November 12, 201410 yr comment_5639411 I need to see more but what I have seen is awesome. His match against Fujinami is one of my all time favorite New Japan matches. I would love some 70s IWE recommendations.
November 13, 201410 yr comment_5639571 He was the second or third best guy in the big NJPW 5 on 5 gauntlet from 84. That says a lot considering the match was ranked number one on the DVDVR NJPW 80s ballot results. He was in Fujinami's heavyweight debut which was great too, but that's all he was in on the set. Footage is definitely an issue but I've seen some stuff here and there that wasn't great, but he himself was good in. Definitely worth going back and looking at his IWE stuff and whatever else there is to see where he stands.
November 13, 201410 yr comment_5639572 Its also worth noting that both those performances were against Fujinami who is a top 10 contender. On the other hand he does hold his own in those matches.
November 13, 201410 yr comment_5639621 Don't think he was as consistently good as Kantaro Hoshino, or Hamada, or even Kobayashi. Been a while since I watched his IWE stuff but I remember him being technically sound but not afraid to grind a match to a halt, either. That said, the Fujinami match was a revelation. I can't really see voting him ahead of the other early-'80s juniors, though.
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