I was at the JAPW-NJPW show in Rahway last night. I had a really great time there. The show was about 3 hours and the matches were all really good! I haven't really seen alot of the Japanese wrestlers, but I've heard some of the names. Getting to see them live was really nice. I also got my pic taken with Jushin "Thunder" Liger and Hiroshi Tanahashi during intermisson! That was awesome! They were both really nice guys. I had really awesome seats too, right by the entrance way!
The show itself was outstanding! The opener was Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Homicide & Low Ki. This was a great opener with a lot of great spots in there. Getting to see Liger live was a thrill since he's one of the biggest Japanese wrestling legends! Homicide & Low Ki got the win!
Satoshi Kojima fought Kenny Omega in another good match. There were some stiff shots in this one too, real good match. Kojima got the win after a really siff looking clothesline.
The Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson, Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Davey Richards, Jado & Gedo 8 man tag was a great match too. Alot of good spots and they brawled around the ringside area. Giant Bernard and one of the other guys (I think it was Nakamura) came right by me and Bernard threw him into the gaurd rail right where I was standing. Almost got me lol. Davey Richards did alot of comedic selling too. Taguchi had Funky Weapon written on the back of his trunks, so I kept cheering him on saying go funky weapon! Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson, Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi (aka Funky Weapon) won this one. Really fun 8 man tag match. Homicide & Low Ki came out after the match and got involved in the post match brawl and Low Ki said that he and Homicide would be the next IWGP Junior tag team champions.
First round match of the IWGP Intercontinental Title Tournament- Yujiro Takahashi beat Hideo Saito to advance to the Semi-Finals. This was a really good match too.
First round match of the IWGP Intercontinental Title Tournament- Tetsuya Naito beat Josh Daniels in another good match to get to the Semis. Daniels played the heal really well.
Then they had the intermission where I met Liger! That was awesome!!
First round match of the IWGP Intercontinental Title Tournament- Toru Yano beat Dan Maff to go on to the semi finals. This match was a bit weaker then the others, but was still a good match also.
First round match of the IWGP Intercontinental Title Tournament- MVP beat Kazuchika Okada to get to the semis. This was another really good match. MVP looked great here and Okada is really good in the ring. It's a shame that WWE dropped the ball with MVP and an even bigger shame that Okada was stuck playing Samoa Joe's cameraman following D'Angelo Dinero around. TNA really dropped the ball with Okada!
The main event was IWGP Champion Hiroshi Tanashi & Togi Makabe vs. Charlie Hass & Rhino. This was great too. At one point in the match Rhino threw Makabe into the gaurdrail right across from me and the lighting fixture teetered. That was kinda scarry, luckily it didn't fall! The match went close to 20 minutes. Rhino pinned Makabe after a gore for the win.
Overall the whole show was really great and would love to see these guys live again. They know how to deliver a great show. Easily one of the greatest shows I've ever been to!!
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