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Post by elliott on Nov 14, 2020 9:37:36 GMT -5
Nominating this blind because its Ishikawa vs Ikeda. Anyone watch this yet?
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Post by elliott on Nov 14, 2020 9:54:38 GMT -5
Its awesome. Last couple of minutes in particular
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Post by KB8 on Nov 14, 2020 10:19:31 GMT -5
Yeah, seconded:
These two motherfuckers. Two people doing this to each other is insane regardless, but I suppose it's been par for the course for these two going on a quarter century now so we can't really be surprised they're still at it in their fifties. Somehow they seem to add even more brutal wrinkles to every encounter, this one their first in nearly a decade. It was very much Ikeda v Ishikawa in all the ways Ikeda v Ishikawa is amazing, but at the same time this was maybe their most unique match together. Part of that is obviously the setting. Even though most if not all of the people in attendance would've been familiar with both guys and everything they're about, there was still a sense of "what in the fuck are these two old men doing to each other?" You could tell from the reactions that some in the crowd were mortified at what they were seeing. And then there was the referee, who had a few amusing interactions with both of them without it ever feeling like a planned comedy spot. He couldn't quite believe what was happening either and it showed in how he winced at every headbutt or punch or kick. And good grief the headbutts and punches and kicks. They trade blows early, but not in your Okada/Tanahashi forearm exchange sort of way where it's all about the machismo and which good looking young gentleman is the most rugged. The entire history of Ishikawa and Ikeda is built on them being the toughest bastards in wrestling, both of them alone on top of that particular mountain, so their strike exchanges have a whole different level of not being a monkey show. And in very un-Okada/Tanahashi fashion they ditched the forearms and chops for straight punches and headbutts, every single one of them landing with a disgusting thud, leaving bloody smears on foreheads, Ikeda just about breaking his hand on Ishikawa's cranium. Their last singles match before this had a running thread of Ikeda throwing headbutts over and over despite Ishikawa being a Fujiwara trainee, thus having an indestructible head. Yet Ikeda would keep throwing those headbutts, even at great cost to his own brain cells, until he finally toppled Ishikawa. They carried that over to this and when Ikeda threw his first headbutt Ishikawa just came up smiling. Ikeda would keep trying it, keep clonking him with absurd headbutts, and Ishikawa would pretty much always come out on top. Through insane, disturbing persistence Ikeda eventually won out, just like he did in their last match, but the running headbutt he had to use to do so was truly vile. The roundhouse kick at the end was out of this world ridiculous and fully warranted the gasps of horror from our Oberhausen crowd.
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Post by makaiclub on Nov 26, 2020 15:33:26 GMT -5
Excellent match where they genuinely enjoyed knocking 10 bells out of each other with kicks, punches and using any moves that they could think of - for old times sake. ****1/2
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 1:48:01 GMT -5
There are only three certainties in life: Death, Taxes and Ishikawa v Ikeda til one of them passes on to the Great Squared Circle In The Sky.
This was nuts. 2050 MOTY will be Ikeda v Ishikawa Nursing Home Brawl.
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Post by bossrock on Nov 29, 2020 9:00:34 GMT -5
Yeah, this was awesome and a testament to both guys' ability at this stage of their careers.
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Post by Cap on Jan 2, 2021 12:40:23 GMT -5
100+ years between them and they pulled zero punches here. I loved this match. I just rewatched it this morning and think it is one of the top matches of the year. These dudes know how to beat the shit out of each other and tell a story at the same time.
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