2014 MOTYCs rewatch #2: The Lion and The Gorilla

NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 1 - 21.07.2014

G1 Climax 2014 Block A Match
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomoaki Honma

The ace of the company vs the biggest underdog. Tanahashi is so good at playing the BOSS. This is great.
****1/4

NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 5 - 28.07.2014

G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match 

Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito 

They keep it short and it was for the best as it is their second best match together if I'm not forgeting one. The best being the first one, obviously. Good fast paced action. Ok, now I want to rewatch their 2012 match.
****

NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 7 - 01.08.2014

G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match
Hirooki Goto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

I've not seen a lot of Tenzan matches but this is the best one (this or his match against Tenryu) and the fact that it hapens in 2014 is pretty crazy. The Korakuen is rooting hard for him to pull the upset, the hope spots are perfectly timed, Goto is really good in his role but it's the Tenzan show. Maybe I need to see more of his work in his prime.
****1/4

PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2014 - Tag 2 - 30.08.2014

Battle Of Los Angeles 2014 First Round Match 

Chris Hero vs. Matt Sydal 

My first review not from Japan! I don't only watch japanese stuff fyi. Maybe the best Hero match since his return in the indy. In the words of the great Scott Steiner, he's fat. And they acknowledge the size diferent, wich make this instantly better than most indy matches. It was not perfect but Hero playing the big guy that he is was nice to see.

***1/2

PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2014 - Tag 2 - 30.08.2014

Battle Of Los Angeles 2014 First Round Match 

Adam Cole vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Adam Cole is such a dick. And it's really what makes this match. Zack Sabre is his usual self, really good excution but not much on the emotion side. With his World of Sport stuuf his more than welcomed in PWG or any indy company tbh. Good.

***1/2

PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2014 - Tag 2 - 30.08.2014

Battle Of Los Angeles 2014 First Round Match 

ACH vs. Kenny Omega

The comedy/parody part was awesome and the more classic parts were good too but not good enough to put it on my list tho. Omega played a fine agressor. They did a lot of stuff that could turn people off but I liked it.
***3/4

2014 MOTY list

2014 MOTYCs rewatch #1 The Power of White Pants

I'll rewatch some stuff to know if I should put him in my MOTY list and/or in what place. I'm gonna try to do a top 100. Starting with 3 Lance Archer matches in the G1 Climax.

NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 2 - 23.07.2014
G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match
Lance Archer vs. Tetsuya Naito

Such a great sprint, a simple David vs Goliath story well executed with a bunch of cool power moves by Archer. These two have good chemistry, I hope they will meet again in a longer match (next Climax?).
****

NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 5 - 28.07.2014

G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Lance Archer

One of the biggest surprise of the year (to me anyway) was Tenzan performance in the G1. This wasn't the best one, from what I can recall his matches against Styles, Goto and Okada were better but this was still good. Not enough to be on my list but really enjoyable.
***1/2

NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 8 -  03.08.2014
G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match
AJ Styles vs. Lance Archer

Like with Naito, this is speed vs power contest. I liked the Naito match more tough. AJ working over Archer leg was nice way to gain the advantage. And it plays to the finish, wich is always appreciated. I loved the power moves here too. I'm gonna put it in my top 100 for now but I don't think if it will stay. 

