Posted May 3, 201411 yr comment_5601554 http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2014/05/03/new-japan-wrestling-dontaku-review/
May 3, 201411 yr comment_5601563 Wasn't a big fan of this show. I thought Honma/Ishii was great and the tag elimination was really fun, but the main event was really boring for me. If I were a star rating guy I wouldn't even go *** on that.
May 3, 201411 yr Author comment_5601564 Ishii is well on his way to ultimately being my Wrestler of the Year, especially with Bryan mired in gimmicky stuff, Tanahashi settling into tags for the foreseeable future , and Okada apparently headed into a long sports entertainment type feud.
May 3, 201411 yr comment_5601568 Wasn't a big fan of this show. I thought Honma/Ishii was great and the tag elimination was really fun, but the main event was really boring for me. If I were a star rating guy I wouldn't even go *** on that. Thoughts similar to Tim. Would love if I had to powers to re-run the show in front of a hotter crowd.
May 3, 201411 yr Author comment_5601571 The crowd was horrid. Killed the Ibushi match, which was well worked and very good. They were dragged kicking & screaming into the Ishii/Honma match. Just as they started to dig the work in the main, they went quiet for the run in & post. VERY curious to see how a hot crowds in Korakuen or Osaka or wherever take to the sports entertainment stuff in the main events moving forward.
May 3, 201411 yr comment_5601584 Who do you see challenging Styles at Yokohama? Naito? Seems like everyone's wrapped up in something and you think they'd want a hot main event for a big arena.
May 4, 201411 yr Author comment_5601605 Who do you see challenging Styles at Yokohama? Naito? Seems like everyone's wrapped up in something and you think they'd want a hot main event for a big arena. Nobody. As I wrote in the prologue in the review, I think the plan is to rotate title defenses. I think there is a good chance you see Okada & Styles on the opposite sides of a tag.
May 4, 201411 yr comment_5601657 Really good review.. I agree with everything (I haven't seen Ishii vs Honma yet) except I thought the Bullet Club conference wasn't bad.
May 4, 201411 yr Author comment_5601678 NJPW "BACK TO THE YOKOHAMA ARENA", 25.05.2014 (TV Asahi Ch. 2)Yokohama Arena1. Road to BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. XXI: Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Máscara Dorada & El Desperado vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & BUSHI2. Special Eight Man Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma & Captain New Japan vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga3. NWA World Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima © vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Rob Conway & Wes Brisco4. Special Tag Match: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka vs. Minoru Suzuki & Shelton and Benjamin5. Special Singles Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale6. Pro-Wrestling vs. Jiu-Jitsu Different Style Fight: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Rolles Gracie7. NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii © vs. Kota Ibushi8. IWGP World Tag Team Title Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata9. IWGP Intercontinental Title - Pro-Wrestling vs. Jiu-Jitsu Different Style Fight: Shinsuke Nakamura © vs. Daniel Gracie10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: AJ Styles/Michael Elgin (17.05.) © vs. Kazuchika Okada
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