All Japan Pro Wrestling 12/4/2020 - Real World Tag League 2020 Day 6

All Japan Pro Wrestling 12/4/2020 - Real World Tag League 2020 Day 6

Ryuki Honda & Evolution (Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato) vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Francesco Akira, & Rising HAYATO

Atsuki Aoyagi

Rising HAYATO

Francesco Akira

 

Ryuki Honda

Hikaru Sato

Dan Tamura

 

 

I wasn't going to do this but I hadn't seen any of these guys before. Hayato really wrestles like a dork but he had a nice hiptoss counter armdrag into a springboard dropkick combo. Tamura's team were the heels here. Aoyagi did a moonsault, but landed on his feet when Tamura moved and then he took a big lariat. Sato wears kickpads without any shoes which is unusual . Tamura and Honda did a cool double shoulderblock and Sato hit a waterwheel drop on Akira for 2. Akira's your typical indy dude who is actually White that is wrestling in Japan for some reason. Sato got the win over him with a backdrop. Nothing to see here really with a lot of people trying to get anything in there in a sub-10 minute match.

Wild Menso (Black Menso~re & Takao Omori) & Konaka = Pale One vs. Yusuke Okada, Takashi Ishikiri, & Daimonji

 

Yusuke Okada

Takashi Ishikiri

Daimonji

Black Menso-re

Menso-re, Konaka Pale One and Takao Omori 

 

WILD MENSO. A Konaka match? Heck yeah. The Konaka, Menso and Omori team is a team straight out of WAR. Menso's name comes from a ramen noodle company and he wears ramen on his head. Although it's silly and makes no sense if you read my other reviews, I like the idea of an evil ramen noodle guy. Konaka does a go behind on Daimon and as Daimon spins, he hangs on for the ride like a helicopter. Konaka dropped down when Daimon was coming off the ropes in a prayer pose then did a slow roll-up on him. Menso does this weird spaghetti arms kung fu pose. Omori did a real slow spin kin and took a good spear from Daimon. Omori got double irish whipped into a missile dropkick and Menso did a horrible plancha. Konaka did the headstand on the ropes and turned it into a headscissors. Okada took most of the abuse here and was axe bomber'd by Omori for the win. Another match with not enough time and too many people trying to get something in.

Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama vs. Alejandro & UTAMARO

UTAMARO

Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama

Kodama does a zombie gimmick but wears Eddie Guerrero outfits. Alejandro is small even by AEW standards but I miss Wrestle-1 and we're watching this because of him. Ale hits a springboard armdrag and springboard head scissors, and fakes out Kodama on the plancha outside, before paying for it. Omori moved on an Ale springboard dropkick and he flopped hard off the mat. Kodama hit a nice dropkick and brainbuster on Ale and Ale did a flip tope on him. Didn't help too much though as less than 2 minutes later, Kodama hit an Eddie frogsplash on him for the win. Another quick one here, which is okay in some aspects as the match doesn't drag or get boring.

Yoshitatsu Kingdom (Yoshitatsu & Ryoji Sai) vs. Purple Haze (Izanagi & Shigehiro Irie)

Shigehiro Irie

Izanagi

Sai is wearing some horror mask...because he's Sai and Tatsu has a cool stuffed tiger on his jacket. If Sai actually went with this mask and had a gimmick to match, I think he'd do well. They make Sai take his mask off and he has another mask under it. Why does Sai have to task his mask off while Menso gets to wear a bowl of ramen mask on his head? I'm going to have to consult with PWF Commissioner Stan Hansen about this one. Sai gorilla presses Izanagi and launches him. Izanagi was put in the corner and Sai put his halloween mask on him. Iza and Yoshi traded some forearms and finally got Irie in. Irie did a big butt drop onto Sai and the traded shots but it wasn't anything special. Irie cannonball'd him in the corner. Yoshi took a samoan drop/superkick combo for 2 and Iza took a magic killer suplex/neckbreaker. Yoshi tried a codebreaker which Iza rolled into a pin attempt and then Yoshi hit a codebreaker and a middle rope codebreaker for the win. Not great or memorable or anything, but fine for what it was.

