AJPW Excite Series 1993 - Day 7 28/02/1993
AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Masanobu Fuchi (c) vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
11 minutes in total so this was super tight and compact. Fuchi killed Kikuchi the entire match but Kikuchi stuck with it and stayed alive, to the joy of the crowd. Fuchi kept on hitting those backhold drivers which got scarier and scarier as the match went on. 90% of them caused Kikuchi to land on his neck. Fuchi was a killer in this. ****
Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen
The match took awhile to invest me fully into the match, if I’m being honest with my criticism. That’s not usually something I need to deal with but there was just something that wasn’t sticking for a bit. Then the match hooked me suddenly, and from that point forth, the match was great. Naturally with two of the most stiff wrestlers of the era, this was super snug and stiff with the strikes and submissions being displayed. Hansen would throw downward slaps that looked so brutal and he hit a killer dive that had so much force behind it. It was awesome just watching the two beat the heck out of each other. Kawada himself brought the heavy strikes with the big slaps he threw and Gamengiris. Kawada’s selling at the big moments was huge. Loved the lariat that was hit with so much speed that Hansen fell out of the ring, saving Kawada a few more minutes. Great match barring a few moments of indifference. ****1/4
Triple Crown Title Match: Mitsuharu Misawa (c) vs. Akira Taue
The nearfall tried to give the match this grandiose feeling but it didn’t get that level for me. Although Misawa killing Taue with his big moves until he won isn’t a bad way to end the match. The match was well worked with Misawa in control and Taue having to wait for openings but had to be weary as Misawa kept on countering everything he threw. ***3/4
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