03/25/2018 – The Young Bucks vs The Golden Lovers on New Japan’s Strong-style Evolved show

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1. Out of the four wrestlers involved, the only one that didn’t do anything particularly bad was Ibushi. He was basically a side character in the Omega-Bucks melodrama, but he was also the most focused and straightforward wrestler in the match. He hit hard, had perfect timing and great facials, and came across as more of a threat to the Bucks than Omega could hope to be.

2. One of my favorite matches! At that point I thought it was probably the best tag match I’d ever seen. It’s def a little long winded on the rewatch but still an absolute classic

3. My favorite NJPW tag match ever!

4. One of the two times I’ve ever shed tears over wrestling.

5. Quite possibly one of the best matches I’ve ever seen live.

   It’s a nutty thought to think that Hangman/Jay White was before this and the crowd was dead for them. Imagine they ran it back in 2023? Would be like night and day.

6. One of the best overall tag matches I’ve ever seen.

7. I tried to find this on New Japan world to avail