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  1. superkix
    An exciting match-up on paper but disappointing upon viewing. There wasn't much heat between these two, which is shame, because Nakano is known to piss off plenty of people. A lot of slow struggle spots with a few occasional spats from Nakano or hacking chops from Hashimoto. It heats up a little at the end as Nakano's able to take Hashimoto over with a German suplex and starts in with the kicks. Really loved the failed double leg takedown attempt into the DDT by Hashimoto to set up his finishing run.
  2. superkix
    We get about half of an 8:00 match but it's still a lot of fun, with Nakano being the pudgy shitkicker and Hase showing a lot of fire. Nakano's snap suplex rules and he manages to get quite a bit of offense against Hase, including a German and some big slaps. Really loved his face smack to stop Hase's headbutting dead in its tracks. Of course, we get a giant swing from Hase and a pretty brutal looking uranage to set up the finishing Northern Lights suplex hold.
  3. superkix
    This had its moments for sure. Fuchi schooling Araya on the mat, Tenryu busting open Araya with the punch and Fuchi taking advantage, the fired up Araya trying to get retribution against Tenryu but failing -- great selling from Araya as he eats lariats and chops and punches. Their last exchange with Tenryu being a total dick until Araya shoulderblocks him down was great. Some weird pacing issues though and the stuff between Kawada/Tenryu was disappointing.
  4. superkix
    This was good. After struggling to find anything on the ground, Nagata hits a kneel kick into the ropes and a backdrop hold for two before Fujita bails to the outside. Fans loved it. Fujita mostly uses his size to keep Nagata pinned down, popping him with a few shots or knees. Loved when Nagata tries for the big elbow and Fujita evades it and turns it into the choke sleeper. Nasty German from Nagata but yeah, Fujita no sells it and slams Nagata down. Then we get some weak sauce punches from Nagata before Fujita finishes him off with some pretty great grounded knees.
  5. superkix
    Pretty fun match with Tanaka/Gedo muddying the BattlARTS waters. The interactions between Tanaka and Ishikawa were the high points of the match, including their little headbutt exchange, and vice versa, the Gedo/Yone matches were at the low end. We get a little brawling with Tanaka using chairs to put Yone on the rocks and Ishikawa seething to get in there and deliver payback. The choke out finish and refusal to letup was the cherry to top it off.
  6. superkix
    I liked this quite a bit more than anything else from the tournament so far, except maybe Hiromu/Desperado. KUSHIDA is so good at controlling the flow of the match, so slick in his movements and counters. He's easily my favorite junior in NJPW and I can't wait to see him move up to heavyweight. SHO got to show off his technical side and while it isn't on KUSHIDA's level, he's still pretty good, although some of his offense can become too flashy that it loses its effectiveness. I liked when KUSHIDA trapped the leg when SHO's trying to boot out of a leglock in order to send him reaching for the ropes. He just keeps on after SHO's arm and SHO has to power out when he can -- he hits a cool gutwrench slam counter to the hanging armbar. SHO gets off some big offense toward the end but KUSHIDA goes back to the arm and ultimately pins him with his small package driver.
  7. superkix
    Sawa's final match in BattlARTS and a good showing from both guys, especially Suruga, who is usually solid but never blows me away. Sawa did some neat stuff on the mat early on, pissing Suruga off, who starts laying into him with kicks on the ground. Really stiff strikes from Suruga and some nice snug elbows from Sawa. Sawa will eat these strikes and just grin at the crowd -- it's really something. On the ground, Suruga focuses on the arm but then he'll throw a tiger suplex. Exhaustion plays into the finish as they're both lobbing tired shots. Sawa hits all his signatures toward the end and finishes off Suruga with the octopus hold to send the fans home happy. Really good, fun match.
  8. superkix
    An improvement over their first encounter with a well-worn chemistry and a good mix of laughs and stiff shots. I love the fake out slap exchanges, Ishikawa throwing closed-fist punches but showing the ref his open hand, Ishikawa throwing a roll of streamers at Sawa while he's trying to kick him from the apron. Sawa tries pulling off some of his mentor’s signature spots, being a pain in Ishikawa’s ass. As for the strikes, there are tons of slaps, punches, kicks, palm thrusts. Toward the end, Sawa dumps him with a cool half-and-half suplex and tries to submit him with the grounded octopus but Ishikawa is able to snag the leglock and force him into submission. Great finish with Sawa really selling the leglock struggle.
