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Post by notoriousgib on Jan 22, 2018 1:40:58 GMT -5
His 2018 so far makes me wish I watched more of his stuff in 2017, because he's had a killer January so far. Easily the standout of DDT's Grand Prix tournament (which has been mostly awesome aside from Joey Ryan's presence).
Great matches especially against Mike Bailey, Yukio Sakaguchi, Daisuke Sasaki and an early MOTYC against Kazusada Higuchi. The final against HARASHIMA should be great as well Also has tag matches in BJW and AJPW that look baller.
Could probably make my top 100 based on this month alone, that's how good these matches have been.
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Post by bossrock on Jan 30, 2018 10:40:34 GMT -5
The Mike Bailey match is already one of the top 3 best matches this year.
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Post by armsofsleep on Feb 23, 2018 12:39:25 GMT -5
I didn't like the Mike Bailey match as much as other people, but love the Sasaki and Higuchi matches enough. He's just racking up the ****+ material at this point
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Post by jml on Apr 30, 2018 13:09:24 GMT -5
If it wasn't for Yuji Hino and Shingo busting their ass throughout Champions Carnival, Ishikawa would be MVP of the tournament.
This is hyperbole but idc, he might be one of the greatest tournament wrestlers ever and not cause he's been booked to win a lot. He just gets it in terms of being in a tournament setting and working to his opponent. He can have bomb fests or work with a lesser guy like Naoya Nomura and make you think he can lose by dismissing his opponents in a good way.
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Post by armsofsleep on May 2, 2018 8:17:27 GMT -5
Number one wrestler in the world at the moment. He's just racked up too many great matches already. Working the DDT GP and the Champion's Carnival really gave him a nearly complete resume 5 months into the year.
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Post by tanner1495 on May 27, 2018 20:41:41 GMT -5
Shuji has to be my #1 in the world right now, I have seen ZERO WRESTLING from February, March and May so far and still have him with TWENTY-SIX ***+ matches, with over half of those being great. Unless god forbid he gets injured this year, he is no worst than a Top 5 guy, just no way.
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Post by iidxias on Sept 6, 2018 14:09:05 GMT -5
Number two for me right now, but he's gone a bit quiet post-Champion Carnival. Still, just his runs in the Champion Carnival and the D-ou tournaments alone would be enough for a top 5 finish, so we'll see if he can put something else together in the last four months of the year to finish at the top for me. Maybe he and Suwama have an incredible tag league.
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Post by bossrock on Sept 6, 2018 21:41:09 GMT -5
While he's already had a great year in AJPW with the Violent Giants and his Champion Carnival run, his DDT stuff gives him perhaps the best volume of anyone this year. Legitimate top 5 contender if not higher.
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Post by notoriousgib on Sept 10, 2018 15:35:49 GMT -5
Yeah with the resume he has right now his floor for me right now is likely top 5
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