This was a cute little slugger of a match, with the formally overrated Kengo Mashimo (currently underrated) and a guy I was unfamiliar with going into this match, Seiken, who only wrestled two or three matches for Fu-Ten before skipping dimensions. He's a pretty heavy striker, coming out of the gate strong and taking Mashimo down into a front mount before pounding away at his face with forearms and elbows. Mashimo has to take a minute on the outside to re-consider his current situation (to a bit of laughter) and when he returns, he's able to get a takedown, going from a double wristlock attempt into a front mount, where they both start smacking at each other. I loved Kengo's counter to Seiken's wheel kick attempt, swatting it down, then proceeding to stooge around with Seiken's kicks. But the next wheel kick catches Kengo square in the jaw and Seiken follows that up with a shotgun blast solebutt to the midsection. Something clicks in Mashimo at that point, and he goes on the final offensive, dropping Seiken with a few suplexes, buckling his knee with a brutal low kick, and then unloading with some nasty kicks to the head, KO'ing him with the buzzsaw. Really good sub-ten minute scrap. I'd like to see Seiken's other matches in Fu-Ten.
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