Posted September 19, 200916 yr comment_5444292 Brassiere D fighting spirit series August 31st: The Hamamatsu city gymnasium (September 2nd broadcast) Naoki Sano vs Akira Nogami〔W=**'**") - Some nice matwork early on with Sano delivering some nasty kicks to the face to escape a hold. When they pick up speed, Sano delivers a dropkick that sends Nogami flying off the turnbuckle. That looked pretty cool. OH FUCK! Nogami fucking BITES IT. You guys have to see that even if the match does not go on. Shit, this match has some big time dives going on. LAter on, Nogami tries to go back to his ground game and even mixes in a stump puller. Nice exit from Sano as he nails the enziguiri. Damn, hot finishing run. How many times does NOgami have to die to entertain us? Check out the dropkick by Sano leading to the finish. This is a solid nomination. IWGP tag throne challenger decisive league game Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito vs Victor Zangiev & Salman Hashimikov〔W=**'**"〕 - JIP. This was a solid tag with the hash-Zangiev match playing out the best. Hashimikov and Saito mainly played power wrestler with each other and each had some nice lift and drops. The big problem I had with the tag was tyhere was no real defining moment and the end was lackluster. No vote. Jushin Liger & Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu vs Pat Tanaka & Owen Hart & Bam Bam Bigelow W=**'**"〕 - Everyone was looking good early on in this. Tanaka takes a nice Liger lariat. The Choshu-Bigelow matchup was the best with some nice exchanges including a headbutt to Choshu's thigh but it was criminally short. Liger-Bam is not as appealing as Liger-Vader though. I enjoyed watching this but there was nothing that stood out enough to keep it above middle of the road until the really hot finish.
September 25, 200916 yr comment_5444503 Brassiere D fighting spirit series August 31st: The Hamamatsu city gymnasium (September 2nd broadcast) Naoki Sano vs Akira Nogami - Damn, Nogami was a crazy fucker. That plancha face splat to the floor will be a top 5 bump on the set. This was a great underdog performance in general, one where the nearfalls and roll-up attempts connected with the crowd big-time. I've loved this Sano-Nogami miniseries and as the dramatic conclusion, this has to go on. IWGP tag throne challenger decisive league game Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito vs Victor Zangiev & Salman Hashimikov - I agree with Will. This included some good shit but didn't build to moments and petered out at the end. At least Hash landed some brutal strikes to make my 10 minutes worthwhile.. Jushin Liger & Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu vs Pat Tanaka & Owen Hart & Bam Bam Bigelow - I thought this was a hell of a lot of fun. You had a hot opening, some great interactions between Liger/Owen and Liger/Bigelow (Bam Bam ate a brutal rolling kick) and Tanaka getting his ass kicked. Still, I wouldn't nominate it if it ended abruptly or with a shitty countout. Instead, Bigelow and Tanaka had me marking out for those huge bumps they took off of Riki's lariats. We talk about these matches needing great moments. Well, this had 'em.
