I am for all intents and purposes what you would call a
“wrestling nerd”. And being such a nerd and also being super young, I am
constantly looking for new, cool stuff that will peak my interests when it
comes to that multi-faceted, wonderful thing that is pro wrestling. That’s why
I’ve started a hopefully reoccurring post on this blog called “What Wrestlefan
Watched”, where I talk about a match, segment or something interrelated with
pro wrestling that I found interesting. So, let’s get into it.
Recently, because of the great stuff that I have seen from
them recently, I have been diving into tons of New Japan Pro Wrestling, a
company rich with lineage and one that I thinks does a perfect job of
intertwining aspects of sport into pro wrestling. One of the examples of this,
which they do every year, is the Best Of The Super Juniors tournament, which is
a round-robin tournament that compiles some of the best junior-heavyweights in
the world, competing for a future opportunity at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight
Championship.
I just got done watching the first night of the 2011
tournament, a show that features great matches like Davey Richards vs. Prince
Devitt in the main, TAKA Michinoku vs. The Great Sasuke as well as the
legendary Tiger Mask taking on TJ Perkins, all of which we’re entertaining
contests. However, the one I want to talk about may be overlooked by some when
watching the entire event, but it is the one that stood out to me.
*Match Begins At 31:34*
