Kohei Sato vs. Hikaru Sato
5 minute match. First 2 minutes or so they did an endless back and forth chest slap exchange. Last 3 or so minutes were much more interesting and pretty good due them working the match as a violent short eruption but ultimately wasn’t very good due to Kohei completely lacking any kind of fire, who can blame him. You may fast forward until Kohei Sato hits his elbow.
Keita Yano vs. Takuro Niki - FUN
Pretty much Yano doing his thing, and doing a really nice job at it. I liked Nikis spunkiness in the previous match but he showed none of that here. He had a nice dropkick and pretty much nothing else. Still, I love to watch Yano doing his thing. He had some really cool arm works and several crafty pin combos and holds, my favourite being the Kido Clutch he set up in a cool way.
Kotaru Nasu & Oji Shiiba vs. Kazumasa Yoshida & Kenshin Chikano
I would’ve liked to see a bit more of the Nasu vs. Chikano match up here. Both guys are shooty and can take and give hard kicks. Chikano was hit and miss. He had some good offense but also did some missable stuff like a terrible looking knee strike. Japanese undercarders of the past were definitely better at picking offense that suited them, you would’ve never seen Jun Izumida throw something as bad as that knee. I liked some of Shiibas kicks, particularily the big enzugiri to the back of Chikanos head. Okay-ish formula tag overall.
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Yano vs. Hikaru Sato - GREAT
These two are pretty much a guaranteed good match up at this point. This was another good entry in their series, not as good as their other matches but there was a ton of cool matwork thanks to Yano and some insane stiffness. Yanos carny stuff ruled and while Sato wasn’t as ON as he has been in their other matches, he did almost knock Yano into a coma with a nasty headbutt and he engaged well with Yanos crazy holds.
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