  9. superkix
    This was pretty fun but nothing blow away. The exchanges between Kakihara and Nagata were the obvious highlights. They work over Makabe for awhile, who throws his weight around just find against the shooters. When Kakihara tries for the shotei, Nagata counters with the Exploder. There are stereo submissions by both sides, and a bunch of suplexes toward the end, with Makabe hitting rolling Germans for a pretty great nearfall. After a double muscle buster, Nagai finishes off Makabe with the sprinboard knee.
  10. superkix
    New episode is out and about, and here's the direct LINK! https://fightingnetworkfriends.podiant.co/e/3642c80f407d2e/ to stream, or subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also search us on Apple Podcasts. FNF 017: Inoki Festival 1995 EPISODE 17, the single show review! We are here to talk a little talked about show that Antonio Inoki put on at the end of 1995, featuring all of our favorite guys (and gals)! Fujiwara, Takada, Yamazaki, Ikeda, Kakihara, Hase, Anjoh, Bull, Hokuto, Nagata and more! Yo this show is clipped to hell, but it's a ton of fun - listen to us discuss it! Topics discussed: We are gonna take a break after this one, Brennan is moving back! T-shirts are all figured out, paid for, being printed and will be arriving before long! What we are watching Inoki Festival 12/30/95 More dope matches! Choshu, Destroyer, Robinson, Windham, Regal, Hideki, Abe, Nomura and everything ever. & More Also: 5/13/18 - BJW - Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekimoto Vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura 5/26/78 - AJPW - Billy Robinson & Ervin Smith Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & The Destroyer 6/9/87 - NJPW - Riki Choshu Vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 4/17/93 - WCW - Steven Regal Vs. Barry Windham Youtube Playlist: http://tinyurl.com/fnf017 Follow us on Twitter: @fightfriends @trillyrobinson @bren_patrick Email at: [email protected] Instagram: @fightnetworkfriends Youtube at: http://tinyurl.com/FightFriends Store at: http://fightingnetworkfriends.bigcartel.com
  11. superkix
    This was pretty fun, if a little one-sided. I loved the cheap shot punch by Fujiwara before the bell but this is mostly Ogawa using his size to keep Fujiwara grounded, pounding on him with punches when he can. Fujiwara will try to grab an foot or a leglock but Ogawa is able to overpower him. Fujiwara's selling is really great in this, from him crawling across the canvas to the look in his eyes as he's getting planted by STOs.
  12. superkix
    Liger and Samurai working dirty, rubbing wrist tape in eyeballs and breaking tag rules. Throw in a fiery babyfaced Murahama with his stiff kicks and submissions and hometown Osaka hero, Super Delphin, doing what Super Delphin always does, and you're in for a neat treat. The exchanges between Liger and Muraham are the definite highlight of the match, and boy, does anyone hit a better tilt-a-whirl backbreaker than Liger? He also powerbombs the shit out of Delphin later in the match. At one point, Liger has Murahama in a leglock and Murahama's trying to slap his way out of it and Liger pokes him in the eyes! Classic heel. Samurai and Delphin are the weaker links of the match but Samurai does hit a sweet jumping piledriver on Murahama. Liger sells Murahama's submissions so well and really gets the crowd behind the younger shooter. When he's working the arm late in the match, utilizing the double wristlock against Liger, it's pretty great. In the end, he takes out Samurai with a somersault plancha which allows Delphin to hit a weak ass swinging DDT on Liger and a pair of shoteis for the satisfying victory.
  13. superkix
    Another pretty good showing from baby Shibata. This time, he tries to catch Minoru off guard with the plancha to the outside. I really liked that when Minoru tried the same tricks he used in their previous match, Shibata was well-prepared, avoiding the kneebar takedown and bridging out of the armlock attempt. He also hits some BIG moves including a top rope bulldog and a German suplex hold for a pretty great nearfall. He one counts a high kick to the head and gets a couple of roll up two counts but Minoru ends up submitting him with the crab hold like a true young lion.
