[1992-12-05-PWFG] Yuki Ishikawa vs Mark Ashford-Smith

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Aside from the long 10-count teases, this didn't do much for me.

[tomk]

What we wrote at segundacaida:

 

Yuki Ishikawa v. Mark Ashford-Smith

 

PAS: Mark Ashford-Smith is Mark Starr of Men at Work fame, your WCWSN fans will remember that he had a great series against Steve Regal so we know he can work the mat and take a whipping. Here he works the mat and takes a whipping, although he lays it in too, I especially loved the forearms to the back of Ishikawa's neck. There was a great straight punch by Ishikawa into a running knee which was straight out of the Diego Sanchez v. Joe Riggs finish, although Mark Starr is tougher then Joe Riggs as he only took an 8 count.

 

TKG: Mark Ashford-Smith is Mark Starr of Wildside fame, your USWA fans will know he can work a crowd and work a brawl. He didn't really do any brawling here as this was mostly on the mat. This goes 21 minutes and never drags as you feel like only six or seven minutes have passed when they put up the time. You want to see this.

[shoe]

What we wrote at segundacaida:

 

Yuki Ishikawa v. Mark Ashford-Smith

 

PAS: I especially loved the forearms to the back of Ishikawa's neck.

That is what struck me the most from the match. I thought ths was a good mat based match with some nasty exchanges.

[PeteF3]

For me this was like watching the '80s Other Japan set all over again. That's not a good thing.

[WingedEagle]

Back to the typically quiet shoot style crowd. Primarily working for leglocks on the mat. Not very exciting. Ashford-Smith doesn't seem to bring much to the table. A couple decent knockdowns. Ishikawa secures another leglock and wrenches it for a tapout. Not particularly good.

 

**

[garretta]

Other than the double knockdown of Ashford-Smith (a third rope break equals one knockdown, plus he stayed down long enough for the ref to start a ten count) and a flurry or two near the end, this was deadly dull to me. Ishikawa knocking Ashford-Smith into the corner, then charging right at him with a flying knee was the only real energy I saw here despite the close score. Not one I want to see again.