PuroresuCentral.com<\/a><\/p>\nI gotta admit, I am a sucker for big spectacle type matches.\u00a0 Probably not hard to figure out since I am a big Great Muta fan and jump at any opportunity to review a crazy gimmick match.\u00a0 As you probably guessed from the title of the event, this one has a crazy gimmick match as Onita invades NOAH!\u00a0 In fact the bulk of the card is NOAH wrestlers against garbage indy wrestlers or ZERO1 wrestlers (I mean that in the nicest way possible).\u00a0 Here is the full card:<\/p>\n
– Daisuke Harada vs. Hitoshi Kumano vs. Yoshinari Ogawa
\n– Akitoshi Saito and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya vs. Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
\n– KAMIKAZE, Demon Ueda, and Takuya Sugawara vs. Takeshi Morishima, Kenou, and Hajime Ohara
\n– Ikuto Hidaka and Mineo Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori and Atsushi Kotoge
\n– Kohei Sato, Hideki Suzuki, and Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, and Quiet Storm
\n– Masato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata vs. Mohammed Yone and Katsuhiko Nakajima
\n– GHC Heavyweight Championship<\/em>: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Maybach Taniguchi
\n– No Ropes Barbed Wire Current Blast Death Match<\/em>: Atsushi Onita, Ichiro Yaguchi, and Hideki Hosaka vs. Takashi Sugiura, Yoshihiro Takayama, and Genba Hirayanagi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThis should be something.<\/p>\n
Daisuke Harada vs. Hitoshi Kumano vs. Yoshinari Ogawa<\/strong><\/span>
\nOgawa and Kumano shake hands as the match starts, but Kumano attacks Ogawa from behind.\u00a0 Double Irish whip to Ogawa and they hit a double elbow strike.\u00a0 Kumano Irish whips Harada, and Harada hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Harada goes off the ropes but Kumano delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but Ogawa breaks it up.\u00a0 Ogawa punches Kumano to the mat, Harada rolls up Ogawa but Kumano breaks it up.\u00a0 Kumano applies an ankle lock to Harada, then Ogawa applies an armbar to Harada.\u00a0 Ogawa hits an enzigieri on Kumano, Ogawa throws Harada into the corner, Ogawa kicks Harada low but Kumano rolls up Ogawa for a two count.\u00a0 Ogawa hits a DDT to Kumano, and Ogawa throws Harada into the ring post.\u00a0 Ogawa then throws Kumano into the ring post as well, and Ogawa hits a backdrop suplex to Harada.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ogawa applies an armbar to Kumano but Harada breaks it up.\u00a0 Ogawa and Harada trade elbows, Ogawa throws Harada into the corner but Harada moves and puts Ogawa in the tree of woe.\u00a0 Harada then puts Kumano into the tree of woe in the same corner, Harada gets a running start and delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Harada hits a pescado down onto Kumano, Harada slides back into the ring and he throws Ogawa into the corner, hitting a jumping elbow smash.\u00a0 Harada hits a vertical suplex to Ogawa, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kumano elbows Harada but Harada elbows him back and they trade blows.\u00a0 Harada throws Kumano into the corner, Kumano kicks Harada back when he charges in and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Kumano hits a bridging fallaway slam, but Ogawa breaks it up.\u00a0 Kumano and Ogawa trade elbows, eye rake by Ogawa but Harada hits him from behind.\u00a0 Kumano and Harada throw Ogawa into the corner, and both hit running elbow strikes.\u00a0 Harada slams Ogawa onto Kumano, he covers Kumano but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Harada goes off the ropes but Kumano rolls him up for a two count.\u00a0 Henkei Knee Upper by Harada, and he hits Kumano with the Katayama German Suplex Hold for the three count cover.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Daisuke Harada<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 For an opener this one wasn\u2019t bad.\u00a0 They kept it short so that it never lagged, and Kumano has improved throughout the year.\u00a0 Ogawa doesn\u2019t do much for me but in this style of match he doesn\u2019t do any harm, and the match had a few cute spots.\u00a0 A perfectly acceptable opener for the event.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nAkitoshi Saito and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya vs. Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa<\/strong><\/span>
\nSaito and Kitamiya attack their opponents before the bell rings, and Kitamiya stomps down Otani in the corner.\u00a0 Kitamiya picks up Otani, chops by Kitamiya but Otani pushes him back.\u00a0 Otani and Kitamiya trade chops, and Otani punches Kitamiya to the mat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Otani tags in Takaiwa, Takaiwa picks up Kitamiya, Irish whip, and Takaiwa hits a back elbow.\u00a0 Cover by Takaiwa but it gets two.\u00a0 Takaiwa picks up Kitamiya and hits an elbow, but Kitamiya elbows him back.\u00a0 Elbows by Kitamiya, he throws Takaiwa into the corner and tags in Saito.\u00a0 Punches by Saito but Takaiwa elbows him off and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Irish whip by Saito and he hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Saito picks up Takaiwa but Takaiwa drives him back and tags in Otani.\u00a0 Double Irish whip to Saito and they hit a double shoulderblock.\u00a0 Otani throws Saito into the corner and chokes him with his boot.