Csonka’s New Japan Pro Wrestling BOTSJ Night Nine Review

Introduction
As a reminder, this will not be another traditional recap, but instead it will be a mash up of the Rs, Instant Analysis and my usual Twitter ramblings I would do during the shows; completely uncensored and as the ideas flow unfiltered to the old keyboard. Remember, this is a review; and I am here to review the show. As always, I encourage discussion and even disagreement, just do so in a respectful manner. I will be doing the review for Raw and most PPVs and iPPVs going forward.

New Japan Pro Wrestling BOTSJ Night Nine 6.02.15

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– BOSJ Block B Match: Rocky Romero defeated David Finlay via pin [***]
– BOSJ Block A Match: Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Yohei Komatsu via pin [**½]
– BOSJ Block A Match: Kyle O’Reilly defeated Barbaro Cavernario via pin [***¼]
– BOSJ Block B Match: Bobby Fish defeated Mascara Dorada via pin [**¾]

* Note: This is one of the many shows that New Japan World is not airing live, but instead are making matches available the next day via VOD. On the next day airings they are only making the tournament matches available, so that is all that will be reviewed here. I will try to keep up with all of the tournament matches, but these reviews will be a bit more short form at times since we’re not dealing with a complete show. Thanks for joining me…

Rocky Romero defeated David Finlay: This was a fun match to kick off the set of four. Finlay is slowly growing on me, but I keep waiting for something spectacular. Romero has been solid in the tournament, and they ended up complimenting each other. Romero sold well as Finlay worked to dissect his leg, and I felt that the work was really good and focused here. Romero made the comeback and scored the win with his piledriver, and Finlay remains without a win. I have decided that I want to see Young Finlay in Evolve, working Thatcher, End, Busick, Hero, Perkins and others. He’s been fine here, and it will be a great experience for him to learn from, but I have a feeling that he would fit in much better with those guys than working a traditional juniors style.

Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Yohei Komatsu: This got a lot of time, right around 12-minutes, but it was just there. To me, Komatsu is more interesting and better in the ring right now that Taguchi. Likely because Kamatsu wrestles strong and clean matches not based on ass offense. Yeah, Taguchi still does very little for me in the ring. He seems fine at times, but his wacky ass based persona has just annoyed me, and the fact that he’s going to the finals pisses me off because O’Reilly would be the better choice. Anyway, this was fine, but like most Taguchi matches I shall not remember it when I am done with this. The bonus is that I really enjoy watching the evolution of Komatsu.

Kyle O’Reilly defeated Barbaro Cavernario: This was the match of the night for me, as O’Reilly has been having a really good tour. They did some comedy, because Cavernario is in fact a Mexican caveman in 2015, but it works here. The match was one of the shortest on the show, but they worked a great pace, they got in their signature stuff and overall this was very enjoyable and what more matches on the tour should have tried to be. O’Reilly was being a dick to our caveman friend, which added those little things aspect to the match. O’Reilly scored the win with a cradle style back suplex. This was really enjoyable.

Bobby Fish defeated Mascara Dorada: They had a rock solid match, but I came away a bit disappointed because I thought that they had a much better effort in them. Fish is a guy that works well to ground flyers, in that he can solidify the match for the base, and worked well with Dorado. I just kept waiting for these guys to kick it into overdrive, and it never came. Dorada made a good comeback as they worked down the stretch, but Fish finished him off with the Michinoku Driver to pick up the win.

* End scene.

* Thanks for reading.

* A reminder, Alex Shelley is officially out of the tournament after suffering ligament damage and a fracture in his left foot. His remaining opponents will receive forfeit victories. Here are the updated standings (with Shelley’s forfeits already added in)…

BLOCK A
* Ryusuke Taguchi (4-1) – 8 points
* Kyle O’Reilly (4-1) – 8 points
* Jushin Thunder Liger (3-2) – 6 points
* Chase Owens (3-2) – 6 points
* Bárbaro Cavernario (2-3) – 4 points
* Gedo (2-3) – 4 points
* Beretta (2-3) – 4 points
* Yohei Komatsu (0-5) – 0 points

BLOCK B
* KUSHIDA (5-1) – 10 points
* Máscara Dorada (4-1) – 8 points
* Nick Jackson (3-2) – 6 points
* Rocky Romero (3-2) – 6 points
* Bobby Fish (3-2) – 6 points
* Tiger Mask IV (3-3) – 6 points
* David Finlay (0-5) 0 points
* Alex Shelley (1-6) – Now Out Of Tournament

“Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye Felicia!”