January 9, 201312 yr comment_5527026 I'm pretty sure Tanahashi's character is "the Shawn Michaels of Japan."
January 9, 201312 yr comment_5527027 He has better hair... The second thing that really bothered me in the match though is that, and maybe I'm giving them too much credit or reading too much into nothing, Tanahashi never got any sustained run of offense and was basically playing catch-up from the start, avoiding the Rainmaker at all costs, and yet he didn't sell it at all as a struggle. If anything, because Okada put much more effort into his selling, he came off as the more sympathetic figure, but for the bum knee he would've taken it.
January 13, 201312 yr Author comment_5527851 Meltzer really fell in love: Nagata vs. Suzuki **** Low Ki vs. Devitt vs. Ibushi ****1/2 Makabe vs. Shibata **** Nakamura vs. Sakuraba ****1/2 Tanahashi vs. Okada ****3/4
January 13, 201312 yr comment_5527853 I know my tastes are drastic from Meltzer and others but I can't for the life of me see how anyone could give the Makabe/Shibata match close to 4 stars. That was a poorly focused brawl with a shit finish to boot.
January 13, 201312 yr Author comment_5527854 Yep, I like both guys and didn't mind the match, but was incredibly short with little focus and a nothing finish, like you said. Also not sure how you get 4.5 on the IWP Jr. match. It was a fun spotfest, nothing more.
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