G1 Stuff

NJPW G1 Climax 2009 ~ New Lords, New Laws ~ - Tag 8 - 16.08.2009
G1 Climax 2009 Final Match
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Togi Makabe

Fun but not great. This match is in three parts, first we have some mat wrestling where Makabe surprisingly hang with Nakamura, then Shinskay beating down Makabe who's absorbing punishment leading up to an Hogan-esque comeback, then the sport entertainer working over the arm and the final comeback. Better selling would have made a difference. I liked it but you'd expect a little more from a G1 final.
***1/4

NJPW G1 Climax 2004 - Tag 1 07.08.2004
G1 Climax 2004 Block B Match
Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

The first half of the match is a strike exchange that make you want to watch a kaiju movie. Nakanishi selling is goofy. For a couple of minutes it turns into a submission battle and it's awesome. And the finish is such a cool move. So yeah, that was good.

***1/2

2016 Top 50 MOTY List

1. Shuji Ishikawa (c) vs. Kazusada Higuchi (KO-D Openweight Title Match - DDT Who's Gonna Top? ~ DDT Dramatic General Election 2016 - The Last Hope Special ~ - 25.09)
2. Kamaitachi (c) vs. Dragon Lee (CMLL World Lightweight Title Match - CMLL Super Viernes - 04.03)
3. Dragon Lee (c) vs. Kamaitachi (CMLL World Lightweight Title Match - NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2016 - Tag 6 - 24.01)
4. Yuji Hino (c) vs. Minoru Tanaka (WRESTLE-1 Title Match - W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2016 W-Impact - Tag 1 - 10.02)
5. Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles (WWE World Heavyweight Title Extreme Rules Match - WWE Extreme Rules 2016 - 22.05)
6. LA Park vs. Rush (Liga Elite 2016 Super Libre Match - LLE on Lucha Azteca 7 - 14.07)
7. Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (G1 Climax 2016 Block B Match - NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Tag 18 - 13.08)
8. Yuji Okabayashi (c) vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani (BJW Strong World Heavyweight Title Match - BJW Ryogokutan 2016 - 24.07)
9. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Hino vs. Go Shiozaki & Yuji Okabayashi (Fortune Dream 3 - 14.06.2016)
10. Yuji Okabayashi (c) vs. Ryota Hama (BJW Strong World Heavyweight Title Match - BJW - 24.01)
11. Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas - 01.04)
12. Mascara Dorada (c) vs. Mephisto (CMLL World Welterweight Title Match - CMLL Super Viernes - 19.02) 
13. El Barbaro Cavernario, Mephisto & Negro Casas vs. Mascara Dorada, Mistico & Volador Jr. (CMLL Super Viernes - 05.02)
14. HARASHIMA (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie (KO-D Openweight Title Match - DDT Never Mind 2016 - 25.12)
15. Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Shuji Ishikawa (Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2016 Final Match - BJW Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2016 - Tag 9: Count Up Hokkaido 2016 Vol. 2 - 10.04)
16. Happy Motel (Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo) (c) vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa (KO-D Tag Team Title Match - DDT Judgement 2016 ~ DDT 19th Anniversary Show - 21.03)
17. Carta Brava Jr. & Super Fly vs. Los Cadetes (Ludxor & Venum) (AAA Sin Limite - 04.03)
18. Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi) vs. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) (Saikyou Tag League 2016 Strong Block Semi Final Match - BJW Saikyou Tag League 2016 - Tag 11 - 31.10)
19. The Miz (w/Maryse) (c) vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (WWE Intercontinental Title Fatal Four Way Match - WWE Extreme Rules 2016 - 22.05)
20. Meiko Satomura (c) vs. Aja Kong (Sendai Girls World Title Match - Sendai Girls - 08.04)
21. Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Minoru Suzuki (NOAH The Second Navigation 2016 - Tag 10 - 24.02)
22. Yuji Okabayashi (c) vs. Shuji Ishikawa (BJW Strong World Heavyweight Title Match - BJW Endless Survivor 2016 - 05.05)
23. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 2016 Block A Match - NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Tag 1 - 18.07)
24. El Barbaro Cavernario (w/Mephisto & Zacarias) vs. Volador Jr. (w/Maximo Sexy)(Reyes del Aire 2016 Final Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match - CMLL Super Viernes - 30.09)
25. Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi) (c) vs. The Big Guns (The Bodyguard & Zeus) (AJPW World Tag Team Title Match - AJPW New Explosion - 27.11)
26. HARASHIMA (c) vs. Kazusada Higuchi (KO-D Openweight Title Match - DDT Max Bump 2016 - 24.04)
27. Damian El Terrible, La Mascara & Shocker vs. Pierroth, Rey Escorpion & Rush (CMLL Super Viernes - 20.05)
28. Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Ayako Hamada & Meiko Satomura (Sendai Girls 10th Anniversary Show ~ Women's Wrestling Big Show In Korakuen - 09.11) 
29. Kenny Omega vs. YOSHI-HASHI (G1 Climax 2016 Block B Match - NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Tag 2 - 22.07)
