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Event: AJPW Excite Series - Day 11
Date: Saturday, January, Week 4, 1999
Attendance: 16,500 in Nippon Budokan (NO VACANCY!!!)
TV Rating: 7.07 (5,309,960 viewers) on Nippon TV Show
Rating: 93 A
The show starts off as per usual with the NTV sports march blasting
The Finish
Vader and Ace have this won!!!
All Vader has gotten do is run off the ropes and hit Takada with one more big move, even just a Lariat would be enough as they have dominated this extremely short match.
Ace is holding in the corner to hold off Omori.
Here comes Vader at Takada.
ACE SHOVES TAKADA WHAT THE HELL?!?!!?
ACE CRUSHER TO VADER AFTER A DAMN POP UP TO THE MASSIVE MAN, HE COULD DO THAT TO MISAWA BUT WHO KNEW HE COULD DO IT VADER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHY?!?!?!
Soon enough Takeda falls onto Vader and covers him...
One. Two. Three.
What the hell is going on...?
Soon enough, Ace, Takada, and Omori start laughing as Takada picks up something from the corner.
Why of course. A Sternness shirt.
Of course, Ace puts in on and the 3 of them stomp on Vader some more, what the hell man?!?!?!
Soon enough Maunakea Mossman rushes out with a chair and fights out the attack and stands beside Vader as Vader stumbles back up a bit shaken from the attack...
Vader and Ace have this won!!!
All Vader has gotten do is run off the ropes and hit Takada with one more big move, even just a Lariat would be enough as they have dominated this extremely short match.
Ace is holding in the corner to hold off Omori.
Here comes Vader at Takada.
ACE SHOVES TAKADA WHAT THE HELL?!?!!?
ACE CRUSHER TO VADER AFTER A DAMN POP UP TO THE MASSIVE MAN, HE COULD DO THAT TO MISAWA BUT WHO KNEW HE COULD DO IT VADER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHY?!?!?!
Soon enough Takeda falls onto Vader and covers him...
One. Two. Three.
What the hell is going on...?
Soon enough, Ace, Takada, and Omori start laughing as Takada picks up something from the corner.
Why of course. A Sternness shirt.
Of course, Ace puts in on and the 3 of them stomp on Vader some more, what the hell man?!?!?!
Soon enough Maunakea Mossman rushes out with a chair and fights out the attack and stands beside Vader as Vader stumbles back up a bit shaken from the attack...
In terms of in-ring work, Nobuhiko Takada was head and shoulders above everyone else.
Rating: 85 B+
In a decent match, Gedo and Jado defeated Hayabusa and Yoshihiro Tajiri in 10:52 when Gedo defeated Hayabusa by pinfall.
Rating: 75 B-
In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Yoshinari Ogawa and Gary Albright defeated Osamu Nishimura and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in 14:50 when Gary Albright defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi by pinfall.
This time, Albright did have to tag in Ogawa and they did quite of a bit of good tag offense and shown that the Super Generation Army can work just as well as any other faction!
Rating: 84 B+
In a bout that had superb wrestling and good heat, Steve Williams and Takeshi Morishima defeated Minoru Suzuki and Akira Maeda in 16:01 when Takeshi Morishima defeated Minoru Suzuki by pinfall.
Rating: 85 B+
In a decent match, Gedo and Jado defeated Hayabusa and Yoshihiro Tajiri in 10:52 when Gedo defeated Hayabusa by pinfall.
Rating: 75 B-
In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Yoshinari Ogawa and Gary Albright defeated Osamu Nishimura and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in 14:50 when Gary Albright defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi by pinfall.
This time, Albright did have to tag in Ogawa and they did quite of a bit of good tag offense and shown that the Super Generation Army can work just as well as any other faction!
Rating: 84 B+
In a bout that had superb wrestling and good heat, Steve Williams and Takeshi Morishima defeated Minoru Suzuki and Akira Maeda in 16:01 when Takeshi Morishima defeated Minoru Suzuki by pinfall.
Minoru Suzuki carried the match in terms of in-ring performance.
Rating: 94 A
Post Match, Suzuki grabbed the mic and looked around as Maeda stepped back.
"So the next tour in the Champion Carnival huh, the biggest tournament of the year. Hehe, you best beat that me, and Maeda will be in it, sadly Sakuraba can't be in it due to other commitments in PRIDE FC that he has to fulfill, but with everyone already picking your favorites, don't forget what me and Akira have done thus far in AJPW, remember this is just the beginning."
Simple yet effective promo as Suzuki walks out with his head high after a big tag win.
In a bout that had superb wrestling and good heat, Toshiaki Kawada defeated Owen Hart in 17:28 when Toshiaki Kawada beat up Owen Hart so badly that the referee had to stop the match.
