[ywall2breakerj]

PRO WRESTLING NOWA-Rikioh Takeshi Retirement Ceremony

PLANET EARTH-7 BILLION PEOPLE-SUPER~DUPER NO VACANCY


1.Taiji Ishimori vs. Masahiro Takanashi

A quick, enjoyable opener.....but.......they just had to have leg work in there, didn't they? They knew they'd no sell it and they knew.......it doesn't matter. It's a 4 minute match anyway.....

**1/2

2.Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich vs TDMK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste)


Much better than I expected. TDMK's selling of Von Erich's Elbows reminded me of Jumbo's selling of Kikuchi's Elbows, which tells you how great of a job they did of making the Von Erichs look good. The transitions in which TDMK regained control were simple double teams which made you think that the experience factor actually means something.
And the finish is SICK. Don't make the mistake of fast forwarding through this.

***1/4


3. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Akira Taue & Genba

Crowd no sells Genba.
Crowd no sells Nakajima.
Crowd no sells KENSKE.
Crowd throws streamers for Taue.
I love the crowd.


It's a nice little comedy match that doesn't go long. Worth checking out.

**3/4

4.Mohammed Yone vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Yone looks…..motivated?
Fujiwara's head is hard. And I mean hard.

***

5.Atsushi Kotoge vs Kota Ibushi

Exactly what I wanted this to be. Fun junior action with absolutely no overkill.
Spotty, but not in a bad way.

***1/4

6.MAYBACH Taniguchi vs Tajiri
Tajiri plays the heel outsider role….and does it very well.
Liked the post match stuff as well, Genba's all like stop stomping him!
And then he's like screw it and starts stomping Tajiri as well. Gotta love Genba.
Better than what I had expected.

***

7.Naomichi Marufuji vs KENTA
Pretty good untill KENTA counters Marufuji's plancha with a knee.
The injured one, to be exact. Then he does double stomps and all that crazy shit even though Marufuji worked on his leg. Not good.
KENTA goes for the Sitout Powerbomb and his left leg gives out modifying the move. Me likes.

Then the leg selling stops mattering. It's all about doing stuff that looks cool.


I will say that Marufuji's counters to the Go 2 Sleep were great, and he was responsible for the majority of the good stuff in this. Slowing down has done wonders for him this year.



I found myself greatly enjoying it after I gave up the "sell the injured leg" thing, but objectively speaking this is in no way great.
**3/4 Add as much stars ad you'd like if you don't care about selling.



8.Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy-GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships


So. Much. Fun. Oh, how much did they put into those 15 or what minutes……unreal.
I think the limited time actually helped them as there isn't a second wasted in this match.
They "got it". They got the GHC Heavyweight 30+ minute not broken down Misawa feel in a 15 minute tag.
That's when you know it's special.

***3/4

9.Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Christopher Daniels-GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
It was pretty mediocre apart from Daniels doing the best taunt ever. Then they kicked out of finishers. AT 1.
And then came the flat finish.


**

10. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs Samoa Joe & Magnus-GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championships

Poor Magnus, crowd didn't react to anything he did, lol.
Joe got himself a single streamer thrown…..that's…..something at least.
Good with a rushed ending.

***

11.Takeshi Morishima vs Go Shiozaki-GHC Heavyweight Championship

Meh. Boring for the most part untill the finishing stretch. Oh, this has shitty leg work as well.
Not nearly as shitty as the KENTA-Marufuji match though.
Yay….

**3/4







The Rikioh retirement ceremony itself was really cool. I, for one, really liked him.


Overall: NOAH's best show this year, no doubt about it. Apart from the junior tag nothing really hits the very good-great range but I found it to be really enjoyable as a whole show.
I'd give it 7.5/10 in entertainment value as the main event didn't live up to my already not very high expectations, the Kanemaru-Daniels nonsense, and everyone being obsessed with bad legwork....but I really enjoyed it.

[EmbassyForever]

Originally Posted by ywall2breakerj

PRO WRESTLING NOWA-Rikioh Takeshi Retirement Ceremony

PLANET EARTH-7 BILLION PEOPLE-SUPER~DUPER NO VACANCY


1.Taiji Ishimori vs. Masahiro Takanashi

A quick, enjoyable opener.....but.......they just had to have leg work in there, didn't they? They knew they'd no sell it and they knew.......it doesn't matter. It's a 4 minute match anyway.....

**1/2

2.Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich vs TDMK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste)


Much better than I expected. TDMK's selling of Von Erich's Elbows reminded me of Jumbo's selling of Kikuchi's Elbows, which tells you how great of a job they did of making the Von Erichs look good. The transitions in which TDMK regained control were simple double teams which made you think that the experience factor actually means something.
And the finish is SICK. And the finish is surprisingly good. Don't make the mistake of fast forwarding through this.

***1/4


3. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Akira Taue & Genba

Crowd no sells Genba.
Crowd no sells Nakajima.
Crowd no sells KENSKE.
Crowd throws streamers for Taue.
I love the crowd.


