazuo tried to prevail with his martial arts mantra, but never really got there because Shinya’s strikes were just too vicious, and the finish was absolutely spectacular. Short ‘n’ sweet slugfest.

***1/2


10. IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Keiji Mutoh © vs. Nobuhiko Takada

Almost everyone puts Hash/Takada over this match with an ease, but I think they are really damn close. The majority of the match is in defensive mood, they play it safe, particularly Mutoh, naturally, because Takada is a superior grappler, so you don’t want to miss a beat in there. Mutoh’s advantage is quickness, and he uses it to outsmart Takada, and there are nice Inoki vs. “almost legit dudes” flashbacks from the 80s, especially in terms of strategy and approach by Mutoh. Takada was great here, he worked a simple style, waiting for Mutoh to fuck up so he can destroy his limbs, logically.

****1/4


This was a very good show where important matches delivered.​
 
#8,389 ·
Elgin/Ishii ended up being one of the more frustrating matches I've seen in recent memory. 90% of it was glorious, the early work was just sublime and I was having a great time. And then the closing 3 minutes just ruined it for me with the 1 count kickouts and unnecessary false finishes. It hit its peak but then carried on far too long and personally I think they killed all the good work they'd done. Shame.
 
#2,719 ·
NOAH: Shiny Navigation Day 9: 23/09/10

1. Mohammed Yone & Zack Sabre Jr. Vs Ricky Marvin & Akira Taue: ***
Good Opener with Sabre and Marvin bumping like assholes, Yone looking destructive and Taue only can stretch the tits.

2. Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kajiwara Vs Kenta Kobashi & Masao Inoue & Yoshinari Ogawa: ***1/4
Good match with Sasaki and Kobashi having exhausting battles of Chops, Kento is improving each day and Kajiwara hasn't impressed me too much.

3. Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie & Bison Smith Vs Takuma Sano & Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito: ***1/2
Really good match, and that's not odd as I like every single wrestler in this contest, I think these random tag matches are often so good in NOAH.

4. Colt Cabana Vs Shuhei Taniguchi: ***
I'm surprised because I thought I'd never say that, but Colt Cabana make this match good, cause the crowd reacted so well to all of his fool stuff, he's so over in Japan.

5. KENTA & Genba Hirayanagi & Yoshinabu Kanemaru Vs Takashi Sugiura & Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Aoki: ****1/4
Great match, first I thought this bout will serve me to imagine how good would be the october match between Sugiura and KENTA, but at the end I figured the goodness of this, spoiler: Cool finish.

6. GHC Jr Heavyweight Championship: Kotaro Suzuki Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima: ****3/4
This was a helluva match, I've read everywhere that their bout in March was so much better, but watching the match, I realized that it wasn't that bad and with the finishing stretch, it was so clear to me that this was even better that the prior match. The crowd was going nuts with these two, a great sprint, so fast-paced and stiff, it was shorter than the past match, and I think that was one of the few things that made it better. I can't give them the full monty because of two botches that didn't hurt the match. FUCKING WATCH THIS. I love Nakajima.

7. GHC Heavyweight Championship: Go Shiozaki Vs Yoshihiro Takayama: ****1/2
And the main event was another helluva match, Go sold the arm like a motherfucker and Tak looked so much better than he's doing recently. The end, a delight.


Rating: ***3/4
Recommendation: Very high.
Final Thoughts: Great event by NOAH, the best I've seen of them so far, a rock solid undercard and the last three matches were simply awesome. I fucking love Korakuen Hall.​
 
#2,721 ·
KENTA/Sugiura (NOAH, 10/10/2011) ****1/4

The helluva match! /review.



Agreed, but I thing you overrate that Suzuki/Jima match. It was great (with fantastic finish), but not ****3/4 great. And yeah, Go/Tak is my #2 in Puro this year, right behind Go/Akiyama. This event was very enjoyable.
 
#2,883 ·
NOAH: 10/07/04: GHC Heavyweight Championship: Kenta Kobashi Vs Jun Akiyama:
I've only heard good things from this match, and as I will watch so soon the claimed match of the year between Akiyama and Suwama for the Triple Crown, I've wanted to see the best match in Akiyama's career. The match starts ok with Kobashi going for his great chops and Jun answering that trying to go to the mat to stop Kenta's strikes, what it's his greatest strenght. Well, Kobashi is a great All-Rounder and it's capable to do well the mat while brutalize Akiyama with blows. After several chops, Kenta goes for a Jumping Shoulder Block, but Akiyama blocks it with an espectacular knee, which allows Jun to take the offensive.

Jun lifts the legend and delivers a DDT on the apron. Then, he punishes Kenta with the guard-rails and a Kneedrop on the apron. Back in the ring, Akiyama goes to the mat again and tries to submit Kobashi with the KID, but after a second attempt that turned on the Dome, Kobashi manages to escape. Kenta catches Jun in an endless headlock, cause Akiyama makes two attempts to escape with backdrops, but Kobashi refuses to release the hold, till he decides to drive his head into the ring with a Sleeper Slam. After that, Akiyama takes like forty chops and is KO. They leave the ring and Kobashi delivers an ESPECTACULAR Suplex to ringside that destroys Jun.

