Month: January 2020
There was a back elbow by misawa in this match to the side of Hayabusa's head that was spine-tinglingly brutal, and as someone who really thinks hayabusa is mostly just hype and really lazy it was cathartic for me. However, to the credit of Hayabusa this did seem to be a match were he did … Continue reading Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki RWTL 27/11/1997
The last two matches of kaito's reign proved that yes he can do great big matches and that the middle period of Vs Sugiura 2 and Vs Nakajima was just a blip as he finished on a high with the Kenoh match and this match. They made the match feel big beforehand with the backstage … Continue reading Kaito Kiyomiya c Vs Go Shiozaki GHC World Heavyweight title 04/01/2020
This is the 4th big singles match in the space of 8 months for these two and it slots in at third place in the ranking. It ended up being pretty good thanks to a great middle period of the match and a good finish. The opening was pretty shit though. It reminded me of … Continue reading Kento Miyahara c Vs Jake lee Triple Crown Heavyweight title AJPW 03/01/2020
Hikaru Sato put in a great performe here and Susumu who I find very bland and boring was fine. But this was about sato. In both his offence targeting the head and arm with kicks and armbars and also his selling where he had his leg attacked and sold it really well throughout the match. … Continue reading Hikaru Sato Vs Susumu yokosuka vacant ajpw jr heavyweight title 03/01/2020
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