[1996-12-26-BattlARTS] Takeshi Ono & Katsumi Usuda & Minoru Tanaka vs Daisuke Ikeda & Satoshi Yoneyama & Alexander Otsuka

[Jetlag]

Man I forgot how good this match was. DAMN. The first 30 seconds alone are utter brutality. This was a total shootstyle gangwar, which plays to their strengths. Lots of guys piling up and kicking and stomping the crap out of someone 2 on 1. If you know anything about BattlARTS or these guys you will know those kicks and stomps were no joke. Between the hitting and getting hit there were a bunch of fun, slick as ice mat scrambles. Hell, even Minoru Tanaka's shit looked good! Even Yone's shit looked good!! My only problem was the slight clipping, robbing us of 2 or 3 minutes of BattlARTS goodness. Still, the rest of this was great trademark BattlARTS violence & grappling at an awesome pace with a killer finish on top of it. Great sprint.

[cactus]

 

Everyone gets a chance to shine here. Ikeda is more unrestrained than usual. Out of all the great performances here, Otsuka steals the show with his organic murderous suplexes. Seriously, the guy puts Kurt Angle to shame.

 

I feel like this would serve as a good introduction to BattlARTS. The match isn't overly long, you will get introduced to six great wrestlers and you will get a lavish serving of their gloriously brutal bati-bati action.

 

★★★¾