Sorry for the delay! My family health issues are ongoing and I really haven't been in the mood to watch wrestling. I have chipped away at my list and finally got this week done. It wasn't a slog or anything at all. In fact, I've really enjoyed it. It's the diversion that I've needed. I'm just not in the head space to watch it on a regular basis right now. 

Arashi, Nobukazu Hirai & Nobutaka Araya vs. Dr. Death, Mike Rotunda & Yuto Aijima
(07/17): A fun steak and egg kind of match. If this was a little crisper in a few places, this could actually have been quite good. Still I liked it

Also from this show is the classic Genichiro Tenryu vs. Satoshi Kojima (07/17/2002) match. Gaora recently posted this so I'll share it here:

Great Koji vs Great Muta (07/20): Muto wrestled 3 times this show. Once as Kokushi Muso (the monk) vs Hayashi, then another as Muto in 6 man legends match then this match.

Gaora has it here:

Tenryu vs Taiyo Kea (07/20): Ooohhh!!! This was great (and shown in full from TV)! 15 minutes of Kea & Tenryu beating the crap outta each other. The Kea vs Tenryu rivalry/angle is really slept on in my opinion. It's very much "younger" guy taking on the legend to prove himself. I think the angle really establishes Kea as a star that no other matchup could. See the 2001 matches & my reviews for context. This is the one to watch!!

Arashi, Nobutaka Araya & Yuto Aijima vs. Yoji Anjo, Mitsuya Nagai & Shigeo Okumura
(AJPW PPV 08 30 2002): This was OK. It had no real flow but there's a couple neat moments and I liked the finish. I definitely believe they could have done better BUT I think the purpose of the match was to put over Nagai's roundhouse kick. You're probably not going to watch it so I spoiled the ending.

Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo & Gran Naniwa vs. Johnny Smith & George Hines & Gran Hamada (08/30): Fun match but nothing you couldn't see elsewhere. It was cool that the heavyweight guys really put over Naniwa & Hamada's moves. Naniwa was actually the standout of the whole thing to be honest. Dr. Death & Hines were good too.

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