Talk to me all you like about how 90s All Japan was the pinnacle of using a tag match to set up a big singles encounter; nothing they ever did made me want to shell out my hard-earned cheddar to watch Misawa v Kobashi or Kawada v Akiyama like this made me want to see Tarzan Goto and Masa Kurisu punch each other in the eye for 12 minutes. Kurisu was at his unpleasant best here and I can't think of a wrestler I'd less rather be in the ring with than him. Nothing he ever does looks pulled in the slightest. He was trying to obliterate Asako's eardrums with slaps, clonked him with disgusting headbutts, stomped his face into the canvas, at one point he even came in and kicked him in his big fat arse. All the while Goto aimed to top it by abusing Shooter, who's some guy in a mask who throws a bunch of reckless kicks. Goto matches Kurisu's headbutts every step of the way and then he superkicked Shooter in the throat. He also put the poor fella on his neck with a capture suplex. The best part was when Asako and Shooter were grappling on the mat and Kurisu and Goto both grabbed a chair and started wellying the other two while staring each other out. Of course the eventual Goto/Kurisu pairing ruled. It was brief, but they fucking hammered each other with those headbutts and set up the singles match perfectly. This was bliss.
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