NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV Review (Re-Do Better Late Than Never)

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Overall: 9.5/10
Wataru Inoue, Mitsuhide Hirasawa, & Super Strong Machine Vs Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto, Kazuchika Okada **1/4

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
Averno & Ultimo Guerrero Vs Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi) (c) ***1/4

3 Way Hardcore Match IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
No Limit (Tetsuya Naitō and Yujiro) Vs Bad Intentions (Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson & Giant Bernard) Vs Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) (c) **

Special Tag Team Match:
Blue Mountains (Yuji Nagata & Akebono) Vs TAJIRI & Masato Tanaka **3/4

Eight Man Tag Team Match:
Masahiro Chono, Riki Chōshū, Terry Funk and Manabu Nakanishi Vs Abdullah the Butcher, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano ***

NJPW Vs NOAH Match 1:
Togi Makabe Vs Mohammed Yone*3/4

NJPW Vs NOAH Match 2 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship:
Naomichi Marufuji Vs Tiger Mask IV (c)****

NJPW Vs NOAH Match 3:
Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs Go Shiozaki****1/4

NJPW Vs NOAH Match 4: GHC Heavyweight Championship:
Hirooki Goto Vs Takashi Suguira(c)****3/4

IWGP Heavyweight Championship:
Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Shinsuke Nakamura(c)*****

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[TheCookieDookie]

I must say that i thought the 8man tag was one of the single saddest things ive seen in wrestling. Butcher should just pack it in, when you need people to not only help you walk, but to have your legs dragged over the second rope to get in and out of the ring, its time to go. I mean who does he think he is? Scott Hall?

[PADSCHARGERS2009]

your kinda overrated the ppv this show was pretty good but the one in wrestle kingdom III was better than IV

[Wakka12321]

Is it true that Tajiri has not been booked for more matches in New Japan?

[MrWrestlingman85]

IVP Videos is where I get my japanese wrestling DVD's.

[IchibanPuroresu]

thanks for redoing the vid! a bold claim to give the main event the full 5 stars, but i can definitely agree with it. there is that 'HOLY FUCK' edge to it with the massive heavy hitting. some are saying there's an even better match - Goto Hirooki v Nakamura from the 10th april this year - but Nakamura/Takayama is still clinging to my MOTY spot.

speaking of Takayama (what a head!) check out his work around 1999-2002. He was awesome then.