There’s no comic today, as I mentioned on Wednesday, but that isn’t going to stop me from giving you guys some wrestling action. Like the last match video I posted, this one also features a former WWE Superstar, albeit one who was in the ‘E a lot more recently. I was never much of an MVP fan while he was in WWE, as I only got back into it toward the end of his run there when they had given up trying to do something interesting with him. He had a ton of charisma, but his offence was bland and most of the time he was thrown in nothing matches to get somebody else over. Now, I’ve been aware for quite a while now that WWE restricts wrestlers’ offences, but watching MVP in New Japan Pro Wrestling really spotlighted just how much his talent was kept in check by that system. See for yourself, as MVP defends his IWGP Intercontinental Championship against former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Masato Tanaka (who appears to have lost a ton of weight) at NJPW Destruction 2011.
EDIT: So apparently that match got pulled from YouTube, so I’ve decided to replace it with a different (but very similar) match. In this one, Masato Tanaka defends the IWGP Intercontinental title against MVP in a rematch that is a lot like Tanaka’s initial title victory.
