A fun, competitive pairing of Miyahara's energetic aggression and Nomura's spirited won't die attitude. You can see it from the outset as he rushes headlong into a boot from Miyahara, who promptly dispatches him out of the ring as if he can't be bothered. So Nomura rethinks his strategy. After he ties Miyahara in the ropes, he pops off a nasty elbow as if to say...you will be bothered, bitch. The action spills out of the ring, where we get flying elbow butts and floor scoop slams. Miyahara bullies him awhile back inside, and when Nomura shows retaliation, Miyahara responds with a backbreaker and the dreaded crab hold. Even when Nomura gets a little spurt of offense, Miyahara does a good job of neutralizing the situation, putting him back in the crab hold with a little added punishment before cranking in the single leg crab (all day). I loved Nomura's roll-through spear and a second spear gets him a nearfall. He shows a lot of fight during the finishing stretch, and we see the champ sort of snap and elbow him repeatedly. Miyahara stalks him for the running knee to the back of the head, hits a follow-up brainbuster but Nomura survives it! But another running knee is enough to put him away for good. I enjoyed this more than the Sekimoto/Akiyama match from the same show.
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