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Date:\u00a0 August 23rd, 2014 The Inoki Genome Federation is Antonio Inoki\u2019s promotion, created after he left New Japan.\u00a0 It is really what he was trying to turn New Japan into \u2013 a mixture of MMA and professional wrestling matches.\u00a0 This event was literally a mixture of both, as half the event was MMA and half was professional wrestling (many in a MMA style).\u00a0 Obviously I will be reviewing only the pro wrestling matches, which are:<\/p>\n – Keisuke Okuda vs. Super Tiger No Bob Sapp makes me sad.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n Keisuke Okuda vs. Super Tiger<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 No this is not the original Tiger Mask, just in case you were wondering.\u00a0 As far as fake MMA this wasn\u2019t bad, Okuda did a good job of selling he was knocked really loopy and kept selling it after the match so that was a plus.\u00a0 Their strikes were on point and nothing looked awkward.\u00a0\u00a0 Really short but not bad.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\n Daichi Hashimoto vs. Shogun Okamoto<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 This was more of a pro-wrestling style which I am certainly not complaining about.\u00a0 I had not seen Okamoto before but he carried himself really well and felt like the better wrestler of the two, so it made sense that Hashimoto had to win with a flash pin.\u00a0 I wish it could have gone longer since they really worked together well, but for a short match it was a pretty good one.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n Atsushi Sawada\u00a0vs. Wang Bin<\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I wasn’t as impressed with this match’s blend of MMA and pro wrestling styles.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fine line, for example at one point Bin was raining elbows down on Sawada, successfully, but then stopped to go for a submission which isn’t logical.\u00a0 Oddly when they switched to a more pro wrestling style I thought it got a lot better, Sawada hits suplexes very well and it felt like a real competition.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to see Sawada in a longer match as he seems to have a lot of potential, but overall this match was a bit too all over the place and short.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\n Kazuyuki Fujita and Crusher Kawaguchi vs. Naoya Ogawa and Jerome Le Banner<\/strong><\/span> Match Thoughts:<\/strong> \u00a0This was a solid match and fit well into what all of their strengths are.\u00a0 In the TV version of this match it was clipped down to under 3 minutes, which obviously made the match much more exciting as it definitely had its good moments.\u00a0 I thought they blended the MMA and pro wrestling action pretty well here and all were comfortable with what they were doing.\u00a0 Lots of team work from both sides and they really worked as teams instead of four individuals like you sometimes see in these matches.\u00a0 As with the other matches I wish that it was longer, but there was nothing wrong with what they did.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 7.0<\/span><\/p>\n Final Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Best Match:<\/strong> Kazuyuki Fujita and Crusher Kawaguchi vs. Naoya Ogawa and Jerome Le Banner.<\/strong> I’m generally not a big fan of these types of matches but I thought it worked really well. Fujita does have a bit of an aura around him, he comes across as a tough guy that can dominate anyone at any time. Le Banner and Kawaguchi I am not as familiar with but they were fine here and by keeping the match short it helped them keep the pace off. A solid match for the event.<\/p>\n MVP:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Kazuyuki Fujita.\u00a0 <\/strong>Like I mentioned above, of all the wrestlers in the main tag match he came off as the best. I never really liked him in New Japan but in this type of setting he really does shine. He just came across as the star in the match, he was bigger and stronger than everyone else and his team only lost because he was too stunned to break up the pin attempt. A good showing by the old MMA star.