Posted November 13, 201014 yr comment_5458284 Pre-match they interview Diamond. Diamond rushes the ring to attack Sato and gets taken out and slammed into some chairs on the floor. Sato opens up on Diamond and he really looks impressive. He starts targeting the ribs with a gutbuster and a standing double stomp, but Diamond moves to avoid a diving double stomp, so Sato grabs his eyes and just gouges the fuck out of them. Sato keeps up the attack and Diamond back drops out of a piledriver attempt. They go to a rope running exchange that looked pretty great and Diamond takes over tossing Sato to the floor after hitting a stiff looking clothesline. Sato briefly tries to gain control again on the floor, but Diamond reverses his efforts posting him and smashing him on a table. Sato tosses a chair into the ring and Diamond hits him with it leading to a DQ. This was fucking awesome with really good looking spots, a great pace and hate until the shitty finish. Still really good for a brief match like this.
March 30, 201114 yr comment_5468592 Akio Sato vs. Paul Diamond - Ugh, I was digging this until the crap ending. I don’ think there was enough meat to push it through because of the bad DQ and brevity of the match.
May 2, 201213 yr comment_5501513 Akio Sato vs. Paul Diamond (6/23/89) Funny seeing the battle of Pat Tanaka's WWF tag partners and man is the VQ shaky here. Sato works over Diamond early on keying on his ribs but Diamond would start his comeback after working out of a piledriver by Sato. Diamond is fiery here as he tees off on Sato before sending him to the floor where he would slam him on the concrete before posting him. Diamond kept up the attack by smashing him into the ringside table before Sato tossed a chair in the ring which Diamond would use on Sato for the DQ. Decent match but shitty ending so no nomination.
