[Bubz]

Kawada/Kojima 05 was incredible. Not sure I would go the full 5 for it, but it's very very close. Kawada was simply amazing.

btw, what is Kawada doing now? Is he still any good in the ring? I would imagine he is, I mean someone like him just doesn't stop being good unless they are really fucked up like say, Kobashi. I saw a Kawada match from 08 I think but nothing past that point.

[MF83]

He runs a noodle shop. Last match was in a 6 man on the last day of the 2010 G-1 and his last appearance was at Kojima's anniversary show last year.

[bigbuxxx]

I read somewhere a week or two ago that he announced he has no intention of stepping in a ring for a match again.

Kawada/Fuchi vs. Nagata/Iizuka NJPW 12/14/2000 - i loved this match and the result. Fuchi was gold.

[antoniomare007]

so the Strong Climb tournament winner is...

Spoiler for Big Japan results:

BJW, 26.03.2012 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,206 Fans

1. Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga, Mototsugu Shimizu & Adam Cole besiegen Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Jun Ogawauchi & Amigo Suzuki (9:24).
2. Ikkitousen - Strong Climb - Semi Final: Yoshihito Sasaki besiegt Sami Callihan (11:28) mit einer Lariat.
3. Ikkitousen - Strong Climb - Semi Final: Daisuke Sekimoto besiegt Bad Bones (11:12) mit einem German Suplex Hold.
4. Barbed Wire Board Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Takashi Sasaki & Shadow WX besiegen Jun Kasai, Ryuji Yamakawa & "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (14:16) nach einem Dragon Splash von Ito gegen Yamakawa.
5. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa , Masashi Taketa & DJ Hyde besiegen Abdullah Kobayashi, Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka B
(17:27) nach einer Giant Press von
6. Shinya Ishikawa, Shinobu & Takumi Tsukamoto besiegen Yuji Okabayashi, Kazuki Hashimoto & Masashi Otani (12:29) nach einem Octopus Hold von Ishikawa gegen Okabayashi.
7. Ikkitousen - Strong Climb - Final: Yoshihito Sasaki besiegt Daisuke Sekimoto (15:29) mit einer Lariat.

fuck yeah!

[Bubz]

Holy shit, that final match could be so good.

[Zatiel]

Eat it, foreigners!

[JoeRulz]

Yuji Okabayashi & Shinobu vs. Yoshihito Sasaki & Kazuki Hashimoto (BJW, 7/25/2011)

Good 9 minutes of simple tag team action. You could really feel the hatred here, there was plenty of stiff blows. All four guys are good, but Yuji and Shinobu are even awesome. Shinobu's lariats are impressive for a man of his size, and Yuji is a damn beast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJZeQ...3L7jND8V-yVeE=
Rating: **1/2


Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Bad Bones & Robert Dreissker (BJW, 7/25/2011)

Decent stuff. Daiskay barely wrestled in this one, it's a shame. Taniguchi is a nothing wrestler, but he's charismatic and his comedy connected with the crowd. Robert Dreissker looked good here.
Rating: **


SMOP vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki (BJW, 1/2/2012)

The YouTube comment describes this match perfectly: "Like a pair of buses fighting a pair of SUVs." Very good shit here. Akebono and Hama are fucking huge. They are smart too, because they know they can't harm Daiskay, so they concentrate their pounds on Sasaki. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD4-PNw6hCU
Rating: **1/2


Shinobu vs. Kazuki Hashimoto (BJW, 2/26/2012)

This was a good match that could be even better if Shinobu's selling was better. The storytelling was action packed with stiff kicks and hatred. Shinobu is good, but his selling is poor in key moments. Hashimoto is better.
Rating: **1/2


Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Brahman Shu (BJW, 2/26/2012)

Incredibly entertaining 10 minutes of greatness. Both guys are super over, especially Shu, who is super awesome and charismatic. Why I never heard about him, I'm mad at myself now. His brother was at ringside, he seems like an awesome dude too. This was one helluva mix of comedy and great wrestling. Watch this match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfr7X...nztJ_xPKleCk0=
Rating: ***1/2


Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu vs. Devon Moore & Rory Mondo (BJW, 10/23/2011)

Good stuff. Didn't see much from Moore and Mondo, but they looked very good here, especially Moore, who had one breathtaking sequence. He was really over with the crowd, more than Sasaki and Shinobu. The later two added an interesting detail to the story of the match with fighting each other in the middle of the match, lol. Anyway, good match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEFRJ...Kyn2_okqJW96w=
Rating: **1/2


Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Masashi Takeda (BJW, 10/23/2011)

Awesome, awesome shit. Kobayashi & Takeda chose to go pound-for-pound (instead of hardcore) with Daiskay & Yuji, and it made them the underdogs, and it made the crowd rooting for them. Great storytelling. Few decapitating moves from Takeda on Yuji. Great match, highly recommended. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVhH...PbwgY5diXciX8=
Rating:***1/2

[Rah]

^ Are you from the future? O_o

As for SMOP vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki (BJW, 1/2/2012) that's the first sub 3.5 star rating I've seen.

[JoeRulz]

I fucked up with the dates twice, lol.

I liked that 1/2 tag. It was good, but not great. They did a good job in building to Daiskay & Yuji vs. SMOP, which happened the following day, I believe.

[Bubz]

I actually liked the Sekimoto/Sasaki vs SMOP tag more than the Sekimoto/Okabayashi vs SMOP tag, but both were awesome. I think I have both around the **** area.