[2001-01-02-AJPW] Mohammed Yone & Taiyo Kea vs Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai

[soup23]

Really fun shoot style match on this Korakuen Hall AJPW show. Kakihara starts off going after it and the action doesn’t really let up.  Yone is the weak link in the entire match but I was impressed with Kea and how he brought the intensity with his strikes and overall throws.  We will be seeing A LOT of Kea throughout the decade just based on the chances he was given. I am pretty negative overall, but this was a strong showing and showed some promise.  Yone was really brutalized within his team and it made sense for him to succumb to a submission  by Kaki for the finish. ***1/2 (6.9)

[superkix]

Kaki and Nagai are a fun feisty underdog team, Yone's a fine punching bag and Kea got some power shine. Kaki hyping the crowd is always a joy, and that smack to set-up the Kaki Cutter on Yone was something else. Perfectly solid tag match, and I hope we get more of the Kaki/Nagai team.