It's a nice little comedy match that doesn't go long. Worth checking out.

**3/4

4.Mohammed Yone vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Yone looks…..motivated?
Fujiwara's head is hard. And I mean hard.

***

5.Atsushi Kotoge vs Kota Ibushi

Exactly what I wanted this to be. Fun junior action with absolutely no overkill.
Spotty, but not in a bad way.

***1/4

6.MAYBACH Taniguchi vs Tajiri
Tajiri plays the heel outsider role….and does it very well.
Liked the post match stuff as well, Genba's all like stop stomping him!
And then he's like screw it and starts stomping Tajiri as well. Gotta love Genba.
Better than what I had expected.

***

7.Naomichi Marufuji vs KENTA
Pretty good untill KENTA counters Marufuji's plancha with a knee.
The injured one, to be exact. Then he does double stomps and all that crazy shit even though Marufuji worked on his leg. Not good.
KENTA goes for the Sitout Powerbomb and his left leg gives out modifying the move. Me likes.

Then the leg selling stops mattering. It's all about doing stuff that looks cool.


I will say that Marufuji's counters to the Go 2 Sleep were great, and he was responsible for the majority of the good stuff in this. Slowing down has done wonders for him this year.



I found myself greatly enjoying it after I gave up the "sell the injured leg" thing, but objectively speaking this is in no way great.
**3/4 Add as much stars ad you'd like if you don't care about selling.



8.Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy-GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships


So. Much. Fun. Oh, how much did they put into those 15 or what minutes……unreal.
I think the limited time actually helped them as there isn't a second wasted in this match.
They "got it". They got the GHC Heavyweight 30+ minute not broken down Misawa feel in a 15 minute tag.
That's when you know it's special.

***3/4

9.Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Christopher Daniels-GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
It was pretty mediocre apart from Daniels doing the best taunt ever. Then they kicked out of finishers. AT 1.
And then came the flat finish.


**

10. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs Samoa Joe & Magnus-GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championships

Poor Magnus, crowd didn't react to anything he did, lol.
Joe got himself a single streamer thrown…..that's…..something at least.
Good with a rushed ending.

***

11.Takeshi Morishima vs Go Shiozaki-GHC Heavyweight Championship

Meh. Boring for the most part untill the finishing stretch. Oh, this has shitty leg work as well.
Not nearly as shitty as the KENTA-Marufuji match though.
Yay….

**3/4







The Rikioh retirement ceremony itself was really cool. I, for one, really liked him.


Overall: NOAH's best show this year, no doubt about it. Apart from the junior tag nothing really hits the very good-great range but I found it to be really enjoyable as a whole show.
I'd give it 7.5/10 in entertainment value as the main event didn't live up to my already not very high expectations, the Kanemaru-Daniels nonsense, and everyone being obsessed with bad legwork....but I really enjoyed it.

I'm watching the show now and the next match is Daniels vs Kanemaru, so far my opinions are totally different than yours lol.

[ywall2breakerj]

Why am I not bothered by that....

[EmbassyForever]

NOAH Great Voyage 2012 in RYOGOKU(Takeshi Rikio Retirement Ceremony):

1.Taiji Ishimori vs. Masahiro Takanashi - **

2.Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich vs TDMK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) - **3/4

3. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Akira Taue & Genba - **

4.Mohammed Yone vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara - N/A

5.Atsushi Kotoge vs Kota Ibushi - ***

6.MAYBACH Taniguchi vs Tajiri - **1/2

7.Naomichi Marufuji vs KENTA - ***1/2

8.Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki vs Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy-GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships - ***1/2
Crazy was great

9.Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Christopher Daniels-GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship - **1/4

10. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito vs Samoa Joe & Magnus-GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championships - **1/2
The fact i knew the result pretty much ruined the match for me

11.Takeshi Morishima vs Go Shiozaki-GHC Heavyweight Championship - ***1/2

Finally a good show from NOAH..

[JoeRulz]

Originally Posted by smitlick

4. 5 vs. 5 Football Match: Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Yuji Hino , Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Tanomasaku Toba & Yoshiko

9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Kenny Omega

[Caponex75]

Am I the only one that thought Shima vs. Shiozaki was a MOTY?! You got to be kidding me.

[MF83]

Yeah, probably. lol@Morishima perched up top and adjusting his tights while he's supposed to be loopy and waiting for Go to kill him. Aside from that, the first fifteen minutes are dull, the leg work was shrugged off, the no-sell spots didn't work and the finish isn't even strong.

[antoniomare007]

Yeah, it was a good match but not a MOTYC by any means imo.

[Bubz]

I thought the match Shima won the belt off Go earlier this year was really great, haven't seen many people agree with that either apart from maybe JoeRulz iirc. Probably give this one a watch later today.

KENTA/Fuji can fuck right off.

[MF83]

DDT show sounds amazing. Can't wait to see it. From what they show on that clipped TV version of Makabe/Suzuki from Dominion it looks surprisingly great.