| 1 | 22.04.2024 | ddpdiamond5 | 10.0 | |
| 2 | 21.04.2024 | ArteagaV3 | 9.0 | |
| 3 | 11.04.2024 | NZERO | 10.0 | |
| 4 | 10.04.2024 | ReeBoyJenkings | 10.0 | |
| 5 | 27.03.2024 | Dankeyy | 8.0 | |
| 6 | 24.03.2024 | danzitorock | 9.0 | Incredible and classic match, a lot of psychology in this one specially after the match they had earlier that ended with Tenryu passing out. Jumbo dominated basically the whole match again, and tried everything to put Tenryu down, but he didn't succeed. Tenryu escaping the pin by putting the foot on the rope several times was an amazing catch. This is considered a very important match and had a lot of storytelling and a good variety of moves. The atmosphere was awesome and Tenryu played a great underdog role to win the match, for the delight of the crowd - {****3/4} |
| 7 | 21.03.2024 | evan2030 | | As Tsuruta's reign comes to a close, I'm conflicted on how I feel about this match, and his short run as champ in general. I think he has a really solid sense of how to put a match together, all of his offense is done super purposefully. But I don't love his drawn out submissions, and that same purposeful offense doesn't look necessarily impactful most of the time. But I could definitely get behind Tenryu, as could the crowd. He looked great here, with a similar knack for match construction as Tsuruta, but with some killer moves to boot. His diving back elbow was like a proto-Coffin Drop, I absolutely loved it. The crowd was ludicrously behind him, even booing Tsuruta pretty much anytime he was on top. The last few minutes were great, and a really enjoyable, action packed closing sequence. It's probably the best Triple Crown match so far, including the 3 unification matches, but had some of the same issues I've had with all of them so far. Curious to see how Tenryu's defenses fare. |
| 8 | 19.03.2024 | ValonFang | 10.0 | |
| 9 | 10.03.2024 | Galdr | 9.0 | |
| 10 | 29.02.2024 | Ariak | 10.0 | |
| 11 | 26.02.2024 | manamimeltzer | 8.0 | |
| 12 | 25.02.2024 | 12AMercenary | 10.0 | |
| 13 | 23.02.2024 | Samlarue42 | 8.0 | |
| 14 | 18.02.2024 | PapaTango | 8.0 | |
| 15 | 17.02.2024 | RyanKras16 | 10.0 | |
| 16 | 01.02.2024 | Taras Bulba | 10.0 | |
| 17 | 24.01.2024 | Jman7 | | |
| 18 | 24.01.2024 | DoubleCountout | 10.0 | |
| 19 | 21.01.2024 | All Cops Are Bossman | 10.0 | |
| 20 | 14.01.2024 | Darkguard078 | 9.0 | |
| 21 | 05.01.2024 | cjm550506 | 10.0 | A masterclass in ring awareness and fighting spirit by Genichiro Tenryu here. Simultaneously a masterclass in offense by Tsuruta. I think he hit Tenryu with every signature move he learned from Baba as well as all of his own from his, at this point, 17-year All-Japan career. This is a historic match as Kakuryu finally clash (without an accidental knockout) for the Triple Crown. To me, this match is the starting point of King's Road. The fighting spirit that I mentioned, the references to years upon years of in-ring storytelling, the athleticism, and psychology of two of the best in the world at that point in history, and an electric sell-out Budokan eating up any and everything that these two offer. One of the best matches of all time. |
| 22 | 01.01.2024 | HandrexBullet | | |
| 23 | 30.12.2023 | rikatatsumienjoyer | 10.0 | |
| 24 | 30.12.2023 | Firebird22 | 9.0 | |
| 25 | 24.12.2023 | PEW565 | 10.0 | |
| 26 | 21.12.2023 | AidanArcher | 10.0 | |
| 27 | 31.10.2023 | GabriMazzoli | 9.0 | |
| 28 | 27.10.2023 | TSwifty | | |
| 29 | 25.10.2023 | felixshanewestern | 10.0 | |
| 30 | 14.10.2023 | MainEventMaster | 10.0 | |
| 31 | 13.10.2023 | choreography | 8.0 | |
| 32 | 27.09.2023 | homunculus | 8.0 | |
| 33 | 26.09.2023 | Ahmed2003 | 10.0 | |
| 34 | 20.09.2023 | KingsCrossing | 10.0 | This really feels like a big time match with gigantic stakes. Tenryu and Tsuruta have demonstrated tremendous chemistry over the course of their rivalry, and it has all been building to this moment.They do a really excellent job making it feel like there is no chance that Tenryu could possibly pull off the victory. Tsuruta just picks him apart. I love the two massive knee drops that Jumbo lands off the ropes. You can completely feel Tenryu's struggle to overcome the dominant champion and face of the promotion. You can see how effective the match structure was by simply paying attention to the crowd - just take a look at the fans when Jumbo kicks out of that initial powerbomb and listen to the noise in the building. The people seem completely lost in the moment, absolutely desperate for Tenryu to pull off the upset. A fantastic match that is elevated to even greater heights by the genuine emotion that comes with it. |
