2. Joey Ryan vs. Colt Cabana
I was surprised that the crowd responded so well to this match, they even chanted for Cabana's bionic elbow. A solid semi-comedy match. I thought they did a good job building up to and around Joey's dick spots. Ryogoku's reaction to Joey having three lolipops in his trunks was pretty great.
***
I was surprised that the crowd responded so well to this match, they even chanted for Cabana's bionic elbow. A solid semi-comedy match. I thought they did a good job building up to and around Joey's dick spots. Ryogoku's reaction to Joey having three lolipops in his trunks was pretty great.
***
3. Miyu Yamashita & Ito Respect Army (Maki Ito & Mizuki) vs. NEO Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama, Yoshiko-sama & Azusa Christie)
This was good. Yoshiko-sama and Miyu really came across as stars in Ryogoku. The others not so much, but I thought they all still performed solidly. Plus I love Azusa. Highlight was easily the short exchange between Yoshiko and Miyu.
***
***
4. Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Super Sasadango Machine (c) vs. Jiro Kuroshio
DUD
DUD
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Shuten-doji (KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi) (c) vs. Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno & Koju Takeda
Good generational struggle. Always get a kick out of watching the Mad Dog Kota Umeda perform. Shuten-doji were great controlling the ring, KUDO was esp. working hard in the early portions. I thought all of the pairings were good, favorite being the finish between Umeda and Yukio.
***3/4
***3/4
8. KO-D Tag Team Championship: HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji (c) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazusada Higuchi
Solid stuff, not exactly Ryogoku semi main-tier, but a good tag match. Marufuji didn't really try to do anything special, which has become the norm in his DDT run, but the other three were good. Higuchi's bumping was tremendous.
***
Solid stuff, not exactly Ryogoku semi main-tier, but a good tag match. Marufuji didn't really try to do anything special, which has become the norm in his DDT run, but the other three were good. Higuchi's bumping was tremendous.
***
9. KO-D Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shuji Ishikawa
Spectacular main event, and one of Takeshita's best singles performances yet. Ishikawa is one of those guys, for me, personally, that I feel relies on the same tropes too much, but in his big matches like this one he always busts out something fresh and interesting. The crowd reaction for this show wasn't great, especially for a Ryogoku event, but they were loud for this match.
****1/4
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