[2022-11-19-AEW-Full Gear Zero Hour] Eddie Kingston vs Jun Akiyama

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Not my thing. I feel like I just watched Eddie Kingston pleasure himself in front of me. I'm happy that he got to wrestle his idol, but this was not good. Him coming out in Kawada tribute tights and trying to work a Kobashi cosplay act was cringe as hell. I couldn't believe Akiyama went along with this. For some reason Kingston's chops did not look that good, even despite Akiyama's chest turning red. I guess there's more to throwing good strikes than just hitting your opponent hard. Match lacked flow, seemingly driven by which 90's AJPW moments Kingston wanted to re-enact rather than any sort of narrative. One minute they're working Misawa/Kobashi tribute exchanges, the next Akiyama is doing his signature neck work, and then the next they're doing no-selling head drops. Akiyama's usually stellar offense also looked weirdly soft.