Jon Moxley vs. Great-O-Khan, NJPW Power Struggle 2023, November 4, 2023
I haven’t found much to latch on to in Great-O-Khan’s (GOK) in-ring work during his excursion, in his current run in New Japan Pro Wrestling, or in his matches in Revolution Pro, so I had high hopes that pairing him with the always intense, always fascinating Jon Moxley would help me understand the claims about GOK’s potential. There’s no one better to make someone look great and inject a match with intensity (usually through Moxley’s overused shortcut of making himself bleed), and it proved to be the case here as well. Their brawling outside without regard toward the referee’s count and Moxley’s demand that he won’t be satisfied until he had taken a chunk of GOK’s soul cranked up the heat under this match’s boil. My attention drifted a bit after they restarted since GOK battering Moxley with plastic barriers didn’t seem that impressive. However, they got my attention back with the image of Moxley’s blood pooling on the floor of Osaka’s Edion Arena and their submission exchange on the floor, and they had it in a death grip when Moxley sent GOK tumbling down the bleacher steps. Ending the match after a Death Rider on the floor instead of taking it back to the ring capped this very unique-feeling walking brawl.
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NJPW Power Struggle (Nov. 11, 2023) → AEW Dynamite (Nov. 29, 2023)
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NJPW POWER STRUGGLE: SUPER JR TAG LEAGUE 2023 // takobue_pw
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top 10 matches of the year?
Hi Pastel! #late but I managed to scrounge a list in no particular order up with the help of my friend (thanks SB):
Yota Tsuji vs SANADA, NJPW Dominion 2023
Chikayo Nagashima & Takumi Iroha vs. Magenta (Maria & Riko Kawahata), Marvelous 12/10/2023 (probably my MOTY)
Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki & Yuka Sakazaki), Miyu Yamashita, Rika Tatsumi & Shoko Nakajima vs Daisy Monkey (Arisu Endo & Suzume), Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto & Yuki Arai, TJPW 10th Anniversary
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Bryan Danielson, Wrestle Dream 2023
Great O-Khan vs Jon Moxley, NJPW Power Struggle 2023
Gabe Kidd vs Kaito Kiyomiya, NJPW G1 Climax 07/27/2023
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Jordon Breaks, RevPro Epic Encounter 2023
Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya, NOAH Mutoh's retirement show
Willow Nightingale vs Athena, ROH Death Before Dishonor 2023
Speedball Mike Bailey vs Roderick Strong, Pro Wrestling REVOLVER Cage of Horrors 2
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Update On NJPW Championships After David Finlay Destroyed Current Title Belts
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By /Nov. 6, 2023 12:48 pm EST
Say goodbye to the NJPW United States and U.K. Championships.
Over the weekend, David Finlay laid waste to both titles at the conclusion of NJPW Power Struggle, and now it would appear that NJPW is making the call to retire both belts and move forward with something entirely new. During today’s Wrestle Kingdom 18 press conference, NJPW…
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