Raising
an Army Memorial Series 2014
(2014/10/29)
1. Naoya
Nomura vs. SUSHI
Quality
rookie schooling. Needless to say, Nomura is talented and it should be quite a
ride watching him evolve as a performer.
***1/4
2. Keisuke
Ishii & Soma Takao vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Yohei Nakajima
Very
good, borderline great Junior tag. The DDT guys have been an incredible
addition to All Japan this year, they deliver good shit right, left and center.
***3/4
3. Masanobu
Fuchi & Osamu Nishimura vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ultimo Dragon
N/A
(fucking cocksucking audio/video issues)
4. Kengo
Mashimo & Tank Nagai vs. Big Guns (Zeus & The Bodyguard)
Another
good match, hopefully both these teams get a tag title shot soon. It’s so nice
to see the K-DOJO wrestlers getting exposure in All Japan.
***
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Championship:
Hikaru Sato vs. Atsushi Aoki ©
Not
a pretty match to watch, matter fact it’s quite unattractive visually and here
you just have to be into the characters to appreciate the body of work. Aoki is
not your typical modern Junior, his matches have a distinctive heavyweight feel
to them, they’re full of struggle and worked in a slower place, with a minimum
of flying, see the defenses against Kotaro and Hikaru. This is Hikaru’s second
shot at the title during Aoki’s reign and it’s do or die for him. Old school struggle
right there.
***3/4
6. Suwama,
Takao Omori, Kento Miyahara vs. Jun Akiyama, Akebono, KENSO
Akiyama
and Miyahara were awesome here, tons of hate between them, nothing could stop
Akiyama from laying brutal beating on him, he was like a mad dog. Miyahara sold
it so good. Unfortunately, the rest of the crew was not as gamesome, especially
Omori and Akebono. Shame, this could’ve been great with more heat in few other
combinations. However, it’s still a watchable 6-man tag and worth seeing for
Akiyama/Miyahara parts alone.
***
7. AJPW Triple Crown Championship:
Go Shiozaki vs. Joe Doering ©
Goddamn
it, this sucked. I barely finished it. I don't get it, their Royal Road match
was fantastic and now this shit happens. Actually, I do get it. Doering clearly
can't work long singles, them sprints is where he thrives (Shiozaki RR,
Miyahara), he struggles in long matches, it’s so painfully obvious at this
point, his Akebono defense also sucked and the Suwama title win was good, but
barely. This one had its good moments but at the end of the day none of it
mattered because they already did everything to throw you out.
bad
No comments:
Post a Comment