Because of the hit, Kobashi starts to bleed from his mouth, pretty impressive. They return to the ring and seem to be dead, Kenta tries a pinfall, but Akiyama kicks out under the skepticism of the crowd, then Kobashi does a Half Nelson that makes Jun fall on the top of his head. After the Orange Crush, Kobashi goes for the Burning Hammer, but eats a German Suplex and a Sliding Knee to the face. Jun takes Kenta to the apron to take revenge of the suplex, but Kobashi tries a German with no results and climbs the second rope only to get suplexed by an EXPLOIDAHH FROM THE SECOND ROPE! Back in the ring, after a near count-out, Akiyama delivers another Exploder that only reaches the two count. But then he lifts Kobashi to the top rope and an exploder suplex, but not even that gives him the win. After a few headbutts, Akiyama comes back with the KID, but Kenta refuses to tap, and does a Wrist-Clutch Exploder Suplex, but nothing could separate Kobashi from his title.

Jun goes for another Exploder, but Kenta answers him with a staggering Brainbuster that makes him fall on the head again, so very dangerous. Then, Half Nelson by Kobashi, Exploder by Akiyama, Half Nelson by Kobashi, Exploder by Akiyama, Half Nelson by Kobashi, Exploder by Akiyama and a Burning Lariat from Kenta, incredible. Another lariato, but whatever, Akiyama is unwilling to lose. Kobashi decides to do the Moonsault, but it's not enough, I wonder what they have to do to win the match, drop an A-Bomb?, but not that far, Burning Hammer and it's all set and done.

Unique finisher for an unique match, it's so damn clear that I'm giving this match the full monty, it's a spotfest by law, but it's the best structured one that I've seen in my entire life, it was too overkill, but nothing looked false or overacting, every spot had the reaction it deserved, because the Dome was incredible that night. Everything had it will, they were just two warriors that refused to lose, if the match with Suwama is near to this, I'll blow my mind.

Rating: *****
 
#5,381 ·
And now, since I have figured out DVD conversion (finally... PM me if I owe you an upload of something) unless you have the source or a comp, I present a fresh match to the IWC:

Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto (12/7/1989)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxumpt#.US-O_Fekpbw

My initial reaction: This was fucking incredible and maybe the most underrated match of the decade. I’m thinking when people went through the 80s NJ set, that because this was the last of the nominated matches, I see burnout and seeing it as the final chore to finish things possibly lessening enjoyment for some. On its own, this is probably my favourite of their many matches. After putting himself on the map by pinning Choshu in three minutes in the IWGP tournament earlier in the year, Hashimoto takes the initiative to prove with foreshadowing maturity as to why he belongs in the main event and the talent he displays in this match is almost shocking compared to what he had done up to that point and the relatively little that he would do before the WAR feud.
He focuses on the arm, clearly demonstrating his intent as preventative to the lariat instead of trying to submit Choshu, and I really appreciate that. It’s the kind of strategy psychology I enjoy where I’ve seen written about it that it came off as too resthold-like to which I call bullshit. Why I call bullshit is because while calculatingly destroying Choshu’s number one weapon, Hashimoto keeps it spicy as he does destructive damage by way of the strike and throw as only he can. They set the recurring foundation for all their bouts to come with Hashimoto pridefully resisting the lariats and his selling is marvelous in this. Choshu’s selling of Hash’s offense was great too, and beyond the aforementioned lariat prevention, how Choshu adapts to using the dragon sleeper works on the “my main weapon is injured. I can’t sasori you and I can’t lariat you, but this is deadly without requiring use of my arm” level as well as it does on a tribute level to Fujinami who was out with his career dampening injury. This was power wrestling 101, folks. Choshu pulling out running elbow drops, running gamengiris, and fucking dragon sleepers summed up the largely unspoken versatility of his peak and of his decade. There could be no better match to close out NJPW in the 1980s than this, because it amalgamated both the dominating styles from the 80s and 90s coupled with that this happens to be the last broadcasted Japanese NJPW match of the decade, all while demonstrating this decade/generational bridge of things to come is just lovely in hindsight.
A power struggle on many levels, with excitement, layers of psychology, and optimal pacing. I love this match and I hope you will too. ★★★★½
 
#5,471 · (Edited)
Watch this bad boy and thank Rah for reviving its greatness:

Riki Choshu vs Killer Khan (AJPW; 1986-07-31)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93imv_20-riki-choshu-vs-killer-khan-aj-7_sport

Ooooooh yeah. Can't help smiling watching an All Japan match featuring two former New Japan stablemates fighting each other in a typically New Japan venue supervised by the future senior New Japan official. Choshuism~! I did not remember Khan sending his seconds to the back. He wanted a clean bout to see who was the better man and that set the tone early.

