Ozaki & Amano vs. Kudo & RIE, JWP 4/8/1997

This was a street fight with everyone dressed up in their grungy street clothes and it was just an absolute house of fire as they went full throttle over like 25 minutes. Amano and RIE bled like crazy and Oz and Kudo held up looking like absolute superstars throughout this match. They could’ve just done brawling and weapon shots and it would have been good as they worked in some really cool key transitions, but then they went all out in the second half delivering so much cool stuff and false finishes out the ass. They convince you that Oz and Kudo could end the match, then they introduce the more plausible possibility of one of the underlings getting pinned, then it’s underling vs. underling, then suddenly Oz and Kudo again… they did a great job mixing the weapons and chains with the 90s style puro big moves and something like a tiger bomb or half nelson suplex looks double cool in a bloody brawl with weapons strewn about the ring. Amano looked brave as fuck diving in to save Ozaki and while RIE had a shitty moment where she blew a move, she also had a really cool moment where she taped a bat to her knee and delivered a gross looking jumping knee to the head. The chain stuff was engrossing, remember chain chokes often end brawls in Japan either by ref stop or submission. Ozakis out of nowhere backfists were really cool. Tremendous stuff at a crazy pace that would light a fire if you ran it anywhere today.