Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shinya Aoki (DDT, 9/1/19)

Great stuff. Takeshita working barefoot sets the stage and Aoki goes in hard after the left arm, which Takeshita does a good job of selling. Subtle touches like him keeping it behind his back as he goes in for a single arm lock up, or trying for the octopus hold and Aoki seizing on the opportunity to snag the arm and continue working it. A very real sense of struggle throughout. At one point, Takeshita clobbers him with the big elbow to buy some time, and then Aoki taunts him outside of the ring only for Takeshita to bite and get caught in a Fujiwara armbar on the floor. Some neat counters, including Takeshita countering the front necklock with the Northern Lights suplex, and the only real big impact moves were a couple German suplexes and a brainbuster. I like that it takes Takeshita a bit to get the crab hold fully locked in on account of the bum left arm but when he really cranks it, it's a convincingly strong finish. Simple but effective and smartly worked. My kind of match structure.