30. Yuji Okabayashi vs. Zeus (AJPW Super Power Series 2016 - Tag 4 - 25.05 
31. KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (Best Of The Super Junior XXIII Block A Match - NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXIII - Tag 7 - 29.05)
32. Hideki Suzuki & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue (BJW Endless Survivor 2016 - 05.05)
33. Shuji Ishikawa vs. Yuji Okabayashi (Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2016 Block B Match - BJW Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2016 - Tag 1 - 06.03)
34. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Will Ospreay (Best Of The Super Junior XXIII Final Match - NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXIII - Tag 14 - 07.06)
35. Hideki Suzuki & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW - 30.05.2016)
36. Atlantis, Caristico & Mascara Dorada vs. La Peste Negra (El Barbaro Cavernario, Felino & Negro Casas) (CMLL 83. Aniversario - 02.09)
37. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & EVIL) (NJPW Invasion Attack 2016 - 10.04)
38. Maximo Sexy vs. Rush (Hair Vs. Hair Match - CMLL Homenaje A Dos Leyendas 2016 - 18.03)
39. Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Yuji Nagata (G1 Climax 2016 Block B Match - NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Tag 8 - 30.07)
40. Australian Suicide, Fireball & Jack Evans vs. Daga, La Parka Negra & Super Fly (AAA Guerra De Titanes 2016 - 22.01)
41. Caristico vs. Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL Lunes Arena Puebla 21.03)
42. Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto) (Saikyou Tag League 2016 Death Match Block Quarter Final Fluorescent Light Tubes & TLC Death Match - BJW Saikyou Tag League 2016 - Tag 10 - 14.10)
43. Drew Gulak vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (EVOLVE 73 - 13.11)
44. Hideki Suzuki & Takuya Nomura vs. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) BJW Death Vegas 2016 - 18.12)
45. Zeuxis (c) vs. La Silueta (Mexican National Women's Title Match - CMLL Martes Arena Mexico - 23.02)
46. Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. NEXTREAM (Jake Lee & Kento Miyahara) (AJPW 4th Royal Road Tournament 2016 - Tag 3 - 19.09)
47. Drew Gulak vs. Timothy Thatcher (PWG Lëmmy - 02.01)
48. Jun Akiyama vs. LEONA (Fortune Dream 3 - 14.06.2016)
49. Tank Nagai (c) vs. Hiro Tonai (STRONGEST-K Title Match - K-DOJO Club-K Super In TKP Garden City Chiba 10.01)
50. Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi) vs. Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto) (Saikyou Tag League 2016 Final Match - BJW Saikyou Tag League 2016 - Tag 11 - 31.10)
51. Kotaro Suzuki (c) vs. AKIRA (WRESTLE-1 (Cruiserweight Title Match - W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2016 Outbreak - Tag 2 - 08.06)
52. Felino vs. Super Crazy (Hair Vs. Hair Match - LLE Domingos Elite - Infierno Elite 28.02)
53. Matt Riddle vs. Tracy Williams (WWNLive Supershow - Mercury Rising 2016  - 02.04)
54. Hideki Suzuki vs. Yusaku Obata (ZERO1 Kohei Sato 15th Anniversary Show - 06.11)
55. Thunder Rock (Io Shirai & Mayu Iwatani) (c) vs. JKGreeeeN (Jungle Kyona & Momo Watanabe) (Goddesses Of Stardom Title Match - Stardom New Years Stars 2016 - Tag 2 - 10.01)
56. Hideki Suzuki (c) vs. Masato Tanaka (ZERO1 World Heavyweight Title Match - ZERO1 01.01)
57. Hideki Suzuki & Takuya Nomura vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yoshihisa Uto (BJW Ryogokutan 2016 - 24.07)
58. Diamante, Imposible & Karonte Jr. vs. El Hijo de LA Park, Emperador Azteca & Zumbi (LLE - 21.10)
59. The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) (c) vs. American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan) (WWE NXT Tag Team Title Match - WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas - 01.04)
60. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) (NJPW Kizuna Road 2016 - Tag 3 - 27.06)

An awesome way to end the year by Big Japan

BJW - 30.12.2015

Fluorescent Light Tubes Death Match
Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Masashi Takeda

Kobayashi's version of shoot style wrestling is a lot of fun, an intense match with an exciting finishing stretch.
****


Team Yamato (Daichi Hashimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto) & Hideki Suzuki vs. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) & Yuko Miyamoto

Look at the names...
****


BJW Tag Team Title Match
Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi) (c) vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani & Ryota Hama

The ascension of Kamitani continues, he's not just Sekimoto's awkward chubby friend anymore. 10 days only after main eventing Death Vegas against Okabayashi, they square off again to start the match and what a start! First slap of the match = blood! And of course it doesn't stay unanswered! And then there's Hama, Sekimoto and Okabayashi are strong but HE'S FAT, he won't be thrown around like any Strong BJ opponent... I love that match. Second only to Xceed vs Burning Wild as tag team MOTY. STRONGLY recommended.

****1/2