This had all that was necessary for a bloodbath brawl and more: power-driving Choshu feet, Killer Khan charisma, hatred, violence, blood, viciousness, etc. I love how each missed their big moves only to hit their protected threats later, but only after huge anticipatory build which led to legitimate nearfalls.

Khan's deranged "3?!" pleas made that middle section, and I'm grateful that Choshu didn't get the instant comeback from the presumed stall tactic. Fitting with Khan's relatively clean tactics in the match, I enjoyed the ring entries and him opting to not go for a weapon on that floor cycle, which we would usually expect from him. A very nice cover-up of the first flubbed rail spot with subsequent face rams right into the steel began a stellar blade job. Wonderful expression from Khan and his selling was terrific.

I'm such a Choshu mark and my hands were waving all over the place at the end. [*index finger downward thrust, throat slice, index finger downward thrust* = One of the wrestling mannerisms I just can't help emulate in life sometimes.] He demonstrated vile yet somehow tweeneryly stoic hatred in a way that only he can. I need to restate how much I love the follow-through of his strikes.

One of the only flaws in the match is the rather weak transition in momentum from Khan to Choshu. Choshu just kind of half-ass eye rakes him and Khan probably oversells it. That's really my only gripe and I liked this a lot more than I did last time. ★★★★½ or 86%
 
#5,754 · (Edited)
Good time for a c&p I think...

BEST OF ALL JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING: CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER MEGA-MASTER-LIST~!


# Bold indicates ****1/2+ in my opinion

Top 25 Matches Before 1980:

*Numbers indicate my placement in the Best of Puroresu Before 1980 Project:

1960's JWA: Giant Baba Edition

Giant Baba -vs- Fritz Von Erich (JPWA; 1966-12-03)
Giant Baba -vs- Bruno Sammartino (JPWA; 1967-03-07)
Giant Baba -vs- Gene Kiniski (JWA; 1967-08-14)
4. Giant Baba -vs- The Destroyer (JWA; 1969-03-05) *Voted the #1 Match Before 1980*

1970s All Japan: The Best Wrestling Ever?

10. Mil Máscaras -vs- The Destroyer (AJPW; 1974-07-25)
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- The Funks (AJPW; 1975-03-13)
Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- Giant Baba (AJPW; 1975-12-15)
Dory Funk Jr. -vs- Horst Hoffmann (AJPW; 1975-12-15)
12. Don Leo Jonathon -vs- The Destroyer (AJPW; 1975-12-13)
20. Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- Rusher Kimura (AJPW & IWE; 1976-03-28)
9. Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- Terry Funk (AJPW; 1976-06-11)
1. Giant Baba -vs- Billy Robinson (AJPW; 1976-07-24)

6. Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- Jack Brisco (AJPW; 1976-08-28)
Dick Murdoch -vs- Karl Kox (AJPW; 1976-12-09)
7. Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- Billy Robinson (AJPW; 1977-03-05)
5. Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- Billy Robinson (AJPW; 1977-03-11)

Mil Máscaras -vs- Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW; 1977-08-25)
The Funks -vs- Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (AJPW; 1977-12-15)
3. The Funks -vs- Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman (AJPW; 1977-12-06)
The Funks -vs- Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza (AJPW; 1978-12-05)
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- The Funks (AJPW; 1978-12-15)
19. Jumbo Tsuruta -vs- Dos Caras (AJPW; 1979-03-24)
14. The Funks -vs- Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik (AJPW; 1979-07-15)
16. Harley Race -vs- Giant Baba (AJPW; 1979-10-31)

8. The Funks -vs- Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik (AJPW; 1979-12-13)
Top 50 1980s All Japan Pro Wrestling Matches: Lariats, Bombs and Backdrops

*Numbers Indicate *My* Top 30

10. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dick Slater (5/1/80) 85%
11. Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel (12/11/80) 85%


Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (2/3 falls) (10/9/81)
Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dory and Terry Funk (12/13/81) [Re-debut of Stan Hansen!]

Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (2/4/82)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ric Flair (6/8/82)
23. Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk (9/11/82)

3. Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (4/14/83) 90%
17. Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (6/6/83)
12. Dory and Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (8/31/83) 85%
29. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Harley Race (10/26/83)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nick Bockwinkel (2/23/84)
19. Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (3/24/84)
7. Harley Race vs. Ric Flair (5/22/84) 87%
15. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kerry Von Erich (2/3 Falls) (5/22/84)
5. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel (7/31/84) 88%

Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenryu JPW 2/21/85 - [Voted 4th best match of DVDVR's "Other Japan" set]
Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Killer Khan & Riki Choshu (8/2/85)
24. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen & Ted Dibiase (8/31/85)
Ric Flair vs. Rick Martel (10/21/85)
25. Ted Dibiase & Stan Hansen vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (12/12/85)

2. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu Yoshiaki Yatsu (1/28/86) 92%
13. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2/5/86) 85%

