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If you showed this to someone with no context all they'd see is a good match with two guys who want to win the title. Which is fine but you lose so much of the drama and story and the reasons to get actually get invested. Shibata's entire run was a kino machine with a proper slow burn that would have paid off had he not fucked his health and career up with working stiff. While Jap wrestling stories are nothing complex and convoluted, they are still stories with build, pacing, momentum.