Thursday, July 2, 2015

Global Wars 2015 - Night 2 (Cherry-Picked)

ROH/NJPW Global Wars 2015
 (2015/5/16)

Roderick Strong vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Good but barely. This needed to be way better considering the names involved and the fact it was the last show on the tour. I feel like they were too obviously trying to repeat the Ibushi/Nakamura magic, and it didn’t quite work. It had some captivating spots and moments, but overall the match suffered from Nakamura’s too contrived and far-fetched spot setups, also they rushed into things unnecessarily. I hope they did better in England.

***


ROH/NJPW Global Wars 2015
 (2015/5/16)

CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Rocky Romero, Beretta) vs. Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson)

What a way to close the tour, with this fucking BANG! Stupendously amazing spotfest, everything just clicked the right way, everyone did their thing and worked really hard. All the superkick gimmick spots were used to perfection, unlike in some earlier matches, and there were some legit holy shit moments. Reminded me of the old school ROH in terms of atmosphere and big match feeling. AJ and Okada did a helluva job in building-up to their upcoming Dominion clash. So yeah, this was super fabulous, easily the greatest ROH match of the year, it had great spots, great sequences, electric atmosphere and brilliant finish.

****3/4


ROH/NJPW Global Wars 2015
 (2015/5/16)

Matt Sydal & ACH vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito

Fun enough tag, although some things did nerve me, but whatever.

***1/4


ROH/NJPW Global Wars 2015
 (2015/5/16)

Dalton Castle vs. Jushin Liger

Another fun match, we got some comedy and then some asskicking, good shit. But Castle should’ve gone over here. IMO.

***1/4

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