| 35 | 06.09.2023 | 704eb | 8.0 | |
| 36 | 04.09.2023 | SoundwaveAU | 8.0 | |
| 37 | 02.09.2023 | Taper1994 | 10.0 | This was shortly after Jumbo won all the singles titles in AJPW to form the triple crown title. Crowd was super hot for Tenryu to dethrone Jumbo here. With the crowd so behind Tenryu, the match was built around Jumbo dominating Tenryu targetting the neck. Jumbo is just fantastic working on top here being equal parts vicious and maticulous in his attack on Tenryu. Jumbo manages to hit his big move, the backdrop driver but Tenryu kicks out. The crowd bites on every nearfall after this as Tenryu makes his comeback managing to counter some of Jumbo's moves and get some of his own big shots in slowly. Love the ending where Jumbo kicks out of Tenryu's powerbomb finish and then Tenryu simply just hits him with another one to win. This match in my opinion is the birth of the King's Road style of matches with storytelling done through stiff strikes, heat segements that is focussed on attacking a body part and big bumps. One of the most important matches in pro wrestling histroy even if Tenryu himself left the company shortly after and wasn't there for the rest of the King's Road era. ***** |
| 38 | 22.08.2023 | Mariano14 | 9.0 | |
| 39 | 14.07.2023 | Luna100 | 9.0 | Excellent match, the best Triple Crown Championship match at the time by far, and deserving of its praise, a great audience reaction really made it a lot better. The constant action is clearly a way to retreave Tenryu's cred. They succeeded, especially as he got the titles and it feels big. ****1/2. |
| 40 | 13.07.2023 | ZooWee | 6.0 | Idk, maybe I'm just not a fan of this style but I wasn't really into this match. It got really good toward the end, with an incredible kickout from Tsuruta after a powerbomb from Tenryu, but prior to the final 7 or 8 minutes, I was really disinterested, as a majority of the early portions of this match just involved Tsuruta dominating Tenryu with chinlocks and shit for ages, and it got very boring to watch imo. The crowd were hot, and the final 8 mins were pretty great, but this match was largely uninteresting throughout. ***1/4 |
| 41 | 12.07.2023 | Immortan Scott | 10.0 | |
| 42 | 06.07.2023 | Herr Kritiker | 9.0 | |
| 43 | 03.07.2023 | SpookySuzuki2 | 10.0 | |
| 44 | 27.06.2023 | xitachi | 8.0 | |
| 45 | 25.06.2023 | OWAFan29 | 9.0 | |
| 46 | 20.06.2023 | CFOS | 8.0 | |
| 47 | 15.06.2023 | hieisrequiem | 9.0 | |
| 48 | 11.06.2023 | Trevor Struthers | 9.0 | |
| 49 | 07.06.2023 | NicholasJT | 10.0 | |
| 50 | 06.06.2023 | BrokenV | 10.0 | |
| 51 | 06.06.2023 | HeadCheese | 10.0 | |
| 52 | 06.06.2023 | HardestPartoftheRing | 10.0 | |
| 53 | 04.06.2023 | RafaClau | 10.0 | |
| 54 | 01.06.2023 | GoodVsBadGuys | 8.0 | |
| 55 | 16.05.2023 | Golden Lover | 9.0 | I really really love this match. Such a great intensity and big match feel to it, genuinely feels like a real sporting contest between two top athletes. The pop for the false finish at the end was incredible. Great stuff ****1/2 |
| 56 | 08.05.2023 | Reinhard Lohengramm | 9.0 | |
| 57 | 03.05.2023 | ReelGraps | 8.0 | |
| 58 | 28.04.2023 | guymandude | 10.0 | |
| 59 | 25.04.2023 | Ruwuby | 10.0 | |
| 60 | 21.04.2023 | jendenrenlen | 10.0 | |
| 61 | 20.04.2023 | Fifth Pillar | 10.0 | Jumbo stays one step ahead for most of the bout & Budokan is at a fever pitch rooting for underdog Tenryu. Brutal, hard-fought, riveting stuff with the crowd investment in the near falls raising goosebumps. An all-timer for sure ***** |
| 62 | 09.04.2023 | 2bitterforyou | 8.0 | This is my first approach to AJPW, King's Road, and the oldest Japanese match i've watched. Although I can rationally see the construction of this chess game, from an anachronistic perspective, I just couldn't get into it. |
| 63 | 03.04.2023 | Kamilahclan | 8.0 | |
| 64 | 21.03.2023 | Logue38 | 10.0 | Really, really great stuff. Match is built around that powerbomb that knocked Tenryu out the first time; with Tsuruta targeting Tenryu's neck and upper back the whole time, and Tenryu managing to win after two powerbombs of his own. |
| 65 | 09.03.2023 | KP | 9.0 | |
| 66 | 21.02.2023 | RedShow | 10.0 | |
| 67 | 31.01.2023 | TheBrainlessRobot | 9.0 | |
| 68 | 16.01.2023 | piledrivrr | 10.0 | |
