Shinya Hashimoto vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (NJPW, 6/1/94)

What a terrific little title challenge, with Yoshiaki Fujiwara trying to play defense against the increasingly aggressive Shinya Hashimoto. Hashimoto comes into this match with an injured left shoulder, a target for Fujiwara, and it isn't long before he has him on the ground in his patented armbar, making him work for the ropes. Love that Hashimoto gets pissier and pissier as the match progresses, starting with that nasty stomp to the head after forcing Fujiwara to the ropes with an armbar of his own. You get the feeling that Hash really wants to let loose on Fujiwara. Of course, Fujiwara is a dirty old man with the blatant chokes, the ref counting him off before he goes right back to choking Hash. He slaps him in the face, headbutts him, and keeps on choking. When Hashimoto ties him up in the corner, Fujiwara's sells it so well. Hashimoto keeps trying to kick him off but Fujiwara keeps catching or ducking the attempts, until Hashimoto kicks hard enough that he can't block it. He has to beg Fujiwara out of the corners and when he gets him in the front facelock, the knee strikes he uses to set up the DDT looked awesome. In the end, Hashimoto finishes him off with a nasty single-arm DDT, with Fujiwara nearly kicking out of it.