Friday, September 22, 2017

Masahito Kakihara vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (UWFI, 8/17/96)

It’s a beautiful day for a shoot-inspired pro-wrestling bout between two equally matched friends/rivals. There was a lot of back-and-forth on the mat, until Sakuraba decides to German suplex Kaki but when he gets greedy, Kaki takes him down with the Fujiwara armbar. Here, Kakihara’s FINALLY able to connect with his big spinning heel kick, following it up with a high kick and a slough of shoteis. He delivers an awesome suplex throw but Sakuraba grabs an arm upon impact, trying to work his way down into an ankle hold. But Kaki doesn’t let up, coming at him with a combination of kicks and knees, taking him over with the half hatch suplex to set up the sleeper but in a terrific counter, Sakuraba flips him over and quickly taps him with the jujigatame.

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