\u00a0 Otani trips Saito and applies a single leg crab hold.\u00a0 Takaiwa comes in and applies a half camel clutch, wristlock by Takaiwa but Saito reverses it so Kitamiya can come off the top turnbuckle with an ax handle to Takaiwa\u2019s arm.\u00a0 Saito tags in Kitamiya and Kitamiya hits an armbreaker.\u00a0 Wristlock by Kitamiya and he yanks on Takaiwa\u2019s arm.\u00a0 Kitamiya tags in Saito, Irish whip by Saito and he knees Takaiwa in the stomach.\u00a0 Saito picks up Takaiwa and he hits a delayed vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Saito tags in Kitamiya, Kitamiya picks up Takaiwa and goes for a suplex but Takaiwa blocks it.\u00a0 Vertical suplex by Takaiwa and he tags in Otani. \u00a0Otani kicks Saito off the apron and throws Kitamiya into the corner.\u00a0 Facewashes by Otani to Kitamiya, he picks him up, Irish whip to the corner and he hits a big boot.\u00a0 Irish whip again, reversed, but Otani kicks Kitamiya as he charges in.\u00a0 Kitamiya hits a spear and he tags in Saito.\u00a0 Saito hits a lariat on Otani in the corner followed by a snap vertical suplex.\u00a0 Saito goes off the ropes and hits another lariat, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Saito applies a waistlock but Otani elbows out of it, Saito goes off the ropes but Otani avoids the scissors kick.\u00a0 Uranage by Saito, cover, but it only gets two.<\/p>\nKicks to the chest by Saito but Otani catches one and hits a hard elbow.\u00a0 Otani tags in Takaiwa, and Takaiwa chops Saito in the corner.\u00a0 Irish whip by Takaiwa and he hits a lariat.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Takaiwa, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving elbow drop.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Takaiwa picks up Saito but Saito hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Saito and Takaiwa trade lariat attempts, Saito hits another lariat and tags in Kitamiya.\u00a0 Kitamiya picks up Takaiwa, Irish whip to the corner and he hits a running back elbow.\u00a0 Kitamiya picks up Takaiwa and hits a suplex, cover, but it gets two.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Kitamiya, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Takaiwa is up.\u00a0 Takaiwa joins Kitamiya and headbutts Kitamiya before hitting a superplex.\u00a0 Takaiwa tags in Otani, Otani picks up Kitamiya and goes for a suplex, but Kitamiya reverses it.\u00a0 Kitamiya charges Otani in the corner and hits a jumping elbow, another elbow by Kitamiya and a cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kitamiya goes off the ropes but Otani knees him in the stomach.\u00a0 Backdrop suplex by Otani, he picks up Kitamiya but Kitamiya pushes him off.\u00a0 Kitamiya goes off the ropes but Otani hits a big boot followed by a release German suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but Saito breaks it up.\u00a0 Lariat by Saito to Otani, but Takaiwa hits Saito with a lariat.\u00a0 Takaiwa charges Kitamiya but Kitamiya dropkicks him and hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Otani from the top turnbuckle hits a missile dropkick to Kitamiya, he picks him up and goes off the ropes, but Kitamiya ducks under the lariat and applies an Octopus Hold.\u00a0 Elbow to the back by Kitamiya and he hits a German suplex hold for a two count.\u00a0 Kitamiya picks up Otani and goes for another one, reversed by Otani, Kitamiya goes off the ropes but Otani hits a jumping heel kick.\u00a0 Release dragon suplex by Otani, cover, but Kitamiya barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Otani picks up Kitamiya and nails another dragon suplex, cover, and this time he gets the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 What a fantastically fun match.\u00a0 I just enjoyed every minute of it, which says a lot since I don\u2019t actually like all the wrestlers in the match.\u00a0 It had a great blend of the young wrestler trying to stand tall against the veterans, and the veterans just slugging it out against each other.\u00a0 The match stayed fast paced throughout, had lots of hard hits, and was just flat out entertaining.\u00a0 A pleasant surprise, I just wish it went longer since I was enjoying it so much.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 8.0<\/span><\/p>\nKAMIKAZE, Demon Ueda, and Takuya Sugawara vs. Takeshi Morishima, Kenou, and Hajime Ohara<\/strong><\/span>
\nKAMIKAZE and company attack their opponents as they come down the ramp, and both teams battle around ringside and into the stands.\u00a0 After a bit, Sugawara throws Ohara into the ring and stomps him in the back.\u00a0 Ohara elbows him back but Sugawara rakes Ohara in the eyes, he goes off the ropes but Ohara hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.\u00a0 Ohara throws Sugawara into the corner but Ueda comes in and breaks it up.\u00a0 Ueda picks up Ohara and puts him across the ropes in the corner before hitting a body avalanche.\u00a0 Ueda gets a table and sets it up in the ring, he picks up Ohara and puts him on the table.\u00a0 Sugawara holds the table while Ueda gets an axe, but Sugawara rolls off the table before Ueda can use it.\u00a0 Morishima runs in to help and he knocks Ueda out of the ring with his giant club.\u00a0 Sugawara chokes Ohara in the corner, he goes off the ropes but Kenou trips him from ringside.\u00a0 Ohara tags in Kenou, and Kenou chokes Sugawara in the corner with his boot.