[1998-07-24-AJPW-Summer Action Series] Yoshinari Ogawa & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Kentaro Shiga & Satoru Asako

[cactus]

This is my first time watching a full 90's AJPW show, so it's surprising to see some of the future NOAH guys in their rookie years. Kanemaru has a RVD haircut and Shiga is super skinny. Everyone trades some basic holds, until Asako and Shiga take control of Kanemaru through some underhanded tactics. Ogawa, who is the only guy in this match that the crowd seem to care about, comes in and dishes out some eye pokes to the audience's delight. Kanemaru has some impressive junior defensive moves and he is able to get a small portion of the crowd cheering for him, but he his selling needs work. The AJPW young guys seem to be allowed to do more moves than the NJPW young lions, but I get the feeling that both Shiga and Kanemaru could of done with a bit more seasoning before they get moved up the card.

★★