[1994-08-06-NJPW-G1 Climax] Hiroshi Hase vs Takashi Iizuka

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This turned into a pretty cool little underdog story. Not much of a start with Hase letting Iizuka do some groundwork before he starts prepping the neck for the uranages, breaking out the Gotch-style piledriver for the occasion. He tries for the uranage but Iizuka hits one instead out of desperation, following up with a second and trying for a third but getting caught in the GIANT SWING! Loved Iizuka trying to break Hase's bridge as he's trying to escape the armbar attempt. Hase finally works his way around, even stands on Iizuka's face, but Iizuka is still maintaining arm control. The fans light up when Iizuka grabs the crossface chickenwing off of Hase's failed uranage attempt but in the end, Hase gives up on the uranage and instead, hits a cool wrist-clutch suplex, a German throw, and the Northern Lights suplex hold to put the fiery Iizuka away.