Dick Togo's Money Count is the Only Moment of Silence

Dick Togo/Yasu Urano vs. Kazusada Higuchi/Kouki Iwasaki DDT 7/17/16 - FUN

We get a about half of this 2nd Togo return match, and it was fun to watch Togo tool some schmoes. Higuchi is kind of a Japanese Lance Hoyt, sort of big, but kind of clumsy. Togo breaks out this amazing combo as he rolls through, hits a casita and immediately slaps on the crossface. He also levels Higuchi with a nasty clothesline. We get a big senton to finish the match, I wasn't impressed with the other three guys so I am not devestated we missed most of this, but it was a fun opportunity to see the level that Togo is still at. This is Jordan after baseball, not Jordan on the Wizards.

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Yeah Come Holla At Ya Uncle, Dick Togo Understands He's Back by Popular Demand

Dick Togo/Antonio Honda vs. Yasu Urano/Guanchulo DDT 7/3/16 - GREAT

LOOK WHO'S BACK!! Dick Togo returns from wandering the earth like Caine and is back doing what he does better then anyone. All of the regular DDT guys looked fine, their stuff is a little showy, but Urano had some nice looking shots including a great foreamr smash. I always liked Honda's Lawler punches and he took a good high backdrop. Still Togo was the star, landing everything with precision and not missing a step. I especially loved his casita which he rolled right into a crossface, just an awesome bit of business. We got to see that floating senton which was gorgeous. This was more of a showcase and a return I am really excited to see what Togo will do next.


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Dick Togo Avalanche The Alpine Shake, The Coupe's Vanilla Bean, The Seats Poundcake

Dick Togo/Katsushi Takemura vs. Kaz Hayashi/American Dragon NJPW 8/17/04 - EPIC 

PAS: A lot of talent in this match, and it pretty much lives up to it. What fed ran the KDX break-up bloodfeud, because I need to see any time Togo and Hayashi match up. They just went after each other tooth and nail. I remember Danielson being disappointing in this New Japan run, but he looked like American Dragon here, really viciously ripping at Takemura's arm, laying into people with uppercuts, and pulling off actual intensity in a way a scrub like Davey Richards can only dream about. Togo and Takemura do a really nice job working over Dragon and building to a big hot tag and a great end run. There is a big blown spot here, as Danielson is attempting a superplex and both he and Takemura tumble nastily to the floor, it was actually the rare blown spot which makes a match better. First of all the bump looked nasty, then Danielson did a nice job coming back getting the advantage and hitting the suplex again, almost making the redo of the spot a moment of triumph. He goes from that into the Cattle Mutilation which gets broken up by a Dick Togo senton onto the bridge, which comes off as cool as it sounds. 

PAS: Dick Togo/Masao Orihara vs. Rasse/Great Sasuke MPRO 3/17/07 - FUN 

PAS: I am just not digging the 2000's Togo tags as much as the 90s stuff, although I don't think it is because either Togo or his opponents have gotten worse. Structurally this just wasn't as satisfying. The rudo team does a lot of chair shotting and power bombing, and we never really get to see Togo and Rasse work lucha segments, which is really the most on paper intriguing part of the match. We did finally get to see Sasuke and Rasse fly around a bit and Togo looked like Togo looks, but this wasn't the match I wanted this to be. 

Dick Togo/Yasu Urano vs. Extreme Tiger/Jack Evans NOAH 10/26/10 - FUN 

PAS: I think a tag match with 2006 Dick Togo v. 2006 Jack Evans would be amazing, but Evans seems to have taken a big step back since going to AAA. I think the stuff I liked the most in this match was the initial Yasu Urano v. Extreme Tiger matwork which was a nice start, but shouldn't be the highlight. Jack will still take a big beating and stretching, and I really dug Togo yanking out his neck with the crossface, also the last couple of minutes was pretty cool with a nifty Extreme Tiger dive and Jack hitting the 730 which is still spectacular. However most of the lucha exchanges between Evans and Togo were pretty disappointing, Togo is historically so good with flashy flyers, but none of this stood out, and most of Jack's offense kind of looked like crap. Match was worth checking out, but I expected better. 

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