[Tadao Yasuda]

I love Yasuda, he will be nowhere near my list but i think he is underrated. His trilogy of IWGP title matches with Yuji Nagata are must watch and his coward shooter gimmick is great.

Recommended matches:

vs Yuji Nagata 16/02/2002

vs Yuji Nagata 05/04/2002

vs Yuji Nagata 12/08/2003

vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan G1 Climax 1997

vs Satoshi Kojima G1 Climax 1998

vs Shinsuke Nakamura G1 Climax 2003

 

[Kaz Hayashi]

8 minutes ago, The Man in Blak said:

Somehow, Hayashi ended up working the opening match of GLEAT's inaugural card (2020/10/15): GLEAT 2020.10.15 GLEAT Ver.0 全场-体育-高清完整正版视频在线观看-优酷 (youku.com)

It's not a particularly great match - Hayashi going for a bearhug in the opening match of a UWF-style revival card, in particular, feels like a bad play - but it did make me wonder if anyone had caught any of his Wrestle-1 work or any of his cross-promotional matches with TNA since the last period. Anyone feel compelled to make a case for exploring him further?

There is nothing that really stands out in his Wrestle-1 run but something that i feel could be explored is his 695 days run as AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion. It's his biggest run on top, he was pushed so hard that Keiji Mutoh came down to the juniors to put him over in a title match.

You can find all of his title run here: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1fW411X7df

[Koichiro Kimura]

My plan was to just be a lurker here and follow the discussion, but i watched a Koichiro Kimura tag that caught my attention last night and i want to recommend it.

Kensuke Sasaki & Koichiro Kimura vs Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma - All Japan 06/06/2004 

Really random teams here, and the match starts slow but it gets good when Sasaki and Kimura decide to start victimizing Honma and give him a giant ass kicking. Not a great match but a good example of how Kimura (and Sasaki too) excel at beating the shit out of people.