Loss Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 This is mostly Hase tying Fujinami in knots, which is perfectly fine, but it's a little on the bland side, even if it is solid. Almost every positive this match has is because of Hase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Fujinami was definitely along for the ride here. Aside from his ridiculous fauxhawk-mullet combo hairdo, everything Hase did was great, from his working all kinds of holds to leveling Fujinami with his big offense. Cheap-ass ending as Fujinami gets his ass kicked for the whole match, gets put into every submission hold known to man, kicks out of all of Hase's finishers, then slaps on one figure four for the submission. I knew Hase wasn't winning, but geez. Still, this was a really fun, total '70s-style match thanks to more great work from Hase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Hase appears to be trying to replicate one of Sasaki’s hairstyles. Fujinami in the 90’s hasn’t been the greatest to watch for me. Actively cheering for Hase here as he seemed to be doing most of the work in match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Much of the work was quite dry and hard to get excited over. Not bad, just uninspiring. What good stuff there was was down to Hase. 90's Fujinami is a bit of a bore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I appreciated the old-school feel of most of this. I did think Fujinami's comeback and eventual win came too easy but as a lay and pray ground oriented type match, few are better than Hase in my mind and keeping things interesting and working very logical, basic holds in a convincing manner. An under the radar match for the year that you have to be in the right mindset to consume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 I don't know what match you guys were watching, but I thought Fujinami made an excellent underdog here. He withstood Hase's attempts to destroy his leg and came back with the resolve to return the favor to Hase, which he ultimately succeeded in doing with the help of the figure four. No, he wasn't the force of nature he'd been five to ten years earlier, but he kept up his end of things quite well. I liked the few strike exchanges we got just as much as the holds, particularly when they simply stood up and slapped the hell out of each other. Hase's execution was crisp, and he certainly knows how to apply submission holds believably. In fact, I thought Fujinami undersold the leg, considering the damage Hase did to it throughout the match. We've certainly seen better, more entertaining matches from both men, but this was solidly above average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Hase did really well as the aggressor here. I didn't think he was going to win, but once Fujinami kicked out of those three ridiculously brutal uranages I was damn sure Hase didn't have anything to put him away. I honestly thought Fujinami looked better in the 2007 match I saw him wrestle than here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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