[1994-04-29-Michinoku Pro] Wellington Wilkins Jr. vs Yone Genjin

[Ma Stump Puller]

I'll be the first one to admit that the Wilkins/Genjin feud is hardly that interesting given it's essentially the same goofy match over and over, but this is by FAR the best match the two ever had together. They always end in a count-out, so fuck it, Falls Count Anywhere, someone's got to win this time. The first half balanced crowd brawling with Wilkins doing sick power spots and no selling stuff alongside the occasional bit of comedy. Yone generally got the advantage with dirty antics, though Wilkins would only need a single counter to get back any lead lost. Comedy stuff is hit and miss but I felt like it mostly clicked for the crowd and was always balanced well with Wilkins getting his shit in, which is always hard-hitting and enjoyable. The second part turns into complete trash brawling with Yone assaulting Wilkins with a random can, Wilkins throwing Yone up and over into a nasty brown lake outside and the legendary cart spot as per standard. Wilkins looks like the Terminator as he gets pelted with a full on bin of garbage to the face while going up stairs and no sells it. They march back and Wilkins throws Yone out of the ring onto the floor with a military press, though thankfully there are some random refs there to catch the poor guy.

The finish was pretty good as Yone kept milking crowd reactions while out in the bleachers, throwing surprisingly good headbutts and bashing his opponent with weapons until he ends up stumbling and gets slapped up with paintbrush shots before getting stuck in a Chickenwing for the verbal submission. It's definitely not a "great" match by any extent of the imagination but it's a pretty ahead of its time crowdbrawl you'd be more inclined to see from DDT with all of the wacky spots here. Yone is quite over as a underdog, with him and Wilkins doing about as much as this sort of gimmick brawl allows without it becoming tiring, which it does dare to almost be at the end. Stupid stuff, definitely ahead of its time in that it's doing this kind of stupid shit WAY before anyone else in Japan was even thinking about it.