I Press On Toward the Goal For The Prize of Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu NJPW 1/4/94 - GREAT

These two had a certified classic in 1987 and have always matched up beautifully. This was a dome show match, and surprisingly minimalist for such a huge stage. This had a lot of grappling early, not Choshu's strength, but Fujiwara is always work watching grab holds. Finish was bigger of course, with Fujiwara desperately grabbing at Choshu's arm, and Choshu squirming free. Fujiwara starts throwing nasty kicks to Choshu's lariat arm and Choshu powers up and starts cracking Fujiwara with multiple lariats. Fujiwara eats three of them and stays standing, he goes to counter the fourth, trying for another armbar, can't pull it off and finally goes down on the fifth for the pin. Had a classic Fujiwara finish, but probably needed a bit more before that to hit EPIC level.


COMPLETE AND ACCURATE FUJIWARA