Liger switching up his gear is a great touch. This looked great with a heated crowd and a fired up Liger that was able to work around the dwindling athleticism of Fujinami with speed and strikes. Fuji is still game to take it to the mat at certain points and the crowd is molten supporting Liger to escape the leg submissions being applied. Liger has to succumb to the figure four. I really want to see this match in full. NR

This was a really awesome few minutes with a great closing stretch and Liger really asserting himself, almost bossing Fujinami around with palm strikes and getting a great nearfall off a brainbuster. Fujinami uses some savvy to wear down Liger and eventually trap him in the figure four in a nice finish where both guys look really strong coming out of it. Definitely would like to see this whole thing.