Posted June 21, 200817 yr comment_5432338 Akira Maeda vs. Paul Orndorff (10/14/83) - The first few minutes have Orndorff controlling with an armbar with Maeda trying in vain to break it. Really nice counter attempts and blocks by Orndorff. You got to love Orndorff locking the arm up with his legs so he can stand and pose while Maeda is incapacitated. Shortly after, Maeda tries to give a flying headscissors but Orndorff tosses him off with armbar still intact. Great stuff. When Maeda breaks free, he gains control with an armbar of his own. After this early stage, both men go back and forth trying to wear down the other man with some pretty nice offense from both guys. The ending was weak with Orndorff trying to get back in the ring only to get a high knee from Maeda. As he is falling, Orndorff's leg gets tangled in the ropes and the ref awards the match to Maeda. There was more than enough good stuff to nominate this but I don't know how far it will go. (NJC 152)
September 2, 200817 yr comment_5434357 This had a really nifty early segment in which Orndorff held an armbar through numerous counters (the one involving Maeda's attempted head scissors was particularly cool.) But I didn't think it contained much else of note. I know Will nominated it, and I won't fight to keep it off, but I wouldn't vote for it.
August 31, 200916 yr comment_5443597 All the armbar stuff was cool, but a couple of cool minutes of matwork isn't going to get you on this set. Orndorff looked super shitty in other parts of this, his knees on a downed Maeda were Chikara level execution, and there was some really goofy looking bumping. He did have a nice run of offense at the end, but then you had the crappy ending Honestly I don't even think this is an above average match, so a No vote for me
