taped 12/17/06, aired 12/24/07
This was a disappointing La Nazi match. Okay, I know that doesn’t actually make any sense, but maybe saying it was disappointedly worked makes more sense. La Nazi has been at her best when she’s the monster bully, shoving the smaller tecnicas around. For whatever reason, and I’m guessing it was Lady Apache’s called, La Nazi worked this match like any other bumbling ruda, and that exposed her weaknesses. Hiroka’s interference not being caught was hilariously bad.
Also disappointing, more so actually, was Takemura in the trios match. He looked like a guy who had lost his passion for this, like a shell of what he was previously. I haven’t seen his Japan stuff at all, so I’ve got no clue if this happened back when he got dropped by NJPW, or if the following indy travels broke him, but this was a different man than the guy I enjoyed in ’01 and ’02. Maybe I’m reading way too much into one match, but it was one nothing match.
Sahori looked so much better in her workout gear than normal. She should totally throw out all her gear and figure out something else, because it’s doing her a disservice. Sometimes, the ‘hot’ outfits these women wear turn unflattering – Cinthia Moreno has this problem a lot, I think. But that’s me
My DVD doesn’t include the last show of the year, so no CMLL Women’s Title match recap, and I’m actually little disappointed about it. I’m sure it’d just be an angry rant at the end, but I still went thru the build up, would’ve liked to see it thru regardless. But I think I can move on.
Also, I’ve just noticed my January DVD has a defect on it, and the two first two episodes are irretrievable. Judging from the listings, it’s unremarkable winter stuff, so I’ll live.
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I agree with you about La Nazi, but Takemura not so much.
I’ve seen his work in All Japan and a few Japanese indys and he is still the same punishing Cruiser he was since he left NJPW. I know I am contradicting myself, but I can’t possibly find a reason on why Takemura possibly looked like shit on the taping.
Alternate theory: he was in Mexico for a week and worn out by this point.
Nah, Takemura sucks. All the NJPW guys who came over pretty much sleepwalk through their matches. Okumura has gotten pretty good but that’s it.
Not only NJPW guys, they guys who works at AULL and IWRG don’t really look to have that much passion. At least compared to the standard set for years before their generation.
I guess the business going down in Japan and having dozens of guys at tryouts instead of hundreds have taken its toll, although that wouldn’t explain Takemura or Goto…
Actually, American workers usually work harder nowdays, save the guys who get used to it, like Koslov or Jindrak.
>I guess the business going down in Japan and having dozens of guys at tryouts instead of hundreds have taken its toll, although that wouldn’t explain Takemura or Goto…