You know what you're getting with this. If you like these guys then it's pretty much everything you want - an indie dream match that delivers all ends up. It didn't blow me away quite the same as it did when I first watched it, but there are a few moments that still have me shaking my head in disbelief these many years later. Ki was as violent as he's ever been and threw some of the most hellish strikes of his life - the backfist on the floor, the koppu kick, the running dropkick while Necro was slouched in a chair, the short Kawada kicks, one of the nastiest Wanderlei punts ever. Necro spent most of the match absorbing this punishment and trying to collect his teeth, but every now and then he'd fire back from nowhere with something ridiculous. The best example was when Ki came off the ropes with a springboard and Necro gave him this ugly upward-angle lariat right across the face. Ki's double stomps were monstrous, the first landing across the back as Necro was half hanging out the ring. The one at the finish, though...jeez Louise. Necro tries to hit what I'd guess was a butterfly suplex off the top through a table, but Ki fights back and Necro ends up with his legs caught in the ropes, his body across the table, and that table splintering into a thousand pieces as Ki stomps Necro's head and shoulders through it is an outrageous visual. There's another Necro/Ki match from 2006 that I know I haven't seen before so perhaps it's something I'd be interested in?
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