Akiyama was an amateur wrestler and we rarely see that side of him,
here he and Sato basically decide to work a shoot style match, and it's
neat. Akiyama uses his amawres base to control Sato and manages to
constantly feed him various leglocks and armbars and then escape from
them. Even Akiyama's regular offence like the Exploder and the Necklock
get a more shooty vibe, as he deadlifts Sato in a Armlock counter for
the former and grabs a standing one before sweeping Sato's foot for the
latter. The crowd buys into submission nearfalls, they put over their
peril and it works. I also got a kick out of Sato using a Seoi Otoshi to
take down Akiyama, which is totally what an outpowered and outsized
person would do in such a situation. ***1/4
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