Aoyagi's Troubles Will Come And They Will Pass

Masashi Aoyagi/Gokuaku Umibozu vs. Shinichi Shino/Rikio Ito WDF 6/10/97 - FUN

PAS: I didn't get much of a sense of the other three guys in this match, and it was pretty dull when Aoyagi's partner was in there, but when Aoyagi comes in and spin kicks Ito right in the face it picks up significantly. The Aoyagi team did a nice job working over Shino's knee including Umibozu drilling him right in the patella with a nunchuck. Still this was mainly worth watching for a couple of moments of Aoyagian badassery. 

Masashi Aoyagi/Gokuaku Umibozu vs. Shinichi Shino/Rikio Ito WDF 7/16/97 - EPIC

PAS: This match was on a whole different level then the match up the previous month. Shino and Ito jump the Karate team at the bell and bust them both open quickly. It stays nastily violent for the entire match with Ito and Shino throwing these really reckless suplexes with very little regard for how their opponents landed, there was a spinning powerbomb and a released back suplex both of which looked like they might end in spinal fracture. Aoyagi and Umibozu fought back with some unpulled kicks to the face and body. The match ends with Aoyagi lynching Ito with his black belt and Umibozu stabbing Shino in the head with some sort of spike. It escalated bad, like a bar brawl where someone pulls a gun.

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