Oh man, here we go. The culmination of all those shoulder blocks and chops, plus Kamitani rocking a spiffy new haircut (and still missing his tooth from the brutal 6/29 six-man encounter). This was about as raw as it gets. There was nothing pretty or flashy about it. Just two dudes slugging it out. Okabayashi clobbers Kamitani with a lariat early on, and Kamitani sells it like death on the outside. Okabayashi is too much of a big boss for Kamitani in the early goings and even when he manages to hit the scoop slam, it takes a lot out of him. Okabayashi continues to try and break the baby-faced killer's spirit, derailing any momentum Kamitani starts building. When Kamitani comes back after a gutwrench slam, he tries putting the big boss to sleep but Yuji fights out and goes ape shit on Kamitani with chops in the corner. Kamitani explodes out with a lariat and lands some brutal shots to the face but again, Okabayashi cuts off his momentum and tries a finishing run of a lariat, a brainbuster and the Golem Splash but Kamitani ain't dying today and Okabayashi can't believe it! I loved Kamitani's counter to the powerbomb with baby boots to the face. Hard slaps, big headbutts, a minor mishap with the powerbomb counter, but Kamitani won't let that little fuck up derail him and he manages to put the big boss down for good after two backdrops! A slow build but plenty of fire and brutality heading into the finishing stretch. Great stuff!
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