NOAH
2015/1/24
Zack
Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
Nice
match with Zack working on Nakajima’s arm once again, and generally it was
good, but the curse of NOAH is strong as its matches are often emotionally dry,
and the fact Nakajima has regressed in quality tremendously certainly doesn’t
help either, he’s such a lifeless wrestler now. So yeah, the match was good
with some neat ideas thrown around but overall it’s nothing must-see as the
paper might suggest. If this was Nakajima from 5+ years ago, then yes, but now
I feel like a ***1/4 match might be his limit, even when facing someone as
great as Zack, although the latter displayed his fair share of flaws as well.
***1/4
NOAH
2015/1/24
5-on-5
ELIMINATION MATCH: SZKG (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr.,
Shelton Benjamin, Taichi) vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste,
Mohammed Yone, Taiji Ishimori
Pretty
average elimination tag, absolutely nothing must-see here. While it’s cool to
see Suzuki-gun invading NOAH, the problem is they have no one to work against.
TMDK is a duo of boring crackas who somehow make for a decent tag team,
Marufuji and Yone are absolutely horrendous and make me cringe hard, Ishimori
is the only good guy from the group, but he got whacked first. Dull aura
surrounding NOAH shows doesn’t help either. Eh, at least the post-match brawl
was well done. If nothing, it’s also at least cool to see the boring NOAH
quasi-stars getting beaten.
**1/4
NOAH
2015/1/24
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship:
Daisuke Harada vs. Atsushi Kotoge ©
I
get what they were going for, but ultimately they disappointed. Two Juniors
doing a sluggish heavyweight battle is very interesting in theory and can be
delightful when done right, but here I feel like it hurt the match. When they
decided not to wow us with crazy Junior action, they didn’t really think it
through, they didn’t deliver a Plan B that would require more engaging
personality work as a substitution. Good match that falls under that category
of three star matches I’d be fine with never watching again.
***
NOAH
2015/1/18
SZKG
(Taichi, Desperado, TAKA) vs. Yoshinari Ogawa, Zack Sabre Jr., Hitoshi Kumano
I
expected a lot from this match because I love the SZKG trio of dickheads, Ogawa
is probably the best NOAH wrestler, Zack is really good with some tendencies
for greatness, and Kumano is a solid young gun. Plus the storyline about SZKG
invading NOAH is somewhat interesting, so there it is. Unfortunately, the match
was kind of average, basic as fuck.
**3/4
K-DOJO
2015/1/25
Kotaro
Yoshino vs. TAKA Michinoku
New
Japan’s TAKA is an eternal goof who does semi-comedic wrestling and interferes
into his stablemates’ matches all the time. The homefield TAKA, though, that
guy is real deal, it’s such a breeze of fresh air watching him in K-DOJO where
he is a seasoned veteran schooling younger guys, and he’s so damn good at it,
his ground game is excellent in its simplicity, the way he uses headlocks is amazing,
like a relentless honey badger he keeps insisting on them until he breaks his
opponent’s spirit.
***3/4
K-DOJO
2015/1/25
Yuji
Hino & Hiro Tonai vs. Shiori Asahi & Ayumu Honda
Good
tag match overall, albeit little too by-the-numbers and dry at places. First
time seeing the young Honda and kid looks promising. I love Shiori Asahi, that
sneaky little rat fuck.
***
K-DOJO
2015/1/25
Strongest-K Championship: Saburo
Inematsu vs. Kengo Mashimo ©
Holy
shit, this was so boring.
bad
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