When you work through a ‘Best Of’ list, it encourages high expectations, doesn’t it? I’ve been working my way through ‘BURNING: A GUIDE TO KENTA KOBASHI’S GREATNESS’ (click here to see the list), and so far, there have been more hits than misses. With Kobashi, it seems, you can rarely go wrong. A few haven’t reached my expectations of what a great match should be, but even those have been worthwhile watches. I’ve reached the point in the list where the complete ‘Four Pillars’ of AJPW have come together to compete in much-loved, critically acclaimed tag team matches. The first of two on the list, from December 1993, pits Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi against Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada. While I’ve seen three of the ‘Four Pillars in action against each other (and invariably put on classic matches), Akira Taue was an unknown unknown for me. Upon seeing him in action, I questioned his value as an AJPW Pillar…
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