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
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, and Age yet to come, and Age long past, a wind rose … Continue reading Go Shiozaki c Vs Kaz Fujita GHC Heavyweight title 29/03/2020
This was pretty dull. The biggest culpret to it being so dull was Suzuki, he is a wrestler I just dont get a lot of people like him but to me he is boring outside of one match vs Tanahashi in 2012 and this match helped to show why. They start with some decent brawling … Continue reading Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea c vs SUWAMA & Shuji Kondo AJPW Tag Titles 14/03/2009
This was a gaora version of the match so was as usual cut down a bit, this time by around 7 minutes from its original length of 29, I didn't feel like the match missed all that much and the cuts were fairly seamless. The Build up focused on Funaki and his ability to knock … Continue reading SUWAMA c vs Masakatsu Funaki AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Title 24/10/2010
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
When pro wrestling is great it is pretty fucking great. Going in I fully expected Kento to win to continue his run before losing to the winner of the carnival. I would have loved SUWAMA to win but didn't believe it would happen but from the moment the intro video started I thought he could … Continue reading Kento Miyahara c Vs SUWAMA Triple Crown title 23/03/2020
This was a weird match. You had the stiffness from Kawada the leg work from Mutoh and a really great intensity from both guys throughout. But there was also a massive amount of bullshit in the match. They shook off everything an no sold it. You had an amazing sequence of ten basement dropkicks to … Continue reading Keiji Mutoh c Vs Toshiaki Kawada Triple Crown Title AJPW 24/02/2002
The opening ten minutes of this match were pretty excellent. They did a few minutes of mat work with akiyama Vs go and Omori Vs Kento, in both cases it was obvious that the younger guys were much faster and looked so far ahead in doing a straight wrestling match. So what did the veterans … Continue reading Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori (c) Vs Go Shiozaki & Kento Miyahara AJPW Tag Team Championship 30/08/2014
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