Posted June 12, 200916 yr comment_5440642 #134 November 4, 1982, Tokyo - Sumo Hall Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (WWF International Title) - This starts off with mad intensity. Fujinami attacks quickly and gains the upper hand but gets leveled with a backdrop driver. When things slow down, great matwork including Fujinami using his feet to keep Choshu from using his arm for leverage. Shortly after, Choshu applies a head scissors. Fujinami manages to grab one of the legs, pin it in his leg and transition out of the hold. Good stuff. I like what they were attempting to do leading up to the countout but it looked awkward and botched. Good brawling afterward though. Another strong match between the two but I think they have had better. We’ll look at all the Choshu-Fujinami matches in the end and see which ones are strongest. Nomination. Antonio Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura & Higo Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi (Handicap Elimination) - Inoki going against three guys single-handedly and he finally loses half an hour later to a countout. Blah.
