January 22, 201114 yr Author comment_5462650 If the match these two had a few days later was really good, this was great. There were a few All Japan tributes in the middle with Koshinaka trying the series of powerbombs to put Muto away and it not working. Muto does the dragon screw leg whip a few times to catch an over-excited Koshinaka off guard, including a final one off the top rope, which plays into the finish nicely. I love the inside cradle off the figure four, because I don't associate flash pin attempts with Japanese wrestling very often. Very enjoyable.
January 24, 201114 yr comment_5462908 I really enjoyed the last 5 minutes or so, maybe one of the best Mutoh match endings, but the stuff before then was filler. Worked like a TV juniors match in that respect.
January 25, 201114 yr comment_5462989 If the match these two had a few days later was really goodWait, what match a few days later?
March 9, 201114 yr comment_5466786 The last 10 minutes of this is pretty exciting. The crowd gets into it and Muto is motivated. Muto getting powerbombed from the top looked painful though. Good match.
July 3, 201411 yr comment_5610764 The majority of the time it was the feeling out and matwork section. Then all of a sudden the cameras start rolling and it's hyper turbo stretch time. There was some excitement yet not building towards it is a big limiting factor. I used to like 90's Kosh, but he was nowhere near the level of worker I once thought he was.
March 16, 201510 yr comment_5658908 Weird junior-y layout, but with a finish that fun and heated, so what? I've probably criticized other matches for doing the same thing, but here it worked. The near-falls and Koshinaka hope spots down the stretch were heart-stopping.
September 9, 201510 yr comment_5697872 This may be my bias against both guys but this didn't do a lot for me at all and I thought the powerbomb, butt butt, dragon screw series felt very unimaginative in the end stretch. The opening junior wrestling was also uninspiring. The crowd went nuts and I can see how this match has fans, but it left me very flat. **1/2
November 28, 20177 yr comment_5822328 The struggle over the sharpshooter in the beginning was a nice piece of matwork. They botch a rope-running exchange and the match gets bogged down for a while after that, but once they get into trading big moves it's an awesome sprint to the end. Koshinaka gets a number of awesome nearfalls that the crowd totally buys, and Koshinaka's sense of urgency is great and really makes the match feel like a bigger deal. This ended up being another very good G1 match.
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