This match is a master class in delayed gratification, working and
getting over in professional wrestling. Before the bell even rings Inoki
potatoes Oki with a punch. They seperate them, and the match starts.
They don't just immediately start brawling-there's lots of lock-ups,
some of them include hair-brawling, and pretty much all of them ending
with the ref coming in between them. You can feel the tension-it
legitimately looks like they hate each other but are also simultaneously
not trying to lose their temper and get DQed-the wrestling is really
good, nifty takedowns, pretty suplexes-but where the match really
excells is when all hell breakes loose. Oki hits about Inoki with about a
million headbutts-each sold gigantically, knocking Inoki down. Inoki
goes down again and again and then fires up. daring Oki to headbutt him
some more. His mannerisms are simple and primal which is precisely what
makes them so cathartic. When he punches Oki in the comeback for the
first time you feel ane explosion of all of the frustation that boiled
in you during the FIP section and you remember why people watch so many
movies that rely on cliches they're aware of. It's because they work.
Inoki Bom-ba-ye. ****1/4
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