Air Date: 11/2/16 This is the first major show after Wrestle Kingdom and features some rematches from the show as well as a big time title match between Okada and Goto. Jay White vs. David Finlay Great young boy action to start the show here. These two men had an awesome back and forth with… Continue reading NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 Review
Air Date: 30/1/16 This is Nakamura’s last NJPW show and he is in a really cool six man tag main event also featuring Okada, Ishii, Tanahashi, Goto, and Shibata. As this is a house show for NJPW the card is alost exclusively comprised of multi man tag matches, however on paper a few of them… Continue reading NJPW Road to New Beginning 2016 Day 2 Review
Air Date: 20/2/16 This is day 2 of Ring of Honor’s short tour of Japan in association with NJPW. The first show was fun but unspectacular, and this show looks like it’ll be very similar but let’s see. David Finlay vs. Jay White I always enjoy some young boy action. Finlay worked heel in this,… Continue reading NJPW/ROH Honor Rising Day 2 Review
Air Date: 19/2/16 This is the first in two shows co-promoted by RoH and NJPW in Japan, as part of their working agreement. Think of it like Global Wars but in Japan instead of the US, or like the annual Fantastica Mania tour. Ryusuke Taguchi and Dalton Castle (w/The Boys) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger and… Continue reading NJPW/ROH Honor Rising Day 1 Review
Air Date: 31/7/16 David Finlay and Michael Elgin vs. Yuji Nagata and Tiger Mask (IV) Elgin and Nagata were so broken down looking in this match, luckily Tiger and Finlay worked their asses off so it didn’t seem like a huge issue. Tiger Mask pins David Finlay ** ¾ Katsuhiko Nakajima and CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI, Toru… Continue reading NJPW G1 Climax 26 Day 9 Review
Air Date: 30/7/16 David Finlay vs. Ryusuke Taguchi Very good opening match here, Taguchi has really gotten the balance right between comedy and serious wrestling. Finlay was absolutely awesome in this, he showed a lot of the same fire and aggression that made his dad famous. Great stuff. Taguchi pins David Finlay *** ¼ Bullet… Continue reading NJPW G1 Climax 26 Day 8 Review
Air Date: 28/7/16 David Finlay and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tiger Mask (IV) and Jushin Thunder Liger The vets just absolutely beat the crap out of David Finlay, tying him up in knots and destroying him with kicks and strikes. This had a good fast paced finishing stretch. Tiger Mask pins Finlay with a top rope… Continue reading NJPW G1 Climax 26 Day 7 Review
Air Date: 27/7/16 TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) and Manabu Nakanishi vs. Togi Makabe, David Finlay, and Juice Robinson Some fun young boy beating in this match leading to Finlay looking great running wild on Kojima. I enjoyed the Makabe and Tenzan interaction here even though I have no faith in their match delivering.… Continue reading NJPW G1 Climax 26 Day 6 Review
Air Date: 25/7/16 YOSHI-HASHI vs. David Finlay Fine, inoffensive match. YOSHI-HASHI had his shoulder taped up so he is already a little banged up. YOSHI-HASHI makes David Finlay submit ** ½ Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger, Yuji Nagata, and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Michael Elgin, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask (IV), KUSHIDA, and Juice Robinson… Continue reading NJPW G1 Climax 26 Day 5 Review
Air Date: 24/7/16 Juice Robinson vs. David Finlay Here’s some trivia for you, this is the first singles non-tournament match on any of these shows so far. These two had a very good little match with some awesome selling and facial expressions from Juice. I may be alone in thinking this but he is the… Continue reading NJPW G1 Climax 26 Day 4 Review
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