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Csonka’s NJPW on AXS TV Review 11.13.15

November 13, 2015 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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Csonka’s NJPW on AXS TV Review 11.13.15  

NJPW on AXS TV Review 11.13.15

– The matches this week come from the February 11th NJPW New Beginning in Osaka event.

Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated Champions Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship [****]: I really liked this. They got some time; they laid out a good match filled with some fun double teams and also a really hot closing stretch. The champions tried to cut Gallows off early, working the knee, but he was able to fight back and Anderson did damage to the champions on the floor, which turned the tide. I didn’t think that the Tokyo Dome match was bad, it was a good match with the right outcome for that show but also felt that they had a better match in them and they gave that to me here. The magic killer was the difference maker, after a very good homestretch where they played off of their previous matches very well, but the Bullet Club regained the tag team titles. This ended up as a really good match. In terms of quality and how much I enjoyed it, I liked it as much as the juniors tag on this show, but obviously it was a very different style. They were given the co-main event spot and did a good job of delivering.

* We got the post match interview with Bullet Club, where they properly put them selves over following their big victory. The fans expect them to lose, but they always win in Osaka.

Ryusuke Taguchi is the special guest for interviews this week. He never felt lost the first match, and just wanted one more match to prove himself. The Young Bucks got involved last time and Omega used his tricks to win. He may not be the champion any longer, but the history books will show he was a champion. Maybe he will become the 71st champion, although it’s not as cool as being the 69th champion as he was.

Champions Kenny Omega defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship @ 13:58 [*½]: Omega had attacked Taguchi on build to this show and assaulted his anus, seriously. This was done to counter the flying ass attack on Taguchi. The opening minutes of the match were anus based attacks, which completely took me out of things. I like wacky Kenny Omega, but this angle here did nothing for me. Omega stuck the Bullet Club flag up Taguchi’s ass at one point, and then Taguchi did the same to Omega. I have no problem with Omega trying to be different, but this shit did not click and watching it again didn’t help. I always hear about how Taguchi models himself after Eddie Guerrero, and he may in fact love Eddie, but the last couple of years he’s been more Chavo than Eddie. They worked a good closing stretch, but I had long stopped caring by then the first time around, and it was pretty much the same case here. They had just done so much damage with their choice to focus on ANUS attacks that it killed my interest. Anus based attacks must mean ratings in Japan. It felt way longer than it was, and I just did not like it or every get into it. It was not only a mistake to include this on the show, but was a horrible choice to focus on it as the main event. They really should have aired the IWGP Junior Tag Title match, which was really good and would have been a great complimentary match to the previous tag match.

* Post match the Bucks laid the boots to Taguchi and tossed aside the young boys. They then did a triple team Indytaker on Taguchi. Mascara Dorada and Alex Shelley made the save, with Dorada facing off with Omega and challenging him for a title shot.

* During the post match presser, Omega says it’s hard being a heavyweight in the juniors division. There is no competition in Japan, and says he will take a challenger from Mexico, even though lucha sucks. He feels feisty and will even put the title on the line.

– In the final reflective interview, Ryusuke Taguchi said the one winged angle was the move he wanted to avoid, because that s what beat him the first time. He didn’t win the title, and maybe that is good so that he can fight freely. He just tries to do his best as he fights freely. He may want to go for the heavyweight tag titles, as they are getting close to crowning the 69th champions. He may have to put up a poster in his dojo and recruit a new partner.

– End scene.

– Thanks for reading.

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“Byyyyyyyyyyyyyye Felicia.”

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The final score: review Average
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This is a tale of two shows; the first half is good with the tag title switch. I really enjoyed the match, maybe more than most, but the first half is really good. Then Taguchi gets interviewed, and it goes down hill from there. From him trying to be wacky in his interview, and then the match largely based around the attack of the anus, it’s a completely different feel and not a good one. Overall we’ll go average this week, catch the first half of the show and then turn it off after that. Focusing on Taguchi vs. Omega this week was a poor plan.
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