September 1993
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Had a lot more trouble getting into this. It's a fine performance from Hokuto but it felt like she was wrestling for four here. Minami is possibly the least charismatic wrestler in the history of joshi if not all of Japan, and Hotta and Inoue were mostly uninspiring until the end when we got to Hotta murdering Hokuto with bombs. I'm about to commit heresy, but I think I'm already over the "Hokuto suffers a crippling injury and fights through it" story--regardless of how entrenched it is in real life. I'm starting to prefer matches like the Saito one where she's the woman in charge and wrestles accordingly.
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This may be the best match on the show, which isn't saying a whole lot, but boy, they get real handsy to open. I love the chaotic exchanges, with Cairo not holding much back. Lydick completely no sells Cairo's double arm suplex. The groundwork is whatever and by the end of it, Cairo is spent. But the energy, while it lasts, is fun. Lydick goes for an armbar, spiking Cairo on the takedown, and when that doesn't work, he DESTROYS him with a German suplex. And when THAT doesn't work, he hits another German suplex into the armbar for the win.
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Silver's the bigger guy here and he throws Sakuraba with a few suplexes early on but Sakuraba's still slicker and quicker. He's able to suplex Silver down and tries to climb on with a sleeper but they're in the ropes. He doesn't come off as very confident or at least, he's really holding back against Silver. At one point, Silver catches him with an inadvertent kick to the face and his follow-up takedown into the choke looked pretty brutal. He hits a big ROCK BOTTOM to set-up the rear naked choke, submitting Saku in a very sloppy but sorta fun match-up.
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Two bland white dudes going at it - I mean, to his credit, Burton throws a nice double arm suplex. And Bobchick manages a few decent takedowns and transitions. But there's not much substance here. Burton has shitty kicks but catches Bobchick with a dirty knee strike. In the end, Bobchick hits the German into a an ugly choke hold for the submission. Bleh.
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This had a decent story to it, with Kanehara going after Takayama's leg and Takayama really trying to submit him with the crab holds. Lots of kicks early on -- a few knees and slaps but mostly kicks. Takayama definitely has the size advantage here, so it's funny watching Kanehara try to climb aboard with a submission attempt. Good selling from both guys here - at one point, Takayama tries for a German but his leg gives out. Eventually, he's able to hit the German and he keeps trying the crab hold, with Kanehara really selling the lower back. He's not able to take him down and Takayama finally taps him with the crab. Sloppy but again, pretty fun.
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Pretty fun match, with Berto working as the big strong dude who smothers Naruse on the mat with his weight and Naruse trying to find the submission. He isn't intimated by Berto's size and immediately pops him with a spinning backhand to start. Berto has some decent takedowns and big jumping kicks but can't do a whole lot on the mat. The match picks up toward the end as they're both trading open hands and Naruse gets busted open with a spinning backhand. Berto keeps trying for a calf hold of some sort but Naruse's able to grab him with a leglock for the tap out.
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