***3/4

2014 MOTY list

2014 MOTY list

1. Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NEVER Openweight Title Match) (NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka - 11.02.2014)
2. John Cena (c) vs. Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) (WWE World Heavyweight Title Match) (WWE SummerSlam 2014 - 17.08.2014)
3. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 - 23.02.2014)
4. KUSHIDA vs. Ricochet (Best Of The Super Junior XXI Final Match) (NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXI - Tag 8 - 08.06.2014)
5. Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn (WWE NXT ArRIVAL - 27.02.2014)
6. Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie) (c) vs. Xceed (Kento Miyahara & Kotaro Suzuki) (All Asia Tag Team Title Match) (AJPW Summer Impact 2014 - Tag 1 - 16.08.2014)
7. Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero (Mask Vs. Mask Two Out Of Three Falls Match) (CMLL 81. Aniversario - 19.09.2014)
8. Adrian Neville (c) vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd (WWE NXT Title Fatal Four Way Match) (WWE NXT Takeover: Fatal 4-Way - 11.09.2014)
9. AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito (G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match) (NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 4 26.07.2014)
10. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match) (NJPW Dominion 6.21 - 21.06.2014)
11. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) (c) vs. Happy Motel (Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo) (KO-D Tag Team Title Match) (DDT Dramatic General Election 2014 Final Voting Day - Last Hope Special - 28.09.2014)
12. Shinobu & Shinya Ishikawa vs. Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa (BJW - 02.03.2014)
13. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match) (NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka - 11.02.2014)
14. Daisuke Sekimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) (Saikyou Tag League 2014 Strong Block Match) (BJW Saikyou Tag League 2014 - 31.10.2014)
15. Bray Wyatt vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE Royal Rumble 2014 - 26.01.2014)
16. KUSHIDA (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match) (NJPW Destruction In Kobe - 21.09.2014)
17. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW Destruction In Kobe - 21.09.2014)
18. Jun Akiyama vs. Kento Miyahara (Royal Road Tournament 2014 First Round Match) (AJPW Royal Road Tournament 2014 ~ Open Championship - Tag 1 - 15.09.2014)
19. Cesaro vs. John Cena (WWE Monday Night RAW #1082 - 17.02.2014)
20. HARASHIMA (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie (KO-D Openweight Title Match) (DDT Sweet Dreams 2014 - 26.01.2014)
21. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) vs. The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) (OMEGA Chaos In Cameron - 26.04.2014)
22. Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 2014 Block A Match) (NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 4 26.07.2014)
23. Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Tomoaki Honma (NEVER Openweight Title Match) (NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014 03.05.2014) 
24. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (G1 Climax 2014 Block A Match) (NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 4 26.07.2014)
25. Hirooki Goto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match - NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 7 - 01.08.2014)
26. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomoaki Honma (G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match - NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 1 - 21.07.2014)
27. Biff Busick vs. Timothy Thatcher (Beyond Wrestling Secret Show - 13.04.2014)
28. Akito vs. Isami Kodaka (DDT Road To Ryogoku 2014 - 20.07.2014)
29. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. KUSHIDA (Best Of The Super Junior XXI Block A Match) (NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXI - Tag 7 - 06.06.2014)
30. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito (NJPW Kizuna Road 2014 - Tag 3 - 04.07.2014)
31. AJ Styles (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (IWGP Heavyweight Title Match) (NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014 - 13.10.2014)
32. Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kohei Sato (BJW BJW-ZET - 26.02.2014)
33. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze (WWE NXT Title #1 Contendership Match) (WWE NXT Takeover - 29.05.2014)
34. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (WWE Monday Night RAW #1084 - 03.03.2014)
35. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata (NJPW Dominion 6.21 - 21.06.2014)
36. Cachorro, Hechicero & Virus vs. Dragon Lee, El Barbaro Cavernario & Negro Casas (Six Man Tag Team Two Out Of Three Falls Match) (CMLL Super Viernes - 23.05.2014)
37. KUDO (c) vs. Akito (KO-D Openweight Title Match) (DDT Max Bump 2014 - 29.04.2014)
38. La Seductora & Princesa Blanca vs. Marcela & Princesa Sujei (Tag Team Mask & Hair Vs. Mask & Hair Two Out Of Three Falls Match) (CMLL Juicio Final 2014 - 01.08.2014)
39. Yujiro Takahashi (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NEVER Openweight Title Match) (NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014 - 13.10.2014)
40. Atsushi Maruyama vs. Shinya Ishikawa (Ikkitousen Strong Climb Block A Match) (BJW Hiroshima Dai Nekkyo Pro-Wrestling - 15.06.2014)
41. Men Of Low Moral Fiber (Chuck Taylor & Kenny Omega) & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mount Rushmore (Adam Cole & The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)) (PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2014 - Tag 1 - 29.08.2014)
42. Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. KUSHIDA (NEVER Openweight Title Match) (NJPW Wrestling World - Tag 1 - 12.04.2014)
43. Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto) (c) vs. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (KO-D Tag Team Title Three Way Match) (DDT Sweet Dreams 2014 - 26.01.2014)
44. Jun Akiyama vs. Takao Omori (Triple Crown Title Match (vakant)) (AJPW Dynamite Series 2014 - Tag 1 - 15.06.2014)
45. Keisuke Ishii vs. Tetsuya Endo (KO-D Openweight Title #1 Contendership Tournament - Final Match) (DDT Memories of Summer Vacation 2014 - 31.08.2014)
46. Christian & Sheamus vs. The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro & Jack Swagger) (w/Zeb Colter) (WWE Monday Night RAW #1081 - 10.02.2014)
47. HARASHIMA (c) vs. Isami Kodaka (KO-D Openweight Title Match) (DDT Special 2014 - 26.10.2014)
48. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match - NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 5 - 28.07.2014)
49. Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shinobu (Ikkitousen Strong Climb Block B Match) (BJW - 30.06.2014)
50. Cachorro, Hechicero & Virus vs. Dragon Lee, El Barbaro Cavernario & Negro Casas (Six Man Tag Team Two Out Of Three Falls Match) (CMLL Super Viernes - 23.05.2014)
51. Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Meiko Satomura (Fortune Dream 1 - 08.06.2014)
52. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) (c) vs. Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto) (BJW Tag Team Title Match - BJW 30.12.2014)
53. Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie) vs. Xceed (Atsushi Aoki & Kotaro Suzuki) (AJPW New Year Wars 2014 - Tag 2 - 03.01.2014)
54. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) vs. The World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan) (PWG World Tag Team Title Guerilla Warfare Match) (PWG ELEVEN - 26.07.2014)
55. Daisuke Sekimoto & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) (BJW - 24.08.2014)
56. HARASHIMA (c) vs. Keisuke Ishii (KO-D Openweight Title Match) (DDT Osaka Bay Blues Special 2014 - 13.09.2014)
57. Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 In Tokyo Dome - 04.01.2014) 
58. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Captain New Japan & Yuji Nagata (NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXI - Tag 8 - 08.06.2014) 
59. BULLET CLUB (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma (NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXI - Tag 7 - 06.06.2014)
60. Kairi Hojo vs. Nanae Takahashi (Stardom 5STAR GP 2014 Red Block Match) (Stardom 5*STAR GP 2014 - Tag 1 - 24.08.2014)
61. Daichi Hashimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) (BJW - 07.02.2014)
62. Chessman vs. Villano IV (AAA Latin America Title Match (vakant)) (AAA Rey De Reyes 2014 - 16.03.2014)
63. Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks (WWE NXT Women's Title Match) (WWE NXT Takeover: R Evolution - 11.12.2014)
64. Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) (c) vs. John Cena (WWE World Heavyweight Title Match) WWE Night Of Champions 2014 21.09.2014
65. HARASHIMA (c) vs. Soma Takao (KO-D Openweight Title Match) (DDT God Bless DDT 2014 - 30.11.2014)
66. Ares (c) vs. Pentagon Jr. (XMW 3. Aniversario 21.06.2014 - PDM Light Heavyweight Title Super Libre Match)
67. Lance Archer vs. Tetsuya Naito (G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match) (NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 2 - 23.07.2014)
68. Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (c) vs. Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie) (All Asia Tag Team Title Match) (DDT Max Bump 2014 - 29.04.2014)
69. Felino, Negro Casas & Shocker vs. La Mascara, Rush & Titan (Six Man Tag Team Two Out Of Three Falls Match) (CMLL on Fox Sports - 06.06.2014)
70. Alberto Del Rio, Bray Wyatt, Cesaro (w/Paul Heyman) & Randy Orton vs. John Cena, Roman Reigns & Sheamus (WWE Friday Night SmackDown #774 20.06.2014)
71. BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. CHAOS (Jado, Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura,Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) (NJPW Best Of the Super Junior XXI - Tag 1 - 30.05.2014)
72. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata & Togi Makabe (NJPW Road To Power Struggle 2014 - Tag 8 03.11.2014)
73. BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & YOSHI-HASHI) (NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXI - Tag 7 - 06.06.2014)
74. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW The New Beginning In Hiroshima - 09.02.2014)
75. Io Shirai, Masaaki Mochizuki & Mayu Iwatani vs. Genki Horiguchi HAGeeMee, Manami Toyota & Miho Wakizawa (Stardom Year-End Climax 2014 - 23.12.2014)
76. Hideki Suzuki & KENSO vs. Hikaru Sato & Suwama (AJPW Dynamite Series 2014 - Tag 1 - 15.06.2014)
77. Kotaro Suzuki (c) vs. KENSO (GAORA TV Title Match - AJPW Kyohei Wada Referee 40th Anniversary & 60th Anniversary Show ~ Kyohei Wada Produce - 14.12.2014)
78. Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi (Lightning Match - CMLL Super Viernes - 17.10.2014)
79. BULLET CLUB (AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima), Captain New Japan & Hiroshi Tanahashi (World Tag League 2014 Block A Match - NJPW World Tag League 2014 Tag 4 - 27.11.2014)
80. AJ Styles vs. Lance Archer (G1 Climax 2014 Block B Match) (NJPW G1 Climax 24 - Tag 8 -  03.08.2014)

