[1994-04-03-UWFi-Pro Wrestling World Tournament: First Round] Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki

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Classic match-up and a motivated Takada...yeah, this was good stuff. Takada comes at him with some knees but Yamazaki snaps him over with a German suplex...and then, of course, Takada pops right back up and they go to town on the legs, countering, re-countering, reversing, undoing, until finally, Yamazaki has to grab the ropes in order to stop the senior UWF prom. Takada does a good job of blocking the roll through armbar but yeah, on a whole, super solid counterwork from both guys – definitely one of Takada’s stronger performances as Yamazaki puts Takada through the wringer. Yamazaki doesn't hold back with the kicks toward the end but Takada takes it with the armbar, as expected.