Wrestling Dontaku 2015
(2015/5/3)
1. Yuji
Nagata, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, Mascara Dorada vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke
Taguchi, KUSHIDA, Cpt. New Japan
Really fun
opener with hot crowd. Nakanishi finally didn’t look totally worthless. All the
match-ups between the Juniors were awesome.
***1/4
2. Kota
Ibushi & Yohei Komatsu vs. Tetsuya Naito & Sho Tanaka
Knew this
would be good, and it was. Very tight and focused match, they built to Ibushi/Naito
well and the Young Lions had quite a few exciting nearfalls. The crowd,
unfortunately, wasn’t as hot as for the opener, but that’s the old Fukuoka
story, they only react to sprints and wreckage.
***1/2
3. Bullet
Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Cody Hall) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi
Kojima, Tomoaki Honma
Solid match
with the obvious fallman, and it’s always great when HONMA scoops a win. Cody
did well.
**3/4
4. 3-WAY
for IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team
Championship: Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. reDRagon
(Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs. Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Beretta)
©
What a
terrible goddamn match. Two pieces of shit > > > O’Reilly and Fish.
This DUD felt 50 min long, I swear. One of the worst matches in recent memory.
Horrendous matches such as this one almost kill my desire to watch pro-graps.
(such
a) DUD
5. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship:
Alex Shelley vs. Kenny Omega ©
Once they
moved away from the silly Kenny Omega gimmick match, it got good, but not good enough
to make it – good. Omega is such a sad, prime example of a great wrestler held
back by a terrible persona.
**1/4
6. Karl
Anderson, Doc Gallows, Amber Gallows vs. Michael Bennett, Matt Taven, Maria
Kanellis
Maria’s butt
is nice, we get it. I dug the post-match, though, it saved the angle from being
DUD, now it’s just bad.
bad
7. Tomohiro
Ishii, Toru Yano, Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Togi Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi,
Katsuyori Shibata
Good match
that highlighted and pushed all three feuds, the best match-up was
Sakuraba/Shibata who brought the mean spirit of the 80s. Can’t wait for their
clash!
***1/4
8. Kazuchika
Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. AJ Styles & Yujiro Takahashi
Just an okay
Okada/Styles prelude, not bad but not memorable either.
**3/4
9. IWGP Intercontinental Championship:
Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura ©
Good enough
main event, I guess. The duel certainly had its problems, but in general it was
a fitting match for this show. The story of Goto’s in-your-face style going
against Shinsuke’s calm, methodical style was relatively well told. Could’ve
been better, yes, but Fukuoka doesn’t deserve better than this. And the most
important thing is – Goto finally didn’t choke!!!
***1/2
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