July 1994
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This is something of a holy grail match, as (at least at the moment) it's the only available footage of Art Barr's lone New Japan tour, which can be found on New Japan Classics #662. I'm quite certain that if this was out there when Will and Loss were making up the yearbooks, it'd have been included. As an actual match, it's good (hardly a shocker with how good everyone was during this time), but Eddie and Art are both mostly in the background, while Cat is doing the heavy lifting. Eddie breaks out the slingshot senton early in their heat segment, and after they halt Ohtani's comeback, Art does the frog splash, but those are more exceptions. They're mostly fou…
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Really good match and the best Kopylov looks in the first half of '94. Lots of intense counterwork, with Kopylov being the dominant one on the mat, working leglocks and armbar -- really liked his nasty reverse armbar. They pepper the submission work with some stiff strikes, especially from Yamamoto with his palms, but Kopylov answers right back with big slaps. Kopylov's final submission is cool but I have no idea what is. Good stuff.
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This match was a total blast. Bekichev has a ton of fire and gets the crowd hyped about his big kicks. He lands this wild backspin kick to the back of Naruse’s head to open up. Sure, there are a couple of awkward moments that maybe stem from Bekichev having not worked a “worked match” but for the most part, he gets it. Loved Naruse's counter into the kneebar and of course the wheel kick catch into another kneebar toward the end of the match. Bekichev's nasty rolling solebutt to the face and Naruse bumping to perfection in the corner. There’s a part where Yuri challenges him and Naruse pops him in the face. In the end, Naruse takes him out with a big flurry of palm strikes…
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I'm a sucker for Han vs. strikers, namely Dutch kickboxers as his matches with Vrij always deliver. While Nyman doesn't have the personality of Vrij and this isn't on par with the Vrij matches, this is still good. Nyman isn't afraid to throw fire-y flurries with some nasty leg and head kicks and Han commits the mistake of trying to stand with him and he eats some nasty head kicks, with one even him knocking him outside of the ring. Han also tries to get Nyman to gas while trying to dodge his flurries and shooting for takedowns to try and take advantage of his superior grappling. Quality finish with Nyman eventually falling to Han's takedown and a quick submission, althoug…
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