Dick Togo's Got No Retirement Plans, No Derek Jeters

Dick Togo/Kaz Hayashi/Great Sasuke vs. Shuji Kondo/Toru Owashi/YASSHI Wrestle 1 8/11/16 - FUN

PAS: This is a battle of MPRO vets vs. Toruyman outcasts and it probably should have been better. Seems like a lot of Japanese juniors have acquired goofy Chikara gimmicks. Sasuke keeps sitting in meditation poses, YASSHI will bite you in the dick ect. First part of the match felt like everyone needing to shoehorn in their bit, like bad improv comedians, Bob has an effeminate southerner voice and no matter what the audience suggests an effeminate southerner will do it, look an effeminate southerner works at the DMV, an effeminate southerner is serving soup at this soup kitchen so on and so forth. Match picks up a little bit when they get the nonsense out of the way, Togo and Owashi have a cool exchange with Togo lacing into that big dude and looking just as tough as Owashi even though he is five inches shorter. We also had Hayashi and Sasuke remind you of the old days when they ruled as they broke out their signature dives. Still much of this was bad junk, and me being so happy to see Togo back might have been the only thing keeping me from rating this skippable.

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DICK TOGO

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Black Terry Dreamed He Walked in a Field of Flowers

Black Terry v. Judas El Traidor IWRG 8/10/16-FUN

This is the Super Libre battle setting up a hair match. Terry is great on offense, opening up Judas in a nasty way, throwing great looking headbutts and right hands. Judas couldn't really deliver the nastiness required to respond, although I did like his running dive over the barricade onto a seated Terry. Judas is probably 20+ years younger then Terry but he looked like the broken down old man for much of this. We also get a really dumb double pin finish. Had it's moments, and bloody Terry is a great version of him. Still hoping the mask match is the one that delivers

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TERRY

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