Author: Korakuenramblings
Abuse of Hashi: the match And people wonder why NOAH could not get the next generation of stars over? Why do I as this? Well mainly because of this just shy of 30 minute six man between veteran teacher and student the veterans control nearly all of it except for a small section near the … Continue reading Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama Vs KENTA, Naomichi Marufuji & Makoto Hashi NOAH 02/04/2005
Comming into this match I expected it to be a contender to the crown of Sanada vs kono for the most boring match I have seen, and while it was dull as fuck for large stretches it was still not as bad as that dreadful match. Its a 60 minuite draw, not the right two … Continue reading SUWAMA c vs Taiyo Kea AJPW Triple Crown Title AJPW 31/08/2008
The match that came out of the infamous grandstand open challenge by takada to every world champion in wrestling that nobody expected to be answered. They don't use the points rules but do wrestle it in a loose shoot-style. With Vader trying to control the middle of the ring and take takada down and smother … Continue reading Nobuhiko Takada Vs Super Vader UWFI 05/12/1993
Billed as the revenge match after takada beat tenryu in UWFI a couple of months before. This felt like a massive match and was treated as such, epic staredown to begin followed by a closed fist punch to the face and a kick to the knee. After that it was all kicks punches, chops and … Continue reading Genichiro Tenryu Vs Nobuhiko Takada WAR 13/12/1996
Less than five minutes and is pretty fun, taiji just goes as fast as possible knowing that Sano won't be able to keep up. Sano knows that because of his size and strength he just need some good shot. Really fun match with a couple of clever things such as Sano just attacking the core … Continue reading Taiji Ishimori Vs Takuma Sano NOAH 29/012011
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
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