ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING 30

January 31, 1999

1) Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Jinsei Shinzaki vs Vader, Masahiko Kakihara & Yoshihiro Takayama

Takayama gave Kobashi a couple stiff kicks early. Kobashi gave Vader a jumping knee and an amazing vertical suplex. Kobashi back suplexed Vader for a near fall. Vader fought back and big splashed Kobashi for a near fall. Vader hit Kobashi with a chair at ringside and was going to powerbomb him on the floor but Akiyama intervened. Vader pummeled Kobashi with clubbing forearms. Kobashi powerslammed Kakihara and Akiyama applied a Boston crab on Kakihara. Shinzaki also applied a Boston crab on Kakihara but Vader steamrolled through Shinzaki. Vader corner splashed Shinzaki and Takayama double arm suplexed him. Kakihara applied a leglock on Shinzaki as Vader and Kobashi fought. Shinzaki superkicked Kakihara and gave him an inverted dragon screw. Akiyama hit Takayama with a jumping knee, dropkicked Vader’s knee, and hit a jumping knee on Kakihara. Akiyama gave Kakihara a northern lights suplex for a near fall to end the great sequence. Kakihara countered an exploder with a Fujiwara armbar on Akiyama. Takayama hit a jumping knee on Akiyama in the corner. Takayama gave Kobashi a couple high kicks but Kobashi responded with a spinning chop. Vader knocked Kobashi silly with clubbing strikes. Vader gave Kobashi a Vader bomb and Takayama legdropped Kobashi for a near fall. Kobashi pinned Takayama at 11:52 after a lariat (9:18 aired). A great match with Vader and Kobashi lighting the place up. ***1/2

2) PWF Jr. title: Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs Masahiko Kakihara

Kakihara kicked the crap out of Ogawa as footage began. Kakihara missed a kick when Ogawa moved and his leg hit the ringpost hard. Ogawa countered a German suplex but missed an enzuguiri and Kakihara held onto his leg and applied an ankle lock. Kakihara gained a near fall after a wicked chop and another with a modified flatliner. Kakihara applied a sleeper on Ogawa. Ogawa fought back and applied a sleeper but Kakihara kicked him. Ogawa scored with an enzuguiri and two back suplexed for a near fall. Ogawa countered a northern lights suplex with a rollup for a near fall. Ogawa hit a jawbreaker into a figure 4 & jackknife bridge for a great near fall. Ogawa back suplexed Kakihara for a near fall. Kakihara fought back with a flying armbar into a cross armbreaker. Ogawa missed a corner splash and crashed shoulder first into the ringpost. Kakihara applied a cross armbreaker but Ogawa countered with a rollup and pinned Kakihara at 16:22 to retain the title (6:56 aired). Given what aired, this was a super match, **** or slightly better, with some incredible hybrid puroresu-shoot spots towards the finish.

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