\u00a0 Kenou snapmares Sugawara and kicks him in the back.\u00a0 Kenou goes out to the apron and hits a slingshot doublestomp, cover by Kenou but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kenou picks up Sugawara and kicks him in the chest before tagging in Morishima.\u00a0 Morishima hits a running butt smash in the corner on Sugawara, and then hits a second one.\u00a0 Morishima tags in Ohara, and Ohara hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Ohara applies a single leg crab hold but Sugawara gets a hand on the ropes.\u00a0 Elbows by Ohara to Sugawara, he goes off the ropes but Sugawara hits a step-up enzigieri.\u00a0 Ueda and Morishima run into the ring and trade elbows, and Morishima throws Ueda out of the ring.\u00a0 KAMIKAZE comes in the ring with a drill, he Irish whips Ohara but Ohara avoids the drill and goes off the ropes.\u00a0 KAMIKAZE kicks Ohara to the mat and goes to drill him, but Kenou hits KAMIKAZE from behind with a kendo stick.\u00a0 Sugawara runs in and throws Kenou out of the ring, Sugawara then throws Ohara out as well.\u00a0 They battle around ringside and into the crowd area again, with KAMIKAZE and Morishima ending up on the second floor.\u00a0 KAMIKAZE then gets out on the ledge and hits a moonsault off the balcony down onto everyone down on the first floor.\u00a0 Everyone slowly makes their way back to ringside, as Morishima and Ueda have a chair duel.\u00a0 Ueda brings the chair in the ring and knocks the referee down before hitting Morishima with the chair.\u00a0 The referee tries to stop him but Ueda knocks him down again and keeps working over Morishima.\u00a0 Morishima gets his giant club and hits Ueda with it, he picks up the club and hits him with it again.\u00a0 Everyone gets in the ring and faces off with weapons, but at some point the referee has had enough and calls the match a Double DQ.<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0On paper this was interesting, as it was basically the two major heel factions from each promotion facing off against each other which seems like an odd choice.\u00a0 The bulk of the match wasn\u2019t very good, just brawling around the ring and the action in the ring wasn\u2019t very exciting.\u00a0 I did like the end how it just broke down to each team using weapons until the referee had enough, it makes sense that by the end it would just become a crazy brawl.\u00a0 So the end was good, but up to that point it was pretty lackluster.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 4.0<\/span><\/p>\nIkuto Hidaka and Mineo Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori and Atsushi Kotoge<\/strong><\/span>
\nHidaka and Ishimori start things off.\u00a0 Tie-up, wristlock by Hidaka, Ishimori flips out of it and reverses the hold but Hidaka kicks him off.\u00a0 Ishimori elbows Hidaka, drop toehold by Hidaka and he applies a hammerlock.\u00a0 Ishimori reverses it, wristlock by Hidaka and he gets Ishimori to the mat.\u00a0 Leglock by Ishimori but Hidaka gets out of it and both men return to their feet.\u00a0 Hidaka tags in Fujita, and Ishimori tags in Kotoge.\u00a0 Side headlock by Fujita, Kotoge Irish whips out of it and Fujita hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 They both run off the ropes and Kotoge hits a dropkick.\u00a0 Headbutt by Kotoge to Fujita and he hits another headbutt.\u00a0 Kotoge tags in Ishimori, and Ishimori chops Fujita in the corner.\u00a0 Snapmare by Ishimori, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishimori tags in Kotoge, double Irish whip to Fujita and they hit a double elbow strike.\u00a0 Cover by Kotoge to Fujita but it gets two.\u00a0 Kotoge stomps Fujita in the back but Fujita elbows him and they trade strikes.\u00a0 Fujita kicks Kotoge low and both men are hurt on the mat.\u00a0 Fujita gets to his corner and tags in Hidaka, and Hidaka stomps Kotoge.\u00a0 Hidaka picks up Kotoge, Irish whip, and Hidaka delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Senton by Hidaka, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hidaka kicks Kotoge in the leg and tags in Fujita.\u00a0 Fujita and Hidaka yank on Kotoge\u2019s legs and Fujita knees Kotoge in the groin.\u00a0 Cover, but Kotoge gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Another cover, but it gets the same result.\u00a0 Fujita bites Kotoge in the\u2026 groin\u2026 while the referee tells him to knock it off.\u00a0 Fujita picks up Kotoge and tags in Hidaka.\u00a0 Hidaka picks up Kotoge but Kotoge elbows him off.\u00a0 Back kick by Hidaka, Irish whip by Hidaka to the corner and he hits a cartwheel heel kick.\u00a0 Hidaka goes off the ropes but Kotoge catches him with a reverse DDT.\u00a0 Kotoge tags in Ishimori, and Ishimori dropkicks Hidaka.\u00a0 Fujita knees Ishimori and comes in the ring, double Irish whip to the corner but Ishimori avoids them both and kicks Fujita to the mat.\u00a0 Double knee strike by Ishimori to Hidaka in the corner and he hits a second one.\u00a0 Cover by Ishimori but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishimori picks up Hidaka, Irish whip by Ishimori, reversed, Ishimori flips off the ropes and dropkicks Hidaka, but Hidaka kicks him back and tags in Fujita.<\/p>\nFujita hits an atomic drop to Ishimori and rakes his eyes, Fujita goes off the ropes but Ishimori elbows him.\u00a0 Handspring cutter by Ishimori to Fujita and he tags in Kotoge.