[2016-07-17-DDT] HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii vs Shigehiro Irie & Yukio Sakaguchi

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I'm not as high on singles wrestler HARASHIMA as others but in a tag situation, he's pretty great. This was a very fun, smartly worked tag match, building from Irie's silly mistake of going to the wrong corner for the tag out. HARASHIMA and Ishii keep the tags fresh, working together to keep Irie grounded, cutting off his comeback attempts until Irie is finally able to hit the POUUUNCE! and make the tag to Sakaguchi. The double team spots were clever, HARASHIMA makes a great out-of-nowhere save, and the finishing stretch (which included a great pop-up Fire Thunder Driver from irie) had the right amount of flash and drama. DDT's been a blast this year and although it's sad to see Irie go, I'm sure he'll make a big splash in the west.