[2000-08-08-NJPW-G1 Climax] Takashi Ilzuka vs Jushin Liger

[soup23]

Liger is still over like crazy. We jump to the clip of him fighting out of a leg lock and go right into our finishing run. Liger gets in a few hope spots with the torture rack and a good nearfall off of a shotei into brainbuster combo, but it does feel like this was always Ilzuka’s match to lose and the tap out comes pretty quickly once he rolls through and has Liger in a choke. NR

[AstroBoy]

Liger finds himself in a similar uphill battle just like with Fujinami. But he has great crowd support and runs off some good offense before finally succumbing to a rear naked choke from the back mount. This was pretty enjoyable while it lasted.