Tanahashi cut Devitt off early with a dragon screw legwhip in the ropes. Tanahashi worked over the injured leg. Devitt eventually came back with a dropkick and a tope con hello. Devitt then got a nearfall with a missile dropkick. Devitt got another nearfall with a superplex. Tanahashi came back and locked in a cloverleaf. Devitt made the ropes. Tanahashi went for the frogsplash, but Devitt avoided it. Devitt hit a double stomp. Devitt hit another double stomp: 1…2…NO! Devitt hit a Trouble in Paradise, bit Tanahashi avoided Bloody Sunday. Tanahashi came back with an arm trap German: 1…2…NO! Devitt rolled Tanahashi up for a nearall. Devitt got another pinning combination: 1…2…3!
I enjoyed this a lot. They kept it simple, but it was always engaging and the match made me think that they had the chemistry to have a potentially fantastic match one day. These are two of the best wrestlers in the world. Thus, the match is worth checking out for that alone.
TJ was a fan of wrestling as a kid (starting around 1999), and his first concrete wrestling memory is some kid bringing Hulk Hogan his old yellow and red gear backstage during an episode of Nitro. Hogan needed the gear to defeat Kevin Nash in a title vs. career match at the next WCW PPV. Nash lost the match and his career, which sadly resulted in the world losing out on seeing Kevin Nash matches for the last 13 years. Like almost all young kids, TJ’s interest in wrestling fluctuated over the years until an episode of Raw on July 3, 2006. TJ was curious and excited to see his beloved RVD show up with the WWE Title belt and what he thought was the revitalized European title. TJ decided he must turn to the the internet to figure out what was going on. Almost 6 years later, TJ is still searching the internet every day to find out what is going on in wrestling. Now though, he writes for the pop culture site (411mania.com), has his own blog (The Best of Chikara), and is the creator of the very site you are reading now.
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