Buffalo
did a fantastic job in his role as the dominating heel, continually cutting off
the champ’s efforts to turn this thing around in his favor. I liked his use of
the low blow to escape the German suplex attempt and the referee not making the
count because of it. On the receiving end of Buffalo’s beatdown, Daisuke isn’t the
most compelling guy to watch. His selling is okay at best. He gets busted open
after a fat chairshot to the head and Buffalo proceeds to bully him for the
next ten minutes or so with piledrivers, lariats, and a tiger driver. The
majority of this match felt very one-sided, with Buffalo unloading everything
in his arsenal and Daisuke surviving it all. The last quarter of this match was
filled with big offense and a ton of kick-outs, as well as a couple of cool
spots (including a deadly plastic bin being smashed over Buffalo’s head). After
no selling a German suplex, Buffalo delivers a killer sliding lariat to the
back of Daisuke’s neck, which could easily be the finish of the match, but nope
– Daisuke holds on. He kicks out of a backdrop driver and another lariat,
managing to throw Buffalo into the turnbuckles with a release German. After a
dragon suplex hold, Daisuke hits two sliding elbows to finally defeat Buffalo
and retain his title. Kind of a quick turnaround for Daisuke after taking the
brunt of Buffalo’s offense and not really selling the long-term physical
exhaustion.
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