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  1. I loved this match. Easily top five for the year so far. One of the criticisms levelled at Suzuki is that he can look lazy which to me is his character. He is incredibly arrogant because he knows he can beat you on the mat. A valid criticism is that he sometimes doesn't give enough to his opponent and instead can make them look inconsequential. His matches against Sekimoto and Okabayashi show him when he wants to work with his opponent because those matches usually play of Suzuki's grappling skills and Sekimoto/Okabayashi pure strength and striking ability. His matches against Kamitani and Hashimoto are the other end where instead he makes them look like chumps and undeserving of his time. Nomura straddles the fine line between them as befitting his stature. He's a young rookie who is bulking up. He's not as big as Suzuki and he can't out wrestle him (yet) but he has grit and heart. The crowd see this and absolutely adore him for it. They were hugely behind him when Sato was brutalising him and from his adventures you can see his nastiness coming through. This match was a perfect length for what they were trying to show. These two had a match during the Kaki wave show last year which was about 8 minutes and was more grappling than striking and this was the logical progression. Suzuki couldn't beat him by grappling and making him submit so he resorted to a closed fist strike. And then he resorted to kicking him in the head when Nomura was downed. And when that didn't work he had to desperately do it again to get a KO win. Nomura shouldn't beat Suzuki in his first title challenge but they can build from this for the rematch. If BJW book it right, it should be at one of their big events of the year. I'm going to watch it again
  2. Can't wait to watch this match. Takeda is insanely talented. My favourite couple of non deathmatches which I use as a good example of how good he is, is the AJPW Jr tournament last year. He wrestled two crisp sub ten minute matches and had the crowd firmly behind him. I think deathmatch guys are more compelling when you know they don't need to do it as a style but do it because they love it. Same with Kodaka.
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