[2000-09-02-AJPW-Summer Action Series II] CIMA & Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji vs Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda

[soup23]

This was quite a shock to see these guys performing for AJ in front of a Budokan crowd. This whole card shows how AJ really brought in as many other people and special features they could to keep interest up. They did a 12 minute match which packed a ton of action. This Crazy Max trio is my favorite. CIMA looked like he was out to impress. He takes some great bumps here including one to crotch himself. M2K works over him and before he makes a hot tag he also is able to springboard off the middle rope, deliver a dropkick on the apron and a moonsault. That was amazing to watch. Masaaki and Fuji also were fired up and they are the feature pairing at the end with Masaaki picking up a big win for the M2K faction. Up there with the M-Pro tourning style matches from KDX. ***1/2 (7)

[ohtani's jacket]

This was a nice exhibition match. It had a snappy beat to it and the pace never slackened. I liked the personal duel between Mochizuki and CIMA. It didn't have the depth of that really hot Korakuen Hall match they had but that's difficult to achieve on the undercard of another promotion's show. Clean shaven Fuji was a shock. Looks like it cost him his magic powers too. The pendulum sure has swung when it comes to Crazy Max dominating everyone.

[AstroBoy]

Fun contest that largely felt like these guys' touring match. Hard to pinpoint any kind of standout performance but good match in front of this crowd to make their mark.

 

***1/2