Posted December 27, 20213 yr comment_5970999 Control21 said: A really underrated shoot-style wrestler who was one of the more promising guys in UWFi along with Kakihara, Tamura, and Sakuraba. He was also a very high-level wrestler who brought a lot of flair to his matches, and became an important figure in UWFi, RINGS, and Kingdom, which sort of speaks to his longevity. His series with Masakazu Maeda is fantastic and might be one of the most underrated feuds in Puroresu. He then had a fantastic series of matches in both UWFi and Kingdom before being a key guy in the later RINGS period, where he probably helped the promotion retain an audience by adding to the undercard. Like the other guys on this list, he didn't really have a bad match either. Recommended matches - Kanehara vs Masakazu Maeda (2/29/1992) Kanehara vs Kazushi Sakuraba (8/18/95) Kanehara vs Sakuraba (12/2/1997) Kanehara vs Volk Han (1/23/1999)
December 27, 20213 yr comment_5971012 Those Takayama matches he had in the 90s were great. Like a plethora of 90s guys, he had his moments, but he was a couple classic matches and maybe feuds away from me truely considering him one of the best. Could've had a great veteran career, but he got thrown into the MMA meat grinder. Still looked decent the few times he showed up in the last few years, though.
March 27, 20223 yr comment_5978208 I'd probably have to put him on just for getting shoot Takayama to good matches consistently. He's got a good sense of pacing and he knows when to turn the heat up in a fight to really get the drama going, which aids him a lot when he's trying to make Takayama's Frankenstein-lite stance and mostly bad kicks look convincing
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