| 69 | 13.01.2023 | thehellblazer | 10.0 | Watching King's Road Classics, Part 2: My god, the crowd ate this up during the finishing stretch. Fantastic nearfalls, so different from today's nearfalls as they weren't all from big moves but the selling was so good that any move could have believably ended it. Lots of glimpses of the later King's Road style here as well: side suplexes taken right on neck, brutal knee and elbow drops from Tsuruta and I think the way Tenryu survives it all is a great example of fighting spirit. |
| 70 | 06.01.2023 | texasyosh | 10.0 | This match has a great build, a great ace-making performance for Tenryu. He takes a ton from Jumbo, but despite that he kicks out, with awe from the crowd. Tenryu slowly gains more and more as the match goes on, where the dynamic shifts from Jumbo in control to Tenryu in control. A masterclass in storytelling. The folding powerbomb gets the job done. |
| 71 | 05.12.2022 | Lakhiarfarhad91 | 10.0 | |
| 72 | 01.12.2022 | ThomasChaos | 10.0 | |
| 73 | 27.11.2022 | rariyavi | 9.0 | Wasn't fully familiar with the build and dynamic in the match, so the first half was nothing more than just good wrestling for me. It wasn't until that second half where the desparation and intensity built, Tenryu wrestled like it was all he had left and finally got two good powerbombs to get the job done and put down the dominant Tsuruta. |
| 74 | 14.11.2022 | SquilliamFancyson | 10.0 | |
| 75 | 09.11.2022 | Vivien Desloges | 10.0 | It's been years since I've watched this classic for the first time. The redecovery was so sweet. You're feeling the all-time classic atmosphere from the entrances. You got Tenryu, always the second best, who has a second shot to the Triple Crown against his former partner, better rival : Tsuruta. Felt like the early stages of the King's Road style. They destroyed the living shit out of each other for 25 minutes straight. The perfect timing. They know each other by heart and one detail can cost 'em the bout. Nippon Budokan buying everything they did was something as well, both Tsuruta and Tenryu had the crowd in the palm of their hands. Tsuruta was so violent, took his opponent like shit, but that's here, maybe, his error. The crowd shouted for both guys, but they had definitely rooted for Tenryu. An emotional war between two titans of this sport. |
| 76 | 22.10.2022 | seirah | 10.0 | |
| 77 | 17.10.2022 | devwil | 8.0 | |
| 78 | 12.10.2022 | GriffithWhite | | I don't think this is exactly a 10/10 match but this is the most influential match ever. If you've ever liked a match which was worked after 5th June 1989, then you should know that this match is the reason those ones exist. |
| 79 | 09.10.2022 | puroraisedme | 10.0 | |
| 80 | 03.10.2022 | Tomas Montoya | 10.0 | Lucha excelente de principio a fin, tuvo una construcción compleja, comenzando con llaveo y dominancia de Jumbo Tsuruta, llegando de a poco el momento de Genichiro Tenryu, logrando que sea fluido y con las emociones a flor de pie. Un trabajo impecable de parte de ambos luchadores sin lugar a dudas. |
| 81 | 28.09.2022 | NachoMenique | 10.0 | |
| 82 | 09.09.2022 | Malarkian | 9.0 | |
| 83 | 06.09.2022 | UltraNano54 | 10.0 | |
| 84 | 03.09.2022 | Inserthere750 | 9.0 | |
| 85 | 25.08.2022 | LordShanor | 9.0 | |
| 86 | 22.08.2022 | lbksom | 10.0 | |
| 87 | 20.08.2022 | Tyler Rollins | 9.0 | |
| 88 | 17.08.2022 | No One | 10.0 | |
| 89 | 09.08.2022 | NoMakeBelieve | 8.0 | |
| 90 | 05.07.2022 | Ofir | 10.0 | |
| 91 | 27.06.2022 | Garmonbozia | 8.0 | |
| 92 | 22.06.2022 | jameswarrington19901 | 10.0 | |
| 93 | 31.05.2022 | denierstragedies | 9.0 | Fantastic matchup between two of the very best in the world at this point with Tenryu finally reaching the top of the mountain, conquering Tsuruta and winning the Triple Crown. The opening stretches of the match are fantastic and the last 5 or 10 minutes are climactic and exciting as Tenryu slowly fights back against the firmly-in-control Tsuruta with longer and longer bursts of energy until he finally puts him away with not one but two powerbombs. Fantastic stuff, 9/10. |
| 94 | 26.05.2022 | Mhmd-Amin81 | 10.0 | |
| 95 | 22.05.2022 | Omnisplicer | 9.0 | |
| 96 | 07.04.2022 | RemyLeBeau | 9.0 | |
| 97 | 03.04.2022 | TheArtOfTheRing | 10.0 | |
| 98 | 28.03.2022 | Hippocripss | 10.0 | |
| 99 | 15.03.2022 | Shoot Headbutt Lover | 9.0 | |
| 100 | 12.03.2022 | SauzPauz | 10.0 | |
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