Team ECW (Masato Tanaka & TAJIRI) vs. Enfants Terribles (Shotaro Ashino & Kuma Arashi) 

Shotaro Ashino

Kuma Arashi

Enfants are refugees from Wrestle-1. We've had a lot of people rep ECW from over the years and Tanaka and Tajiri might be some of the oddest representatives of it. Granted they were both in it, but they aren't exactly The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer. I appreciate the effort though and will allow it. Tananka's had a receeding hairline since the 90's and the hair has really started going. Kuma wears a bear skin flap on his hip and Tajiri went through the effort of lifting it just to kick him in the butt. Ashino had Tajiri tied up and Kuma had the ref tied up so Tanaka gave Tajiri a kendo stick and he used it. Tanaka then came in and cleared house with lariats and a DDT/stunner combo on both opponents. Ashino hit a big release german on Tanaka and Kuma samoan dropped and then swanton'd him. Kuma racked Tanaka but Tajiri used the stick on him to break it up. Ashino lifted up Kuma and dropped him on Tanaka then Tajiri hit him with the stick. Ashino hit a lame kendo stick shot on Tajiri and the heels really celebrated it which was funny. Kuma got taken off the top, Tanaka frogsplashed him then Tajiri held him in place with the stick with Tanaka hit the Sliding D elbow for the win. Another quick one here. It wasn't bad but I thought they could have done a better job with the kendo stick stuff.

JIN (Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto) vs. Team BJW (Daisuke Sekimoto & Abdullah Kobayashi)

Jake Lee

Koji Iwamoto

Daisuke Sekimoto and Abdullah Kobayashi

Abby has hair now. Blonde hair. And he came out in a killer baby's mask. Abby being Sekimoto's partner is kind of weird, but hey, it's different and Abby in AJ is something new. I just feel like we were robbed out of Sekimoto and Okabayashi which sucks. They screw around with clean breaks and Abby does Lee's bowing pose, then they have a bow off. Abby clobbers Lee with a big lariat. and finds a rope with a cowbell and ties them to the rail. The ref starts counting but they make it in within time. Abby and Sek do a double muscle pose. Sek tried to hit a cool lariat but Koji kind of sold too fast for it. Sek and Abby did a tower of doom suplex on Koji then Sek went for a german and Abby german'd both which I don't like since you are just suplexing your own partner. Sek flipped Abby onto Koji from the top and Abby missed an elbow from the top. Koji tried an enzgugiri which Abby no sold and looked at him for and then Lee kicked Abby and Koji rolled up the pin out of nowhere to win. Credit to Koji for taking all the abuse here and Abby for putting out the extra effort. Minus the german spot I enjoyed this.

Violent Giants (Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa) vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi

Yuma Aoyagi

Kento Miyahara

Shuji Ishikawa

Suwama

Kento ducks a Suwama chop and then hits a big boot. The Giants tried a sandwich lariat but Kento ducked and they nailed each other. Yuma then tope'd Suwama and Kento celebrated in the camera. Suuji dropped Kento's throat over the guardrail. Yuma and Suwama went at it in what looked like a borderline shoot and Shuji flurried Kento with forearms in the corner. Suwama hit a nice belly to belly on Yuma. Yuma hit a superkick to Suwama's ear and Suwama lariated him hard for it. Kento took a lariat sandwich by the Giants, traded some shots with Shuji and hit a nice brogue kick on him. Kento took a bunch of lariats and then got belly to belly'd by Suwama.

Kento took another big corner lariat by Shuji and then superplexed him. Yuma and Suwama exchanged strikes and Suwama german'd him hard. Yuma no sold it and then dropped Suwama even though I know that had to legit hurt. Yuma then guillotined Suwama out of nowhere but the ref made them break it up for some reason with Yuma rolling out Suwama. Kento and Shuji traded some shots and Kento got dropped with something like a michinoku driver. Soon after Shuji hit a big splash mountain on Kento only for 2. Suwama got mad and started ripping up the mats outside and the railing and even tried to throw the railing in. Yuma spin kicked both guys in the head and Kento hit a shining wizard only for 2 on Shuji. Kento then grabbed the win with a straightjacket suplex on Shuji.

Good at points but it was kind of all over the place. Yuma is really not good and Kento isn't a big fan of selling.

Overall thoughts: This was an alright show. Nothing too great but nothing too bad either.