The final show from B block headlined by Will Ospreay vs Ryusuke Taguchi in a block decider. With the winner going on to face Shingo Takagi in the final I think I speak for everyone when I say I hope Will wins. Seeing him on the receiving end of a Pumping Bomber would be fab.
Results
Sho & Jonathan Gresham Def. Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemara// Sho defeats Uemera with a Boston Crab
Juice Robinson & Toa Henare Def. Marty Scurll & Brody King// Robinson pins King after a Pulp Friction
Suzuki Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi) Def. Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii// Kanemaru beats Umino with a Deep Impact
LIJ (Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) Def. Dragon Lee & Titan// Takagi pins Titan after a Last Of The Dragon
Now enjoy this VERY appropriate GIF
— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) April 8, 2019
B Block: Ren Narita vs BUSHI
At this stage, if you’ve watched any of Narita’s matches, you’ve seen this match
Lot of groundwork
He gets beat up
Makes a comeback
Locks in the Boston Crab
Doesn’t win
Opponent hits finisher for win
Winner: BUSHI Rating: 4 out of 10
B Block: Bandido vs Rocky Romero
This was the kind of high paced show off kind of match that I want in my BOSJ
They did work in some limb stuff but it wasn’t in the let’s slow the match to a halt while you sell a rest hold kind of way
They found the perfect mix between storytelling and spotfest that I think fans of both styles can appreciate
Good stuff and the kind of match I wish we had more of in this BOSJ
Winner: Bandido Rating: 7 out of 10
B Block: Robbie Eagles vs Yoh
Yoh hot out of the gates
Eagles attacks the knee though and sets his game plan in motion
Matches like this have been quite common in this tournament but Yoh and Eagles are perfect for the roles here. Yoh plays the underdog very well while Eagles is great at working over a limb
Eventually, they say screw the limb work and this becomes a back and forth counter affair as both men look to put their opponent away
Not as good as the last match but still a fun contest
Yoh gets the win after a Dragon Suplex
Winner: Yoh Rating: 6 out of 10
Block B: El Phantasmo vs DOUKI
Suzuki Gun member DOUKI attacks before the bell to the shock of everyone in attendance
Once we get back inside the ring Phantasmo proceeds to wrestle his WWE heel style complete with stalling and general boredom inducing offence
DOUKI tried to pull something out of ELP here and even got the crowd behind him but it felt like this match went way longer than it’s 13 minute runtime
There is a good match in there between these two but this wasn’t it
ELP unmasks DOUKI to leave him prone for his CR2 finisher
Winner: El Phantasmo Rating: 3 out of 10
Block B: Will Ospreay vs Ryusuke Taguchi
This was a Junior Heavyweight championship style match
A lot of back and forth with both men emptying their arsenal to try and get the win
Taguchi had some of his comedic mannerisms in this one but we got serious Taguchi which always leads to the match being much better
Will Ospreay wins with the storm breaker
Winner: Will Ospreay Rating: 6 out of 10
Final Thoughts
Of all the shows I have reviewed this was probably the best one. There was only one bad match and two were quite good, most people probably enjoyed the main event much more than me too and will be higher on the show than I am.
Final Standings
WINNER – Will Ospreay- 14 Points (7-0-2) – WINNER
Ryusuke Taguchi- 12 Points (6-0-3)
El Phantasmo- 12 Points (6-0-3)
Yoh- 12 Points (6-0-3)
BUSHI- 12 Points (6-0-3)
Bandido- 10 Points (5-0-4)
Robbie Eagles- 10 Points (5-0-4)
Rocky Romero- 6 Points (3-0-6)
DOUKI- 2 Points (1-0-8)
Ren Narita- 0 Points (0-0-9)