Juice Robinson vs Jon Moxley - US Title match NJPW 6/5/19
(show is on watchwrestling.in, this match is on part 3, 16 minute mark)
Match was pretty damn good. but the most important part is that it was a great debut for Moxley. I liked that he didn't try to cosplay puro and just went out there and did his match, from match 1 he already feels like a different wrestler and match on the roster, which is needed in today's NJ. Juice was awesome as the babyface again, his bumping helped a lot of the times (
though that cannonball on the table was just fukking stupid in every way possible ), and his fire was on point. This was another example of leg work being a nuisance in a match instead of an effective tool to build towards something though, I'm really tired of wrestlers doing it just because.
Saw some MOTYC praise for it in some places, wouldn't call it that as I didn't feel they did enough to look past some of the flaws it had, and even though the crowd was into it, they weren't red hot for it (always a big plus for me) so it didn't reach that level. But it's certainly worth a watch
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White - NJPW 6/5/19
(it's on part 2 from the 42 minute mark and the start of part 3)
Better than Mox/Juice imo, crowd was hotter and they did more compelling stuff. The first third with White working the arm was great, best control segment I've seen White do. Tana's comeback is good but I thought it was kinda messy, like they stumbled their way to the last 4-5 minutes - and I'm kinda numbed to the reversal fests at this point, specially in the middle of a match that had such good work on a body part - I wish this ended with White's cross arm bar, felt like it didn't need Gedo's fukkery and to protect Tana so much. But still, there was a ton of shyt to like about this, also worth a look.
As much as I love Shingo, I just don't care about Ospray, I'm just not compelled to watch the final