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Post by fxnj on Mar 15, 2019 3:44:59 GMT -5
Kind of frustrating how rare great old man performances, as he really can be great when he's in there for the right guy. Vader destroying someone is always going to be great, but Fujinami also isn't afraid to fight back and two both sell great for each while putting together a really good finishing stretch. Just a classic match right up there with the best between them.
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Post by jetlag on Jul 13, 2020 15:05:24 GMT -5
This is for the vacant CWA Intercontinental title. A fancam from germany where the crowd is hot for Fujinami as the babyface. Really awesome savage massacre. Vader was just obliterating Fujinami, like only Vader can, just trying to bash his skull in for the entire duration of the match, but eventually Vader ends up with a bloody eye and Fujinami gives it back to him, punching and chopping the cut, including a big leaping forearm smash right to Vader's eye. Vader is great as a wounded monster who can come back and crush his opponent anytime, and they work a nice finishing run where Fujinami looks really great, landing a GAEA Girls missile dropkick on Vader and catching him in believable fashion while remaining an underdog. This went 20+ minutes with no rounds and really could have been worked the exact same anywhere else in the world and would have worked. Best 90s Fujinami match I've seen (before I saw the Hashimoto match, anyway) and maybe the best Vader has had in Germany, depending on how much you like Otto Wanz.
On rewatch, I'd say this was still a damn excellent match. Vader came across as such a menacing force here. It was also a quite unique Fujinami performance. Normally he's the guy who just wants to get the backslide, but in this case he was kicking the living shit out of Vaders bleeding eye. It's also cool to see a crowd unfamiliar with Fujinami getting super into him.
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Post by microstatistics on Jul 13, 2020 18:54:31 GMT -5
Second. Great stuff, maybe their best match together.
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Post by Cap on Jul 15, 2020 17:36:54 GMT -5
Third
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Post by mrjmml on Aug 23, 2023 10:53:39 GMT -5
Tatsumi Fujinami in the 1990’s is still great he may not be as great as he once was but it doesn’t mean he is washed far from it, the quality of the footage isn’t the greatest but it’s watchable, most of the german catch footage is in a terrible state to the point where you don’t know what you’re looking at but luckily this match isn’t the case at all, it’s a handheld but a pretty good one, it isn’t like the Dave Taylor vs Franz Van Buyten dog collar match, an absolute classic if you don’t mind having to put together all your energy in order to figure out what’s happening, this one is better in that regard, it’s a classic monster heel against fiery babyface structure, the size differential between the two is notable, Vader weighs more than 200 kg as mobile and agile as he was while Fujinami weighed half of that so Vader had the size advantage by a wide margin, they played into that throughout the match, you can figure out the way they did it, Vader dominated comfortably the early going but then Fujinami starts picking up steam, he gets the advantage by capitalizing on a Vader mistake to start his comeback, Fujinami unleashes a flurry of offense Vader has no response to, no surprises there, the crowd is firmly behind Fujinami if you have read the previous reviews it won’t surprise you, I love how Vader is always presented as a monster, as someone you should be scared of, doesn’t matter where he is things will always be the same except in the last year of his WWF run but that’s a story worth its own essay, Vader ended up winning the match after neutralizing his opponent, I love how he covered him, it was an incredibly badass move if you ask me, it’s the most stereotypical powerhouse move ever but Vader makes it feel special.
A german classic I sincerely recommend checking out.
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Post by elliott on Sept 10, 2023 13:07:41 GMT -5
Another awesome one between these two.
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