NOAH
The New Year
Toyko, Japan
Jan. 1st, 2023
Quick 5 minute match to kick the show off. Technical but not to the point of becoming slow.
3 / 5
The Muso is a great looking finisher here. Fun match here really. It had a good pacing with it with a lot of hard hitting moves.
3.5 / 5
A fun 6 man tag with two different styles. We got strong style vs lucha here and it worked well. A lot of big spots and hard hits that showed off well here.
3.5 / 5
A slower match with a story built around interference. Not bad at all but the slower pace here made it feel a bit more lackluster.
2.5 / 5
A slow start to this but once it got going it all was strong style goodness. Funaki looks fantastic and has some brutal looking kicks. The brief story with trying to get Liger back in too was good.
3 / 5
A really good strong hitting match. Different styles but commentary sold both guys as if they are the biggest deals in all of wrestling. Thatcher here looks like gold as a big strong style technical monster.
3.75 / 5
An okay match with some good moves but just didn’t do much for me.
2.75 / 5
A bit long in parts but a great tag match. Kenta was great here and it had some good team spots.
3 / 5
The comedy bit and the slow parts here sort of took the match down a little. However the final stretch were the action got going was great and there were a lot of good moves throughout here.
3.5 / 5
This was a very hard hitting and hard fought title match. The spot off the top rope to the apron looked insane to do and had to hurt. A lot of big moments and close calls here that had the crowd into this a lot.
4.5 / 5
A fun dream match send off here. WWE letting Nakamura come do this for Muta was fantastic. The match itself was good but clearly Muta has some age to him so it was a slower more grapple match at times. The big spots were fun and the final moment worked great.
3.5 / 5
