[1998-05-17-NJPW-BOSJ Day 2] Koji Kanemoto vs Yuji Yasuraoka

[MrMoonlight]

 Got this one from Ditch, and it looks like classic stuff. Kanemoto portrays the perfect bully dick to fire Korakuen Hall, he lets Yasuraoka some offense only to break his momentum with one shot before it may become too dangerous. At one point Yasuraoka gets the upper hand but Kanemoto shows great timing at turning this into a bonafide extanded hope spot. Yasuraoka doesn't give up and ends up pushing Kanemoto quite far. Too bad we only got 11 of the 18min, I guess pretty much 7 min cut are just Kanemoto playing with his prey. But anyway, the finish stretch and Yasuraoka's celebration with the reserved new found respect for his opponent from Kanemoto makes it end on a brilliant note. It's the kind of match that makes you want to see more of these two: teaming, against each other or just by themselves. 3.75*