[2019-01-03-AJPW-New Year Wars 2019] NEXTREAM (Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi) vs Takao Omori & Black Menso~re

[Jmare007]

Some Korakuen magic to start 2019. The match itself isn't some out of this world action. It's a very basic tag match with some sloppy exchanges from Omori and Nomura (who needs to get better at striking, is the only thing lacking on his repertoire) but Korakuen is fully into it so everything they do is elevated ten fold. The last few minutes are fucking awesome, so when you have a good enough build up with a hot crowd and you give them a very good finish, the match becomes a lot more special than it seemed it was going to be. I liked Nomura as the FIP and Aoyagi as the flashy guy that came in to turn the tides or make a key save. Black Menso~re kept things fresh too, as Omori can barely move at this point so a dude like Menso was needed. The crowd fucking loves Nomura and I'm still all in on him.

[Richeyedwards]

Omori worked like a man possessed in this. Normally When you watch Omori today you see a man who looks tired and in serious pain from from very bad looking knees. However, here he did not look like a broken down old man, he looked determined to win the all asia titles (again) and did not look in pain he put in an excellent performance as did Nomura. The finish stretch was outstanding with Omori really looking like he would be able to beat Nomura. ***3/4 better than the good match these two teams had in October.