I would probably Liger a lot more if his work connected with me in a
way that made me perceive it as more violent. I'm a completely
unapologetic lover of Battlarts over the top stiffness, but I love
Kanemoto matches just as much, and he doesn't take any shots that make
you question the safety of his work, but still resonate as badass and
violent. The Liger I want to see sometimes crawls through when he's
faced with young lions, working opposite Sano or on an JIP against Kengo
Kimura from 1996 where, I have no godly idea why he decided to so
thoroughly beat the shit out of Kimura but boy did he ever.
This is usually a match up that one would associate with overblown
junior wrestling, lots of highspots and nearfalls and all that but the
moments where they worked it evenly really made it seem like they
could've had a great brawl. As for what it was, Liger had some nice
moments of violence in the beginning, but for a match where 95% of his
move-set was made of slaps he didn't really give an impression he had
mastered slaps as much as you'd get from say chops in a Kobashi match.
Asking how stiff should something be worked may be a slippery slop but
the violence of most of Liger's offence didn't quite live up to what
you'd ideally want out a match structured like this, especially when he
*did* lay his shots in at times, making the contrast that much more
obvious. Kinda like how Lesnar shoot slapping Reigns at Wrestlemania was
a great moment but only made him throwing worked slaps a minute after
that much more eye rolling. A fun little match nonetheless. **3/4
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