18. Riki Choshu vs. Killer Khan (7/31/86)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen (10/21/86)

Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (1/24/87)
Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2/5/87)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (8/31/87)

26. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen (3/27/88)
22. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Mask (3/9/88)
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen (3/9/88)
Jumbo Tsuruta, Great Kabuki & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Ashura Hara Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (3/11/88)
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen (3/27/88)
21. Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki vs. Shunji Takano & Shinichi Nakano (7/19/88)
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen (7/27/88)
Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (8/29/88)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (10/28/88)
4. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (12/16/88) 88%

30. Joe & Dean Malenko vs. Masa Fuchi & Great Kabuki (1/5/89 TV)
8. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (2/26/89 TV) 87%
20. Masa Fuchi vs. Mitsuo Momota (3/29/89)
16. Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (6/5/89)
1. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (6/5/89) 96%
28. Joe & Dean Malenko vs. Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers (7/15/89)
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (9/3/89 TV)
14. Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura & Masa Fuchi vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (9/24/89 TV)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (10/11/89)
27. Jumbo Tsuruta & Great Kabuki vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ricky Fuyuki (10/22/89)
6. Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (11/29/89) 88%
9. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (12/6/89) 86%


1990s All Japan: The 124 Best Matches
Taken from: http://theditch.biz/project.html
-Jumbo vs Misawa, 6/8
-Fantastics vs Joe Malenko/Kikuchi 9/1
-Jumbo vs Misawa, 9/1
-Jumbo/Taue vs Misawa/Kawada, 9/30
-Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi, 10/19
-Jumbo/Taue vs Misawa/Kawada, 12/7
-Kawada vs Taue 1/15
-Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi, 1/27
-Gordy/Williams vs Hansen/Spivey, 4/18
-Jumbo vs Misawa, 4/18
-Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi, 4/20
-Jumbo vs Kobashi, 5/24
-Misawa vs Gordy, 6/1
-Jumbo/Fuchi/Ogawa vs Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi, 7/26
-Misawa/Kawada vs Jumbo/Taue, 9/4
-Jumbo/Fuchi/Taue vs Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi, 10/15
-Jumbo vs Kawada, 10/24
-Jumbo/Taue vs Misawa/Kawada, 11/29
-Misawa/Kawada vs Gordy/Williams, 12/6
-Jumbo/Taue vs Kobashi/Kikuchi, 1/26
-Kawada vs Taue, 3/31
-Hansen vs Kawada, 4/6
-Team Jumbo vs Team Misawa, tag elimination, 4/18
-Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi, 5/22
-Can-Ams vs Kobashi/Kikuchi, 5/25
-Jumbo/Taue vs Misawa/Kobashi, 6/5
-Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Fuchi/Ogawa, 7/5
-Misawa/Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Taue/Fuchi/Ogawa, 7/21
-Jumbo/Taue/Ogawa vs Misawa/Kawada/Kikuchi, 8/20
-Kawada vs Taue, 9/9
-Misawa vs Kawada, 10/21
-Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Akiyama/Ogawa, 1/24
-Fuchi vs Kikuchi, 2/28
-Hansen vs Kawada, 2/28
-Misawa vs Taue, 2/28
-Kawada vs Taue, Carnival
-Misawa vs Kawada, 3/27
-Kawada vs Kobashi, 4/14
-Hansen vs Kobashi, 4/16
-Misawa vs Hansen, 5/21
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue, 6/1
-Misawa/Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Kawada/Taue/Ogawa, 6/3
-Misawa/Kobashi/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue/Ogawa, 7/2
-Hansen vs Kobashi, 7/29
-Misawa vs Kawada, 7/29
-Williams vs Kobashi, 8/31
-Misawa vs Williams, 9/3
-Kawada vs Kobashi, 10/23
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Hansen/Baba, 11/30
-Kawada/Taue vs Williams/Bossman, 12/1
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue, 12/3
-Hansen/Baba vs Misawa/Kobashi, 3/5
-Hansen vs Kobashi, 4/10
-Kawada vs Williams, 4/16
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue, 5/21
-Misawa vs Kawada, 6/3
-Misawa vs Williams, 7/28
-Williams vs Kobashi, 9/3
-Williams vs Kawada, 10/22
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Williams/Ace, 12/10
-Kawada vs Kobashi, 1/19
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue, 1/24
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Williams/Ace, 3/4
-Taue vs Kobashi, 3/21
-Misawa vs Kobashi, 3/26
-Misawa vs Kawada, 4/6
-Taue vs Kawada, 4/8
-Kawada vs Kobashi, 4/13
-Misawa vs Taue, 4/15
-Kroffat vs RVD, 6/9
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue, 6/9
-Misawa/Kobashi/Asako vs Kawada/Taue/Honda, 6/30
-Misawa vs Kawada, 7/24
-Misawa vs Taue, 9/10
-Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue, 10/15
-Kawada vs Albright, 10/25
-Misawa vs Kobashi, 10/25
-Kawada & Taue vs Kobashi & Akiyama, 3/2
-Kawada vs Taue, 3/31
-Taue vs Williams, 4/20
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue, 5/23
-Misawa vs Taue, 5/24
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Williams/Ace, 6/7
-Taue vs Kobashi, 7/24
-Kobashi vs Kawada, 10/18
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Kobashi/Patriot, 11/22
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue, 11/29
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue, 12/6
-Misawa vs Kobashi, 1/20
-Misawa vs Kawada, 4/2
-Misawa vs Kobashi, 4/19
-Misawa vs Kawada, 6/6
-Kobashi vs Hase, 8/27
-Misawa vs Kobashi, 10/21
-Kawada/Taue vs Hayabusa/Shinzaki, 11/23
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Hayabusa/Shinzaki, 11/27
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue, 11/28
-Misawa/Akiyama vs Kawada/Taue, 12/5
-Kawada/Taue vs Kobashi/Ace, 1/25
-Kawada/Taue vs Kobashi/Ace, 6/5
-Kawada vs Kobashi, 6/12
-Kobashi vs Akiyama, 7/24
-Misawa vs Kobashi, 10/31
-Misawa vs Kawada, 1/22
-Kobashi/Akiyama vs Misawa/Ogawa, 3/6
-Misawa vs Vader, 5/2
-Misawa vs Kobashi, 6/11
-Kobashi/Akiyama vs Taue/Hansen, 12/3
2000: And Noah sayeth, "May you gather in pairs for last encounters! On with it then, we've an Ark to build!"

