Posted November 8, 200816 yr comment_5435610 DVD #1 January 2: The Korakuen - Matches also on Classics 255 and 256 Osamu Kido & Yosiaki Fujiwara vs Brett & Buzz Sawyer - Definitely not enough to this to earn a nomination, which is a shame, because I'm pretty sure Fujiwara and Sawyer could've had a great singles match. Keiji Muto & Antonio Inoki vs Black Bart & Konga The Barbarian - Not much of interest. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Kengo Kimura - I sat on my couch in shock at how awesome this was. Kimura came out with his fist taped and potatoed his old partner off the pre-match handshake. He proceeded to be a total dick, hitting on the break, stomping Fujinami every time he tried to get up, etc. I don't know what made him so angry at the world, but hey, no complaints. Fujinami unleashed some pretty sweet retribution, busting Kimura open on the outside and showing that he had counters for most of the upstart's actual wrestling moves. But then Kimura upped the ante with some vicious chair shots. I won't describe the whole ending, but this was a great, heated feud starter and really, a game changer for Kimura. Slam dunk nomination. January 12th: Kiryu - Matches also on Classics 256 and 257 Keiji Muto vs El Canek - Some fun high flying here but not a great match. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Konga The Barbarian - One of the better Barbarian singles matches I've seen. Not something that belongs on the set, however. Seiji Sakaguchi & Antonio Inoki vs Black Bart & Buzz Sawyer - Black Bart kind of sucked. Buzz didn't, of course, and I enjoyed the sections of him brawling with Sakaguchi. Ending was chopped up in the TV version, but it didn't strike me as a nomination.
