November 2022

Not my thing. I feel like I just watched Eddie Kingston pleasure himself in front of me. I'm happy that he got to wrestle his idol, but this was not good. Him coming out in Kawada tribute tights and trying to work a Kobashi cosplay act was cringe as hell. I couldn't believe Akiyama went along with this. For some reason Kingston's chops did not look that good, even despite Akiyama's chest turning red. I guess there's more to throwing good strikes than just hitting your opponent hard. Match lacked flow, seemingly driven by which 90's AJPW moments Kingston wanted to re-enact rather than any sort of narrative. One minute they're working Misawa/Kobashi tribute exchanges, the n…

The king of the spectacle strikes again. Brock Lesnar is a fantastic babyface, but you wouldn’t know it with how rarely he gets to show off that side of himself. Lashley comes out of the gates hot, attacking Lesnar before the bell rings and driving him leg-first into the ring steps. Lesnar’s selling was phenomenal as he hobbled around the ring to avoid further damage to the bad wheel. Take for example, the moment after Lashley speared Brock through the barricade, where he could barely stand as he tried to get back into the ring. Lesnar’s German suplexes and F5 didn’t have as much snap as usual. Lesnar also fell victim to a few nasty bumps, spilling to the outside and…