* Numbers indicate ranking in DVDVR's Best of 2000 Puroresu Vote

22. Kobashi vs Kawada, All Japan January 12th
19. Vader vs Kawada, All Japan February 17th
3. Misawa vs Akiyama, All Japan February 27th
16. Vader vs Kobashi, All Japan February 27th
18. Misawa vs Kawada, All Japan March 31st
26. Kobashi vs Misawa, All Japan April 11th
6. Kobashi vs Omori, All Japan April 15th
8. Kobashi vs Takayama, All Japan May 26th
 
#6,005 ·
Jumbo vs. Misawa (AJPW) - 9/1/1990



Video Link - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrge8p_jumbo-tsuruta-vs-mitsuharu-misawa-ajpw_sport#.UadKWWRsNCk

One of my favorite matches ever. It may have its issues and even lack perfection in all departments, but the storytelling exceeds that level of perfection and pushes the envelope to a standard never seen before. The story is headed by one of the greatest performances in any wrestling match. Hell, I would even say this match is the specific that propelled Jumbo into the ELITE category of in ring working. The bare-bones story is as known as cheese on bread, but here's a rundown for old times sake. Jumbo is the top resident in the establishment of AJPW. Misawa is the new breed and wants to overtake his counterpart (Jumbo) and his position in the company. Misawa worked their 1st match in such a way that is vastly different from what we see of him today, His core offense was the use of agileness and cunning tactics to drop that sneaky win on the grizzly veteran. Now in this match, Misawa diversifies his style of offensive inflict, gone is the light heavyweight, agile freak and in comes a stiff as rocks, nasty MOFO. The elbow frenzy of smashing/dashing make these statements pretty relevant, It's very meaningful that Misawa alters his fighting style to those of a heavyweight, because he will be represented as a worthy one for the title, If he does so.

Jumbo's retort towards this new heavyweight-like Misawa, is of painful fashion, judging by how well he sold the elbow strikes. This is an absolute necessity to Misawa's character development. Jumbo is in eventful situations, able to win specific back and fourth exchanges, but in majority sense, he gets dominated. Jumbo even sells deeper than physical imagery, A young force attempting to push him off the 1st tier of the food chain, mind fucks his mentally a bit. Observe with depth, The facial expressions really depict this type of "selling". For example, In the late innings of the match, Misawa keeps coming back from what ever Jumbo throws at him, this thus causes a domino effect, in which the current (Jumbo) beings to understand that the future (Misawa) has come. The equilibrium of visually showing the damage and inflicting it, also between the pluses in Misawa's ability while still highlighting his weaknesses, is a thing of magisterial beauty. Now, The ending was a beauty, but of execution beauty, Both wrestlers were non affected in credibility sense and either can be labeled as "ace" material. The nature of disease might have crippled our chances in having a decisive conclusion to this epic series, but we can still look back and nurture off of a phenomenal introduction.

