A none-stop all action jr spotfest. But one that was built on strikes and submissions rather than flips. The feud is pretty hot and the burning members are not liked so their was good anamosity between the sides and in the crowd. It was not quite stiff enough as I would have liked but seas … Continue reading Minoru Tanaka Koji Kanemoto c Vs Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki All Asia Tag Title
There was a back elbow by misawa in this match to the side of Hayabusa's head that was spine-tinglingly brutal, and as someone who really thinks hayabusa is mostly just hype and really lazy it was cathartic for me. However, to the credit of Hayabusa this did seem to be a match were he did … Continue reading Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki RWTL 27/11/1997
The last two matches of kaito's reign proved that yes he can do great big matches and that the middle period of Vs Sugiura 2 and Vs Nakajima was just a blip as he finished on a high with the Kenoh match and this match. They made the match feel big beforehand with the backstage … Continue reading Kaito Kiyomiya c Vs Go Shiozaki GHC World Heavyweight title 04/01/2020
This is the 4th big singles match in the space of 8 months for these two and it slots in at third place in the ranking. It ended up being pretty good thanks to a great middle period of the match and a good finish. The opening was pretty shit though. It reminded me of … Continue reading Kento Miyahara c Vs Jake lee Triple Crown Heavyweight title AJPW 03/01/2020
Hikaru Sato put in a great performe here and Susumu who I find very bland and boring was fine. But this was about sato. In both his offence targeting the head and arm with kicks and armbars and also his selling where he had his leg attacked and sold it really well throughout the match. … Continue reading Hikaru Sato Vs Susumu yokosuka vacant ajpw jr heavyweight title 03/01/2020
There were some aspects of this match (most down to Akiyama) that were exceptional. His control segments and transitions, particularly the back-body-drop over the ropes to the ramp. But the work from Marufuji when on top was just not great. To begin with it was established that Marufuji was not on the level in terms … Continue reading Jun Akiyama c Vs Naomichi Marufuji GHC World Heavyweight title 09/09/2006
Of the three matches from this Maru reign that i have seen, vs Kondo vs KENTA and vs Kaz this was probably the best. But that is really damming with faint praise its still not very good. There is some fun stuff at the very start as there was some very nice mat work with … Continue reading Naomichi Marufuji c vs Kaz Hayashi AJPW Jr Heavyweight Title AJPW 06/02/2009
That was it? That was the all time great best match in ROH history? That was pretty meh for that. It was not a bad wrestling match, there was plenty of good stuff in there and the finish was suitably nasty (i had seen the finish before but not the whole match). But most of … Continue reading Bryan danielson (World) vs Nigel McGuinness (Pure) ROH world and Pure Championship unification match Pure title rules ROH 12/08/2006
Generic 2000s overlong epic wrestling. First 20 Minuites was ok, not very good by any stretch of the imagination but still ok. They wasted time with some perfunctory limbwork that went nowhere, did a bit of brawling around ringside and teased some bigger apron spots and larger moves. But really it all felt like wasting … Continue reading Naomichi Marufuji c vs Shuji Kondo AJPW Jr Heavyweight title AJPW 03/11/2008
Nomura and lee went through an almost 20 minute match vs the ace of the company and Yuma while Shuji and SUWAMA went through a 2 minute match vs Kai and Tajiri. Safe to say SUWAMA & Shuji were a bit fresher. They dominated most of the match that was just 18 minutes of fast … Continue reading Naoya Nomura & Jake Lee vs Shuji Ishikawa & SUWAMA AJPW 09/12/2019
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