2017 Ongoing MOTY List: GUTS Elimination
PAS: This was an elimination tag with hit the floor eliminations, it is a format I always enjoy in Puro, and this had a bunch of fun moments. They made the entertainment level mistake of eliminate Gannoseke and Orihara early, I want to see those sleazes match up more, and they both had cameos. Togo invents a bunch of fun ways to have "hit the floor" near falls, lots of ways to almost get knocked out and almost knock someone out. Guts was a fun energetic fat dude and CHANGO even breaks out a top rope senton which looked 85% Togo. GUTS continues to deliver.
ER: I love all these GUTS guys. My Guys, My Guts. This is really fun with pinfalls/submissions counting as well as over the top to the floor eliminations being in play. So you get silliness like 3 guys grabbing Orihara by the limbs and tossing him to the floor. And nobody seemed too interested in saving any of their partners throughout this thing. Someone would be getting pinned a few feet away and everyone would be standing on the apron leaning on the top rope. Maybe I've just been watching too much Stan Hansen lately, I'm too used to him rushing in and welting up anyone who dares attempt a pinfall on a partner of his. But this is brisk and a whole lot of fun nevertheless. Phil is right that Orihara and Gannosuke are out of this thing far, far too early, and both looked awesome in their brief runs. Orihara can make you care about a kick to the stomach, and his slingshot elbow lands fast and sharp. Gannosuke looked like a greasy freight train during his run, and his lariats hit more flush than most people in 2017 wrestling, let alone most 50 year olds. I liked his double team stuff with his not as good younger clone Kageyama, especially that quick and nasty lariat/soccer kick Total Elimination. Guts Ishijima is a spirited fat guy that will always win me over, and we got to see him splat a bunch of guys with shoulderblocks before getting wrecked by a Togo lariat. Togo was super Togo-y in this, still drives me wild with his fist drop, and I love little things like how he grapevines both legs during a small package. He's really great at teasing some over the top eliminations. We get two great ones with CHANGO catching him with a rana from the apron that almost takes both over, then we get him going for his senton only to have his partner Upin shoved into the ropes, knocking Togo off the top to the apron where he gets baseball slide dropkicked to elimination. Two really great sequences. Finish was hot with a brutal missed chairshot that tests the head and neck strength of Upin. Also of note, CHANGO's senton in this match looked even better than Togo's in this match. Lofty praise indeed. I gotta get to watching more GUTS. Do you have it?
2017 MOTY MASTER LIST
ER: I love all these GUTS guys. My Guys, My Guts. This is really fun with pinfalls/submissions counting as well as over the top to the floor eliminations being in play. So you get silliness like 3 guys grabbing Orihara by the limbs and tossing him to the floor. And nobody seemed too interested in saving any of their partners throughout this thing. Someone would be getting pinned a few feet away and everyone would be standing on the apron leaning on the top rope. Maybe I've just been watching too much Stan Hansen lately, I'm too used to him rushing in and welting up anyone who dares attempt a pinfall on a partner of his. But this is brisk and a whole lot of fun nevertheless. Phil is right that Orihara and Gannosuke are out of this thing far, far too early, and both looked awesome in their brief runs. Orihara can make you care about a kick to the stomach, and his slingshot elbow lands fast and sharp. Gannosuke looked like a greasy freight train during his run, and his lariats hit more flush than most people in 2017 wrestling, let alone most 50 year olds. I liked his double team stuff with his not as good younger clone Kageyama, especially that quick and nasty lariat/soccer kick Total Elimination. Guts Ishijima is a spirited fat guy that will always win me over, and we got to see him splat a bunch of guys with shoulderblocks before getting wrecked by a Togo lariat. Togo was super Togo-y in this, still drives me wild with his fist drop, and I love little things like how he grapevines both legs during a small package. He's really great at teasing some over the top eliminations. We get two great ones with CHANGO catching him with a rana from the apron that almost takes both over, then we get him going for his senton only to have his partner Upin shoved into the ropes, knocking Togo off the top to the apron where he gets baseball slide dropkicked to elimination. Two really great sequences. Finish was hot with a brutal missed chairshot that tests the head and neck strength of Upin. Also of note, CHANGO's senton in this match looked even better than Togo's in this match. Lofty praise indeed. I gotta get to watching more GUTS. Do you have it?
2017 MOTY MASTER LIST
Labels: 2017 MOTY, Amigo Suzuki, CHANGO, Dick Togo, Guts Ishijima, GUTS World, Masao Orihara, Michio Kageyama, Mr. Gannosuke, Ryan Upin
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