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Great crowd for today's show and pretty great show too.

 

Absolutely Objective Match Rankings (best to worst)

  • Takagi vs Hino (4/15)

  • Miyahara vs Nomura (4/8)

  • Akiyama vs Zeus (4/21)

  • Suwama vs Marufuji (4/21)

  • Akiyama vs Kai (4/10)

  • Ishikawa vs Nomura (4/16)

  • Akiyama vs Marufuji (4/25)

  • Hino vs Ishikawa (4/7)

  • Zeus vs Suwama (4/7)

  • Miyahara vs Ishikawa (4/15)

  • Takagi vs Nomura (4/25)

  • Miyahara vs Takagi (4/7)

  • Suwama vs Akiyama (4/15)

  • Zeus vs Marufuji (4/20)

  • KAI vs Marufuji (4/22)

  • Takagi vs Sai (4/21)

  • Marufuji vs Yoshitatsu (4/10)

  • Miyahara vs Sai (4/14)

  • Joe vs Ishikawa (4/8)

  • Joe vs Takagi (4/20)

  • Zeus vs KAI (4/25)

  • Suwama vs Kai (4/8)

  • Miyahara vs Joe (4/22)

  • Suwama vs Yoshitatsu (4/22)

  • Yoshitatsu vs Kai (4/11)

  • Bodyguard vs Ishikawa (4/21)

  • Sai vs Ishikawa (4/22)

  • Joe vs Sai (4/15)

  • Sai vs Nomura (4/20)

  • Takagi vs Bodyguard (4/14)

  • Nomura vs Bodyguard (4/12)

  • Joe vs Hino (4/11)

  • Suwama vs James (4/25)

  • Yoshitatsu vs James (4/16)

  • Zeus vs James (4/11)

  • Suwama vs Yoshi (4/11)

  • Hino vs Nomura (4/14)

  • Akiyama vs Yoshi (4/12)

  • Yoshi vs Yoshitatsu (4/25)

  • KAI vs James (4/18)

  • KAI vs Yoshi (4/16)

  • Bodyguard vs Hino (4/20)

  • Sai vs Hino (4/18)

  • Akiyama vs James (4/7)

  • Akiyama vs Yoshitatsu (4/18)

  • Marufuji vs James (4/12)

  • Zeus vs Yoshi (4/14)

  • Zeus vs Yoshitatsu (4/8)

  • Yoshi vs James (4/10)

  • Joe vs Bodyguard (4/10)

  • Marufuji vs Yoshi (4/18)

A Block finals on the 29th

() Carnival A Block Match: Ryoji Sai vs. Bodyguard
() Carnival A Block Match: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Shingo Takagi
() Carnival A Block Match: Joe Doering vs. Naoya Nomura
() Carnival A Block Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Yuji Hino

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I have watched it all now and here is my Absolutely Objective Match Rankings (best to worst) that, based on internet buzz, must drastically underrate Akiyama vs Marufuji, but whatever, it's top 10 anyhow:

Absolutely Objective Match Rankings (best to worst)

  • Takagi vs Hino (4/15)

  • Miyahara vs Marufuji (finals!)

  • Miyahara vs Nomura (4/8)

  • Takagi vs Ishikawa (4/29)

  • Akiyama vs Zeus (4/21)

  • Suwama vs Marufuji (4/21)

  • Akiyama vs Kai (4/10)

  • Hino vs Miyahara (4/29)

  • Ishikawa vs Nomura (4/16)

  • Akiyama vs Marufuji (4/25)

  • Hino vs Ishikawa (4/7)

  • Zeus vs Suwama (4/7)

  • Miyahara vs Ishikawa (4/15)

  • Takagi vs Nomura (4/25)

  • Miyahara vs Takagi (4/7)

  • Suwama vs Akiyama (4/15)

  • Zeus vs Marufuji (4/20)

  • KAI vs Marufuji (4/22)

  • Takagi vs Sai (4/21)

  • Marufuji vs Yoshitatsu (4/10)

  • Miyahara vs Sai (4/14)

  • Joe vs Ishikawa (4/8)

  • Joe vs Takagi (4/20)

  • Joe vs Nomura (4/29)

  • Zeus vs KAI (4/25)

  • Suwama vs Kai (4/8)

  • Miyahara vs Joe (4/22)

  • Suwama vs Yoshitatsu (4/22)

  • Yoshitatsu vs Kai (4/11)

  • Bodyguard vs Ishikawa (4/21)

  • Sai vs Ishikawa (4/22)

  • Joe vs Sai (4/15)

  • Bodyguard vs Sai (4/29)

  • Sai vs Nomura (4/20)

  • Takagi vs Bodyguard (4/14)

  • Nomura vs Bodyguard (4/12)

  • Joe vs Hino (4/11)

  • Suwama vs James (4/25)

  • Yoshitatsu vs James (4/16)

  • Zeus vs James (4/11)

  • Suwama vs Yoshi (4/11)

  • Hino vs Nomura (4/14)

  • Akiyama vs Yoshi (4/12)

  • Yoshi vs Yoshitatsu (4/25)

  • KAI vs James (4/18)

  • KAI vs Yoshi (4/16)

  • Bodyguard vs Hino (4/20)

  • Sai vs Hino (4/18)

  • Akiyama vs James (4/7)

  • Akiyama vs Yoshitatsu (4/18)

  • Marufuji vs James (4/12)

  • Zeus vs Yoshi (4/14)

  • Zeus vs Yoshitatsu (4/8)

  • Yoshi vs James (4/10)

  • Joe vs Bodyguard (4/10)

  • Marufuji vs Yoshi (4/18)

 

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I got behind and so resolved to wait until the end and then binge, but instead I just watched the finals and will roughly work backwards or more likely jump all over. But yeah, that final! Great relatively understated selling from both men combined with high-end moves that weren’t quite finishers and really fast/clean/violent strike exchanges—that knee to knee!—made for a perfect example of how you do a near-fall-filled main event without inducing eye rolling.

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