Photo Credit: AXS TV

New Japan Need To Watch (5/4) Wrestling Dontaku Night 2 *No Spoilers*

Photo by New Japan Pro-Wrestling/Getty Images

Show is available on NJPWWorld.com

1st MATCH: Ren Narita & Shota Umino vs. Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji

The Young Lions continue to open the show full of fire and desperate to make a name for themselves. Hungry Young Lions beating the snot out of each other is never bad.

Need To Watch Rating: (5.5)

2nd MATCH: Jeff Cobb, YOSHI-HASHI, Toa Henare, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

10-man clustermuck mayhem.

Need To Watch Rating: (4.5)

3rd MATCH: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado)

Shenanigan-filled 6-man tag match. Jado and Liger are always a delight.

Need To Watch Rating: (4.0)

4th MATCH: Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Hikuleo)

This match definitely happened. Simple, inoffensive tag match.

Need To Watch Rating: (3.0)

5th MATCH: Dragon Lee & Will Ospreay vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo)

El Phantasmo’s debut is something special. Presented as a Bizarro Will Ospreay, Phantasmo is natural heel if almost-comic book proportions.

Need To Watch Rating: (9.0)

6th MATCH: Kota Ibushi, SHO & YOH vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI)

Solid six-man match. Post-match is more noteworthy than the match itself.

Need To Watch Rating: (4.5)

7th MATCH: Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL

This. Match. Rules. Ishii & EVIL show up to destroy each other. Hard-hitting war of attrition that keeps people guessing until the final bell.

Need To Watch Rating: (10.0)

MAIN EVENT: IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. SANADA

A defensive chess match, this match is all about the moves that Okada and SANADA don’t hit. A divisive match to be sure, but a damn fine story is told. A career-defining performance from SANADA elevates this match to something truly special.

Need To Watch Rating: (11.0)

TRENDING

X