[1992-10-29-NJPW] Shinya Hashimoto & El Samurai vs. Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase

[Jetlag]

Really fun houseshow main event. El Samurai is often the problem in these matches, however that wasn't the case here as he got dominated in the early wrestling exchanges and made for an effective underdog. Hase always looks really solid in this time period and Mutoh doesn't bring it down sticking to his handful of athletic spots in a fast paced match. Samurais initial flurry of offense was really fun as he was able to connect a flying elbow to Hase as Hase was trying to put a Figure 4 on Hashimoto. I also really liked Hashimoto coming in to drop a big elbow on Hase while Samurai had him in a half crab as comeuppance for Hase and Mutoh double teaming Hashimoto earlier. Note that they were able to make things like a superplex or sharpshooter feel really dramatic. Really effective here as they teased Hashimoto being worked over, which led to Samurai getting a "hot tag" only for Samurai to end up being worked over. It made all the nearfalls on Samurai feel super over. My one complaint is there wasn't quite enough Hashimoto as he looked badass as usual dropping bombs on people and chopping Mutoh in the throat.