[2009-05-30-NJPW-Best of the Super Juniors] Koji Kanemoto vs Kota Ibushi

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Clayton Jones]

This match is featured on my blog this week (cheap plug) and I thought it was awesome. Really the best possible combination of what these two were capable of around this time period. I much prefer the second half of Kanemoto's career to the first, once he added that layer of surly veteran to his already dickhead persona. Ibushi is a perfect young fearless opponent who is more than up to the challenge and opportunity in front of him. He brings some amazing highspots as you would expect, Kanemoto brings a tight and exciting structure, and by the end I'd be hard pressed to knock anything about this match. I've been wanting to watch it for a long while and it didn't disappoint in the slightest.