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Topic	Board 8's Match of the Week (MotW) - Familiar Faces in Strange Places
NBIceman 11/13/20 9:30:59 PM #3:	Okay, sorry for the delay, folks. Iceman's Match of the Week Chris Sabin vs Katsuhiko Nakajima AJPW Pro-Wrestling Love In Ryogoku Vol. 3 - August 26, 2007 Match Link: https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/k34tJU2QWitz68w2oTb The "familiar face" in this one is, of course, Sabin making a rare singles tour of Japan, but for a lot of fans, Nakajima, who has spent more than a decade now as one of the most enduring and consistently good members of NOAH, could probably also qualify, especially considering he's walking in as the champion. Sabin earned this challenge by winning AJPW's Junior League over such names as TAKA Michinoku and, many years before his dick kicking and garrote wiring escapades, Dick Togo, including a victory in the finals over Shuji Kondo, who had just recently held this title for an almost-500-day reign. Sabin was doing some of the best singles work of his career at this point, and his booking everywhere he went reflected that. If you're not familiar with Nakajima, suffice it to say that he was a prodigy in every sense of the word. He's 19 years old here and already in his fourth year as a pro. And considering he was good from the time he first stepped in the ring, that's a great combination. And that puts Sabin in a fun position; he was no grizzled vet by this point by any means, but he got to work like one, punishing every mistake his overaggressive opponent makes and showing some great smarts by targeting the leg and trying to take away his brutal kicks. Brutal kicks still abound, though. Oh, do they ever. This match is much more violent than you may expect, with some of the best looking strikes you'll ever see coming from both guys. It's fast-paced and exciting and, for two guys that have had careers in which AJPW was pretty much just a blip on the radar, it's a hell of a hidden gem. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights <cite>NBIceman posted [p:947140773] in Board 8's ... [t:79105896]...</cite> <quote>Okay, sorry for the delay, folks. Iceman's Match of the Week Chris Sabin vs Katsuhiko Nakajima AJPW Pro-Wrestling Love In Ryogoku Vol. 3 - August 26, 2007 Match Link: https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/k34tJU2QWitz68w2oTb The "familiar face" in this one is, of course, Sabin making a rare singles tour of Japan, but for a lot of fans, Nakajima, who has spent more than a decade now as one of the most enduring and consistently good members of NOAH, could probably also qualify, especially considering he's walking in as the champion. Sabin earned this challenge by winning AJPW's Junior League over such names as TAKA Michinoku and, many years before his dick kicking and garrote wiring escapades, Dick Togo, including a victory in the finals over Shuji Kondo, who had just recently held this title for an almost-500-day reign. Sabin was doing some of the best singles work of his career at this point, and his booking everywhere he went reflected that. If you're not familiar with Nakajima, suffice it to say that he was a prodigy in every sense of the word. He's 19 years old here and already in his fourth year as a pro. And considering he was good from the time he first stepped in the ring, that's a great combination. And that puts Sabin in a fun position; he was no grizzled vet by this point by any means, but he got to work like one, punishing every mistake his overaggressive opponent makes and showing some great smarts by targeting the leg and trying to take away his brutal kicks. Brutal kicks still abound, though. Oh, do they ever. This match is much more violent than you may expect, with some of the best looking strikes you'll ever see coming from both guys. It's fast-paced and exciting and, for two guys that have had careers in which AJPW was pretty much just a blip on the radar, it's a hell of a hidden gem. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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