TAKA Michinoku vs Minoru Tanaka
I'm a mat wrestling fag so I loved this. A bit slow in parts, but that makes the actual spots feel bigger. Loved the wrestlers fighting out of spots instead of it ending in a crowd dive. I'm probably biased because I loved the little bits but can totally understand why someone would hate this shit. TAKA going for the ropes then next round going for broke was based. Holy Hell this match picked up QUICK near the end. The talking shit mixed with the submissions was great. Especially the kicking into a kneebar. Devolving into wrestling finishers was cool. TAKA has always been underrated and even as a TAKAlet I would highly recommend this to any wrestling fan, especially technical wrestling fan.
Thoughts?
#1:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5i7i6 - The Great Muta vs Hulk Hogan (5/3/93) - NJPW
#2:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkt36k - Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho (1/21/01) - WWF
#3:
https://youtu.be/t_yJEh-LQpg - Abdullah Kobayashi vs Kankuro Hoshino (9/19/11 I think?) - BJPW
#4:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x491vq - Ric Flair vs Ted DiBiase (11/6/85) - Mid-South Wrestling
#5:
https://youtu.be/w-nn6UIq5BE - Randy Savage vs Genichrio (4/1/91) - SWS
#6:
https://youtu.be/CTY6eyg49Kc - Bam Bam Bigelow vs Steve Willams (6/9/91) - UWF
#7:
https://youtu.be/Ybx2N01L9hw - TAKA Michinoku vs Minoru Tanaka (10/30/96) - BattlARTS
