NJPW THE NEW BEGINNING IN NAGOYA 01/30/21
Great-O-Khan vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
I liked what I saw from the Great-O-Khan in his Tokyo Dome match against Tanahashi, and this was a yet another good showing by the lad. As a pure single individual showing, I'd say it was about on par, but as an overall match, this was even better than that said neat Dome bout. Liked just about every bit of offense O-Khan showcased here, and the strategy of weakening Tenzan by the neck was nice. Tenzan definitely more than showed up too - what a lovely, fiery performance by the veteran. Of course with the stipulation and all, much of the match is centered around them Mongolian Chops, and it of course RULES, because both fellas sure throw 'em with everything they got. This was just a real sweet deal all around tbh. Loved it all. ***1/2
Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay
Didn't find this to be very interesting. The spot where Kojima lariats Ospreay off the top to the outside through a ladder was really nice though, but other than that, they had a hard time getting me into the match. Ospreay's facial expressions & talking always very cringe too, unsurprisingly. *1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi
Fun starting feeling-out
process, which is something Tanahashi does exceptionally well especially
compared to most of the other New Japan main eventers. Pretty
compelling legwork by both men, inconsistent selling of that said
legwork, but that is to be expected & there was a few pretty neat
moments revolving around Shingo actually selling the knee. The drama
also increases as the minutes go & the boys start busting out bigger
bombs, and it's pretty exciting stuff, even though I do think that the
match, unsurprisingly, started to drag towards the end, especially in
the last 10 minutes or so. All in all it's kind of a generic big New
Japan match w/ the usual "problems" (which aren't really problems, but
are more about my preferences in wrasslin'), but it's TANA going against
a man like Shingo Takagi, so in most cases it wasn't gonna be anything
less than very good, and such was the case here. It was a good one. ***
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