Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yuji Nagata

From NJPW's 2-19-06 Sumo Hall show.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Tanahashi
• Nagata
• NJPW
• Sunday
• Hiroshi
• Puroresu

[miggy25]

Nagata has the hardest kicks I think I've ever seen....I thought he broke Tanahashi's sternum at one point....the only other comparable ones I can think of are those from Shinya Hashimoto in the 90's

[fredfaboolooze]

awesome match. i marked out for that headbutt spot. :D

[dashonhurts]

Tanahashi absolutely got his ass kicked! how he really won is beyond me. No way!

[Mutough]

How the hell did he survive that brainbuster on the floor?

[wolvesbane420]

Fantastic Match!

[wolvesbane420]

I dropped everything to watch this match when I found it

[japanpro1]

davidducker, didn't mean to fool you :) i make it a point not to say who wins. thanks for the response.

[davidducker]

@japanpro1 hahaha i read your post before i watched the match and totally though tanahashi was gonna win lol you tricked me! hahaha very good match love the dragon suplex, enzugiri, dragon sleeper moves from tanahashi really reminds me of inoki/fujinami era.

[japanpro1]

takes a very long time for this match to get interesting. all of a sudden, about 12:00, yugi begins meting out some good punishment like we're used to from him. he's commpletely in control for five minutes. the tide turns. hiroshi does some good work but it's lackluster. i think yuji cuts hiroshi some slack, compared to the ruthless, unrelenting punishment he laid on koji kanemoto. all in all an okay match, not all that exciting. don't know why it impressed so much first time i saw it.

[seb2112]

good match. you could see Tanahashi was a future main eventer

[Fabio1349]

these two are as tough as bricks, complete, versatile athletes who deserve appreciation whether wrestling or puroresu is your piece of cake or not. Chapeau.

[japanpro1]

amazing the punishment hiroshi's body can withstand. would like to know the lead up to this match..