Posted June 7, 200916 yr comment_5440339 #220 10/8/97 December 12, 1985 Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi - (MSG Tag Final) - I really like the early parts of this match with everyone feeling each other out but keeping it moving at a nice pace. I don’t know if this makes sense but you can tell this is a rematch, where everyone is cautious because they don’t want to be the guy to screw-up and give the other team the advantage. For example, Inoki gets the death lock on Kimura who immediately goes to the ropes to break the hold instead of getting trapped in the bow and arrow. Also, where the first match had Team Fujinami dominate early and Team Inoki take control at the end, this one is much more back and forth early on. Minus some points for some miscommunication where it looked like Fujinami wanted a small package but Sakaguchi didn’t. The 2nd half is more of the back and forth action with both teams getting some offense in. Fujinami had Inoki locked in a Figure-4 but Sakaguchi didn’t break the hold but instead waited for a tag. This led to some killer leg work from Team Fujinami as they destroy his leg Horsemen style. Another killer stretch run that ends with the Dragon Suplex pin on INOKI!?!?! Sweet! I liked the other tag more (which means you guys will probably dig this one more) but this is still an easy nomination.
