Failed at 7 and 9, which stung, but then 10 came around. It took Okada 3 years to beat Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom. I woke up this morning, and I remembered something. "I watched this at 3 AM, and I was PISSED at the ending. Nothing great for this super squash, but these two had a great pace going out here and really got over the other despite said squash: Ogawa tries his hardest but he just can't get the job done against someone "this" good yet, at least not without all of the roll-ups in the world at least. Ogawa pulls out his usual cheap tricks and crisp strikes but Misawa has him completely scouted, escaping his swinging neckbreaker to land a few stiff elbows into his patented facelock for the quick tap-out. Misawa adopts a more power-based style with Ogawa, throwing him up for backbreakers or belly to belly suplexes, pulling from more of a Jumbo-style of power moves than his usual flashy stuff. His mistake is trying to out-strike Misawa, because, you know, elbow. It's cool seeing Misawa actually not be in control here as Ogawa keeps outpacing him with faster stuff and quick snappy counters. This is definitely a bit slow in places, but the crowd are nevertheless pretty invested. The two don't do anything radically crazy, but you can tell they already had some solid chemistry with each other and Misawa thought highly of the guy, because this was not only a fairly evenly spread out match, but Ogawa actually controls things for a decent portion of it via working the arm in holds.
Of course this was not going to last long and they keep this super short with this clocking in at almost exactly five minutes. Now this is definitely a curiosity: these two will become legitimate tag champs and best friends in the future, but for now Misawa is one of the hottest acts in the company and Ogawa is a 8-year (yes, eight year) undercarder who was only now really getting any buzz as a underlining in Tsuruta-gun.
LEVEL 133 MEOW MATCH FULL
"Unaired, but a fancam exists of the full thing. He *is* capable of really great stuff: The match where he won the North American Title from Terry Taylor in Mid South is quite excellent actually (aired June 1st 1985)." Underachiever and sometimes a chore to watch. Decent start but sheesh, he fell off hard.
Thankfully Dead Eye Dick never made it to television beyond those stupid skits. The Detroit Demolition bit was awkward and just made him look oddly desperate. The Shadows is a guilty pleasure, that was him moving his fastest. The first coupla Demolition matches were woeful, there was absolutely no way the team would have gotten over with him awkwardly shuffling about. The Nightmare character was fine enough, that worked for me. I never complained about him being an Assassin knock off.
I also feel as Moondog Rex, there was mostly solid work in the singles undercard. However, the paring with Spot had notable chemistry with an enjoyable team dynamic as well. "As Moondog Rex, his team with King was not that good.
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