MY FAVOURITE MATCH OF RIGHT NOW: KINGS OF WRESTLING V. TAKAYAMA/ SANO

Normally I leave the puro stuff to my buddy Steve over at Burning Spirit, but since he's taken an indefinite leave of absence from blogging about Japanese wrestling in a non-elitist "KENTA sucks because he doesn't sell DERP" kind of way, I'm going to take the reins on this one.

I just finished watching Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli pretty much DOMINATE the GHC Tag Champs for three quarters of this match. There are a ton of highlights, from a running, diving, corner moonsault from Hero, to pretty much every exchange between Takayama and Claudio (that Ricola bomb will give you a hernia just from watching it - and don't even get me started on the knee Claudio takes to the stomach. I barfed.).

Even if you're strictly a fan of North American style wrestling, or just WWE, or even just TNA (those people can't exist for real, can they) you should give this match a peek and see what you're missing.

GHC HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

KINGS OF WRESTLING V. YOSHIHIRO TAKAYAMA & TAKUMA SANO

CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI: TAG TEAM WRESTLING CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

In case you didn't know, it's Very European™ to form a team with your buddy and beat the crap out of people for a living.

CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI

TAG TEAM WRESTLING CHAMPION EXTRAORDINAIRE

Photo - Scott Finkelstein's Get Lost Photography

Here's the part you may not know: Claudio is currently holding three separate Tag Team Titles.

ROH World Tag Team Championships (with Chris Hero)

CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas (with Ares)

JCW Tag Team Championships (with Chris Hero)

AND he and Chris Hero are getting a crack at the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano on their current tour of Japan. And he's the PWG World Champion too. Holy FRIG.

Just thought I'd share this with all of you. And all of these stats aren't even taking into account the five other promotions where Claudio's won tag gold. Multiple times.

So here's to Claudio Castagnoli teaming with people and winning titles. You may now return to your day.