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TopicBoard 8 Match of the Week - Week 1 [wrestling]
Steiner
09/09/20 4:34:02 PM
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Bidoof posted...
I've been summoned. Guess I should put something up here.

<u>Bidoof's Match Recommendation (Week 1)</u>

Akira Tozawa & Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Eita & T-Hawk for the Open the Twin Gate Championship
Dragon Gate, 15th Anniversary Kobe Festival, July 20, 2014
Match Link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x44y7e8

Let's start this with a match that I thought got overlooked during the year it happened and has been forgotten over time. In a promotion that always seems to deliver when it comes to tag team action, this match still stands out in my mind as one of the best Dragon Gate put out in the last decade. You have two established pillars of Dragon Gate in Shingo and Tozawa taking on two men who were being groomed to be the future of the company. While I don't think I ever saw what they did in T-Hawk, this match really got me onboard with Eita (who finally won the Open the Dream Gate Championship last month). I hope you guys enjoy this match as much as I do and I look forward to seeing what everyone has to say about it.


well, this was fucking awesome. but kind of similar to your thoughts on Walter vs Thatcher, this mostly served to reinforce what I already knew - Shingo Takagi is one of the best of all time. All of the highlights of this match were shingo based to me, with a few of them coming from the wonderful relationship between him and Tozawa. The communication between tags, Tozawa shouting up at Shingo when Shingo is laid out on the ramp, the hug after a double dive - these are the Best Friends but like, actually kicking ass. And then the traditional hot Dragon Gate closing stretch, highlighted by first the struggle to land the Made in Japan, and then when it's finally hit the 1 count kick out had me losing my mind. Great start to this, 4.5 from me
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