The dynamic between these two was interesting as before the match they shook hands something Kawada does not do often. After the match they shake hands and bow to one another but during the match they were really at each other in a brutal way. They looked like they really had an issue and we're … Continue reading Taiyo Kea c Vs Toshiaki Kawada Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship AJPW 27/08/2006
I have watched one other match with these two in it before, a 30 minute draw from 2010 the worst match I have reviewed for the site. Here three years later and with mercifully half the time they fight again. To start with a positive (albeit a backhanded one), it is a hell of a … Continue reading Seiya Sanada c Vs Masayuki Kono GAORA TV title AJPW 10/03/2013
This was the 4th title match that these two have had since 2016 three of which have happened in the last year. 364 days ago Zeus defeated Kento to finally win the triple crown in a decent match in Osaka pref gym 1. He lost the belt back to Kento a few months later in … Continue reading Kento Miyahara c Vs Zeus AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Title AJPW 28/07/2019
This felt like a bit of a house show effort from three of the guys and a bit laboured and directionless for large amounts of it. The first heat sequence was by the sweeper team and it was very uninspired it was ploding and not particularly interesting. When Nomura was being worked over it worked … Continue reading Violence Giants (Shuji Ishikawa & SUWAMA) Vs Naoya Nomura & Jake Lee AJPW Tag Team Titles AJPW 27/07/2019
This was Kojima's 9th defence of his title. They started off here pretty slow doing some simple big match opening spots like the test of strength and some head lock reversals. It was a start that said the match could be going really long. But suddenly just after the five minute call kojima hits a … Continue reading Satoshi Kojima c Vs Taiyo Kea Triple crown heavyweight title AJPW 03/07/2006
This was Kaz Hayashi's 16th title defence on his epic 695 day reign as jr heavyweight champion. Mutoh fresh off his millionth knee surgery decided to drop weight and head into the jr division in attempt to end the reign, his first time back in the division since the late 80s in NJPW. While he … Continue reading Kaz Hayashi c Vs Keiji Mutoh AJPW jr heavyweight championship AJPW 24/10/2010
Well as expected that was fucking appalling. My thoughts on Hulk were explained in a previous post so here I will explain a little about YAMATO. A lot of DG fans seem to really like him and treat him as a great wrestler, but then again they do the same for Tozawa and Yoshino who … Continue reading YAMATO c vs BxB Hulk Open The Dream Gate Championship Dragon Gate 20/07/2014
BxB Hulk is such an enigma for me. He is shit, and shit on a fundamental level. Most of his offence sucks and his selling is some of the worst I have ever seen Kota Ibushi or Okada level awful. His main event singles matches never seem to end I am pretty sure his Dream … Continue reading Big R Shimizu & Ben-K c vs BxB Hulk & YAMATO Twin Gate title Dragon gate 22/07/2018
Back when I was watching DG regularly the twin gate title match was often the best match on the big shows, the trios too cluttered and the main event singles matches often way to long dull and plodding. One Kobe world 2019 it was not much different. The main event was 26 minutes of meh … Continue reading Kai & Yamato c Vs Big R Shimizu & Eita Vs Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida Twin Gate title elimination match Dragon gate 21/07/2019
This was a three way 12 man elimination match where the team that lost all its members first would be made to disband. Back at this time I was a really big Dragon gate fan it was probably my favorite promotion at the time along with AJPW. Now I have not watched any with any … Continue reading Dia Hearts (Massaki Mochizuki, Kzy, Dragon Kid, Big R Shimizu) vs VerserK (Shingo Takagi, Kotoka, Naruki Doi, YAMATO) vs Monster Express (Masato Yoshino, Akira Tozawa, T-Hawk, Syachihoko BOY) Dragon Gate 04/02/2016
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