\u00a0 Kotoge boots Hidaka off the apron, they Irish whip Fujita but Fujita applies The Claw to both of their groins.\u00a0 Fujita dropkicks the referee by accident, and Hidaka hits a tornado DDT onto Ishimori.\u00a0 Fujita sets up Kotoge in the corner and Fujita slaps him before putting his foot against Kotoge\u2019s groin.\u00a0 Fujita gets a running start and dropkicks Kotoge in the groin area, cover by Fujita but Ishimori breaks it up.\u00a0 Hidaka throws Ishimori out of the ring, Fujita picks up Kotoge, Irish whip to the corner but Kotoge kicks Fujita back and applies a choke over the top rope.\u00a0 Kotoge gets on the apron but Fujita hits him, Fujita goes off the ropes but Kotoge gets in the ring and hits a cutter.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishimori picks up Fujita and hits a kneebuster, and Kotoge hits a swandive body press.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets two.\u00a0 Ishimori throws Hidaka out of the ring, while Kotoge picks up Fujita and goes for the Killswitch, but Fujita pushes him off.\u00a0 Headbutts by Kotoge, he goes off the ropes but Fujita hits Kotoge low.\u00a0 Dropkick to the back of the head by Fujita, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hidaka hits a reverse DDT onto Kotoge and Fujita hits a Shining Wizard.\u00a0 Cover, but Kotoge kicks out at two.\u00a0 Hidaka hits a superkick, and Fujita drops Kotoge with a reverse piledriver.\u00a0 Cover, but it is broken up.\u00a0 Fujita picks up Kotoge, scoop slam in front of the corner and Fujita goes up to the top turnbuckle.\u00a0 Kotoge kicks Hidaka into the ropes, which shakes them, sending Fujita crashing to the mat.\u00a0 Ishimori comes in the ring, he goes off the ropes and Ishimori swings Hidaka\u2019s leg into Fujita\u2019s groin.\u00a0 Kotoge gets Fujita in a horizontal cradle, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0\u00a0 Taiji Ishimori and Atsushi Kotoge<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 So much groin-based offense.\u00a0 \u00a0That is the thing that stuck out to me, Fujita was just all about it and he dragged the other wrestlers into it as well.\u00a0 Which isn\u2019t necessarily bad, it just gave the match a more comedic feel.\u00a0 Kotoge wasn\u2019t able to do his usual thing of bumping and looking awesome since there was so much going on, and in general I think the wrestlers didn\u2019t get much of a chance to shine.\u00a0 Not a bad match and somewhat memorable, but nothing great.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\nKohei Sato, Hideki Suzuki, and Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, and Quiet Storm<\/strong><\/span>
\nSuzuki and Haste start things off.\u00a0 Waistlock by Suzuki, reversed by Haste, wristlock by Suzuki but Haste flips out of it and hits a snapmare.\u00a0 Suzuki applies a front facelock and he tags in Sato so Haste tags in Nicholls.\u00a0 Sato ties up with Nicholls, Sato pushes Nicholls into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Sato trips Nicholls and applies a front facelock, Nicholls reverses it and tags in Storm.\u00a0 Storm and Sato circle each other, tie-up, Storm pushes Sato into the ropes and he clubs him in the chest.\u00a0 Storm and Sato trade chops and Sato elbows Storm in the face.\u00a0 Sato tags in Yokoyama, Yokoyama and Storm trade elbows and Storm hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Storm and Yokoyama trade chops, shoulderblock by Storm and he tags in Haste.\u00a0 Haste pulls Yokoyama out of the ring and throws him into the guardrail.\u00a0 Haste poses on Yokoyama on the railing and he slides Yokoyama into the ring.\u00a0 Cover by Haste but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Haste tags in Nicholls, double Irish whip by to Yokoyama and Haste hits a moonsault.\u00a0 Cover by Nicholls but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nicholls picks up Yokoyama and throws him into the corner, snapmare by Nicholls and he rakes Yokoyama into the eyes.\u00a0 Storm is tagged in and he clubs Yokoyama in the back.\u00a0 Storm hits a neckbreaker onto Yokoyama and he hits an elbow drop.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Storm stomps Yokoyama, and Storm tags in Haste.\u00a0 Haste rakes Yokoyama in the eyes and he hits a neckbreaker.\u00a0 Cover by Haste, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Haste picks up Yokoyama and hits a few uppercuts, Irish whip by Haste to the corner but Yokoyama moves when Haste charges in.\u00a0 Uppercut by Haste but Yokoyama hits a powerslam.\u00a0 Nicholls runs in to help but Yokoyama hits a double spear and makes the tag to Suzuki.\u00a0 Suzuki uppercuts Haste, Irish whip to the corner and Suzuki hits a running elbow strike.\u00a0 Exploder by Suzuki, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Suzuki picks up Haste, uppercut by Suzuki and he pushes Haste into the corner.\u00a0 Irish whip by Suzuki but Haste kicks him back.\u00a0 Another kick by Haste and he hits an uppercut out of the corner.<\/p>\nHaste gets to his corner and makes the tag to Nicholls, Irish whip by Nicholls and he hits a lariat on Suzuki in the corner.\u00a0 Another lariat by Nicholls and he hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nicholls picks up Suzuki and they trade elbows, Suzuki goes off the ropes but Haste hits him from the apron.