Posted August 31, 201213 yr comment_5513770 This is probably the first singles match between these two, and is main eventing the final show of the first UWF tour. This is one of my all time favorite match ups, although this match was nothing like any of the other ones. At this point UWF hadn't figured out what they were going to be, so this was a totally pro style match. You had a knuckle lock/monkey flip sequence which led into a series of almost Jerry Lynnish roll ups and counters, Maeda did a high knee of the ropes, they brawled outside and threw each other into the guard rails, nothing about this was what you would expect. The match started with some awesome matwork, Maeda has never particularly impressed me on the mat but his stuff looked sweet here. Fujiwara is of course Fujiwara. All hell eventually breaks loose and the brawl to the floor and Fujiwara gets busted open. He then makes one his big fired up comebacks. The match then had a restart with both guys were counted out, the locker room emptied and they had to be separated before the ref started it again. The finish was both guys exchanging big moves, until the are both laid out on the mat and counted down for the ten. Both guys are pretty awesome at this kind of big time NJ style main event, but it is super weird to watch them work it against each other. (This was available for a while on the tiny postage stamp Puro website, we have it on DVD now)
