NJPW 6/14/09 - Prince Devitt vs. Kota IbushiA pretty solid sprint. It picked up hugely in the last four minutes. Short eight to nine minute match. Devitt's finisher is deadly.
**1/4
NOAH 6/14/09 - Masao Inoue and Yuto Aijima vs. Chris Hero and Genba HirayanagiEnjoyable tag team match for what it was. Pretty emotional post-match celebration. Inoue, Hero and Aijima were in tears with Genba visibly distraught outside the ring on the floor with Misawa's framed photo set up on a table in the front row. Inoue cries during the post-match promo. Sad weekend for the world of pro-wrestling.
*
NOAH 6/22/09 - Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Go Shiozaki and KENTAJust downright
ing awesome. Watch it now. Go proved why he is carrying the company as GHC Heavyweight Champion. Nakajima proved why he deserves more. Kensuke proved that he's still a badass. KENTA proved that he's the go to guy for great matches. Kensuke's chest was bleeding from the chops from Go. MOTYC. Misawa would be proud of all four men.
****1/2
DDT 7/10/09 - Kota Ibushi vs. Sanshiro TakagiYes, this was (literally) a one match show. These two did a great job of entertaining the crowd knowing they would be the only two wrestlers out there that night. A near 40 minute match. Takagi did a great job of working the leg of Ibushi and Ibushi did an even better job of selling the leg. A great back and forth match. Definitely worth a watch.
***3/4
2009 to watch listTNA 1/11 - Alex Shelley vs. Chris Sabin
TNA 1/11 - Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett
NOAH 1/25 - KENTA vs. Kotaro Suzuki
NOAH 3/1 - Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. KENTA (re-watch)
AAA 3/15 - Latin Lover vs. Silver King vs. La Parka vs. Electroshock
AAA 3/15 - El Mesias vs. Chessman
TNA 3/15 - Ultimate X
CHIKARA 3/28 - Kota Ibushi vs. Nick Jackson vs. Jigsaw vs. El Generico
NJPW 4/5 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kurt Angle
ROH 4/24 - Jerry Lynn vs. Roderick Strong
NOAH 5/17 - Jun Akiyama vs. KENTA
WWE 6/7 - Jeff Hardy vs. Edge
NOAH 6/8 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Makoto Hashi
AAA 6/14 - Dr. Wagner, Jr. vs. Chessman
NJPW 6/20 - Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
AAA 6/20 - Jack Evans vs. Teddy Hart
AJPW 6/21 - Satoshi Kojima vs. Nobutaka Araya
Kensuke Office 6/28 - Go Shiozaki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
WWE 6/28 - Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio
WWE 7/7 - Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio
BJW 7/12 - Yuko Miyamoto vs. Masashi Takeda
Dragon Gate 7/19 - CIMA vs. Naruki Doi
NOAH 7/25 - KENTA and Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Ricky Marvin
NOAH 7/25 - Atsushi Aoki and Kota Ibushi vs. Ricky Marvin and Eddie Edwards
Top 20 for 20091. ROH 4/3 - KENTA vs. Davey Richards
2. WWE 4/5 - Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
3. ROH 4/18 - Bryan Danielson and Tyler Black vs. Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards
4. ROH 6/26 - KENTA and Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards (Waiting for the DVD release for final judgment)
5. NOAH 3/1 - KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
6. NOAH 6/22 - Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Go Shiozaki and KENTA
7. ROH 4/4 - KENTA and Tyler Black vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Austin Aries
8. ROH 5/30 - Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black
9. ROH 4/11 - Jerry Lynn vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries
10. NOAH 3/1 - Shinsuke Nakamura and Milano Collection AT vs. Takashi Sugiura and Go Shiozaki
11. NOAH 7/12 - KENTA and Taiji Ishimori vs. Atsushi Aoki and Kota Ibushi
12. WWE 2/15 - Raw Elimination Chamber
13. WWE 2/15 - SmackDown Elimination Chamber
14. Kensuke Office 2/11 - KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
15. NOAH 7/5 - Go Shiozaki vs. KENTA
16. ROH 6/27 - KENTA vs. Tyler Black (Waiting for DVD release for final judgment)
17. ROH 4/10 - Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico
18. DDT 4/5 - Kota Ibushi vs. Taiji Ishimori
19. AJPW 3/14 - Minoru Suzuki and Taiyo Kea vs. Suwama and Shuji Kondo
20. NJPW 1/4 - Mitsuharu Misawa and Takashi Sugiura vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto