Calling this match shoot style or just shoot inspired might be the
easiest way to get it over it but it would provide a shallow and
historically inaccurate description. Shoot style was the creation of
1984 and 1988. New Japan continued to have its own style that would come
in contact with the shootiness, but really started seriously flirting
with it when they had the UWFi feud and then started bringing in Naoya
Ogawa, Don Frye and so on. It peaked in the early 2000s as that was the
peak of both PRIDE and Inoki's insanity, and you can see it in this
match. It doesn't feel like UWF or RINGS or UWFi or PWFG. There's a
distinct flair and style in this match-one that has maximized many of
the elements of New Japan training Maeda used when creating the original
style, but they also appropriate many of the elements used in modern
combat fighting of the times such as soccer knees, knees on the ground
etc. I know many aren't really fans of it, and politics and workers that
couldn't thrive in the style could detract from it, but as far as
looking for a good example of it being done right this might be your
best bet. The brutality is just off the charts, but watching them fight
for guard positions and takedowns and seeing how they set up the big
spots is just as interesting. Shibata soccer kicking Fujita right in the
eye is up there with the most brutal spots in wrestling history and you
get a bunch of zoom ins at Fujita's swelling too. There was something
chilling about the whole thing that's hard to put into words, during his
entrance Shibata just completely covered his face with the towel and he
ended it laying on the mat looking lifeless, as if he was a young lion
going to a battle he wasn't ready for. ****1/2
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