Zero-1 Max 1/23/08 ” “ZERO1-MAX 3RD ANNIVERSARY”
ZERO1-MAX “ZERO1-MAX 3RD ANNIVERSARY”, 23.01.2008
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Vansack Acid Return Match:Shota Takahashi & Munenori Sawa vs. Naomiki Ueda & Vansack Acid **3/4
2. Sword Army vs. Axe Army:
Masato Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Tengu Kaiser & Crow Kaiser [not on my dvd copy 
]
3. NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title: Minoru Fujita & Takuya Sugawara (c) vs. Great Sasuke & Kesen Numajiro *1/2
4. ZERO1-MAX vs. New Japan:
Takao Omori, Kohei Sato & Osamu Namiguchi vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Koji Kanamoto & Ryusuke Taguchi ***
5. Sword Army vs. Axe Army:
Ryouji Sai & Kengo Mashimo vs. Yoshihito Sasaki & Daisuke Sekimoto ***1/2
6. International Jr. Heavyweight Title:
Ikuto Hidaka (c) vs. Masaaki Mochizuki ***
Looking back I don’t think this was as good of a card as I have seen from Z-1 so far this year. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the tag team match and subsequent punking out of Sasuke by Minoru Fujita & Takuya Sugawara. The New Japan vs. Z1 stuff is pretty good and Omori, Nakanishi, and Kanamoto all look good in getting this over. I’m totally diging the Kengo Mashimo vs. Yoshihito Sasaki, big fan of Mashimo and his bad-assness. There were some great spots and reversals and counters in the main event, and Mochizuki is a guy who I always pay attention too when he’s in there after seeing him as Kamikaze vs. Colt Cabana. No doubt Ikuto Hidaka is big dookie in Japan but I think he’s a pretty boy and I like to see him get his ass kicked.
