Hideki Suzuki works the arm like a full-time job. He cranks away, armwhips, stomps it, knees it, methodically destroying it with holds and strikes. Suzuki keeps cutting off Sato's offensive rebuttals, continuing to focus his efforts on working the shit out of Sato's poor arm. And Sato sells it pretty well, eventually switching to kicks after failing to use the arm to strike. But when he tries for a piledriver, Suzuki takes him right back down to the mat with an armbar. Suzuki throws a couple of suplexes, Sato gets a quick German suplex hold off of a Suzuki European uppercut. Suzuki tries to strike with Sato and Sato responds with headbutts and a big elbow strike. A piledriver and follow-up German suplex hold were enough to get the win. Loved the armwork by Suzuki but the finish was definitely anti-climatic. I would've liked to have seen the arm work play a bigger role in the end, as it took up 3/4's of the match. The double arm suplex wasn't sold as the potential "Game Over" finish like it has been in his last few matches, and for having been in control for most of the match, Suzuki seemed a little too easy to put away in the end as defending champ. Solid 3/4's but the finish leaves a lot to be desired.
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