There is Snow in His Hair, and Black Terry Helped Put it There

Black Terry/TAKA Michinoku vs. Kyu Mogami/Tank Nagai K-DOJO 9/18/17 - FUN

Nifty chance to see Terry work in Japan, he is a guy who is amazing at adjusting to his location and he works here as a returning legend. TAKA spends a lot of the match showing Terry all of his submissions, including locking guys up in a Neblina and a rocking chair. Terry gets to do a little brawling outside, which he is a master at and gets to be the focus of the finish as he chops the nipple off of Mogami and hits him with a front cracker and a back cracker for the win. Needed a little more from the rudos to be a great match, this was a showcase more then a competative match, but it was a nifty showcase.

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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

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