1979

Some clipping in this match. The clips were pretty annoying as I felt they chopped up what could have been a great match. Some really fantastic wrestling here, great execution, with all these great throws and hold for hold wrestling. It's rare enough to see an old AJW match between two faces that goes to the mat, clean technical like they do here. Tomi goes hard to beat the untouchable Jackie Sato and busts out some moves far ahead of the time. They work me into believing this would go to a time limit draw, but then finish the match in smart and sneaky fashion. Really good stuff from what is shown.

Really neat match built around swank matwork, lover how Charles would block the Boston Crab with his hands, lots of nifty takedowns and counters, both guys constantly looking for a counter, really the kind of stuff you want from this type of match. Charles is my favourite discovery so far, his slams are a thing of beauty, the way he pops his hips is just unreal. Finish was also really near as you almost always see botched which made it look even more pretty. ***1/2