Monday, January 16, 2017

New Japan Pro Wrestling 1/4/2017 - Never Openweight Title - Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto

New Japan Pro Wrestling 1/4/2017 - Never Openweight Title -   Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto

Shibata in all black, Goto in red






Hirooki Goto beat Katsuyori Shibata with the GTR. Awesome match. This was all brawling all the time and I loved it. A real man's man battle here with tons of haymakers. Everything Shibata did looked good, even the basic stuff. He even made corner stomps look legit, which almost every wrestler I've seen has been unable to do. Goto also really sold the big shots well which is very important. Goto and Shibata match up so well together and this was another instance. They took it to the next level here with some of their exchanges and everything looked like it hurt. They did do a few no sells on suplexes which I hated, but overall I can forgive it for the strong work in other area's. Awesome pro wrestling and a definite must see match. Goto got the big win here and maybe NJPW can figure out how to get him in the main event in 2017. Rating:****1/2

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