[1997-08-22-Kingdom] Yoshihiro Takayama vs Hiromitsu Kanehara

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[superkix]

This ruled. I mean, solid, straight-up wrestling to kick things off, with Takayama moving good, the fans showing their appreciation. Then Takayama turns into Takayama and starts slugging away and kneeing. Kanehara smartly slips behind and climbs on with a choke sleeper. A good corner slugfest, Takayama throwing him with an arm trap suplex, Takayama whacked with a nasty spinning backhand and shrugging it off. They pump the brakes in the final few minutes leading to the finish, where Kanehara tries to choke him out and when that doesn't work, he taps him out with the armbar.