[2021-10-17-NJPW STRONG] Alex Coughlin vs Jonathan Gresham

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One of the most fundamentally sound matches in recent memory. It's also one of the best matches to feature a Young Lion, playing up both the standard maneuvers a Young Lion is often restricted to, along with the difference in experience between both wrestlers. Most of the match is spent emphasizing these moves: Headlocks, Headscissors, Bearhugs, etc. Each of them is worked with a sense of struggle and intensity, always building to a necessary reversal. Just when it seems as though Coughlin may be on Gresham's level, they repeat the first sequence of a Headlock Takeover-Headscissors and this time, Gresham swiftly counters for the victory. Good match on its own, that's only further elevated with the context of its stipulation.