May 1994

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All the boys are here! The Super Generation Army is in full force! The Holy Demon Army has emerged! Baba.....idk why Baba is here but he's here anyway. The starting sequences establish the scene: Taue is a very mean bully, Baba is here to hit limp strikes, and Misawa and co have to struggle to succeed. To be fair this is one of the stronger Baba performances of the 90's: he actually takes big bumps and doesn't look completely done in-ring like he did in 1998/1999. Limited? For sure, I would say he can still "go" in the way you'd expect. Misawa/Kawada are of course great together and so on point with their sequences that it never looks contrived or anything like that, ever…

Naturally this is a squash, but Hansen is good enough that he is able to get the crowd properly into this with Honda's few big pushes and makes this into probably the best rookie vs vet showings of this entire card, because the gimmick was essentially just that bar the main event. Honda is SUPER green and you can tell that just by seeing the generic rookie offence moves they teach: the top rope knee drop, the body press from the turnbuckle, crappy chest forearms, scoop slam, you name it. Hansen does well at selling Honda's offence not by flipping all over or flailing, but solid match details, like him having to rope break off a tight headlock instead of powering out, whic…

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