[2001-09-01-ZERO-ONE] Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Naohiro Hoshikawa

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is there a better bomb throwin', no sellin' little shitkicker than Takaiwa? This was a pretty decent match with Hoshikawa trying the more technical approach and Takaiwa obviously going the rough-and-tumble route. Hoshikawa will come at him with hard kicks, Takaiwa will no sell them in order to slap him the face and chop him down. Takaiwa throws really hard chops. He lariats him over the barricade, powerbombs him on the floor, hits a superplex. Hoshikawa keeps coming back with kicks and makes the mistake of trying to contain Takaiwa with a butterfly lock (Takaiwa obviously counters out with a Death Valley Bomb). He finally takes down Hoshikawa after three consecutive lariats.