Misawa vs Kawada GHC Title Match

[Guest RickyChosyu]

That seems to be the general opinion I've gotten from most AJ-heads, Wolverine.

 

The point I was trying to make was that those matches between Misawa and Kobashi included moves like Emerald Frosion, Burning Hammer, Half-Nelson Suplex, etc. right? They still managed to be compelling, smartly-worked matches, even with the nutty bumps.

 

From the little AJPW I have seen, even some of the more goofy performances by Kobashi and Misawa were no more proposterous than many of the ridiculous selling moments Kanemoto has given us. I don't see any sense in denouncing Kenta's decisions in the ring while trying to defend Koji's at the same time.

[Guest wolverine]

The Burning Hammer and Emerald Frosion were byproducts of the deterioration of the style in 98/99. The BH actually wasn't used in either one of those matches, though (it was just teased).

[Guest BionicRedneck]

Apparently Meltzer has slapped 5* on this latest Kobashi/Misawa match. But, then he always was a Kobashi mark.