*****
 
#8,166 ·
Think ive finalized my Best Of NJPW List: (Only tried to include the essentials TBH):

Jan 4th 2014 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Hirooki Goto vs Katsuyori Shibata
Jan 4th 2014 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt
Jan 4th 2014 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito
Jan 4th 2014 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Feb 2nd 2014 NJPW Road to New Beginning Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
Feb 9th 2014 NJPW New Beginning In Hiroshima Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Feb 11th 2014 NJPW New Beginning In Osaka '14 Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto
Feb 11th 2014 NJPW New Beginning In Osaka '14 Tomohiro Ishii vs Tetsuya Naito
Mar 6th 2014 NJPW Strong Style 42nd Anniversary Show Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi
Mar 6th 2014 NJPW Strong Style 42nd Anniversary Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito
Apr 6th 2014 NJPW Invasion Attack 2014 Shinsuke Nakamura vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
Apr 6th 2014 NJPW Invasion Attack 2014 Tomohiro Ishii vs Tetsuya Naito
May 3rd 2014 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '14 Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma
May 3rd 2014 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '14 A.J. Styles vs Kazuchika Okada
May 25th 2014 NJPW Return To Yokohama Arena Tomohiro Ishii vs Kota Ibushi
May 25th 2014 NJPW Return To Yokohama Arena A.J. Styles vs Kazuchika Okada
Jun 6th 2014 NJPW Best of the Super Jr Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs. KUSHIDA
Jun 8th 2014 NJPW Best Of The Super Jr FINAL Ricochet vs KUSHIDA
Jun 21st 2014 NJPW Dominion Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) vs The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
Jun 21st 2014 NJPW Dominion Kota Ibushi vs Ricochet
Jul 21st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 1 Tomoaki Honma vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
Jul 21st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 1 Kazuchika Okada vs A.J. Styles
Jul 21st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 1 Katsuyori Shibata vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Jul 23rd 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 2 Satoshi Kojima vs Tomohiro Ishii
Jul 25th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 3 Kazuchika Okada vs Togi Makabe
Jul 25th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 3 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima
Jul 26th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 4 Katsuyori Shibata vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
Jul 26th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 4 Tetsuya Naito vs A.J. Styles
Jul 26th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 4 Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata
Jul 26th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 4 Tomoaki Honma vs Tomohiro Ishii
Jul 27th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 5 Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomoaki Honma
Jul 27th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 5 Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito
Jul 27th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 5 AJ Styles vs. Hirooki Goto
Jul 31st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 6 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii
Jul 31st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 6 Satoshi Kojima vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Aug 1st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 7 Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Hirooki Goto
Aug 1st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 7 Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata
Aug 1st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 7 A.J. Styles vs Minoru Suzuki
Aug 1st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 7 Shinsuke Nakamura vsTomohiro Ishii
Aug 1st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 7 Togi Makabe vs Tetsuya Naito
Aug 3rd 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 8 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Aug 3rd 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 8 Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomoaki Honma
Aug 3rd 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 8 Lance Archer vs AJ Styles
Aug 4th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 9 Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto
Aug 4th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 9 Minoru Suzuki vs. Tetsuya Naito
Aug 4th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 9 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Satoshi Kojima
Aug 6th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 10 Tomohiro Ishii vs Katsuyori Shibata
Aug 8th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 11 Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki
Aug 8th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 11 Tomohiro Ishii vs Yuji Nagata
Aug 10th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 12 Kazuchika Okada vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Aug 10th 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Day 12 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs A.J. Styles
Sep 21st 2014 NJPW Destruction In Kobe Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata
Sep 21st 2014 NJPW Destruction In Kobe KUSHIDA vs Ryusuke Taguchi
Sep 21st 2014 NJPW Destruction In Kobe Hirooki Goto vs Togi Makabe
Oct 13th 2014 NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2014 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs A.J. Styles
Oct 13th 2014 NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2014 Tomohiro Ishii vs Yujiro Takahashi
Oct 13th 2014 NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2014 Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito
Oct 25th 2014 NJPW Road To Power Struggle Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii)
Nov 8th 2014 NJPW Power Struggle reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) vs Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA)
Nov 8th 2014 NJPW Power Struggle Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi vs Kazuchika Okada & YOSH-HASHI
Nov 8th 2014 NJPW Power Struggle Hirooki Goto vs Tomohiro Ishii

BONUS:
May 17th 2014 NJPW/ROH War Of The Worlds AJ Styles vs Kazuchika Okada vs Michael Elgin
BONUS:
May 17th 2014 NJPW/ROH War Of The Worlds reDRagon vs The Young Bucks
BONUS:
May 17th 2014 NJPW/ROH War Of The Worlds Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kevin Steen
 
#8,215 ·
Just watched Nakamura vs Suzuki from August 14th, 2011 G1 Climax. Haven't heard anything about the match before hand, or read any recommendations about it before, but damn is it a fantastic match! For a 19 minute match I was thoroughly captivated by the 11 1/2 minute mark. These two have awesome chemistry together, and really played that crowd (and myself) to perfection. I highly recommend this match to anyone who has not seen it, can't possibly think of any way you'd be disappointed.
 
#8,401 ·
--- MichiPro 2015.8.29 "Trial & Error" ----
By some miracle, a Michinoku Pro event actually aired and became visible to the international-human eye thanks to my Puroresu brother; NJPW Gaijin Eric. So I'm all over it especially as I may of been praying to see the final two matches. Here is my review of the show!


