[antoniomare007]

Fujiwara is the one more people should watch though, he's the Jerry Lawler of puro (kinda).

[Yeah1993]

As far as "favourite" goes, I'd have more Japanese guys over Kobashi than on a "best" list, like TAKA Michinoku.

[antoniomare007]

that's two of us (not the TAKA part, although he is awesome).

[Rah]

Originally Posted by mk92071

Anyone else see Infinity 252? It was amazing and just shows how DG is on a roll.

Ricochet vs. Naruki Doi - ***3/4
Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, and Gamma vs. Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito, and Yasushi Kanda - ****
Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk vs. Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kagetora - ****
CIMA vs. Pac - ****

I'd definitely recommend this episode.

If you missed this post, here's a re-bump simply for the epicness that was on this card.

[Seabs]

Originally Posted by Rah

If you missed this post, here's a re-bump simply for the epicness that was on this card.

It was on 2 back to back shows actually.

[MF83]

Seabs, are you planning on watching/which of these have you watched?

Originally Posted by MF83

I'm interested in your takes/reviews/ratings on:

NOAH 2/17/2002 – Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Jushin Liger & Wataru Inoue
AND Kobashi Return Match: Misawa/Kobashi vs. Akiyama/Nagata (Great damn show)
NJPW 8/29/2002 – IWGP Junior Tag Championship – Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka © vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Kawada/Fuchi vs. Nagata/Iizuka NJPW 12/14/2000
Tenryu vs. Mutoh AJPW 6/8/2001
Tenryu vs. Kojima AJPW 7/7/2002
The 4 way trios match from 8/30/2003 Toryumon
Sasaki vs. Miyamoto BJW 3/14/07
Tanahashi vs. Nagata 4/13/2007
Tanahashi vs. Goto 11/11/2007
Ishikawa, Sawa & Otsuka vs Ikeda, Usuda & Super Tiger II BattlArts 7/26/08
Kanemoto vs. Hayato 12/22/09
Miyamoto/Sasaki vs. Kodaka/Takeda, BJPW 3/26/09
Nakamura & Goto vs Misawa & Sugiura 1/4/09
Sugiura/Shiozaki vs Nakamura & Milano Collection AT NOAH 3/1/09
__________________

[Seabs]

I haven't got to any of them yet.

Jun Akiyama vs Masa Inoue - NOAH 4/23/2006
Inoue is incredible in this. Great hierarchy establishment type match without either guy looking bad. Inoue gets a title shot but is basically out of place in a title match with Akiyama so he has to be smart and come up with a crafty game plan to execute. His game plan rules. Initially rush was great and Inoue then following it up by grinding the pace to a halt when it didn't work was super. Crowd really gets behind Inoue in his effort too and as a result get on Akiyama's back which he's wise enough to realise and adapt pretty well too bar when he was trying too hard to get them to boo him after the DDT on the floor. Spot where Inoue gets Akiyama in a figure four on the ramp and leaves him there until the count gets to 18 was incredible. He drops the hold at 18 and as he's trying to storm back to the ring he starts selling the leg as well because he was in the lock too for ages. He takes a great beating too. Akiyama isn't the greatest ass kicker ever and his knees in particular suck but he does the job and Inoue does the rest for him. Ending with Inoue taking a bunch of running knee strikes and charging back up after each one was great, especially how he popped back up less and less after each one to sell each one more and more.

****1/4+

[Rah]

Originally Posted by Seabs

It was on 2 back to back shows actually.

It was on the same TV show (Infinity 252), actually.

[Seabs]

No I meant two different live events.

[EmbassyForever]

NJPW Wrestlekingdom VI

IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TAH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Davey Richards & Rocky Romero "NRC" vs. Prince Devitt & Taguchi Ryusuke "Apollo 55" ***3/4 (Great way to open the show)

AERIAL KINGDOM: Jushin Thunder Liger, Mascara Dorada, KUSHIDA & Tiger Mask IV vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Atlantis & Valiente **3/4 (Pretty fun).

TOKYO MONSTER WAR: Tanaka Masato & Takahashi Yujiro "Complete Players" vs. MVP & Shelton Benjamin **3/4 (Shelton gave only his cool moves, which is good. MVP looked good, I guess he's improved in Japan).

IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson "Bad Intentions" vs. Tenzan Hiroyoshi & Kojima Satoshi "TenKoji" ***1/2

NJPW VS NOAH BATTLE CONCENTRATION II: Nakamura Shinsuke & Yano Toru vs. Shiozaki Go & Marufuji Naomichi ****

IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Tanahashi Hiroshi vs. Suzuki: ***1/4-***1/2

Overall Rating: For what I saw it was good, 7.5.