Title: NOAH 12/4 results
Description: from Green Destiny
Real F'n Show - December 4, 2005 10:59 PM (GMT)
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Taue won with a new finisher of his, a modified nodowa otoshi of sorts. I'll update with any new information later. Taue was formally challenged by Akiyama for the title, and said that he was too tired to consider it at that moment but would think about it tomorrow.
NOAH, 12/4/05 (NTV)
Yokohoma Bunka Gymnasium
1. Kentaro Shiga & Mitsuo Momota beat Tamon Honda & Tsutomu Hirayanagi (12:11) when Momota used a powerbomb on Hirayanagi.
2. Doug Williams & Nigel McGuinness beat Takeshi Rikio & Kishin Kawabata (9:42) when Williams used the Chaos Theory on Kawabata.
3. Yoshinari Ogawa, Takuma Sano & SUWA beat Scorpio, Bison Smith & Low Ki (12:53) when Sano used a Northern Light Bomb Ki.
4. Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji beat Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue (16:41) when Suzuki used a choke sleeper on Inoue.
5. Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka beat Kenta Kobashi & Junji Izumida (14:01) when Koshinaka pinned Izumida.
6. KENTA & Katsuyori Shibata beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiosaki (17:43) when Shibata used a fack kick on Shiosaki.
7. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jun Akiyama & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (16:26) when Nakajima used a German suplex hold on Kikuchi.
8. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura © beat Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin (29:19) when Sugiura used an avalanche-style Olympic Slam on Marvin (2nd defense).
9. GHC Heavyweight Title: Akira Taue © beat Takeshi Morishima (22:19) with the Tsukuba Makiwari (1st defense).
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Looks like a very good show worthy of a purchase. Matches 6-9 look especially good.
Mad Dog - December 5, 2005 04:51 AM (GMT)
I'm worried about NOAH to be honest. They haven't built any new stars. If something happened to Misawa, Kobashi or Taue or they retired they'd be totally screwed.
dynamite kido - December 5, 2005 02:15 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mad Dog @ Dec 4 2005, 10:51 PM) |
| I'm worried about NOAH to be honest. They haven't built any new stars. If something happened to Misawa, Kobashi or Taue or they retired they'd be totally screwed. |
They'll survive. They have enough of a built in audience at this point and they would just have to make a few minor shifts to account for their losses. Although they would have to scrap doing Dome shows..............but they would easily stay afloat.
Real F'n Show - December 5, 2005 06:24 PM (GMT)
Exactly. Plus, they've got no real competition. Shiozaki's gonna be good, as is Nakajima who's only 17. Plus they'd still have Akiyama.
Mad Dog - December 5, 2005 07:37 PM (GMT)
They haven't done shit with Akiyama in a long time though. I doubt he'll ever be a top of the card guy again.
dynamite kido - December 5, 2005 08:28 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mad Dog @ Dec 5 2005, 01:37 PM) |
| They haven't done shit with Akiyama in a long time though. I doubt he'll ever be a top of the card guy again. |
He'll eventually work his way upcard again...............when they need him to be there.
TehDoct0r - December 5, 2005 09:51 PM (GMT)
I fuckin love Akiyama. He's probably my favorite puro guy.
dynamite kido - December 6, 2005 12:02 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (TehDoct0r @ Dec 5 2005, 03:51 PM) |
| I fuckin love Akiyama. He's probably my favorite puro guy. |
He's the MVP of about 3 World Tag League's that I've seen. When Akiyama's on, he's incredible. Too bad "on" hasn't been since the Dome show match last year vs. Kobashi.
Real F'n Show - December 6, 2005 12:45 AM (GMT)
Agreed. A motivated Akiyama is top 20 in the world, but when they've done nothing with you, it's hard to stay motivated. He's awesome as a grumpy bastard, though.
dynamite kido - December 6, 2005 12:53 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Real F'n Show @ Dec 5 2005, 06:45 PM) |
| Agreed. A motivated Akiyama is top 20 in the world, but when they've done nothing with you, it's hard to stay motivated. He's awesome as a grumpy bastard, though. |
I'll be honest though, the one thing I DON'T like about Akiyama lately is the grumpy stuff. I always liked him as the young underdog, but I guess without him being "young" anymore he has to go a different route. I just wish he was fighting more at the top of the cards.
Real F'n Show - December 6, 2005 12:56 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (dynamite kido @ Dec 5 2005, 06:53 PM) |
| QUOTE (Real F'n Show @ Dec 5 2005, 06:45 PM) | | Agreed. A motivated Akiyama is top 20 in the world, but when they've done nothing with you, it's hard to stay motivated. He's awesome as a grumpy bastard, though. |
I'll be honest though, the one thing I DON'T like about Akiyama lately is the grumpy stuff. I always liked him as the young underdog, but I guess without him being "young" anymore he has to go a different route. I just wish he was fighting more at the top of the cards.
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I liked him as a young underdog in the world of the big four in AJPW too, no doubt, but I think it's time for him to move on. Guys like Go Shiosaki can fill that role perfectly now. Plus I'm a sucker for grumpy bastards like Tenryu anyway.
Mad Dog - December 6, 2005 01:04 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (dynamite kido @ Dec 5 2005, 07:53 PM) |
| QUOTE (Real F'n Show @ Dec 5 2005, 06:45 PM) | | Agreed. A motivated Akiyama is top 20 in the world, but when they've done nothing with you, it's hard to stay motivated. He's awesome as a grumpy bastard, though. |
I'll be honest though, the one thing I DON'T like about Akiyama lately is the grumpy stuff. I always liked him as the young underdog, but I guess without him being "young" anymore he has to go a different route. I just wish he was fighting more at the top of the cards.
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I agree. Though I have to be honest in that I thought he'd go in the pretty boy ass kind of direction instead of the grumpy direction.