[2005-05-14-NJPW-Nexess VI] Minoru Suzuki vs Alexander Otsuka

[Microstatistics]

Awesome match and one of the best sub-5 minutes matches I've seen. The grappling at the beginning is insanely amazing and the rest of the bout is great too. *** 3/4

[GOTNW]

Gave this a rewatch, the opening amateur wrestling sequence was insane but the rest of the match didn't really live up to my memory of it being a possible best ***1/4

[shodate]

One of the Bright Points of a Dark time in New japan i love this match while one of the top 100 of the decade personally it was high Quilty ****1/4

[superkix]

The super slick mat scramble to open was easily the best part of the match in my opinion but it was still fun. Otsuka makes the mistakeof running Minoru's intricately shaved head, pissing off Minoru, who lands a few good knees. Otsuka's deadlift Germans will never not be good, you get a little slap exchange, and finally the dope bow-and-arrow hold into the sleeper to wear Otsuka down for the Gotch-style piledriver. Good selling as always from Otsuka but I agree, Minoru could've added a little more intensity to his offense. Still a pretty great sub-five minute match.