May Madness! DGUSA, NJPW, NOAH & more!
More madness for your eyeballs!
NOAH
Takeshi Morishima, Mohammed Gone & Go Shiozaki vs Nigel Mcguinness, Bryan Danielson & Rocky Romero (07/15/07): Awesome heated start with Nigel vs Morishima. These two are destroying each other! This is a great NOAH 6-man that has been overlooked with the passage of time. They go 11 minutes and its high quality, high impact wrestling. Big recommendation for old school ROH fans.
Naomichi Marufuji & Kota Ibushi vs KENTA & Taiji Ishimori (07/15/07): Absolutely bananas junior tag match. These guys are kicking, elbowing & flying. Even the two lil flubs were "makes" in my book & don't diminish the intensity or excitement. And to top it off the finish was sublime. All Time Classic junior tag war in my book. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION for old school ROH/NOAH fans.
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•Masaaki Mochizuki vs Akira Tozawa (05/08/10 DGUSA): Eleven minutes of awesome. A spirited youngster versus veteran match. Mochi looks to remove Tozawa's head with his kicks! Plenty of fierce strikes & quick pace - this is a great example of intensity and pacing being superior to unnecessary complexity & intentional epics. Great match, recommended stuff.
•Tatsumi Fujinami vs El Solitario (05/10/79 NJPW): Wow! 10 minutes of aggressive yet sportsman-like chain wrestling. Absolutely enthralling stuff. A technical wrestling fan's dream...I LOVED IT. All Time Classic in my book! This felt perfect to me. If you're interested, MUST SEE.
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•Genichiro Tenryu & Randy Savage vs Yoshiaki Yatsu & Haku (SWS 06/07/91): Man, this starts off with a bang! A real melee...this was GREAT! Macho's diving off the top & bleeding, Yatsu & Haku are stomping on Tenryu's face like they are trying to stamp out a fire. I LOVED THIS ONE. Haku is perfect in Japan - watch all of his SWS stuff 😄 Tenryu & Yatsu never have liked each other and are excellent foes. When I named the blog, Wrestling Dream Battles, this was the type of match that I was thinking about. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED stuff especially if you're a fan of any of these dudes! Although this match is in June, it's Macho Man and he's all about the MADNESS! Oh yeah! 😋
•Great Sasuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro 04/27/99): Yes! This was a great match. I loved all of the twists and surprises. Sasuke had a counter or reversal for Shinzaki at nearly every turn. It's probably not as got as their 1994 match but it's absolutely worth your time. Strongly RECOMMENDED
EMLL
If you're a regular reader then, you might have noticed I've been watching a lil more lucha libre. That's what's fun about these monthly projects. It's been getting me watching my DVDs which includes a small batch of lucha DVDs which in turn gets me looking up stuff online. I'm really trying to keep that in check though. Anyhow a real fun May Madness mini project was watching the 5/18/90 EMLL episode. Not 100% sure on that date but it's what was listed. Anyhow, most of the episode is a tag team tournament. I know a bit about the feuds at the time & wrestling booking so a few of the teams were composed of guys who were at odds. Classic booking, right? Anyhow here's the matches!
- Angel Azteca & El Dandy vs Super Muneco & Hijo del Gladiador
- Lizmark & Pierroth Jr. vs Americo Rocca & Gran Markus Jr.
- Javier Cruz & Emilo Charles Jr. vs Fuerza Guerrera & Huracan Ramirez Jr.
- Angel Azteca & El Dandy vs Bestia Salvage & Mogur
- Javier Cruz & Emilo Charles Jr. vs Lizmark & Pierroth Jr.
- Final: Angel Azteca & El Dandy vs Javier Cruz & Emilo Charles Jr.
All matches are one fall except the final which is 2/3 falls. The matches are all relatively short and if you like WCW cruiserweight stuff then, you'll be fine here. Each early match was a lot of fun with a lot of quick action - arm drags, drop kicks, rope running etc. An emphasis on technical wrestling more than brawling. The finale, was wonderful fast technical wrestling that I LOVED. I would recommend the whole thing but especially the last match.
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