Rating: 86 B+
Everyone saw it, Owen tried to use that steel chair but Fuchi told Wada to watch for it!!!
As the match ends, the rest of Sternness rolls in and tries to attack Kawada but Taue (who still has a match later!) run down with a chair and clears the ring to protect his friend!!
Sternness is beginning to get out of hand with these attempts at cheating and interfering post match, and Baba looked clearly annoyed at ringside with it...
In an exceptional match, Kenta Kobashi defeated Mitsuharu Misawa in 37:11 by pinfall with an Orange Crush.
Rating: 97 A*
After his biggest victory since losing the Triple Crown, Kobashi looks at his biggest rival and still one his best friends and walks up to shake his hand but Misawa shakes him off and continues to look down at the mat.
He grabs a mic and looks back at Kobashi.
"Kobashi, almost 1 year ago today you beat me for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship in a sold out Tokyo Dome in what a lot of people considered to be the 1998 MOTY, one year ago today, I think you took your spot at the top of the card away from me. I think one year ago Kobashi, you became the ace of AJPW. But Kobashi, I want you to know this, with the Carnival coming up, I know you're the favorite, people want you to have another moment in the Dome, they want you to beat the man who broke you heart and turned on you. I get it, Kobashi since he turned on you, everone has been on your side as he's been slowly and surely annoying more and more of the roster with his tactics, because we all taught him better I know you did for sure. But Kobashi, I'm not willing to give up my spot quite yet. I am going to win the Champion Carnival because last year, I didn't even get to compete in it due to injuries and Mr. Baba wanting me to be 100% for the Tokyo Dome. Kobashi, no matter where we face, or if we do face in the tournament. I want you to know I'm going to play spoiler, because I can still beat you, even though or last 2 singles matches haven't went my way..."
As soon Misawa finishes his promo, he shakes Kobashi's hand and gives him a bit of a hug and rolls out as Kobashi leaves as well nodding to himself.
In a bout that had superb wrestling and good heat, Jun Akiyama defeated Akira Taue in 21:45 by pinfall with an Exploder Suplex from the Top Rope. Jun Akiyama makes defence number 4 of his AJPW Triple Crown title.
Rating: 92 A
Post Match Sternness, as they usually do, kick out Jun's opponent like trash and help Jun up as Kawada looks pissed at the treatment of Taue post match and thinks about getting in before Taue grabs him and asks him not too. Kawada nods and they walk out together with the rest of the faction...
Jun stumbles up and looks around, he's defeated 3 of the pillars now, he's defeated an MMA legend, he's the biggest star in the company right now, and what's next but the biggest tournament of the year. The Champion Carnival, Jun stumbles up and holds his belt as the show ends, standing on top of the lord, but after what Sternness did the Holy Demon Army tonight, he needs to watch out for himself...
Pick Em' Results
henriquesser: 8/10
The Final Countdown: 7/10
Asaemon: 4/10
Rating: 94 A
Post Match, Suzuki grabbed the mic and looked around as Maeda stepped back.
"So the next tour in the Champion Carnival huh, the biggest tournament of the year. Hehe, you best beat that me, and Maeda will be in it, sadly Sakuraba can't be in it due to other commitments in PRIDE FC that he has to fulfill, but with everyone already picking your favorites, don't forget what me and Akira have done thus far in AJPW, remember this is just the beginning."
Simple yet effective promo as Suzuki walks out with his head high after a big tag win.
In a bout that had superb wrestling and good heat, Toshiaki Kawada defeated Owen Hart in 17:28 when Toshiaki Kawada beat up Owen Hart so badly that the referee had to stop the match.
Rating: 86 B+
Everyone saw it, Owen tried to use that steel chair but Fuchi told Wada to watch for it!!!
As the match ends, the rest of Sternness rolls in and tries to attack Kawada but Taue (who still has a match later!) run down with a chair and clears the ring to protect his friend!!
Sternness is beginning to get out of hand with these attempts at cheating and interfering post match, and Baba looked clearly annoyed at ringside with it...
In an exceptional match, Kenta Kobashi defeated Mitsuharu Misawa in 37:11 by pinfall with an Orange Crush.
Rating: 97 A*
After his biggest victory since losing the Triple Crown, Kobashi looks at his biggest rival and still one his best friends and walks up to shake his hand but Misawa shakes him off and continues to look down at the mat.
He grabs a mic and looks back at Kobashi.
