I'm trying to put into words how much I liked this match but I don't
think I'll be able to do this justice. If the match was about ten
minutes shorter I think it could've rated it as a top ten match of all
time. It's still an absolutely incredible match, an the crowd never
really dies but after a certain point they just aren't buying the
submissions as much as they did and it's more of a "clap for rope
breaks/escapes/general effort" thing. This was a perfect showcase for
both wrestler's abilities, the matwork was phenomenal and they managed
to escape a perfect sense of one-upmanship. It is a match that manages
to excel both at the little things and the big things, there's a moment
where Inoki does a bridge and Fujinami tries to drive him to that and I
swear Inoki did the most beautiful bridge I've ever seen, the kind of
thing that could only be possible because of stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnHmKPSYxPo
The crowd was fucking insane, you get shots of people standing up and
not leaving their feet for about ten minutes just mesmerized by the
drama of the match, Inoki firing up while Fujinami had him in a Figure
Four was one of the greatest spots I've ever seen and Fujinami responded
appropriately by pushing himself up as far as he could and trying to
rip apart Inoki's leg, the struggle over everything was so well done
here and the match also served as a great display for their character
though I'd find it understable if people used to gigantic bumps for
irish whips and WWF wrestling didn't pick it up (not actually trying to
call anyone out here fwiw), Fujinami has a chip on his shoulder and
while being a great athlete in his own right doesn't really possess
Inoki's strength and they play it up really well, Inoki goes for an
illegal Sleeper in the beginning and Fujinami sells it like a huge
threat, later on Fujinami uses the same maneuver several times but never
manages to damage Inoki as much as Inoki had damaged him, I think that
came off really well every time Fujinami would grab a hold for a longer
period of time where, he'd just come off as the most tenacious wrestler
ever, and later in the match when Inoki stars slapping the shit out of
him and Fujinami sells it enough so it doesn't come off as no selling
(especially with his facial expression) but no sells it enough so the
crowd can put his awesome facial expressions together with him refusing
to go down to Inoki's strikes and it's this humongous amazing moment and
everyone is losing their shit and pro wrestling fucking rules mate. I
also find it amusing how Fujinami's character seems to consistent both
in his on air presentation and in scummy backstage videos and stories
(him slapping Kevin Nash comes to mind, also there was a video where him
and Inoki just yell at each other for five minutes and Fujinami
responds to Inoki's weak fifth grader bully slap by Bas Ruttening him). ****3/4
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