1. Ken45° & Mineo Fujita (ZERO1) vs Kinya Oyanagi & Bitman (HKW)
So right off the bat, as someone starving for MichiPro content, Bitman & Fujita isn't exactly what I want to be seeing. This was a pretty odd match with some glaring flaws, the biggest one being Bitman, he sells like a plank of wood, has terrible timing and even botches a tagging someone in. Mineo Fujita has a Danshoku-Dino level obsession with molesting his opponents, Oyanagi breaks out his super-slick technical ability which is always a pleasure to watch, but undoes that by eating shit while attempting a spring-board attack, which to Ken45°'s credit, he throws him out of the ring, laughs at him for messing up and giving the opposition an advantage. Botches are reality and it was smoothed out pretty well.

Mineo Fujita takes a leg-splitting fall from the top rope after Oyanagi shakes the ropes near another corner (cringe) and then Fujita spends to finishing minutes desperately and ridiculously trying to force a spot in which he is stuck upside own on a turn-buckle, you can literally watch him dying a slow death in the background as he tries so fucking hard to push, crawl and climb himself upside-down and backwards up the turn-buckle. JUST LET IT GO!! It didn't come naturally or organically, he may as well of just stood up, sat backwards on the turn-buckles and lowered himself down for all the good he did. Fucking Stupid. I would of much rather seen Ken45° vs Kinya Oyanagi do their thing again in a singles match.

So this was a bit of a mess, but something you should probably see for the botches and Mineo fucking Fujita trying to scale the turn-buckle, also, Oyanagi's sweet transitions (not including the one going from the top rope to the mat.)

2. Yappe-man #1 , Yappe-man #2 & Yappe-man #3 vs Kesen Numajiro, Eagles Mask & Mio Shirai
This is Mio Shirai's Michinoku Pro farewell match as she is retiring this year. Team Yappe come out in Shaolin-inspired entrance attire and music. This is a pretty simple match, Eagles Mask's skit is funny as he deliberately botches and tries to call the match in-ring, to organise spots very obviously and to no success, like trying to work out running the ropes with with Yappe-man #1 and both messing up. Mio Shirai boots Yappe-man 3 in the face annnnnd Numajiro, the humblest champion ever just pokes about when he is needed to retain the balance of power for his team. there isn't a lot to say, it's a very light, comedic encounter.

3. Manuel Majoli (ICW), Daichi Sasaki & Ayumu Gunji vs The Great Sasuke, Syu Brahman & Kei Brahman
Mu no Taiyo madness! The first 10 minutes of this is Sasuke and the Brahman's fucking about in the crowd, terrorizing children, performing miracles on people and once blessed, the Brahman Brothers liberally distribute the holy water to the crowd, eventually the match is under-way and sees Sasuke launching his "energy balls" at Majoli who dodges or blocks them all they then have a slow-paced-ground-based matt battle until Sasuke's continual kipping down into a cross-legged, mystical position forced Majoli to call it a day and tag out. Sasuke considers himself the victory for outlasting Majoli and tags out also.

From here was get the brawling Brahmans with some faster-paced NEW PHASE action, buckets of water, road signs, kendo sticks, bowling balls and suitcases are all in use. Sasuke sticks with Majoli and the Brahman's take on NEW PHASE, there is a lot going on in here Sasaki has some good moments, jumping a Brahman as he tried to shake hands with Gunji as they then knock the other Mu no Taiyo members off the apron and trash talk the original Brahman like young thugs to boos from the crowd and also busting out a call, launching exploder suplex, Majoli also hits a running Shooting Star Press out of nowhere which is pretty shocking, just throwing himself backwards and Gunji launches himself into the ceiling for a huge springboard dropkick. Mini Sasuke gets in of the action, falling short with a cartwheeling elbow and headbutting Sasaki in the groin. It's an entertaining encounter, as always, with maybe even a bit of a surprising finish

-- Fujita "Jr." Hayato comes out to talk to the fans about his recovery and stays at ringside to support his fellow BAD BOY faction-mates.--

4. Taro Nohashi vs Manjimaru
Now here we fuckin' go. The two premium matches of the show the "Summer Vacation Special Matches". This one features two full-speed ahead, hard-hitting maniacs going to war. The MichiPro "Ishii & Shibata" (Well, OTHER Shibata, since Hayato is here too). But these guys really just methodically punish each other, the entire first half of the match is submission holds, with Manjimaru trying to tear Nohashi's arm off, the tension builds between the two as they exchange holds peaking in ferocity with a sick looking head-scissors that seems like Manjimaru's head is about to snap off, leaving Manjimaru scrambling for the ropes, being put through another submission with a transition into a very close near fall, almost catching Manjimaru out.

It's at the time, that the elbows, lariats, headbutts and Nohashis start flying, as if the bell just rung and the match began and it doesn't let up both men start going to war, hitting some massive shots, brutal piledrivers, deadly lariats, reckless falling & diving headbutts. Nohashi hits a awesome Tiger Suplex, that due to his small stature, leaves Manjimaru to eat all of it to full effect, Manjimaru sets up a sickening vertical brain buster that'll get you moving in your seat, there's a break-neck-speed Crucifix Bomb, Manjimaru's neck compacting reverse/inverted/belly-to-belly Gotch-style Piledriver. Everything looks brutal and anything looks like it could end the match and these guys just keep dishing it out and taking it.

