A motivated Tiger Mask is the best Tiger Mask. I thought
this was a very impassioned performance from Mr. Sayomiya, with plenty of
energy, dexterity, and a little extra spicy mustard behind his strikes. Hell,
before he can even remove his belt, Tiger’s tossing Kobayashi over the ropes
and diving onto him full speed. Kobayashi was a decent enough opponent with his
flourished kicks but Tiger was the standout here. The way he so deftly lands on
his feet off the back bodydrop, his swanky takedowns and reversals, and a ton
of innovative for the time offense, like the backflip kneedrop, the front neck
chancery takeover, and the jumping tombstone piledriver. With Tiger able to
mule kick his way out of Kobayashi’s various holds, the frustration builds and
Kuniaki starts going after Tiger’s mask. Eventually, it costs him the match, as
he starts ripping at it with Tiger in the ropes and the referee calls for the
bell. Afterwards, a pissed off Tiger Mask and goes after Kobayashi and the two
fight to the outside. This was a fun workrate match, where the submission holds were only meant to kill time, but it was one of Tiger Mask’s better individual
performances.
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