Loss Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted September 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Tenzan earned this shot as a result of his win over Hashimoto during the G-1. For some reason, I thought this was the final. Good match, but not more than that. I liked the deliberate pacing and stiffness of this, but I'm not sure Tenzan got enough offense to put him over as a real threat. Either that or the crowd didn't buy him having a shot here. It's hard to say. Solid match, but I think it could have been better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I lean more towards the crowd not buying him as they seemed quiet for most of match. The head dropping might be getting overboard in 97 but damn do I love the brainbuster from Hash. He and Chono have a post match face off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I don't have a lot of use for Tenzan, but Hash beat him into a pretty good performance. Hash just brought so much fire to these short, brutal matches that the opponent didn't have to be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Tenzan didn't seem really ready for this spot and was extremely limited in what he did. Hashimoto still sold for him in a huge way on his punch and kicks making his comeback feel like a treacherous effort on his part. This match was good evidence for how good a worker Hashimoto can be overall. The building looked really large and its odd they did this type of match so quickly after the G-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Decent slow-paced match, but Tenzan is like a Japanese Carl Oulette with worse execution. I'm not a big execution guy but with Tenzan it's so noticeable as to be distracting--and like Oulette he doesn't really know how to pace or work a full control segment outside of big spots--he is very good at standing and trading blows, though. Hash as usual carries this--at one point he levels Tenzan with a chest kick so hard that Tenzan takes a flat back bump and his entire upper torso literally bounces off the mat. Hash Hulks Up and decisively puts Tenzan away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Tenzan gets his reward for defeating Hash in the G1 Semi-Final. It wasn't a rewarding match for the viewer. A slow and plodding strikefest that I was hoping to finish several minutes before it did. Tenzan needed a few more years of seasoning and wasn't ready for the IWGP title scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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