Category: NOAH 2004
This kind of had a bit of everything, there was stiff strikes, pretty good matwork, choreographed to within an inch of its life sequences, comedy and a bunch of big moves down the stretch. What did this all add up to? A bit of a mess really, a somewhat enjoyable one but still definitely messy. … Continue reading Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA c vs Kendo Kashin & Takashi Sugiura GHC Jr Heavyweight Tag Titles NOAH Departure 10/07/2004
As is happening all too often in this rewatch of the KentFuji title run the matches are far too long and can feel samey and dull from the middle on-wards. The very end of the finish stretch is often very good as it was here but they often start to speed up with 10 or … Continue reading Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA c vs Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin GHC jr Heavyweight tag Titles NOAH 01/06/2004
For a lot of this reign KentFuji have been facing off against outsiders attempting tho take NOAHs belts away from it or internal heels such as kanemaru. Here for the first time were KentFuji actually the heels, yes they are against Ogawa who is a massive dickhead but really everybody loves him, add to that … Continue reading KENTA & Marufuji c vs Kotaro Suzuki & Yoshinari Ogawa GHC jr Heavyweight Tag Titles 03/04/2004
This was a bit of a change from the previous three Kentfuji title matches that I have reviewed. Yes this still built to a massive crescendo, probably the best finish run of the lot so far but it was certainly the slowest of the four. There was a bit more mat work, not much but … Continue reading Kenta & Marufuji c vs El Samurai & Wataru Inoue GHC Jr Heavyweight Tag Titles NOAH 10/01/2004
One of the best tag matches ever and for my money the second best match NOAH has ever put on behind the Misawa vs Kobashi 2003 match. The first 20 minutes of this are two heat segments on the jrs with flashes of hope spots quickly cut off through sheer brutality from misawa or slyness … Continue reading Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa c Vs Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA GHC Heavyweight Tag Titles NOAH 25/04/2004
One of the best matches ever everything about the match, the crowd the pacing the feel of it the heat segments the finish everything is great.They set the tone early with some stuff strikes that will continue throughout the whole match. Every strike thrown is brutal and has purpose. The offence by both guys throughout … Continue reading Kenta Kobashi c vs Yoshihiro Takayama GHC Heavyweight Title 25/04/2004
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