[6.0] "Shown in full. This is another fun outing for the Triangle of Power lads (through without their de-facto leader) as a noticeably more mat-focused affair as AJPW threw in shoot wrestlers to combat the over-use of head bumps and scary stuff like that with a more methodical approach (one sadly mostly ignored afterwards in NOAH) and it's pretty interesting stuff. Ace can't really do it at all and just resorts to the usual work, but Hase gets a chance to work some good mat-work with Albright early on, as well as Kakihara when he gets in. It's not ground-breaking material but it's good work regardless, with a lot of nuance playing into the transitions and shots for submissions. Of course Kobashi doesn't even bother with that and they just start working over his shitty knee with shots and strikes. Takayama gets in his usual knees (which Kobashi sells surprisingly well, almost pulling a Kawada in how he just stops after a knee to the face and falls limp to the ground). More Hase mat-work, with him dominating a far-less capable Taka on the mat before smartly letting Ace grab him to the outside for a brainbuster. Middle section has Kobashi be the heater predictively, as well as more Hase matwork. Triangle get heat with annoying interruptions and work over Hase with bombs and submissions. We get a nice Uranage out of nowhere and hot tag to Ace, who lands some nice fiery offence to get the crowd going. Last section has Kakihara keep getting slapped into submissions but the Triangle keep interrupting them to much annoyance from the crowd. Nice work near the end (Ace actually gets Takayama to a exciting exchange after he just has enough of his knee strikes and starts throwing his own back) as everyone goes into finish mode and starts throwing shit around. Albright wrecks Kobashi with a powerslam and German suplex, but Hase just breaks it up. Albright gets pissed at the newer members of his team for sitting around and letting that happen. They make up for that by interrupting Kobashi trying for a comeback, with Kakihara focusing in on his shitty leg, allowing Albright to get the big win with a Dragon Suplex. This is interesting by how it's structured as a far slower affair with lots of techincal work, which is hit and miss. Hase can make it work, but Ace just doesn't bother and Kobashi has some novelty technical work, but that's just not his avenue. The newer UWF lads are still not great at this moment and time; clearly still adjusting to a more pro-wrestling style than what they were used to doing. All in all, this has good moments but struggles to really find a definitive narrative beyond reinforcing the Triangle of Power as a strong, but noticeably dysfunctional stable."
[6.0] "Gary Albright, Masahito Kakihara & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hiroshi Hase, Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi ist ein gutes Match mit gutem Matten Catch und fiesen Suplessen, überraschend wird der Triple Crown Champ gepinnt. ***1/4"
