bradhindsight Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Talk about it here. From PTBN: Makabe’s elbows were effective, but he was sent to the floor by a dropkick, then floored by Ibushi’s plancha. Whips to the guardrail followed, with Ibushi almost counted-out, and Makabe took control in the ring. Ibushi again used a dropkick, this time to enable a strike flurry, chest kick and standing moonsault for two, and the springboard dropkick got the same. Makabe fought back to score the mounted punches in the corner and a Northern Lights suplex for two, then caught Ibushi with a hard counter lariat for another near-fall. Ibushi freed himself and scored a head kick, then both men charged with clotheslines before Ibushi’s lariat downed Makabe for two. Up top, a very nice leaping super frankensteiner brought another two-count for Ibushi, then he fired off a series of kicks, only for Makabe to turn him inside-out with a lariat. They exchanged kicks and clotheslines then, with Ibushi’s strike flurry preceding a snap German followed by an attempted top-rope piledriver. Makabe fought it off (thankfully) and smashed Ibushi in the face with a diving knee strike. Nasty. Powerbomb pin from Makabe – one-count only! King Kong Knee Drop for the win. I hope Ibushi wasn’t hurt by that knee to the face late on, because Makabe caught him flush. In any case, despite Makabe’s random no-selling, this was decent, although I felt it lack the urgency that might’ve taken it to the next level. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Bologna Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Makabe's been generally unmemorable so far, but this was pretty good. If nothing else, the finishing sequence was brutal enough that I'm going to remember it - that knee to the face off the top rope was really something. Nice to see Honma hanging out, all looking like he skinned a hot dog and wore it on his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 A good match but one where the credibility of both men's strikes hurts things. Makabe based off his accuracy and Ibushi off of his size. This was a back and forth affair but there was little meaning to what each man was doing. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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