Ultimate Spider Jr vs SUZAKU, Osaka Pro 5/24
Another very fun match from Osaka Pro. Two athletic guys doing a lot of athletic stuff but with a decent pace and a good layout. SUZAKU is the more young-ish and he seemed a bit generic but good, he had a few kick variations including the Inazuma Leg Lariat which always gets a wrestler on my good side. Spider Jr. continued to look good, I really appreciate that after taking over with a flying neckbreaker and a DDT he continued to go right after SUZAKUs neck, including viciously elbowing him in the neck. That kind of stuff always gets me into a match and SUZAKU to his credit sold that bad neck all the way. This was a bit more spotty than the Oosera match but it never really gets into stupid territory, both guys have cool offense and at 12 minute it's a fun watch.
Super Chino vs HAMATANI, Fukumen Mania 5/3
Super Chino is Chon Shiryu basically going full bore with the Drunken Master stuff, stumbling and wine bottle included. Loved Drunken Master as a kid, so I am all in for it, and if you're gonna give me some light hearted comedy AND give me Shiryus cool diving kicks and martial arts stuff on top of it I am happy. HAMATANI is a game opponent, he can do some solid lucharesu exchanges, has fun kicks and capeoeira kinda shtick... I wouldn't mind seeing more of him. Or Shiryu, for that matter! This is nothing big but it's a fun little match of two unique wrestlers doing their thing.
Virus & Xelhua vs Charles Lucero & Erick Ortiz, Sugehit Produce 9/27
A very good maestros match with some really complex work. I was really happy to see my man Charles Lucero come out and be awesome still at the age of 65. This starts out good with Xelhua and Erick Ortiz putting each other in upper body ties and and then getting more esoteric. Still I thought the Virus/Lucero section was next level as it felt almost like RINGS. Virus was creating sick submissions out of thin air and Lucero adds a lot of personality. Never seen Ortiz before but he did look good. And then they shuffle through all the possible matchups and give us 3 extended falls. This turned out the same way all these maestro matches usually do - a ton of submission work leading to a double pinfall for some reason - but if you're in the mood to watch 25 minutes of this kind of matwork you're in for a treat.
MARU vs ACT, AWG 7/26
A pretty badass little match between two tough heel types. There was some floor brawling which was cool, but they also showcased some nifty wrestling. MARUs use of the Stretch Muffler has to be some of the coolest submission work I've seen in 2025. She also had some really sharp leg attacks including a brutal stomp to ACTs thigh. ACT seems a bit over the hill but she can also bring the good stuff, she had a really slick unique submission into a back stretch, and a cool spinning choke into a suplex that was pretty badass. The most impressive thing about the match was that it was a short undercard match but they still worked hard. It easily could've been just some bullshit but everything here was fresh, there was selling, well worked transitions, at no point did it feel like they were mailing it in, that in itself is a really nice thing to see these days. Nifty finish too, maybe we can get a bigger match between them in the future but for now this was a really good 9 minutes.
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