"Kobashi, almost 1 year ago today you beat me for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship in a sold out Tokyo Dome in what a lot of people considered to be the 1998 MOTY, one year ago today, I think you took your spot at the top of the card away from me. I think one year ago Kobashi, you became the ace of AJPW. But Kobashi, I want you to know this, with the Carnival coming up, I know you're the favorite, people want you to have another moment in the Dome, they want you to beat the man who broke you heart and turned on you. I get it, Kobashi since he turned on you, everone has been on your side as he's been slowly and surely annoying more and more of the roster with his tactics, because we all taught him better I know you did for sure. But Kobashi, I'm not willing to give up my spot quite yet. I am going to win the Champion Carnival because last year, I didn't even get to compete in it due to injuries and Mr. Baba wanting me to be 100% for the Tokyo Dome. Kobashi, no matter where we face, or if we do face in the tournament. I want you to know I'm going to play spoiler, because I can still beat you, even though or last 2 singles matches haven't went my way..."
As soon Misawa finishes his promo, he shakes Kobashi's hand and gives him a bit of a hug and rolls out as Kobashi leaves as well nodding to himself.
The Finish
Jun has Taue on the crowd, giggling to himself after taking control in the match again, this has been a fast pace intense bout as it reaches the 20 minute mark.
JESUS STOMPING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD!!!
Taue is out on the mat, Jun rolls him over...
One! Two! Kickout!!!
Jun looks down at him and lifts him up...
JESUS THE MODIFIED TOMBSTONE, TOP OF HIS HEAD SPIKED ONTO THE MAT!!!
ONE! TWO! THRE---
TAUE KICKED OUT AGAIN!!!
Taue is reaching up but he's clearly out and has basically nothing left as he reaches around on the mat.
Jun lifts him up for a final big move...
EXPLODAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Diving into the cover, one! two! thre-------------
KICKOUT BY TAUE!
JUN SLAPS THE MAT IN ANNOYANCE!!!
He lifts him back up!!!
ANOTHER EXPLODER!!!
ONE! TWO! THRE---
AGAIN TAUE KICKS OUT?!?!?!
STERNNESS IS SHOCKED ON THE OUTSIDE AND SO IS THE HOLY DEMON ARMY, NOBODY KNOWS HOW HE'S DOING IT!!!
Jun slowly lifts Taue up and sits him up on the top rope...
Wait Jun, thank about this real quick...
EXPLODER SUPLEX OFF THE TOP ROPE JESUS CHRIST!!!
JUN FALLS ONTO TAUE FOR THE COVER AS EVERYONE MOUTH IS AJAR OUTSIDE!
ONE!
TWO!
THREEEEEEE!!!
V4 FOR AKIYAMA, AKIYAMA BEAT TAUE WITH A CRAZY ASS MOVE!!!
Jun has Taue on the crowd, giggling to himself after taking control in the match again, this has been a fast pace intense bout as it reaches the 20 minute mark.
JESUS STOMPING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD!!!
Taue is out on the mat, Jun rolls him over...
One! Two! Kickout!!!
Jun looks down at him and lifts him up...
JESUS THE MODIFIED TOMBSTONE, TOP OF HIS HEAD SPIKED ONTO THE MAT!!!
ONE! TWO! THRE---
TAUE KICKED OUT AGAIN!!!
Taue is reaching up but he's clearly out and has basically nothing left as he reaches around on the mat.
Jun lifts him up for a final big move...
EXPLODAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Diving into the cover, one! two! thre-------------
KICKOUT BY TAUE!
JUN SLAPS THE MAT IN ANNOYANCE!!!
He lifts him back up!!!
ANOTHER EXPLODER!!!
ONE! TWO! THRE---
AGAIN TAUE KICKS OUT?!?!?!
STERNNESS IS SHOCKED ON THE OUTSIDE AND SO IS THE HOLY DEMON ARMY, NOBODY KNOWS HOW HE'S DOING IT!!!
Jun slowly lifts Taue up and sits him up on the top rope...
Wait Jun, thank about this real quick...
EXPLODER SUPLEX OFF THE TOP ROPE JESUS CHRIST!!!
JUN FALLS ONTO TAUE FOR THE COVER AS EVERYONE MOUTH IS AJAR OUTSIDE!
ONE!
TWO!
THREEEEEEE!!!
V4 FOR AKIYAMA, AKIYAMA BEAT TAUE WITH A CRAZY ASS MOVE!!!
Rating: 92 A
Post Match Sternness, as they usually do, kick out Jun's opponent like trash and help Jun up as Kawada looks pissed at the treatment of Taue post match and thinks about getting in before Taue grabs him and asks him not too. Kawada nods and they walk out together with the rest of the faction...
Jun stumbles up and looks around, he's defeated 3 of the pillars now, he's defeated an MMA legend, he's the biggest star in the company right now, and what's next but the biggest tournament of the year. The Champion Carnival, Jun stumbles up and holds his belt as the show ends, standing on top of the lord, but after what Sternness did the Holy Demon Army tonight, he needs to watch out for himself...
Pick Em' Results
henriquesser: 8/10
The Final Countdown: 7/10
Asaemon: 4/10
