[1998-07-24-AJPW-Summer Action Series] Takao Omori & Toshiaki Kawada vs Hiroshi Hase & Maunakea Mossman

[cactus]

This whole match is built around Kawada vs Hase and the Mossman and Omori are just here for the ride. Kawada is hesitant to go near Hase at the start, tagging out as soon as Hase becomes the legal man. This adds to the tension and it feels like a big deal when they finally go at it. Hase was great at being a smug asshole by having some great facial expressions. Mossman and Omori added very little to this, and are just here to break the action apart. Mossman looked very bad here. He was all over the place and even botch a small package, rolling his opponent up right into the ropes. This had a fun finishing stretch. Hase no-selling a spike German suplex came across as dumb, but that comes with the territory when watching late 90's AJPW.

★★★