ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds 2015
(2015/5/12)
1. Delirious
vs. Gedo
Amusing,
light-hearted opener, totally proper for a night like this. Gedo is the best.
**1/2
2. KUSHIDA
vs. Roderick Strong
Great
fucking match, although little bit aimless at moments. But hey, no biggie
there, the crowd was red hot and they just wanted to give them a proper
adrenaline rush. Roddy is simply impeccable when working with smaller dudes and
this was no exception. His backbreakers and the way he slams them down the mat
in many innovative forms are the thing of beauty.
****
3. Takaaki
Watanabe vs. Jay Lethal
Started off
on a high note with Watanabe stepping up and suplexing Lethal right, left and
centre, it was awesome. But then Lethal took over and dumbed it down, then you
got your usual Truth Martini interferences, etc. Mediocre overall.
**1/2
4. 3-WAY:
Michael Bennett & Matt Taven vs. Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
vs. The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)
One of those
multi-way tag matches with the retarded rule where one team must wait on the
apron, smh… and in that light, it was as good as it gets, but only until the
stupid MovesMania session and stupid finish.
**1/4
5. Michael
Elgin vs. Tetsuya Naito
Holy shit,
Elgin is fucking terrible, a true walking abomination of a pro-wrestler.
Everything about him is forced, contrived and sucks hairy balls: his stupid
robe, his stupid stacked look, his stupid gear, his stupid gigantic kneepads, his
stupid angry face of a seven year old kid, the way he moves, the way he “sells”
spots and character situations, etc. He looks and acts like a parody of a
powerhouse wrestler, he took all the cool powerhouse moves and made them look
horrendous. Props to Naito here, he had to dig down very damn deep to carry the
useless sack of shit to a decent match.
**3/4
(all Naito)
6. reDRagon
(Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Liger
Eh… A match,
some things happened I wasn’t a big fan of, but overall it was a solid
exhibition. If nothing, it was really cool to see Liger owning everyone once
again.
**3/4
7. Adam
Cole vs. AJ Styles
Good match
with both great and hokey parts, the awesome final two minutes pretty much
bumped it from 3 to 3.5.
***1/2
8. Shinsuke
Nakamura & Kazuchika Okada vs. Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark)
Nice, proper
and fitting main event for a show like this. Heavy workrate style that did have
some blank spots, but overall it was lots of fun.
***1/2
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