[2020-02-11-AJPW Excite Series: Night One] Susumu Yokosuka vs Akira Francesco

[paul sosnowski]

Susumu Yokosuka defends the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight title.   Talk about it here

[Tenese Sarwieh]

 

A well done sprint with the classic story of the young upstart against the wily veteran being told. Yokosuka was great in his role of trying to ground the high flyer by focusing on his left leg and throwing some bombs in the process. Francesco had great facials and comeback spots working underneath showing the heart he had by not going down easily but he did go down with a brutal looking lariat. This match conveyed that Akria Francesco is on his way but this day wasn't his to win.