AJPW Excite Series 1994
Giant Baba & Stan Hansen vs. Super Generation Army (Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa) -
AJPW Excite Series 1994 Day 12 05/03/1994
An epic Now Generation vs Old Guard match in Budokan Hall. The opening exchanges between Kobashi and Hansen were great. The struggle for the cross elbow tie up before Hansen took Kobashi to the mat and smothered him was a strong way to open the match and the following encounter between Misawa and Baba was cool as well. Misawa oversells for Baba, naturally, but Baba’s facial expressions after the brief strike flurry from Misawa made it all work. Baba smirking might be my favourite thing in wrestling. The match lost steam in the middle of the match with too much repetition with Baba locking Misawa in loose arm-wringers and various submissions. Kobashi putting Baba in the rolling cradle made sure that the middle portion of the match wasn’t a total waste of time, however. The finishing stretch was fun though and finished the match off super strong. Hansen and Baba constantly trying to set up the irish whip into Western Lariat, only to be scuppered by Misawa at every attempt was awesome. Hansen got so pissed off that he pounded Misawa on the apron, sending him flying into the guardrail. Kobashi’s crying face after Baba kicked out of his moonsault was a prime WWE-esc moment. Loved it. ***3/4
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