\u00a0 Haste comes in the ring and they hit a backdrop\/neckbreaker combination, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nicholls goes off the ropes and hits a sliding lariat, cover, but Suzuki gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Elbows by Nicholls, he goes off the ropes but Suzuki hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Suzuki tags in Yokoyama, Irish whip by Yokoyama to the corner and he hits a shoulder tackle.\u00a0 Reverse splash by Yokoyama, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yokoyama picks up Nicholls but Nicholls pushes him off and hits a spinebuster.\u00a0 Nicholls tags in Storm while Sato is tagged in, and Sato trades elbows with Storm.\u00a0 Lariat by Storm as Haste and Nicholls both come in the ring, and they all hit strikes on Sato in the corner.\u00a0 Reverse STO by Storm, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Storm picks up Sato and hits a Fisherman Buster, cover, but it gets another two.\u00a0 Storm picks up Sato and goes off the ropes, but Sato blocks the lariat.\u00a0 Sato blocks another one, Yokoyama runs in the ring and hits a spear onto Storm.\u00a0 Suzuki drops him with a dragon suplex, then Sato picks up Storm and hits a brainbuster.\u00a0 Cover by Sato, but Nicholls breaks it up.\u00a0 Sato picks up Storm but Storm hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Storm goes off the ropes and hits an elbow smash.\u00a0 Storm picks up Sato, he goes off the ropes but Sato knees him in the stomach.\u00a0 Falcon Arrow by Sato, cover, but Storm gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Sato picks up Sato and hits a piledriver, cover, but again it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sato drags Storm to his feet and hits a German suplex hold, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Kohei Sato, Hideki Suzuki, and Yoshikazu Yokoyama<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 A solid match but I don\u2019t think having the extra wrestlers really helped, it would have been better as a two vs. two tag match.\u00a0 They just had issues getting a real flow going, there wasn\u2019t a real structure or story to it to get attached to.\u00a0 The action itself was solid, but it was just hard to get into a match that was mostly just random offense.\u00a0 Mid-card filler, but nothing offensive.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nMasato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata vs. Mohammed Yone and Katsuhiko Nakajima<\/strong><\/span>
\nObata and Nakajima start things off.\u00a0 Tie-up, Nakajima pushes Obata into the ropes, Obata switches positions with him and clubbed Nakajima in the chest.\u00a0 Tie-up, side headlock by Nakajima, Obata Irish whips out of it and boots Nakajima.\u00a0 Nakajima boots him back and they trade boots and then elbows.\u00a0 Snapmare by Obata and he kicks Nakajima in the back.\u00a0 Elbow by Nakajima, snapmare, and he kicks Obata in the back.\u00a0 Obata returns the favor, but Nakajima gets up and does the same to him.\u00a0 Nakajima Irish whips Obata, reversed, and Obata delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Obata kicks Nakajima in the back and makes the tag to Tanaka.\u00a0 Tanaka chops Nakajima in the corner, and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Kick to the chest by Nakajima but Tanaka elbows him to the mat.\u00a0 Tanaka picks up Nakajima and throws him into the corner.\u00a0 Irish whip by Tanaka and he hits a jumping elbow smash.\u00a0 Tanaka tags in Obata, and Obata stands on Nakajima in the corner.\u00a0 Obata picks up Nakajima and headbutts him before kicking him in the head.\u00a0 Nakajima headbutts him back but Obata hits a headbutt and throws Nakajima into the corner.\u00a0 Chops by Obata, Irish whip, reversed, Obata kicks Nakajima back and gets up on the top turnbuckle.\u00a0 Nakajima joins Obata up top but Obata headbutts Nakajima to the mat.\u00a0 Nakajima hits a jumping kick to Obata up on the top turnbuckle, he then climbs up top again and hits a superplex.\u00a0 Nakajima tags in Yone, and Yone hits a scoop slam to Obata.\u00a0 Yone goes off the ropes and hits a leg drop, cover, but it barely gets a two count.\u00a0 Neck crank by Yone but Obata gets a foot on the bottom rope.\u00a0 Back up, chops by Obata but Yone kicks him in the leg.\u00a0 Yone tags in Nakajima, and Nakajima kicks Obata in the ribs.\u00a0 Nakajima stomps down Obata and chokes him with his boot.\u00a0 Nakajima and Obata trade elbows, and Nakajima kicks Obata in the leg.\u00a0 More leg kicks by Nakajima and he tags in Yone.\u00a0 Yone and Nakajima take turns kicking Obata in the back, cover by Yone but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yone picks up Obata and hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Yone chokes Obata with his boot and he tags in Nakajima.\u00a0 Nakajima applies a leg submission hold to Obata, but Obata makes it to the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Nakajima picks up Obata and goes for a suplex, but Obata reverses it, hitting his own vertical suplex.<\/p>\nObata tries to make it to Tanaka but Nakajima grabs his leg and slams his knee into the mat.\u00a0 Nakajima picks up Obata but Obata elbows him and they trade strikes.\u00a0 Obata goes off the ropes and dropkicks Nakajima, and Obata makes the hot tag to Tanaka.\u00a0 Tanaka scoop slams Nakajima and Yone back and forth, Tanaka charges Nakajima in the corner and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Tanaka lariats Yone as well and then lariats Nakajima again.