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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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#7,713 ·
I ♥ KEMONITO;37398537 said:
I could not connect with Tanahashi vs Shibata at all, idk if something is wrong with me?
Don't know if there really is a tension between Nagata and Nakamura, from there past maybe? I sort of felt that something was there.
Thought the same about both. I enjoyed Tanahashi/Shibata more than Nakamura/Shibata, but in both cases I felt it was very good but not excellent. Nakamura/Shibata was hurt by a quiet crowd, Tanahashi/Shibata was much better, but the heart-stopping "what's next" element was missing a little. But that spinning backfist chop was EVIL.

Nakamura/Nagata was great, did a good job of projecting a disdain for each other, whether based on reality or not, that felt more real that the typical stare and throw forearms stuff.

Honma has been absolutely awesome so far in this tournament, he better gets some wins, he deserves them
 
#7,714 ·
NJPW G1 Climax 2014 Day 2:

Tomohiro Ishii vs Satoshi Kojima ***1/2

Bad Luck Fale vs Shelton Benjamin ***1/4. Damn good match, Fale is just awesome.

Yujiro Takahashi vs Hirooki Goto ***

Lance Archer vs Tetsuya Naito ***

Tomoaki Honma vs Yuji Nagata ***3/4. Match of the night, Honma is such a great addition to the tourny, he's a really great underdog.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Davey Boy Smith Jr - ***

AJ Styles vs Toru Yano ***

Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan ***1/2. Wow, I loved it. Tenzan's best performance in forever. This was needed after he was so bad in last years G1.

Karl Anderson vs Togi Makabe ***1/2. I'm really not into Makabe's (or Goto) matches anymore because he's so stale and uninteresting, but this one was yet another really good match.

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Doc Gallows **3/4. Meh, disappointing. Nothing special or interesting here. Pretty generic and basic.

I think this was NJPW's show of the year, considering their shows earlier this year had pretty bad undercard.
 
#7,715 ·
I have Day 2 as the worst of the G-1 so far :shocked:

To add my own content. Honma won my heart in the opening day vs. Tanahashi and he continues to grow on me more and more with every match.
 
#7,716 ·
Been impressed with Honma, Naito, Okada, Styles, Ishii, Tana and Shibata so far.

Not too keen on these Shinskayy performances- needs to step his game up.
 
#7,717 · (Edited)
G1 Day 5

Gallows vs. Ishii ***1/2
Archer vs. Tenzan **1/2
Kojima vs. Smith **3/4
Suzuki vs. Takahashi **3/4
Yano vs. Anderson *1/2
Shibata vs. Benjamin ***1/2
Styles vs. Goto ***3/4
Tanahashi vs. Fale ***1/4
Honma vs. Nakamura ***3/4
Okada vs. Naito ****

Another killer show. Enjoy your days off fellas - you've earned them.
 
#7,718 · (Edited)
Day 5

Honma vs Nakamura: ***3/4
Okada vs Naito: ****1/4


I may have rated Okada/Naito a bit too high but personal preference and all.

Yet to watch Styles/Goto and whatever match Ishii is in.
 
#7,720 ·
Yep that's where I'm watching all the stuff :eek:

God bless that wonderful guy :lol
 
#7,724 ·
Ok I only just watched Styles vs Naito from Day 4. Best match of the tournament so far. Styles killed it as a heel and Naito showed some great babyface fire. Excellent comeback but I feel Styles was really the star of this match. Good to see him getting over with the crowd too- more performances like this in G1 and AJ will be a made man in Japan.

****1/2

Also due to giving this 4 and a half, I'm reducing my initial rating of Okada/Naito from Day 5 to ****1/4. Styles/Naito was definitely better.
 
#7,727 ·
Ok I only just watched Styles vs Naito from Day 4. Best match of the tournament so far. Styles killed it as a heel and Naito showed some great babyface fire. Excellent comeback but I feel Styles was really the star of this match. Good to see him getting over with the crowd too- more performances like this in G1 and AJ will be a made man in Japan.
****1/2

Also due to giving this 4 and a half, I'm reducing my initial rating of Okada/Naito from Day 5 to ****1/4. Styles/Naito was definitely better.
That's what I said in another thread. The reason the crowd was lukewarm to him at first was because AJ had never been in Japan for a period of time. Sure he may have worked some shows but they didn't really know him or what he could bring to the table. Now that he has and is winning the crowd as well as his matches with Okada, Naito, and Goto New Japan's going to be wanting to be keeping him. We've only scratched the surface of the matches AJ could have. Imagine him vs Shibata, Nakamura, Honma, Ishii, Ibushi, Kojima, and of course Tanahashi.
 
#7,726 ·
Also the Japanese crowds are really starting to pop for AJ Styles' dropkick :lol

Not as big a pop as Okada's dropkick but he's getting there.
 
#7,728 ·
Damn I never thought I'd see the day where Naito is impressing the fuck out of me. I guess he's always been good, but he's seems like a standout in this tourny. Also, crazy to think that Honma is an alternate. Not saying that Ibushi wouldn't tear the house down, but I'm definitely glad that Honma made the tourny.

Day 5 matches
Okada vs Naito ****
Honma vs Nakamura ****
 
#7,729 ·
New Japan 28/7/14
Doc Gallows vs Tomohiro Ishii ***
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Lance Archer ***
Davey Boy Smith Jr vs Satoshi Kojima **3/4
Yujiro Takahashi vs Minoru Suzuki **1/2
Karl Anderson vs Toru Yano **1/2
Katsuyori Shibata vs Shelton Benjamin ***1/4
AJ Styles vs Hirooki Goto ***1/2
Bad Luck Fale vs Hiroshi Tanahashi ***
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomoaki Honma ***1/4
Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito ****
 
#7,732 ·
Day 2

Ishii vs. Kojima - *** 1/4
Okada vs. Tenzan - ***
Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr - ***

Day 3

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima - *** 1/4
Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika Okada - *** 1/4


Day 4

Ishii vs. Honma - **** 1/4 (fucking awesome match)
AJ Styles vs. Naito - *** 1/2
Okada vs. Anderson - *** 1/2
Tanahashi vs. Shibata - ****
 
#7,733 ·
I just watched Honma/Ishii.

Wow, that is my match of the tournament so far. It was just everything I wanted from those two and more. Ishii playing the heel and the scrappy underdog Honma fighting back and getting the better of Ishii at time. Ishii selling made me think he broke his neck or pinched a nerve it was that great or legit. Great, must see match.
 
#7,734 ·
#7,738 ·
Finishing stretch did a stellar job I thought. Didn't go into a mega epic mode - not like I'm usually against that under the New Japan formula, but still, staying away was wise - & kept it all within the realm of the story that played out. Naito the wounded babyface, climbing uphill. Gritty struggle for momentum vs the dominating Heavyweight champion. Surviving a super Styles Clash attempt, the timed dropkick counter, SPIKE german suplex nearfall, the enzuguri being Naito's answer to the earlier pele kick, etc. All under a believable pacing from Naito taking a licking a majority of the match. Loved how it wasn't so gung ho w/the pacing in the end. It was up tempo, but there was restraint from actual heart & angst willing both sides on, respectively. Styles couldn't keep him down & Naito, while bleeding out, just wouldn't want to quit.

Styles trash talking during the domination portions ruled too. I hope Meltzer attempts some hyperbole for this match b/c this actually felt like the version of Styles he was yammering on about. He was a great heel. Felt natural for him to target the wound and roll w/it.
 
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