Month: November 2018
They started off fairly slow and simple with little in the way of heat, then with one simple elbow shot the it became a ferocious back and forth frenetic match. One downward elbow strike to Kengo's injured bicep/shoulder (is that right AJPW Discord?) changed the complexion of the match completely and for the next 17 … Continue reading Kai & Kengo Mashimo vs Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura RWTL AJPW 23/11/2018
The tone for this was set early with a slow opening as Sai and Tatsu paired off followed by Kento and Jake, in both occasions Sweeper 'won' the exchanges with Sai tying Tatsu up in knots and Jake brutalizing Kento with kicks. Having been controlled for the beginning Kento in particular took the role of … Continue reading YoshiKen (Kento Miyahara & Yoshi Tatsu) vs Sweeper (Ryoji Sai & Jake Lee) RWTL AJPW 21/11/2018
Here the Bomber finally got that longer match is was hoping for and it was worth the wait. While the day before Akiyama had put on an amazing performance as the grumpy vet beating on Tatsu here he played the part of the face in peril being beaten up by the two monster foreigners, a … Continue reading The Bomber (Joe Doering & Dylan James) vs Jun Akiyama & Daisuke Sekimoto RWTL 21/11/2018
I do put star ratings on the end of my reviews but I do hope people dont just look at them and move on and will read the thoughts themselves. But I know people will still do that. I will continue to put them on the reviews but will do a little bit of explaining … Continue reading A Note on Star Ratings
As anyone who has watched Jun Akiyama would be able to tell you he is absolutely a top 10 talent of all time and this match is just further proof that, at the age of 49 he is still probably the best in the world. I think I enjoy a Kento more from a match-to-match … Continue reading Kento Miyahara & YoshiTatsu vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Jun Akiyama RWTL AJPW 20/11/2018
Omori is really old and very much banged up, his mobility is severely down on what it was even a couple of years ago and his knees look like they give his constant pain. His whole body is stiff and kind of awkward. BUT it is because of this that this match worked so well. Most … Continue reading Get Wild (Soya & Omori) vs SWEEPER (Jake Lee & Sai) RWTL AJPW 20/11/2018
A Short but really fun match, Kai and Kengo do the odd couple tag team very well and Doreing, who was in fr his team pretty much the whole match was great to be in there. He also is really good at using his size to dominate and refuse to be thrown around and do … Continue reading Bomber (Joe Doering & Dylan James) vs Kai & Kengo RWTL AJPW 20/11/2018
This was The Ends first match of any length on this tour after two pretty much squash matches. Here Shuji and SUWAMA were given the night off of going 25 to do a much shorter but still fairly hard hitting affair. The structure of these lesser RWTL shows is to do a couple of short … Continue reading SUWAMA & Shuji Ishikawa VS Parrow & Odinson RWTL AJPW 18/11/2018
This continued the shows very similar feel to the previous show. The day before this the main event was a good if too long match featuring NeXtream vs senior opponents. Here it was the same but the opponents were the senior members of their own stable. Again I felt like it went a little too … Continue reading Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu VS Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi RWTL AJPW 18/11/2018
This was a way of getting Doering and James a loss against a team that anyone can lose against via shenanigans and not look to bad. They started with some brawling around the building before getting back in the ring and the larger men dominated, this went on for a short while until there was … Continue reading Joe Doering & Dylan James VS TAJIRI & Gianni Valletta RWTL AJPW 18/11/18
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