Taso the Greek’s “Bumpin’ Heads 2008″

King of Gate Tournament - Quarter Finals
I’m going to go on a big D-Gate bender for the next several weeks. I have the gut feeling that is where the good wrestling is right now.
1. Masato Yoshino/Don Fuji/Naruki Doi/Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Magnum Tokyo/Katsuhiko Nakajima/Super Shisa/King Shisa
Wow. Completely unreal. Everyone seemed to have a part and they played it well. Talk about hiding strengths and accentuating weaknesses. ***
2. Micheal Iwasa/Daniel Mishima vs. Vangelis
Short. Some innovative comedy. You gotta love The Florida Brothers. *3/4
3. Jack Evans/Roderick Strong vs. Genki Horiguchi/Naoki Tanisaki
WHOA! What a great match! I was surprised at how good Roderick and Evans worked together and kept up with Genki & Tanisaki. This was a highspot fans dream match. Definitely a match that I wanted to deliver and it did, although not a classic , it is memorble. A match to note. And Gen NEXT goes over, which was a nice touch. ***1/2
Quarterfinals
4. CIMA vs. Kenichiro Arai
CIMA works the right leg of Arai the whole match, and in some very innovative ways. Arai makes a couple of cool comebacks, but he didn’t do my favorite spot which is his head butss to the mat. Awesome submission finish to this match that really told a good story. ***
5. Shingo Takagi vs. BxB Hulk
My first time seeing BxB. The opening dance sequence from BxB Hulk was awful. Is he supposed to be super metrosexual? I hate him already. Takagi reminds me of Bolo in “Bloodsport”. But damn, what a match. They are clicking on all six cylinders on this show. BxB sells stuff like he is getting shot with a nine. But he is smooth and crisp, even soft… like his pink sash.***
6. Susumu Yokosuka vs. Dragon Kid
This kicks off with alot of working body parts. There is a crescendo being built. Susumu has a wrapped up left arm and they key in on that. Then the flash pins and false finishes come, lots of lucha style stuff and innovative moves and again, a build toward a finish. The flip pd Susumu hits at the end look like either he took it instead of DK or something, but it doesn’t detract. Gives the tourney a special match too. It’s no SD! KOTR style match. These guys WANT to win. (I watched this match twice and would have given it more stars this time except for two sloppy spots and the finisher. It really was a great match)***1/2
7. Ryo Saito vs Masaaki Mochizuki
First 5 minutes Saito works over Masaaki’s leg convincingly yet methodically. Masaaki comes back with some good kicks, stiff, the comeback isn’t great though and then on top he works a rest hold keylock. So it’s slow 8 minutes in. Yet there are bursts of fast action, tricky moves, and back to submission holds, both men almost tapping out to brutal looking stretches. I don’t like Saito’s no-selling because one moment he’s dazed by a weak looking move and the next he takes a top move and it doesn’t even register. They trade some nice dragon suplexes. Masaaki kicks out of a top rope fisherman suplex at one. More dragon suplexes and then a stiff as exchange of strikes, real nasty, then more reversals and dragon suplexes. ***3/4

1) AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels vs. AMW (James Storm & Wildcat Chris Harris) (c)
I’m definitely into the whole Jackie / Kim angle. But I want to know what is on that tape that Jarrett has. Wow, she’s got big boobies. Great start with the AMW brawling.Great start with the AMW brawling. They are convincing as heels. I love their brawling style. Daniels hits a top rope double clothesline from one corner of a six-sided ring. NICE! You don’t see that in WWE. I hate the cut-away to commercial though, because the action just got hot. Then it crawls to a snails pace for me. No one does any really good double team moves anymore. WOW! AJ lit it up and that was one hell of a move spinning him on his shoulders into a powerbomb. ….. and then gets busted by a GIRL! Great set up. Wow. That was a good fast match, but does AJ look good getting pinned by a woman’s finisher, no matter how sweet AJ made it look. Gail Kim is awesome, but I dunno if I would have had AJ get pinned by her. I hope this means AJ and Daniels win the titles down the road and Team 3-D faces AJ & Daniels. **3/4
2) Johnny Devine & Showtime Eric Young vs. Shocker & Magno
This match was too short but I did like what I saw from everyone. Devine looked like a fool at the end but I don’t care, except that Eric Young is teaming with him. A1 would be better suited in that role to lose. Eric Young rulez. *1/2
3) Alex Shelley vs. Christian Cage
Cage vs. Shelley should have been a ladder match. Christian’s lack of heat (I felt it, am I wrong? People have been saying it, I just wish it wasn’t true)…. throw in a ladder and the match takes on another level. It was still pretty good standard wrestling with some nice moves thrown in. **