NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kushida (c) Vs. Taiji Ishimori

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 Kushida Taiji Ishimori
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Result: Ishimori kills Kushida with the Bloody Cross to win the title (11:17).

Rating: That Back to the Future entrance sure was something, right? And the match was pretty solid too, especially considering its brevity.

This was violent and competitive from start to finish, if needlessly punctuated by a few sluggish submissions that didn't add a whole lot of drama (or anything, really) to the match.

With a few more minutes of ring time and less emphasis on submissions this could've been the slug-fest of the night, but it was still a respectably savage battle and you could feel just how much both men wanted it. 7/10

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