Kobashi vs. Chono @ Ultimate Crush [SPOILER]

[GlobalHonored]

Kobashi made his 2nd GHC title defense by defeating NJ's Masahiro Chono at the 5/2 NJ Tokyo Dome show "Ultimate Crush" in the co-main event. The GHC Champ won in (28:27) with his signature lariat. From reports, Kobashi apparently recieved a huge ovation and was heavily cheered by the NJ crowd, which is unusual for a wrestler from an outside promotion venturing into another's ring. Kobashi is the man.

[Masked Journeyman]

Pretty odd finish,anytime two big names from different promotions go at it,you'll get a 60 minute draw or a double DQ.Shows a touch of class on Chono's part to lose on his own promotions card.

[Haiku Warrior]

Originally posted by Masked Journeyman
Shows a touch of class on Chono's part to lose on his own promotions card.

Shows a touch of intelligence seeing how he was not at 100%.

[edgehead1984]

There's also a lack of ego for that matter also...

[Muiyan]

but the match was pretty...bad. The multiple-continuous half-nelson suplexes were VERY overkill (to the level of Mutoh overkilling Shining Wizard against Kawada) and really, i didn't even feel the tension and the need to pull out that move at the time.

It's like there were a lot of slow submission work, and then Kobashi suddenly felt like he needs to bust out a lot of half-nelsons to spice things up, which pulled out a few "oooo"s from the crowd but ultimately boring them to half-sleep by the time the 6th one was executed.