The Emerald Emporium
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Matches in chronological order; everything is HERE. Front page only has the last few months of updates.
Wish list (matches that need capping; updated 8/20/08).
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Bandwidth conservation measures, updated 6/23/08
7/1/2009
Hero vs Ito, 6/22/09. Aw, lil' Ito. You go after that long-haired gaijin.
Takayama & Sano vs Morishima & Sugiura, 6/22/09. No-nonsense, hard-hitting.
6/30/2009
Sasaki & Nakajima vs Shiozaki & KENTA, 6/22/09. An treat for the senses as Kensuke Office battles NOAH's singles champs. Heaping helpings of hurtin' in front of an eager and sold out Korakuen Hall.
6/27/2009
Akiyama vs Shiga, 4/6/02. Shiga has had it with being the 3rd man on Akiyama's crew, and he takes it right to the champ.
Marufuji vs Shiozaki, openweight title, 11/21/04. Go gets a title shot, and all he has to do is last 15 minutes. Quite fun.
6/8/2009
Sasaki & Nakajima vs Taue & Hirayanagi, 6/4/09. With Taue & Genba you just can't go wrong.
Shiozaki vs Hero, 6/4/09, JIP. Chris Hero finally BRINGS IT in Japan and the crowd responds accordingly.
KENTA vs Marvin, junior title, 6/4/09. Closing minutes of Marvin's biggest singles match to date. Marvin won a #1 contenders match with a powerbomb-to-lungblower, while KENTA of course looks to his trusty bedtime story.
6/3/2009
Kobashi, Akiyama & Rikio vs Misawa, Taue & Morishima, 10/5/03. Not as good as it could be, but there's still too much talent to deny.
6/2/2009
Marufuji, KENTA & Suzuki vs Kanemaru, Sugiura & Hashi, 10/5/03. Upgrade.
A tour of the NOAH dojo. Note where ring gear is stored and where the young lions sleep.
6/1/2009
Kikuchi vs Aoyagi, 10/5/03. Very unique match as Kikuchi does a lot more shoot-flavored stuff to counter the martial arts of Aoyagi. They beat the tar out of each other while Differ Ariake watches mostly in silence because it's Differ Ariake. Friggin' Differ.
5/31/2009
KENTAFuji vs Kanemaru & Hashi, junior tag titles, 9/12/03. Higher bitrate.
5/25/2009
Akiyama vs KENTA, 5/17/09. Heavy champ versus junior champ. I love the struggle for control at the start. Some hard hits and big bombs. This is Akiyama's best singles match in years.
5/24/2009
Sasaki & Morishima vs Misawa & Shiozaki, 5/6/09. De facto final for the tag league. Go wrestles 90% of the match and takes a hell of a beating, but he's still able to bring it at the end.
5/23/2009
Shiozaki & Sugiura vs Nakamura & Milano Collection AT, 3/1/09. Upgrade.
Kobashi & Ito vs Tenzan & Okada, 5/6/09. A broken-down Kobashi takes down a not-100% Tenzan. Kobashi is a quasi-Baba, cheerleading from the apron and using his presence when needed. Okada, fresh off a good showing the day before, brings it once again.
5/16/2009
Taue vs Marufuji, 3/5/06. Upgrade.
Shibata & KENTA vs Taue & Shiozaki, 9/9/06. Upgrade.
5/13/2009
SUWA vs Momota, 7/16/06. Upgrade.
Taue & Nakajima vs Ogawa & Ota, 7/16/06. Upgrade.
5/12/2009
Akiyama & Hashi vs Saito & Taniguchi, 12/10/06. Upgrade.
Taue, Mushiking Terry, Ishimori & Aoki vs SUWA, TARU, Kondo & Yasshi, 12/10/06. Upgrade.
5/5/2009
Kobashi & Suzuki vs Inoue & Kanemaru, 7/5/02. Upgrade.
Sano & SUWA vs Honda & Kikuchi, 9/9/06. SUWA and Kikuchi going at it, of course it's good!
5/2/2009
Bison Smith & Scorpio vs Izumida & Kikuchi, 8/19/05. Kikuchi hates Scorpio's mask! Can Bison's claw hold work on the thickest skulls in Japan?
Akiyama vs Kikuchi, 10/13/06. Upgrade.
4/30/2009
Scorpio vs Shiozaki, 4/3/05. Upgrade.
Akiyama vs Hashi, 4/3/05. Upgrade.
4/23/2009
Kobashi vs Rikio, GHC title, 3/6/04. Upgrade.
4/22/2009
Morishima & Yone vs Takayama & Sano, 12/2/06. Upgrade.
4/21/2009
Rikio & Morishima vs Takayama & Sugiura, 9/9/06. Upgrade.
4/20/2009
Akiyama vs Marufuji, GHC title, 9/9/06. Upgrade.
4/18/2009
American Dragon vs KENTA, 12/2/06. Upgrade.
4/16/2009
Morishima, Taue & Sano vs IZU, Takayama & Akiyama, 3/6/04. Upgrade.
Akiyama, Hashi & Kanemaru vs Ohtani, Murakami & Takaiwa, 12/2/06. Upgrade.
4/9/2009
Kobashi vs Ogawa, GHC title, 11/1/03. Upgrade.
4/8/2009
Misawa vs Ogawa, GHC title, 12/7/02. Upgrade.
4/7/2009
Ogawa vs Takayama, GHC title, 9/7/02. Upgrade.
Misawa vs KENTA, 8/28/04. Upgrade.
BAH GAWD IT'S BREAKING LOOSE IN DIFFER.
4/4/2009
Akiyama vs Hashi, 3/24/02. Hashi wants nothing more than to prove himself to Akiyama. It's Akiyama's job to make that as difficult as possible.