<\/p>\n Overall:<\/strong> Over half of the event was MMA matches and not professional wrestling matches, so it is hard to judge the event as a whole when reviewing only part of it. For whatever it matters I thought the MMA matches were pretty entertaining, not high level fighters at all but none were really boring and it was nice to see Cro Cop again. None of the wrestling matches were bad, although a few were a little bland, and the tag match was pretty entertaining. As an overall show I would recommend it if you enjoy both MMA and MMA-style professional wrestling matches.<\/p>\n Kazuyuki Fujita and Crusher Kawaguchi vs. Naoya Ogawa and Jerome Le Banner, Okuda vs. Super Tiger, and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":5152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,40],"tags":[585,586,233],"class_list":["post-14209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsreview","category-reviews","tag-igf","tag-inoki","tag-puroresu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14210,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions\/14210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLocation:\u00a0 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
\nAnnounced Attendance:\u00a0 7,035<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\n– Daichi Hashimoto vs. Shogun Okamoto
\n– Atsushi Sawada\u00a0 vs. Wang Bin
\n– Kazuyuki Fujita and Crusher Kawaguchi vs. Naoya Ogawa and Jerome Le Banner<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThey circle each other to start, kicks by Super Tiger but Okuda takes him down.\u00a0 Super Tiger lands in the ropes so the referee forces a break, high kick attempt by Okuda but Super Tiger blocks it.\u00a0 They jockey for position, Okuda pushes Super Tiger into the ropes and hits a belly to belly suplex.\u00a0 Super Tiger gets a headscissors applied on the mat and applies a surfboard.\u00a0 He releases the hold after a moment as Okuda returns to his feet, waistlock by Okuda but Super Tiger rolls out of it and applies an armbar.\u00a0 Okuda gets into the ropes to force a break, Super Tiger avoids Okuda\u2019s rolling kick but Okuda takes Super Tiger to the mat.\u00a0 Super Tiger gets the top position and goes for Okuda\u2019s leg, but Okuda gets to the ropes again.\u00a0 They exchange kick attempts, and Super Tiger delivers a spinning heel kick.\u00a0 The referee counts Okuda but Okuda gets back up in time, knees and more kicks by Super Tiger and the referee calls for the stoppage.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Super Tiger<\/p>\n
\nWaistlock by Hashimoto to start, reversed by Okamoto and he applies a side headlock, takedown by Okamoto but Sawada gets out of it and they get back up.\u00a0 Okamoto quickly tackles Hashimoto and applies a headscissors, but Hashimoto gets out of it and applies a side headlock.\u00a0 Okamoto picks up Hashimoto and throws him to the mat to get out of it, and Hashimoto rolls out of the ring.\u00a0 Hashimoto returns after a moment, he returns and Okamoto gets Hashimoto back to the mat.\u00a0 Okamoto goes for Hashimoto\u2019s ankle and applies an ankle lock, but Hashimoto gets a hand on the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Okamoto grabs Hashimoto\u2019s leg again and this time applies a single leg crab hold, and then he applies a STF.\u00a0 Hashimoto gets a hand in the ropes to force another break, and he crawls into the corner.\u00a0 Okamoto chokes Hashimoto with his boot before picking him up, Irish whip by Okamoto but Hashimoto moves when he charges in and he kicks Okamoto in the back of the head.\u00a0 Spinning heel kick by Hashimoto and he follows up with a running knee.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Hashimoto, cover, but it gets a one count.\u00a0 Hashimoto picks up Okamoto but Okamoto slaps him in the chest.\u00a0 Hashimoto fires back with slaps, Okamoto pushes Hashimoto into the corner and delivers a couple chops.\u00a0 Irish whip by Okamoto, he charges Hashimoto and hits a body avalanche.\u00a0 Okamoto picks up Hashimoto and hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Back up they trade strikes, club to the back by Okamoto, Irish whip, and Okamoto hits a hard chop to the chest.