PAC vs. Bushi from NJPW’s Best of Super Juniors Tournament 2012

  By TJ Hawke | June 9, 2012 - 8:12 am |

 

Recap from TJ Hawke:

PAC was a representative of Dragon Gate UK in this tournament.  This is my first time seeing a Bushi match.  PAC sent Bushi to the floor early, and he casually hit Bushi with a Fosbury Flop.  Bushi got back to the ring, but PAC stayed in complete control.  Bushi countered a charging PAC with a pendulum kick and then a missile dropkick.  Bushi sent PAC to the floor with a headscissors, and Bushi then hit a slingshot hurricanrana.  Back in the ring, Bushi hit a nasty spike DDT and a sliding kick for a nearfall.  PAC came back with a step up enzugiri and a standing shooting star press: 1…2…NO!  PAC went to the top rope, but Bushi met him up there and hit a one-man Spanish Fly: 1…2…NO! Bushi went to the top rope and went for a 450, but PAC rolled out of the way.  PAC rolled him up for a nearfall.  PAC then hit corkscrew shooting star press: 1…2…3

 

This was another good undercard match from the 2012 BOSJ.  This felt like a short match to showcase PAC more than anything else. If you have never seen the “Man that Gravity Forgot” before, you really owe it to yourself to seek out his best stuff in Dragon Gate and PWG.

Match Rating: ***

 

Thoughts from Lee Goodfellow:

The opening minutes were spectacular, such slick mat wrestling and flippy stuff. Everything PAC does looks so crisp, and BUSHI was also impressive. I only usually watch PAC in Dragon Gate, so it’s cool seeing him doing his thing in New Japan.

 

Thoughts from Reggie Gaines:

First of all, BOSJ is one of the best things of the whole wrestling year and something i always look forward to. This is the first match that i’ve seen of this years BOSJ and i gotta say that i enjoyed it. Pac is crisp as always in this, hitting some slick, stiff offense early. Bushi hit a nice over the top to the floor hurricanrana and a sweet spanish fly off the top on pac. Pac finishes the match with an awesome corkscrew shooting star press and shows why he is one on the best wrestlers in the world and most definitely the best high flyer on the planet.

About TJ Hawke

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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