Posted August 27, 200817 yr comment_5434236 Maybe at some point, I'll run into a match between these two that does nothing for me. But this was another worthy one. Fujinami, trying to regain momentum in the series, immediately caught Choshu in an armbar. Choshu fought out and applied his own armbar. Fujinami escaped and went for the figure four, which had served him well in their previous match. But Choshu reached the ropes. Next, they tossed in some intense counter exchanges on the mat. Choshu had seized the advantage in the series by being the more explosive wrestler. And this match seemed headed that way too as he hit a lariat out of noweher and slapped on the scorpion. Fujinami fought to the ropes but then Choshu caught him with the back suplex and went to the scorpion again. The crowd went nuts as Fujinami fought out one more time. Then, he caught Choshu with a lariat and went for his own scorpion. Choshu fought to the ropes but Fujinami simply reapplied the hold after the break. Choshu fought to the ropes again but this time, Fujinami wouldn't break the hold and got disqualified. He must have held it for three minutes, even as others brawled around them. Cool ending that re-established Fujinami as Choshu's equal. They had gotten really good by this time at playing around with sequences created in earlier matches. This had to be one of the best feuds of the decade.
August 23, 200916 yr comment_5443262 Man I am having trouble winnowing these 1983 matches, this feels like it has to go on too, the super violent finish with Fujinami doing the 1990's WWF thing of hitting Choshu's moves, and refusing to release the Scorpion was totally awesome, bigger moves in the match too. Good good shit
August 30, 200916 yr comment_5443550 There was one match between the two where I criticized them for laying around too much and not struggling in the holds. This was the opposite. They spent plenty of time in holds, familiar in the other matches as well, but fuck, every hold felt like a struggle. I loved the whole figure four sequence... Choshu tries to block Fujinami from hooking the leg. Fujinami hooks it. Chochu rolls over, Fujinami rolls over, they get to the ropes. The entire thing felt important. The entire stretch run starting with Fujinami's dropkick was AWESOME. The ending with Fujinami locking in the sharpshooter was great. This goes on.
