[lariatooooo!!!]

KENTA vs. Takayama ***3/4-**** guess I have to watch it again

Originally Posted by geraldinhio

havn't seen much puro this year though ,anything else I should check out?

Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Go Shiozaki
Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

@ NJPW Wrestle Kingdom V.

[seancarleton77]

Originally Posted by lariatooooo!!!

Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada

Avoid this like a deadly contagious disease. Worst Suguira match ever. And it was 100 percent due to Okada, or TNA fucking up with Okada.

[The REAL MP]

I wish they would've put Kanemoto in that match instead of Okada. I get why they went with Okada for promotional reasons, but the match would've been so much more stiff and hate-filled with Kanemoto. Plus Koji's way too good to be relegated to the dark matches.

[Kid Kamikaze10]

Originally Posted by seancarleton77

Avoid this like a deadly contagious disease. Worst Suguira match ever. And it was 100 percent due to Okada, or TNA fucking up with Okada.

I totally know what you mean by that, but...


Remember, there was a Jeff Hardy match in that show... I think that match is more fitting for this warning.

[ViolenceIsGolden]

Originally Posted by The REAL MP

I wish they would've put Kanemoto in that match instead of Okada. I get why they went with Okada for promotional reasons, but the match would've been so much more stiff and hate-filled with Kanemoto. Plus Koji's way too good to be relegated to the dark matches.

Kanemoto is such a underrated wrestler right now. While he's one of the oldest members of the roster he also is one of the best workers. Every match I've ever seen of his has been very good and never gets any praise or coverage after wards ever. Kanemoto also once had a one on one 5 star match which when you think about it is impressive for a guy that doesn't get as much praise as most of the bigger names like Kobashi and Misawa. Today right now Kanemoto for me is easily one of the top 5 workers in the world. He's probably the most capable of having a great wrestling match than anybody in New Japan right now including Naomichi Marufuji who he actually had one of my favorite matches of 2010 with.

[lariatooooo!!!]

Originally Posted by seancarleton77

Avoid this like a deadly contagious disease. Worst Suguira match ever. And it was 100 percent due to Okada, or TNA fucking up with Okada.

Haven't seen it completely tbh, but I think even if it was as bad as you say it was still one of the better matches of the show and the fact that Sugs and Takayama were teaming up is a reason to watch this, no matter who the other tag team was. Of course it should have been better.

Originally Posted by ViolenceIsGolden

Kanemoto is such a underrated wrestler right now. While he's one of the oldest members of the roster he also is one of the best workers. Every match I've ever seen of his has been very good and never gets any praise or coverage after wards ever. Kanemoto also once had a one on one 5 star match which when you think about it is impressive for a guy that doesn't get as much praise as most of the bigger names like Kobashi and Misawa. Today right now Kanemoto for me is easily one of the top 5 workers in the world. He's probably the most capable of having a great wrestling match than anybody in New Japan right now including Naomichi Marufuji who he actually had one of my favorite matches of 2010 with.

I agree, according to his age (44) he still IS awesome, but he won't get any younger and if you compare todays matches to his performances like 5 or 6 years ago you can see him being simply not as great as he was then. Maybe that's the reason as NJPW is not the kind of company which relies on their old stars like Pro Wrestling NOAH.

[Seabs]

I'd take a Koji match over pretty much anyone from NOAH bar maybe Shiozaki. He still does alright for himself given that he's an old junior. I mean juniors never get high placings on card unless there's a juniors tourney tour. The fact he was left off the WK5 card was a travesty though. The Okada tag was pretty bad but in comparison to Hardy/Naito it looked like a legit MOTY.

[seancarleton77]

Koji Kanemoto = Better than your favourite Jr. Although Liger is up there and Devitt is fucking awesome.

[ViolenceIsGolden]

Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano vs. Ricochet and Naruki Doi from the ippv tonight in New York City. Good 3-4 star match. My MOTY so far above KENTA vs. Takayama.

[WillTheBloody]

I'll have to watch them at better quality later but Ronin/BW and CK-1/WORLD-1 from DGUSA's United: NYC iPPV were both really great. Hulk/YAMATO and Aries/Swann delivered as well.