BJW 2014/10/31

Saikyo Tag League 2014

 (2014/10/31)

3.      MEN’S Teioh, Hercules Senga, Tsutomu Oosugi vs. Shiori Asahi, Shinobu, Heddi French

Fun, light-hearted match, nice mix of comedy and solid puroresu. It could have used more of Asahi, though.

**1/2

4.      Saikyo Tag League 2014 (Death Block) – OPEN THE SURPRISE BOX DEATHMATCH: The Brahmans (Shu & Kei) vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi

A Brahman brothers match, which means whacky shit and comedy, those are always fun in Korakuen, everybody was having fun.

**3/4

5.      Saikyo Tag League 2014 (Strong Block): Wild Network (Manabu Soya & Ryuichi Kawakami) vs. Koji Kanemoto & Kazuki Hashimoto

Now, there was nothing funny about this one, because this match was just a pure ass-kicking, the climax with K-Hash and Kawakami was crazy stiff and manly, and it felt satisfying as earlier in the match K-Hash took one vicious beating as a face-in-peril. Damn neat match!

***3/4

6.      Saikyo Tag League 2014 (Strong Block): Daisuke Sekimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa)

Wonderful tag clash with multiple FIP sessions on Sekimoto and Kamitani that were all grueling and highly punishing, it made for many sweet comebacks that escalated into a red hot closing stretch between Daisuke and Kohei that was just… beautifully brutal. Kamitani was a perfect sidekick that ate few millions nasty headbutts, lariats and knee strikes. The Tower monsters were their usual selves, a force to be reckoned with, two malicious motherfuckers.

****1/2

7.      Saikyo Tag League 2014 (Death Block) – SCAFFOLD & LIGHTTUBE DEATHMATCH: Heisei Gokudo Combi (Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba) vs. Yankee Nichokenju (Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka)

Good and satisfying main event, they used the scaffold in a very punishing fashion and HGC showed they can be a good duo when the comedy is put aside.

***1/2