\u00a0 Tanaka picks up Nakajima and elbows him against the ropes, and Tanaka hits a jumping elbow smash.\u00a0 Tanaka goes off the ropes but Nakajima catches him with a kick.\u00a0 Nakajima goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Cover by Nakajima, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nakajima picks up Tanaka and goes for a backdrop suplex, but Tanaka elbows out of it.\u00a0 Dragon screw leg whip by Nakajima and he makes the tag to Yone.\u00a0 Yone charges Tanaka in the corner and hits a lariat, Yone throws Tanaka into the corner, kick by Tanaka but Yone hits a lariat.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Yone, he goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a diving leg drop.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yone kicks Tanaka in the chest repeatedly and they trade elbows, and Yone levels Tanaka with a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets two.\u00a0 Yone goes off the ropes but Tanaka hits a lariat and tags in Obata.\u00a0 Lariat by Obata and he hits a jumping knee on Yone in the corner.\u00a0 Dropkick by Obata, he picks up Yone and snaps off a DDT.\u00a0 Obata goes out to the apron and hits a swandive double stomp, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Obata picks up Yone and goes for a suplex, but Yone blocks it.\u00a0 Elbows by Obata, he goes off the ropes but Yone kicks him in the face.\u00a0 Nakajima comes in the ring, he throws Obata into the corner and connects with a big boot.\u00a0 Yone follows with a lariat, kick by Nakajima and both wrestlers kick Obata in the chest.\u00a0 Cover, but Tanaka breaks it up.\u00a0 Nakajima and Yone picks up Tanaka, Irish whip, but Tanaka lariats them both to the mat.\u00a0 Obata goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick to Yone, backstabber by Obata and Tanaka comes in to hit Yone with the Sliding D.\u00a0 Fisherman Buster by Obata, cover, but Yone barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Cross-armed backstabber by Obata, he goes for a double stomp but Yone rolls out of the way.\u00a0 Lariat by Yone, cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 Lariat to the back of the head by Yone, cover, but again it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yone picks up Obata, he puts him up on the top turnbuckle and he hits the Muscle Buster.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Masato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Fundamentally there was nothing wrong with this match. I’m not a fan of Yone, I just find him boring and he didn’t disappoint with his random neck cranks, but the other wrestlers were on point. It just lacked something, the wrestlers were trying to make it good but it didn’t have the same sense of urgency as some of the other matches on the card. I also don’t think the Muscle Buster is the right move to end a match like this, it takes so long to set up that I find it hard to believe that Tanaka couldn’t have found his way back into the ring to at least attempt to break it up. Solid action all the way around, but nothing memorable.Score: 6.5<\/span><\/p>\n(c) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Maybach Taniguchi<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.\u00a0 Tie-up, Marufuji pushes Taniguchi into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Tie-up, Taniguchi pushes Marufuji into the ropes and he also gives a clean break.\u00a0 Waistlock by Taniguchi, reversed by Marufuji and they jockey for position on the mat.\u00a0 Waistlock by Taniguchi but Marufuji grabs the rope to force a break.\u00a0 Marufuji chops Taniguchi in the chest but Taniguchi elbows him back.\u00a0 They trade blows back and forth, side headlock by Marufuji, Taniguchi Irish whips out of it and knocks Marufuji out of the ring.\u00a0 Marufuji slowly returns to the ring, kick by Marufuji and he applies a side headlock, Marufuji takes Taniguchi to the mat but Taniguchi struggles back up again.\u00a0 Irish whip by Taniguchi but Marufuji gets the side headlock re-applied.\u00a0 Taniguchi gets out of the hold but again Marufuji gets it locked back in.\u00a0 Snapmare by Marufuji and he stomps on Taniguchi\u2019s head.\u00a0 Neck twist by Marufuji, cover, but it barely gets a two count.\u00a0 Reverse chinlock by Marufuji, and he throws Taniguchi into the corner.\u00a0 Chops by Marufuji and he elbows Taniguchi in the back of the head.\u00a0 Marufuji gets out of the ring and he goes for a dropkick, but Taniguchi moves out of the way.\u00a0 Taniguchi gets Marufuji by the throat and he chokeslams Marufuji onto the apron.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Marufuji and throws him into the guardrail.\u00a0 Taniguchi throws Marufuji into the railing again, he takes him up towards the crowd and throws him into a row of chairs.\u00a0 Scoop slam on the floor by Taniguchi and he gets in the ring, Marufuji gets back in as well and Taniguchi hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Marufuji and he hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Elbow drop to the back by Taniguchi, cover, but it gets another two.\u00a0 Stomp to the back by Taniguchi, he picks up Marufuji and elbows him and the two trade strikes.\u00a0 Shoulderblock by Taniguchi and he applies a camel clutch.