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God Bless DDT 2014 - 30.11.2014

Antonio Honda, DJ Nira, Hoshitango & Michael Nakazawa vs. Shuten Doji (KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi), Gota Ihashi & MIKAMI

Nice finish.

DDT Extreme Title #1 Contendership Three Way Match

Keisuke Ishii vs. Masa Takanashi vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Short match with fast action.

Kota Ibushi & Shunma Katsumata vs. Smile Squash (Akito & Yasu Urano)

This match was sponsored  by a hair salon and everyone has wacky haircuts. Nice dynamic with the rookie Katsumata and Ibushi being a kind of a dick. Katsumata looked good.

***

KO-D Six Man Tag Team Title Match 

T2Hide (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi) (c) vs. Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei & Brahman Shu) & Gorgeous Matsuno

Usual Brahman Brothers goofiness, Owashi Lucha shtick, Takagi fucked up knee, Hirata crazy choreography, Gorgeous Matsuno, FUN~

***1/4

Daisuke Sasaki vs. Shigehiro Irie

They only show 5 minutes of a 15 minutes match. And a good one, it seems.

KO-D Tag Team Title Match

Happy Motel (Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo) (c) vs. Makoto Oishi & X = Shiori Asahi

Oishi and Asahi keep going for their double move while Endo plays a good FIP. Good Stuff.

***1/2

KO-D Openweight Title Match 

HARASHIMA (c) vs. Soma Takao

Soma Takao is not as good as his two partners from Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie) far from it tbh. But fuck me if this was not a fine Main Event. Harashima plays really well his "Tanahashi" role in DDT. I always enjoy his control segment, here too. Takao is a good underdog and we are in the KORAKUEN so the crowd was rooting hard for him. I didn't expect much because of Takao but I really liked this.

****

It's DDT in Korakuen... WATCH IT!