Owen Edwards Posted yesterday at 01:12 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:12 PM On 4/9/2024 at 10:02 PM, William Bologna said: Dynamite Kid/Johnny Smith vs. Joe Malenko/Dean Malenko (AJPW 9/30/1990) The main problem here is that Dynamite Kid can’t bend. The other three have an entertaining enough workrate tag match. The Malenkos do a whole bunch of nifty stuff amidst all the matwork, but things slow to a crawl when DK comes in. He’s still capable of the violence that was always his best attribute, but this isn’t that kind of match. Goofy finish. Dean gets Dynamite up for a tombstone, but Johnny comes in and dropkicks Kid in the back to land on top of a Malenko and get the three count. Maybe if it were smoother I would have bought it, but as it is it looks like Dean got beat with a bodyslam. (1) fantastic thread overall, love this and love Johnny (2) I liked this one. DK is actually bumping late into the match, and looks better than his tours to AJ in '89 and early '90. Maybe he's more pilled up. He's limited - he doesn't do anything massive or crazy - and other limitations mean it's not actually as good as, say, the Bulldogs/Malenkoes in '89, but he's actually better here than there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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