  14. superkix
    Shibata's been wrestling for less than 2 years at this point and Minoru is a day away from defending the jr. title against Murahama. Decent match with a fun little finishing stretch. Shibata shows off what submission holds he knows early on before Minoru snaps him over with a suplex and starts working the arm. He lays into him with stiff kicks and Shibata shows off that classic tenacity, asking for more. Shibata's still rough around the edges but toward the end, he gets a nice transition from the kneebar into the STF. The finish was cool asMinoru re-applies the kneebar after a swanky takedown and keeps pulling Shibata away from the ropes until he taps out.
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    This is Yuta Yoshikawa's retirement from professional wrestling. Sadly, Yoshikawa had a short-lived career but boy oh boy, did he go out with a bang -- a lot of bangs. I remember watching this match when it first popped up online and it quickly became one of my favorite tag team matches...and it still is. These guys work an incredibly stiff pace for over 25 minutes and it's insane. Hidaka working in a shoot-style setting is one of my favorite things to watch because the cat is super slick on the mat with his counters and his wily kicks. He and Usuda focus on the submission attempts while Sawa and the retiring Yoshikawa kick the shit out of each other. The selling was really convincing throughout, especially from Hidaka and Yoshikawa, who takes an absolute beating but is still exhaustively swinging away. There are countless brutal strikes, nasty suplexes, including a big dragon from Sawa, and an emotional finish, as Sawa kicks Yoshikawa in the head and Yoshikawa struggles to make it back to his feet before the ten count. Instead of letting him get counted down and moving on with his day, Sawa stops the ref, urging Yoshikawa to get up and keep fighting. And he gets up, he’s all fired up, slapping everyone, including his own partner, before he and Sawa thrash each other a bit longer and Sawa knocks him out with a punch. One of the best BattlARTS matches and a personal all-time favorite.
  16. superkix
    Is there a better surly old man team than Fujiwara & Fuchi? Probably not and as one might expect, they ruled this match. Unfortunately, it was clipped but you get all the highlights: Nagai and Fujiwara smacking each other silly, Fujiwara and Fuchi faking tag outs, Fuchi wishbone-ing the hell out of Kakihara, with Fujiwara coming in to assist. Brutal looking spot sold well by Kakihara. There are plenty of Fujiwara headbutts, a backdrop by Fuchi, but then the underdogs get some reprieve, with Kakihara taking out Fuchi with the Kakicutter and submitting him with the jujigatame following a double team. I could watch Fuchi and Fujiwara stretch and fuck people up all day long.
  17. superkix
    This was a lot of fun, and I'm always into a condensed Taue bombfest, with him giving Misawa everything he has in the arsenal while also playing smart defense and avoiding a lot of Misawa's offense. Taue always knows how to make the most of what he's dishing out to get the fans behind him. The chokeslam from the rampway onto the table was pretty gnarly, and I liked his clothesline wristhold into the back-to-back chokeslams. He keeps squashing Misawa's momentum until Misawa starts firing off elbows from all directions, ultimately finishing off Taue with the Emerald Flowsion.
  18. superkix
    When it comes to the BattlARTS bati-bati-boys, I've always gravitated toward Yamamoto, whose matwork and transitions were slick as catshit. Sawa can definitely hold his own on the mat and I actually prefer him working the ground as opposed to throwing baseball punches and Shining Wizards. Really good grappling to open with lots of reversals. There's a great moment when Yamamoto starts elbowing Sawa while he's got him by the legs, which allows him to grab the arm submission. Of course, there's plenty of stiff kicks and face slaps as the match progresses. Yamamoto's defense is really good early, especially in blocking the figure-four attempt. Sawa's dragon screw legwhip into the ropes was one of the more gnarly spots of the match, which he follows up with a bunch of pissy kicks. When Sawa lands his baseball punch, Yamamoto doesn't go down but when he tries for a follow up, Yamamoto smacks him and his his own submarine-style baseball slap. In the end, Sawa wins with a neat trapped kneebar but this match had it all, from the struggle on the mat, cool counters, and stiff exchanges in between.
