James Gibson & Osamu Nishimura vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask

[6.0] "It was a good wrestling match, they are all great technician wrestlers but it didn't connect with me at all."

[6.0] "Holy shit this is the most random pairing ever lol. I had to squint my eyes a bit at "James Gibson".....he's Jamie Noble? Didn't even know he worked NJPW. Tell you what though: he's actually a very smooth worker. Good fundamentals and he has some solid agility behind him. Tiger Mask IV has plenty to work with here and the two get over some entertaining starting sequences. Nishimura and Suzuki also do the same; really like the running narrative of Nishimura being one of the few guys who consistently has Suzuki's number, who in response has to work around his usual tricks to keep some semblance of control. Nishimura gets worked on for the middle section by the two with some fairly by the numbers stuff until things get back to normality. Tiger Mask also spends a few minutes getting beaten up, with Nishimura using intelligent counters and leg work to shut Mask down while Gibson/Noble goes for more generic Jr heavyweight stuff. Suzuki gets in and just has some fun messing around with the guy, grabbing on a few game-ending moves but consistently getting interrupted. The finish has Noble escape some sleeper holds, but Suzuki smartly turns a second attempt into a Cobra Twist for the tap. Not too bad for essentially a by the numbers NJPW undercard; everyone gets the chance to show off a bit here, especially Suzuki's cocky shooter antics paired with Nishimura's stoicism; it helps the exchanges are low-impact but well put together. Noble looked good for what it's worth, even if the crowd didn't really respect him much. Never been a big fan of Mask IV but he does do some okish back and forth stuff, even if he's a shadow of his mentor quality-wise."