\u00a0 Back up, elbow by Taniguchi and Marufuji elbows him back.\u00a0 Marufuji goes off the ropes, and Taniguchi hits a spinebuster.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Irish whip by Taniguchi to the corner, but Marufuji kicks Taniguchi back when he charges in.\u00a0 Elbow by Taniguchi but Marufuji hits a lariat, Irish whip by Taniguchi but Marufuji dropkicks him to the mat.\u00a0 Marufuji charges Taniguchi in the corner and hits a jumping elbow but Taniguchi elbows him back.\u00a0 Elbows by Taniguchi in the corner but Marufuji chops him.\u00a0 Chops by Marufuji, Irish whip, reversed, and Marufuji kicks Taniguchi back.\u00a0 Kick to the head by Marufuji, he goes off the ropes and hits a double stomp to Taniguchi\u2019s head.\u00a0 Superkick by Marufuji, cover, but it gets a two count.<\/p>\nMarufuji goes for the Shiranui but Taniguchi pushes him off and shoves Marufuji out of the ring.\u00a0 Taniguchi goes out after Marufuji and slides him back into the ring, Taniguchi charges Marufuji in the corner and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Irish whip by Taniguchi and he hits another lariat.\u00a0 Taniguchi goes for a chokeslam but Marufuji kicks out of it, but Taniguchi still hits a powerslam for a two count cover.\u00a0 Taniguchi charges Marufuji and lariats him in the back of the head before hitting a release German suplex, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Marufuji and goes for a suplex but Marufuji lands on the apron.\u00a0 Slingshot backstabber by Marufuji, Taniguchi goes out to the apron, Marufuji goes for a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor but Taniguchi grabs his throat and pulls him up onto the apron.\u00a0 Marufuji elbows Taniguchi and goes for a Shiranui, Taniguchi blocks it but Marufuji kicks Taniguchi down to the floor.\u00a0 Marufuji goes for a moonsault but Taniguchi pulls him out of the ring.\u00a0 Taniguchi throws Marufuji into the guardrail and slides into the ring, Marufuji goes for a swandive move but he misses.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Marufuji by the throat and chokes him in the air before throwing Marufuji to the mat.\u00a0 Taniguchi charges Marufuji but Marufuji kicks him back, their heads collide and they both fall down.\u00a0 Back up, Taniguchi hits a lariat and he hits a half nelson suplex.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Marufuji and goes for a second one, but Marufuji elbows out of it.\u00a0 Front flip snapmare driver by Marufuji, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Marufuji hits a superkick to Taniguchi and hits the Shiranui.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Marufuji picks up Taniguchi and goes for a Tiger Driver, but Taniguchi gets out of it and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Chokeslam by Taniguchi, cover, but Marufuji gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Marufuji and goes for a powerbomb, but Marufuji gets out of it.\u00a0 Taniguchi puts Marufuji up on the top turnbuckle and he hits a powerbomb.\u00a0 Taniguchi goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits a diving body press.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Taniguchi picks up Marufuji and hits another powerbomb, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Marufuji knees him in the stomach when Taniguchi jumps off.\u00a0 Taniguchi goes for a lariat but Marufuji ducks and knees Taniguchi.\u00a0 Another knee by Marufuji, cover, but it only gets a two.\u00a0 Marufuji waits for Taniguchi to get up and knees him in the back of the head, he picks up Taniguchi and hits the Tiger Flowsion.\u00a0 Cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner and still champion:\u00a0 Naomichi Marufuji<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts: <\/strong>This was an interesting match. I had a long gap in my NOAH reviewing, but last I saw him, Taniguchi was a gimmick guy and not much else. Here though it was basically a straight match, there were no big sticks of doom or tables or anything like that. So it was hard for me to suspend belief that Taniguchi had a chance as in the past the only way he was able to hang with the great wrestlers was to cheat. The match was a bit longer than it probably should have been and dragged in parts, but Taniguchi held his own better than I was expecting and Marufuji looked like his usual self. Not a top level title match, which they realized since they put it on a show with a gimmick main attraction, but perfectly solid nonetheless. Score: 6.0<\/span><\/p>\nAtsushi Onita, Yaguchi, and Hosaka vs. Sugiura, Yoshihiro Takayama, and Hirayanagi<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is a No Ropes Barbed Wire Current Blast Death Match.\u00a0 As you probably guessed they started off brawling since there are no tag rules since there are no ropes.\u00a0 Onita pairs off with Sugiura while Hosaka and Hirayanagi slug it out.\u00a0 Takayama and Yaguchi tie-up and do something while everyone tries to push their respective opponent into the barbed wire.\u00a0 Sugiura comes over to help Takayama as they both club on Yaguchi, and they push him into the barbed wire to give us our first explosion.\u00a0 Yaguchi rolls out of the ring, and Onita throws Takayama out after him.\u00a0 Everyone else slides under the barbed wire as they take the fight into the crowd.\u00a0 Takayama and Onita battle while Yaguchi has already recovered and has control of Sugiura.