| 1 | 24.01.2021 | Sfelpo | 6.0 | The thing about UWFi style matches is that, while good competitive affairs, they don't seem to have any story or characters most of the time, so, in retrospect, most of those matches look the same. This is what happens on this show. All matches are short, good technically, have a bit of stiff striking and are a good watch if you enjoy this style, but that's that. Some personal "highlights" i'd make are that it's nice to see Takuya Wada again, i didn't know he was doing pro wrestling after his MMA days and he's quite good at this, same goes for Hideki Sekine, whom i last saw getting demolished by Brandon Vera a few years back. He looks a lot different (and, healthier, maybe) now. Yoshitatsu's match was the absolute WORST. He couldn't sell right, did some "pro wrestling moves" in a shoot style fight, which i hate, and, i'd guess he knocked out his opponent for real. SHAME Yoshitatsu, shame. Kickboxing match was fun, even if poorly technically. Third round was action heavy, at least. The Tournament final was the MOTN and Minoru Suzuki vs Hikaru Sato wasn't. Not that it was bad, it was just too one sided. Suzuki absolutely demolished Sato. But, still, it's Suzuki, doing grappling stuff (which NJPW don't let him do for some reason) and being a freacking bastard, what's not to love? |
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