\u00a0 Okamoto picks up Hashimoto and hits a behind the back slam, cover, but Hashimoto barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Okamoto picks up Hashimoto but Hashimoto slides off his back and hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Okamoto goes for a lariat but Hashimoto ducks it and applies a crucifix hold for the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Daichi Hashimoto<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>They both go for kicks unsuccessfully to start the match, Bin gets Sawada into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Judo throw by Bin and he gets the side mount into the full mount, elbows by Bin and he goes for the cross armbreaker, he lets go and goes for a cover but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Both men return to their feet, mid kick by Sawada, Bin pushes Sawada into the corner and hits chops as well as punches.\u00a0 Snapmare by Bin and he kicks Sawada in the back.\u00a0 Bin applies a sleeper but releases it after a moment and throws Sawada out of the ring.\u00a0 Bin goes out after him and clubs Sawada in the back before chopping him against the apron.\u00a0 Bin Irish whips Sawada into the guard rail before elbowing him in the chest.\u00a0 Bin tries to throw Sawada into the railing again but Sawada reverses it and punches Bin in the head.\u00a0 Sawada slides Bin back into the ring and joins him, stomps by Sawada and he kicks Bin in the chest.\u00a0 More kicks by Sawada and he knocks Bin to the mat, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sawada picks up Bin and hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but again it gets a two.\u00a0 Sawada picks up Bin and kicks him in the chest, he goes for a slam but Bin blocks it.\u00a0 Headbutts by Bin and he hits a spinebuster.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Bin gets Sawada\u2019s back and applies a sleeper,\u00a0 Sawada goes out and the referee calls for the bell.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Wang Bin<\/p>\n
\nFujita and Kawaguchi attack their opponents to start the match, with Kawaguchi ending up in the ring with Le Banner.\u00a0 They circle each other and trade leg kicks, knees and a high kick by Le Banner but Kawaguchi gets away.\u00a0 Punches by Le Banner and he gets Kawaguchi into the corner, but he tags in Fujita.\u00a0 Snapmare by Le Banner but Fujita reverses it into a hammerlock.\u00a0 Le Banner tags in Ogawa, Ogawa gets Fujita into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Waistlock by Fujita and he school boys Ogawa for a two count, Ogawa gets a headscissors applied but Fujita quickly gets out of it.\u00a0 Waistlock by Fujita, snapmare by Ogawa but Fujita applies a hammerlock.\u00a0 Fujita tags in Kawaguchi, knees by Fujita and he powerslams Ogawa.\u00a0 Fujita and Kawaguchi hit elbow drops onto Ogawa, Kawaguchi picks up Ogawa and knees him in the stomach.\u00a0 Kick by Fujita and he punches Ogawa into the corner, but Ogawa grabs him and tags in Le Banner.\u00a0 Le Banner holds Kawaguchi in the corner so that Ogawa can hit a series of chops.\u00a0 Ogawa tags in Le Banner, and Le Banner kicks Kawaguchi in the corner.\u00a0 Ogawa comes back in and chokes Kawaguchi in the corner with his boot.\u00a0 Ogawa kicks Kawaguchi down in the corner, Le Banner comes in the ring and they hit a double vertical suplex.\u00a0 Le Banner knocks Fujita off the apron and Ogawa applies the figure four to Kawaguchi.\u00a0 Kawaguchi slowly inches to the ropes but Fujita runs in and breaks up the hold.\u00a0 Fujita picks up Kawaguchi, Ogawa elbows Fujita but Kawaguchi grabs him.\u00a0 Ogawa elbows Kawaguchi down to the mat and knocks Fujita off the apron again.\u00a0 Le Banner comes in the ring, Ogawa holds Kawaguchi and Le Banner punches Kawaguchi in the stomach.\u00a0 Ogawa holds Kawaguchi again, Le Banner goes for a high kick but Kawaguchi ducks, and he hits Ogawa by accident.\u00a0 Fujita is tagged in and he shoulderblocks Le Banner out of the ring.\u00a0 He goes off the ropes again and hits a lariat onto Ogawa, he picks him up and hits an over the shoulder suplex.\u00a0 Fujita tags in Kawaguchi, Fujita picks up Ogawa, double Irish whip and they hit a double shoulderblock.\u00a0 They pick up Ogawa again and hit a double backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Fujita picks up Ogawa and goes for the powerbomb, but Le Banner gets past Kawaguchi and breaks it up.\u00a0 Kick to the leg by Le Banner and Ogawa hits a running STO onto Fujita.\u00a0 Ogawa holds Kawaguchi for Le Banner, and Le Banner kicks Kawaguchi in the stomach.\u00a0 Running STO by Ogawa, cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Naoya Ogawa and Jerome Le Banner<\/p>\nGrade: C+<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"