It's a very slow build, especially for two guys like this, but is a very punishing, brutal and methodical Chess game that grows into a "fire at will" war, really picking up in the second-half. Premium match #1 delivers and separates itself from the rest of the card so far.

5. Rui Hyugaji vs Takeshi Minamino
So this one was a bit strange, the last match went for 20 minutes, this one goes for like 9. As soon as Hyugaji enters the ring, he jumps Minamino and is just full of beans all match, bouncing all over the place, getting big air on dives and just being all over Minamino who slings some big hits to slow him down, using a chair on the outside, a suplex on the entrance ramp, throwing punches, anything he can do to stop his momentum, it's a pretty fast and loose brawl with a good looking finish to end it, in very short time which everyone is shocked by.

~~~ Overall ~~~
This show only goes for 2 hours, so its an easy watch, especially with such a variety of unique talent, but really, you'll be watching this for one match, Taro Nohashi vs Manjimaru and since it's so short, you may as well check out the main event too. Or just check out the whole show and see what's going on. It's not like there is a huge selection of 2015 MichiPro to watch.
 
#8,433 ·


Alright, I'm at it again, here is a trailer for some of my upcoming uploads from the Big Mouth LOUD promotion.

For those unaware, Big Mouth LOUD is the company that Katsuyori Shibata (and Kazunari Murakami) left NJPW for back in 2005. They, along with Akira Maeda and many others sought to preserve the hard-hitting, aggressive and authentic style of Puroresu in the face of NJPW's slow gravitation towards being a more sports entertainment influenced company. The revolution was short-lived however resulting in only 8 shows before going under and being reborn as another short-lived promotion; UWAI STATION. But regardless, they still produced two amazing DVD sets featuring most of their matches that I am now able to share with you all.

Prepare to enter the age of aggression and with the company motto being "be mad with attack", get ready to witness some of the most hard-hitting, head-scratching & heart-stopping action featuring; Shibata, Ishii, Kojima, Styles, Choshu, Fujiwara, Otsuka, Murakami, Usuda and many, many more!

Upcoming upload list:
1.Osamu Kido vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara
2. Daisuke Ikeda vs Katsumi Usuda
3. Hiroyuki Ito vs Tomohiro Ishii
4. Riki Choshu & Takashi Uwano vs Buck Quartermain & Steve Madison
5. Enson Inoue vs Gerard Gordeau
6. Alexander Otsuka vs Yuki Ishikawa
7. Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazunari Murakami
8. Don Arakawa vs Osamu Kido
9. Manabu Hara vs Munenori Sawa
10. Katsumi Usuda vs Masanobu Kurisu
11. KAZMA & Kengo Mashimo vs Hiroyuki Ito & Yuki Ishikawa
12. Akitoshi Saito vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara
13. AJ Styles vs Petey Williams
14. Enson Inoue vs Kazunari Murakami
15. Katsuyori Shibata vs Satoshi Kojima


Channel link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOfKmK5nZIurQ8fUk26GcA
 
#8,456 ·
I watched Akiyama/Misawa vs. Kawada/Taue from 12/6/96 after not watching much 90's AJPW in the past year or so. I hadn't realized how shit wrestling is now until watching this. Everything now (even in NJPW) is illogical moving from spot-to-spot. Of course this varies to different degrees as NJPW is much less of an offender in comparison to PWG, ROH, WWE. Of course there are also some great matches that are completely logical but for the most part wrestling is not good now.
 
#665 ·
Remember back when NJPW announced their j-cup tag tournament?

NJPW "SUPER J TAG TOURNAMENT 1ST", 08.05.2010 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo JCB Hall

1. Super J Tag Tournament - Round 1: Gedo & KUSHIDA vs. Kota Ibushi & Consequences Creed
2. Super J Tag Tournament - Round 1: Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs. Mascara Dorada & Valiente
3. Super J Tag Tournament - Round 1: Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai vs. Tiger Mask & Davey Richards
4. Super J Tag Tournament - Round 1: Jushin Thunder Liger & Nobuo Yoshihashi vs. Fujita "Jr." Hayato & Taro Nohashi
5. Super J Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Gedo/KUSHIDA-Ibushi/Creed vs. Taguchi/Devitt-Dorada/Valiente
6. Super J Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Liger/Yoshihashi-Hayato/Nohashi vs. Kanemoto/Samurai-Tiger/Richards
7. Super J Tag Tournament - Final:

Credit: Purolove.com

Looks very interesting, especially when it comes to the outsiders they are bringing in.
 
#669 ·
I believe we all do a little.


I wonder if Davey is going to do his crowd killing dive. I'd pay to see him do that on some unsuspecting japs.
 
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