Wrestling Hinokuni
1. Sho
Tanaka, Yohei Komatsu, Jay White vs. CHAOS (Rocky Romero, Beretta, Gedo)
Bad match.
Beretta sucks.
bad
2. Yujiro
Takahashi & Cody Hall vs. Satoshi Kojima & Cpt. New Japan
Nothing to
see here, moving on…
bad
3. Manabu
Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask, Mascara Dorada
Passable,
but barely. At this point I pity everyone who has to work with Nakanishi.
**
4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Championship:
Jushin Liger vs. Steve Anthony ©
Decent match
hurt by dirty climax. But still, Anthony looked better than Chase Owens, I
wouldn’t mind seeing him again. And yes, Bruce Tharpe is still trying way too
hard.
**1/2
5. NWA World Heavyweight Championship:
Big Daddy Yum-Yum vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan ©
Poor Tenzan.
Poor, poor Tenzan.
bad
6. Tetsuya
Naito, Tomoaki Honma, Alex Shelley vs. Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows,
Kenny Omega)
This match
happened. It was decent.
**3/4
7. Bad
Luck Fale & Tama Tonga vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
Another
decent match, but hands down the weakest in the feud. It had some swell parts,
but as a whole it fell short of being good. Tonga regained his “Best Rainmaker
Recipient” title, though.
**3/4
8. Hirooki
Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano,
Kazushi Sakuraba
Finally, the
first good match of the evening, and it was really sweet. The match-ups were
obvious and they all delivered, especially the red hot Tana/Yano climax,
smashing shit. Goddamn it, their Dominion blow-off simply NEEDS TO BE a hair
vs. hair match. Book it pls.
***1/2
9. NEVER Openweight Championship:
Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii ©
This was
exactly what you expected it to be, a smashmouth, in-your-face slugfest, and
just a total 101 Ishii carryjob. There were tons of grueling strike battles,
dangerous neckdrops, fighting spirit, one-upmanship, etc. Ishii gets tons of I
LOVE YOU points for working the Tenryu throwback style, even the announcers
were raving about it. Dude’s simply the greatest. I fucking HATE that he lost
the strap here, to Makabe of all people, I mean come the fuck on, Makabe is a
poor man’s Ishii and got exposed in every brawl he worked in the last few
years, especially in this feud with Ishii. Makabe just can’t work Ishii’s
style, but sad thing is – he keeps insisting on it. Great and brutal match, but
none of it was thanks to Makabe.
****
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