Jushin Liger vs. Dick Togo (NJPW, 6/17/96)

This was Jushin Liger really bringing the thunder to full head of hair Dick Togo with tons of high-impact offense. Togo gets the advantage early on after a little touch-and-go, taking out Liger on the outside with a tope suicida and a DDT to the exposed concrete. Back inside the ring, he hits a big diving double stomp but whoops, that only unleashes the "god beast" in Liger. He launches Togo with a release German suplex and splats him on the canvas with a powerbomb. Liger's just a dick here, between his pissy armwork, his charismatic swagger, chopping the shit out of Togo and Togo's in the moment selling is terrific.

When Dick looks like he could possibly be heating up, Liger coldcocks off the top rope and hits a big ole top rope plancha to the outside. After a brainbuster inside, Liger's back on the arm, forcing Togo to the ropes. Again, Togo heats up with a beautiful slingshot senton from the inside to the floor but when he tries for a diving headscissors from the apron, Liger kills him with a powerbomb on the floor and delivers a second one for good measure. Togo has to resort to a low blow and after a powerbomb, he hits back-to-back diving sentons but he can't complete the trio and Liger dropkicks the arm and he's back on it with a jujigatame. Togo's just flat out-Ligered here and after two fisherman busters, including a SUPER version, Liger hits the shotei for the win. Aggressively action-packed junior work from Liger with Togo taking quite the beating. This is how you do a spotfest.