Posted June 10, 200916 yr comment_5440492 Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka - (IWGP Junior Title) (8/5/86) - This was just brutal. Koshinaka was selling those kicks like death and each time he collapsed, I thought he was going to be knocked out. Koshinaka was just surviving the kicks. I love how Kosh tried to put Takada up for a superplex, gets knocked down and when he satdns up, gets a spinning kick for his troubles. Then later in the match, Takada goes to the top on his own and Koshinaka finally hits the superplex. Great match with a great stretch run that had the crowd bonkers for ten minutes. Easy nomination. NJ Classics 240
June 26, 200916 yr comment_5441192 I am not a Takada fan but this was great, he was just killing Koshinaka with spin kicks. I also dug the leglock slaps, and the big finish run was awesome too. This was right up there with the best juniors matches of the decade. The UWF v. NJ feud is fucking incredible.
July 15, 200916 yr comment_5441989 Yeah, this was way heated throughout. Even Takada's usually dreary leglock sequences carried a sense of urgency, with Koshinaka fighting like a demon to escape. This is a no-doubter.
