The
New Beginning 2015 in Sendai
(2015/2/14)
1. Manabu
Nakanishi & Cpt. New Japan vs. Satoshi Kojima & Yohei Komatsu
Look,
I know Komatsu must lose, but why the fuck give the win to Nakanishi and not
the Captain? Makes no sense, Nakanishi has nothing to gain, nothing at all. Bad
match.
bad
2. reDRagon
(Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs. Tiger Mask & Jay White
Man,
O’Reilly and Fish are awful but somehow the match did not bomb, that’s because
TMIV and White were awesome in this, especially Jay White, dude’s extremely
talented, I see bright future for him. Maybe it’s because of slightly different
Young Lion booking, but he already looks better than Tanaka and Komatsu.
**3/4
3. Bullet
Club (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Kenny Omega) vs. KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley,
Mascara Dorada
Nice
6-man tag with Mascara Dorada owning inside and outside the ring. The match got
enough time to tell effective stories, also the FIP session on Shelley was
good. Omega looks good without Taguchi dragging him down, the Bucks brought
some of their classic PWG gags with them, all in all this was fun.
***1/2
4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Championship:
Chase Owens vs. Jushin Liger ©
Solid
little match with cool finish. Glad Liger retained. Tharpe is still trying WAY
too hard. Liger’s next title opponent is none other than his tag team partner
Tiger Mask, I’m looking forward to it.
**3/4
5. NWA World Heavyweight Championship:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Rob Conway ©
Man,
this was such a feelgood moment, reminded me of Tenzan’s shocking win over Goto
at the G1 in Korakuen, Tenzan being the new NWA Champion is both fabulous and
surreal at the same time. Very good match, both competitors worked hard and the
result was more than visible, props to Conway for being a suitable foe to
Tenzan.
***3/4
6. Tetsuya
Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba
This
was actually very good, Sakuraba and Ibushi seem to have one helluva chemistry
that looks straight out of an UWF match, and Yano/Naito stuff was fun enough to
keep the other half interesting. Typical Yano tricks worked in this
environment, loved the finish. Sakuraba/Ibushi needs to happen.
***1/2
7. Bad
Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
Decent.
Yujiro is truly hopeless without Ishii carrying him. I like Fale and can’t wait
to see how’ll his singles match with Okada turn out.
**3/4
8. Hiroshi
Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc
Gallows, Tama Tonga)
Too
by-the-numbers to be good, but enough to be solid. But still, these wrestlers
can and know better than this.
**3/4
*** Makabe couldn’t make it, so the NEVER title has to
be vacated. It’s Honma/Ishii for the strap. THANK YOU, FLU! Now, I don’t know
how and why is Honma eligible to fight for a title (other than giving a
guaranteed stellar performance) after losing dozens and dozens of matches, but
I don’t really care because the match is bound for glory. ***
9. NEVER Openweight Championship (vacant):
Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii
They
brutalized each other in a sinister fashion and everybody loved it, that’s
pretty much everything I can say about the match. Truly fantastic stuff all
around, just incredible.
****3/4
10. IWGP Intercontinental Championship:
Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura ©
So,
the story here is the veteran Nagata trying to overcome the newer generation prototype
of fancy pants stars for the IC strap, and Nagata is backed by Tenzan, Kojima
and Nakanishi who came to show support. Nice touch there. The match was good
but they had the impossible task to follow Honma/Ishii, which in the end proved
to be impossible. They grappled in the beginning before smacking each other
silly with all the rough strikes. Seriously, some of those shots gave
Honma/Ishii a run for their money. However, the story wasn’t as captivating and
there lies the problem. Overall good match and main event, but not great,
although Nagata proved once again he can still go full throttle.
***3/4
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