Masamune & Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr.

[6.0] "Wow a match where Ogawa/Zack have actual good opponents for once, shocker. Masa and Ogawa work careful technical work on the fundamentals while Ishimori and Zack work a Dragon Gate style big sequence before then choosing to try to lock up, because psychology. We got to see Ogawa work a Nishimura-style extended surfboard stretch so 5+ stars though. Middle half is strong as the two go into the usual Cravat spamming on Masa. Zack gets a bit too cute going for shit and forgets to make it actually seem like a struggle, something Ogawa clearly understands with his own work. Ishimori gets a decent hot tag on both men, as well as some contrived stuff here and there; mostly seems flush though, especially with the always-great dropdown low blow Ogawa does. It's the Zack show for the last third as he takes on Masa, who has some nifty stuff like a bottom rope Tiger Feint kick to the head or a chunky back suplex to the side. Zack and him do more weird spot to spot stuff until the finish has him slap on a particularly wacky submission after a powerbomb and struggle for the win. This was very much PWG-inspired as a lot of this was just spot to spot, but when Ogawa got in things got grounded and actually paced better. Not to say goofy Ishimori flinging himself around is fun and all, however that for a whole match would tire. Zack is still really needing a fair bit of work but his technique is clearly there in a big way, and he isn't so intolerable in tags where he can't go leg-slap crazy."