Month: April 2020
Most people know about the 96 RWTL final and lots of people know about the 97 RWTL final that follows this match and the 96 series between these two teams. This match though I have barely seen any mention of and it is a great shame as it is amazing. They start off extremely hot … Continue reading Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue AJPW RWTL 27/11/1997
This was nothing more than an extended squash. Untouchables best up Asako with some nasty stomps. Omori managed to get in but was beaten down by Misawa. Asako comes back in but then gets knocked out by Misawa with an elbow we don't see. **
First really good NOAH tag match, and is the one that was built up on the previous show with the Rikio and Kobashi Vs Kanemaru akiyama match. All six guys played the roles well and Kanemaru was far better than the previous month as the nature of a six man and the fact that he … Continue reading Kenta Kobashi, Takashi Rikio & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Jun Akiyama, Yoshinari Takayama & Yoshinabu Kanemaru NOAH 19/09/2000
This was alright at best. There was a nice bit with a senton by Misawa off the ramp towards the start and misawa's elbows when he came in for the last five minutes were good. But for a good portion of the match it was just meh. The heat segment on Ogawa went for a … Continue reading Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa Vs Akira Taue & Jun Izumida NOAH 19/08/2000
This was really fun, Kobashi was awesome in his limited involvement including a amazing sequence with akiyama. Akiyama was great as you would expect, Rikio did his job of being the big strong but inexperienced up and comer really well. And then there was Kanemaru, he bumped well but his offense is just rubbish. It … Continue reading Kenta Kobashi & Takashi Rikio Vs Jun Akiyama & Yoshinabu Kanemaru NOAH 19/08/2000
Another senior Vs jr wrestler match. This is the best of the tree I have watched this week. It starts with Maru jumping Misawa before the bell and hitting a bunch of dives and also some really stiff elbows. This whole match is really stiff escalating to the point where Misawa delivers some of the … Continue reading Naomichi Marufuji Vs Mitsuharu Misawa NOAH 03/03/2001
Like the Kobashi match this was another of shiozaki's trail series. It was more compact than the Kobashi match and there was probably a bit more fire from Shiozaki, but unlike Kobashi Misawa was not into the match as much. He delivered some excellent elbows and let go get some stuff in but wasn't as … Continue reading Mitsuharu Misawa Vs go Shiozaki NOAH 18/01/2005
The 7th match of go shiozaki's trail series and it is against his mentor and current world champion Kenta Kobashi. These matches are never really about if the younger guy can win but more what can they show to the older one and will they be able to make the senior wrestler annoyed enough to … Continue reading Kenta Kobashi Vs Go Shiozaki NOAH 23/01/2005
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