\u00a0 Onita throws Takayama into the guard rail and then into a table at ringside.\u00a0 Onita gets a chair and he hits Takayama in the face with it.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Yaguchi is handling Sugiura with no issues elsewhere, and who knows what Hosaka and Hirayanagi are doing.\u00a0 Yaguchi hits Takayama and slides him back into the ring for Onita, Onita picks up Takayama and hits a slow motion vertical suplex.\u00a0 Sugiura comes in and stomps Onita, and Sugiura hits a vertical suplex onto Onita.\u00a0 Sugiura picks up Onita while Hirayanagi slides back in the ring, Onita grabs Hirayanagi but Sugiura pushes Onita into the barbed wire, causing an explosion.\u00a0 Cover by Sugiura, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hosaka comes in the ring with a chair and he hits Takayama with it, then Yaguchi hits Hirayanagi with the chair and slides him out of the ring.\u00a0 Yaguchi and Hosaka take turns on Takayama but Takayama fights them off.\u00a0 Onita hits Takayama with a steel chair and all three of them push Takayama into the barbed wire, as we get another explosion.\u00a0 Hosaka grabs Sugiura and holds him for Onita, Onita gets a barbed wire bat and hits Sugiura repeatedly in the chest with it, until Sugiura backs up into the barbed wire which of course makes it explode.\u00a0 Onita covers Sugiura, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yaguchi and Hosaka set up a chair in the ring and they put Sugiura onto it.\u00a0 Onita hits Sugiura in the chest with the barbed wire bat, cover, but Takayama breaks it up.\u00a0 Onita and Yaguchi club on Takayama but Takayama fights them off until Hirayanagi comes in to help.\u00a0 Everyone applies headlocks to each other and they slowly inch together into the barbed wire, causing it to explode.\u00a0 Everyone is back up pretty quickly as Onita throws Hirayanagi into the barbed wire, exploding Hirayanagi in the process.\u00a0 Cover by Onita, but Hirayanagi gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Takayama comes in the ring but Onita spits red stuff in his face again, and Hosaka rolls Takayama out of the ring.\u00a0 Hosaka and Yaguchi grab Hirayanagi with Onita, and they help Onita hits a Thunder Fire Powerbomb.\u00a0 Cover by Onita, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Atsushi Onita, Yaguchi, and Hosaka<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well this was awful.\u00a0 I love barbed wire explosion matches, I really do.\u00a0 But this was a basic 101 course on how to kill a gimmick.\u00a0 The barbed wire meant nothing and the explosions meant nothing, we averaged almost an explosion a minute and half the time the person that got exploded was back up on their feet in under ten seconds fighting again liked nothing happened.\u00a0 There was no blood, which someone should be required to bleed in a NO ROPES BARBED WIRE match.\u00a0 I don\u2019t expect someone to Sabu themselves but just a little something to show the match is actually dangerous.\u00a0 The wrestlers were slow and plodding, at times they tied up and did literally nothing to each other except shuffle around the ring.\u00a0 And then it was suddenly over with very little build.\u00a0 I know that Onita went on a spree in 2014 having barbed wire explosion matches but at this point he needs to stop as he is raping my fond memories of such matches with sad displays like this one.\u00a0 No redeeming traits.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 2.0<\/span><\/p>\nFinal Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nBest Match: Akitoshi Saito and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya vs. Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa.<\/strong> Not the match I expected to be the best coming into the event, but I thought this match was really fun. Everyone delivered well with their roles, this is really the best way to use these veteran wrestlers as it allows them to come in, hit their big moves, and get out before they start lagging. The ZERO1 guys certainly brought it and Saito looked inspired which doesn’t always happen these days. A really fun match and better than it had any right to be.<\/p>\nMVP:<\/strong>\u00a0 Mitsuhiro Kitamiya.\u00a0 <\/strong>I picked Kitamiya from the match above because as the token young guy he was tasked with doing a lot of the selling and running around to help make everyone else look good. Which I think he did a commendable job at, the veterans in the match really don’t need help per se but Kitamiya did his part to keep the match going and he really did hang in their effectively with the big boys. A really good effort.<\/p>\nOverall:<\/strong> I am really struggling as to what to say about this event as a whole. The main event was horrible, there is no two ways about it, no one could defend that match. It took away all the good elements in barbed wire explosion matches and only kept the bad ones, leaving it just a sad shell of what these ‘dangerous’ matches should be. On the other hand, the bulk of the rest of the card delivered, as the fresh matchups seemed to energize the wrestlers. If this event had a real main event it would probably be one I could honestly really recommend, but since the main selling point coming in was a colossal letdown I can’t heap too much praise on the event as a whole. 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