This was a condensed version of their time limit draw from earlier in the month, with the same sense of struggle and sluggishness in the back half as they clobber away at one another. Suzuki once again displays his awesome in-ring awareness, turning a stalemate test of strength into a small package hold or the way he manipulates Sekimoto's fingers in order to lock him in the stretch plum. Even when Sekimoto manages to escape, Suzuki stays on him with a cravate, holding onto it after Daisuke tries to slam his way out, and then working that into a neckbreaker. He does such a good job of staying on Sekimoto, not giving him much room to breath if any.
When neither man can find an opening, they begin throwing 'bows and forearms and chops. There's a great counter by Sekimoto, dumping Suzuki to the outside, but when he tries for the follow-up dive, Suzuki catches him with an elbow to the chin. Suzuki's offense rules. He hits a top rope overhead suplex, connects with some straight up nasty elbow strikes, and I love his dragon suplex > deadshot elbow combo. Sekimoto was great here too, selling Suzuki's strikes so well. I love how he uses a sleeper to distract Suzuki, allowing for the German suplex hold. In the end, Suzuki stuns Sekimoto with an enziguri and hits his beautiful double arm suplex for the well-deserved win. I can't wait to see what Suzuki does with the belt. He feels like such a special attraction and when he's wearing the purple trunks, you know he's got his working boots on.
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