Friday, June 17, 2016

Yuji Okabayashi vs. Ryuichi Kawakami (BJW, 6/5/13)

I love these under 20 minute “modern strong style” match-ups. It feels compact and vicious, without dragging out into overkill territory. This was big boss golem Okabayashi doing a damn fine job of trying to keep the feisty Kawakami down, clubbing, chopping and lariating him silly. Whenever Kawakami gets a whiff of retaliation, Okabayashi cuts him off. The finishing stretch to this thing is outright nasty, with Okabayashi paintbrushing Kawakami with slaps and Kawakami firing back with rapid-fire elbows and a big rolling elbow. He hits a couple of Germans and a brutal half nelson suplex but Okabayashi will not die. So Kawakami unleashes the Scarlet Flowsion~! to put the nail in the coffin and earn his shot at the title. Fun stuff!

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