  19. superkix
    Short and sweet hate-fueled action backed by a hot Budokan crowd. Ogawa wants Misawa but Rikio says "you gotta get through me" so Ogawa takes in Murakami, who goes nutzo on Rikio with punches. When Misawa gets the tag, he starts popping Murakami with elbows and the fans are losing it. Ogawa comes in but Misawa tags out, building the anticipation for their first exchange, and boy does Rikio piss off Ogawa. Ogawa straight up punches him in the face a bunch, hits a judo throw and when he gets into the front mount, Misawa comes in and elbows him off. The Misawa/Ogawa interactions were a bit of a letdown but in an awesome moment, Ogawa has Misawa in a front mount, tap-tapping him with punches, and from out of nowhere, Rikio bulldozes him off. The finish was interesting, with Murakami attacking Misawa and goading him on, which leads to Misawa hitting a rolling series of backdrop suplexes, holding the third for the pinfall.
  20. superkix
    Pretty much evenly matched throughout, with them going through their usual routine. I liked the back-and-forth struggle for the Tiger Driver/Exploder, with Misawa hitting the double arm suplex when Akiyama struggles too much. That Tiger Driver on the floor was gnarly and then Akiyama answers with an Exploder on the floor. I liked the collision at the restart and the finish was interesting -- a good match with a couple of great moments.
  21. superkix
    One of the most atmospheric matches I’ve ever seen and probably my favorite deathmatch. Love the visual of Kudo’s hair blowing in the outdoor breeze like the calm before the storm. The mounting tension and the rope teases were all really well done, with the crowd ooh’ing and ahh’ing with each attempt. The shot in the crowd of Onita hiding his tears was incredible. There's a point in the match where Kudo is shoved into the barbed wire and the way she's hanging there with blood trickling down her arms like she's been crucified is quite surreal. Loved the moment when they both collapse into the exploding wire and the aftermath of them trying to get up to their feet, only to be followed by Kudo destroying Toyoda with brutal bombs to finish her off. Everything post-match just adds to the overall experience. Awesome stuff.
  22. superkix
    Pretty fun tag match with plenty of good chemistry between all four guys, especially Sawa and Otsuka. Sawa does a really good job of selling the danger of Otsuka’s suplexes. There was good heat between Sawa and Sasaki after some shenanigans but I also really liked the subplot of Yoshikawa being brash and all up in Sasaki’s face. Sadly, Otsuka wasn’t in this all that match but the finish was the best part of this match. Real stiff exchanges between Sawa and Sasaki as Sasaki tries to hulk his way through the some nasty head kicks before ultimately succumbing.
  23. superkix
    I really liked the old-school late 1970's feel to the hybridized style of BattlARTS, with Nagai playing the mean surly veteran and laying it into the spunky Sawa. Classic psychology and showmanship combined with stiff kicks and submission attempts. Sawa hangs with him awhile on the mat before Nagai takes over, working him with hard kicks and leg holds. While Sawa's in-the-moment selling is good, Nagai's grunting and yelling as he exerts more pressure on the holds really gets the crowd behind Sawa's eventual escapes. Great escalation of back half with tons of nasty strikes and suplexes and by the end of it, that total exhaustion factor that plays so well into many BattlARTS matches. Loved the final knee strike from Nagai and Sawa’s selling on the ten count with the fans firmly behind him. Really great match.
  24. superkix
    BattlARTS matches, especially tag matches, have almost no structure. It’s just worked at an incredibly stiff pace with so much going on, it can be overwhelming. Tons and tons of nasty strikes in this one. Yoshikawa being the baby gets worked over the most, his leg being targeted and whenever he tries to fight back, they take advantage of that leg. There’s an awesome four person submission hold spot.The selling is whatever but that tends to be the case with a lot shoot-style/hybrid style match-ups. Hidaka and Ishikawa did a lot of fun counter wrestling and when Sawa’s in there against Ishikawa, he’s just blasting him with gnarly kicks to the head and face. But Sawa also takes it hard to Yoshikawa, especially during the final stretch. Yoshikawa keeps coming back for more, slugging away, slapping faces, getting slapped int he face. And then the actual finish saw some of the most brutal strikes, as Hidaka tries to take off Ishikawa's head with a high kick which allows Sawa to get the grounded octopus hold for the win. Violence escalated.
  25. superkix
    I'd say on average 3-5 hours. I mainly watch at night after my wife's gone to bed.
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