Friday, May 8, 2020

Takayuki Iizuka vs. Minoru Suzuki (NJPW, 3/15/89)

This is a handheld so the quality isn't the greatest but the match itself was very solid. Suzuki is already so slick here, maneuvering around the mat, and the sense of struggle throughout was great. Iizuka fighting for the snapmare, Suzuki working through various armbar setups and takedowns, Suzuki's selling of the leg as Iizuka goes after it in the second half. Of course, this all builds to Suzuki's eventual comeback with a sick high corner kick to the head, a big corner dropkick to the face, and some neat judo throws. They slap it out before Suzuki brings Iizuka down with the armbar takedown into armbar for the submission.

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