[1981-08-22-AJPW] Ricky Steamboat vs Mil Mascaras (2/3 falls)

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[tcg91]

Not a dream match, but quite a suggestive pairing at the very least. Unfortunately, they seemed to be in spot show mode and some of the action was quite lethargic. However, they started this strong and the matwork in the first fall was solid, it's just too bad that all the good armwork didn't have a relevant follow up later in the match. This is yet another bout that had a promising start and then died in the later falls, despite the first two having decent endings. They actually brough the arm stuff back at the very last minute of the match, with an abdominal stretch battle, but it was followed by a non-finish by interference. This could have been so much better
**3/4