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Csonka’s NJPW WTL (Night 11) Review 12.01.17

December 2, 2017 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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Csonka’s NJPW WTL (Night 11) Review 12.01.17  

Csonka’s NJPW WTL (Night 11) Review 12.01.17

OFFICIAL RESULTS
Block A Match: Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima @ 9:48 via pin [**½]
Block A Match: EVIL & SANADA defeated Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi @ 10:32 via pin [**]
Block A Match: Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka defeated Juice Robinson & Sami Callihan @ 8:56 via pin []
Block A Match: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens @ 9:36 via pin []


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Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi: Bullet Club jumps the dads, we get some floor brawling and then backing the dads take control back for a bit until Bullet Club drags things back to the floor. Some lethargic brawling follows, and Bullet Club takes the heat on Kojima, with Page hitting a running shooting star press for 2. Yujiro lays in chops on Kojima, follows with a leg drop and covers for 2. Kojima slowly starts to fight back, Page accidentally hits Yujiro and Kojima hits a cutter on Page. Tenzan gets the hot tag, lights up page with chops and follows with head butts. A suplex follows, and Tenzan covers for 2. Page fires back as they trade strikes, but Tenzan cuts him off with the mountain bomb for 2. Yujiro back in and attacks Tenzan, allowing Page to get a roll up for 2. Page then hits a superkick and DVD for a near fall as Kojima makes the save. Yujiro in and lays in kicks on Tenzan, but Tenzan hits a rolling kick to cut him off and Kojima tags in; machinegun chops, corner attack and top rope elbow all land, and the cover gets 2. It breaks down, Page hits an enziguri on Kojima and a double team neck breaker follows. Kojima makes one last comeback attempt, tosses Page and the dads hit the TenKoji cutter on Yujiro. Kojima follows with a brainbuster for 2. Page cuts him off with the buckshot lariat and Yujiro hits pimp juice for the win. Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima @ 9:48 via pin [**½] This Was a perfectly average match, with a better second half than first, but a largely uninterested crowd.Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. EVIL & SANADA: Nagata and SANADA work some fine back and forth to begin, Nagata looks for the cross face but EVIL makes the save. Nagata runs him off, tags in Nakanishi and they work some double teams. Nakanishi lays in chops, but EVIL distracts him allowing SANADA to take control back as EVIL takes Nagata to the floor. SANADA does some back rakes on Nakanishi, and tags in EVIL. He takes over, slamming Nakanishi to the buckles and now works quick tags with SANADA. He takes out Nakanishi’s knee, making sure to slow things down even more than usual. LIJ work double teams on Nakanishi, but Nakanishi hits something resembling a backdrop. Nagata gets the tag, and works over EVIL with kicks. The XPLODER follows and that gets 2. They trade forearms now, Nagata takes out EVIL’s knee, but EVIL cuts him off and SANADA tags in. Nagata fights off the paradise lock, they trade strikes and Nagata cuts off SANADA, tagging in Nakanishi. They knock EVIL to the floor, and work over SANADA until EVIL makes the save, tossing Nagata. Nakanishi hits a spear on both, slowly heads up top and hits a high cross. He and Nagata fire up, but SANADA kicks out. SANADA escapes the rack, and locks in skull end on Nakanishi. Nakanishi counters, but EVIL makes the save and lariats a chair into his face. The magic killer finishes planet Nakanishi. EVIL & SANADA defeated Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi @ 10:32 via pin [**] This was an ok at best outing, with EVIL & SANADA looking completely bored by how slow they had to take things here. Nakanishi was at his planet sloth-like best here, as time seemingly stood still in his orbit.

Juice Robinson & Sami Callihan vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka: You’re going to be completely fucking shocked, but Suzuki-gun attacked before the bell and it led to floor brawling. Juice and Suzuki battled on the floor, while Sami and Iizuka paired off in the ring. Sami took control, picking up a near fall and laying in chops until Suzuki locked him on the arm bar in the ropes. And that led to more floor brawling, with Iizuka beating on Juice with a chair. Desperado helped Suzuki beat down Sami. Back in, Iizuka bit Sami’s arm and then tagged in Suzuki. Suzuki works the arm for a bit, Sami tries to fire up but Suzuki cuts him off. Iizuka tags back in, bites Sami’s hand and Sami bites him back. Juice tags in, but Iizuka bites him. Juice fires up with clotheslines and a cannonball for 2. Iizuka cuts off Juice and tags in Suzuki. Juice tries to fight them both off, Sami joins in and they double team Suzuki, leading to a near fall, but Iizuka breaks it up and takes Sami to the floor. Iizuka hits Juice with the iron fingers and Suzuki hits the Gotch piledriver to put Juice away. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka defeated Juice Robinson & Sami Callihan @ 8:56 via pin [*½] This was the typical Suzuki-gun bullshit, with no real fire or heat to it. Moving along.

Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens: Fale and Goto to begin. They work power for power, hitting shoulder blocks and Fale taking Goto down. Owens tags in, and sends HASHI to the floor. Goto fires back, tagging HASHI in and they send Fale to the floor and work over Owens. Owens fires back with an enziguri and Fale pulls HASHI to the floor and beats on him deep into the crowd. Owens took out Goto for a count out tease, but HASHI made it back in. Bullet Club takes the heat, so to speak, since there is no heat at all for this match. HASHI fires up, Owens calls him a piece of shit and lays in rights, and then works the leg. Fale joins in, as they isolate HASHI. HASHI fights back, hitting a spin kick and tags in Goto. Goto takes control, working over Owens, and hits a Saito suplex for 2. The lariat follows, but Owens cuts him off as Fale takes out HASHI. They double team Goto, and Owens covers for 2.Fale dumps HASHI, Owens hits a lariat on Goto and covers for 2. He looks for a package piledriver, but HASHI makes the save. The double team GRT gets 2 as Fale barely makes the save. It breaks down and Owens makes a come back, but eats an ushigoroshi as HASHI takes out Fale. The double team GFT finishes Owens. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens @ 9:36 via pin [*½] This was a lethargic, bare minimum effort, that was repetitive and completely lacking heat. Like most of the A block so far.

A Block:
* Juice Robinson and Sami Callihan: (3-2) 6pts.
* Yujiro Takahashi and Hangman Page: (3-2) 6pts.
* Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI: (3-2) 6pts.
* Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka: (3-2) 6pts.
* SANADA and EVIL: (3-2) 6pts.
* Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale: (2-3) 4pts.
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima: (2-3) 4pts.
* Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi: (1-3) 2pts.

B Block:
* Killer Elite Squad: (3-1) 6pts.
* War Machine: (3-1) 6pts.
* Best Friends: (3-1) 6pts.
* Guerrillas of Destiny: (3-1) 6pts.
* Jeff Cobb and Michael Elgin: (2-2) 4pts.
* Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii: (2-2) 4pts.
* Henare and Togi Makabe: (0-3) 0pts.
* Katsuya Kitamura and David Finlay: (0-3) 0pts.

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3.0
The final score: review Bad
The 411
The A block is wide open from a booking standpoint but continues to under deliver and be completely disappointing. This was a bad night of action overall.
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