[2015-11-01-Dragon Gate-The Gate of Destiny 2015] Shingo Takagi vs Masaaki Mochizuki

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As a spirited junior heavyweight-style match, this was fun stuff. Shingo is the king of bombz, and at the time, current Open the Dream Gate champion. I've always liked the fire and intensity he brings to the ring, whereas Mochizuki is the aging ring warrior here, and dang, he takes a thrashing from Shingo. Mochizuki wrestled smart, aware of the danger Shingo poses. The arm work was whatever -- limbwork goes nowhere in a DG match. Mochizuki's kicks on point and that tree-of-woe headlook looked real nasty. Shingo looked strong and his power movez looked legit, but this was the Mochizuki show, and his performace made Shingo look that much stronger. The finishing stretch where a frenzied Mochizuki is just trying to survive Shingo's relentless big offense was a definite highlight. He didn't let his age slow him down and brought everything. High energy, high emotion, one of the better DG matches I've seen.