Centurion Negro’s UWA World Middleweight Title is on the line and he is defending against New Japan Pro Wrestling’s own Gran Hamada who is on tour with the promotion. Gran Hamada spent his excursion in UWA and he was established as a top player in the promotion, previously winning titles such as the UWA World Middleweight, World Junior Light Heavyweight and World Light Heavyweight Championships. 

The first fall is a mauling by Negro. A constant barrage of tight submissions, the double underhook hold in particular, wearing Gran Hamada down. Centurion Negro is ultra vicious and waste no time in putting Hamada away for the first fall with hardly any fight or rebuffal from Hamada. The second fall is way more competitive with Hamada throwing together a few crafter sequences, beginning to take a foothold in the match and getting the second fall, equalling his match up. The third fall was similar to the first fall but it was built around Hamada’s babyface fire and charisma with him fighting against Negro’s attacks, making his comebacks. There are loads more flashy moves in this fall like some nutty dives by both and a sunset flip which was the finish. The crowd goes nuts for Hamada’s comeback too. Great match overall with a great escalation of offence with more and more being added as the match went on. The match structure was very similar to current day CMLL with two short falls and a longer last fall so it wasn’t a tough transition from that to this. ****
 

The attendance was quite impressive, but unfortunately the crowd wasn't as vocal as I wished (the japanese commentary seemed a bit out of place as well). This was a solid match for what it was, with good parts and interesting points, but a few dull moments and executions too. I didn't really care for the first too falls, they were too short and a bit dull, but the last one was really good. Hamada was clearly a step above his opponent, he bumped around really well and seemed quite reckless at times. A bit irritating to see the legwork on Hamada being completely forgotten later in the match, it didn't lead to a long heat segment, but they did nothing with it
***1/4