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Post by jetlag on Apr 10, 2018 14:05:33 GMT -5
4 MINUTES 27 SECONDS! I must've have watched this match a dozen times, and it never stops being awesome. They just THROW DOWN and the world explodes. Awesome savage punch exchanges, general recklessness, Ikeda going for any weird move he can think of, while still keeping a general sense of defensiveness/evading. The counterwork is just stellar. The selling is sublime, and kind of different - guys would get hit, and sell he trauma of getting hit, but straighten themselves out and stop themselves from buckling "DAMN he got me good... but I'm not going down now, fuck you", like you would when the adrenaline is rushing, and then swing back and try to crush the other guy. Most matches are lucky to have 1 or 2 great moments. I counted 4 great moments in the first 35 seconds of this.
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Post by KB8 on Apr 10, 2018 14:48:23 GMT -5
Seconded.
Probably the best five minute match there's ever been. What a preposterously violent shitstorm of a thing. Ono starts throwing grenades right out the gate and drops Ikeda with an early knockdown, and I love how they managed to work a solid narrative into four and a half minutes. Ono is a whirlwind of punches and kicks, really going hell for leather, no beating about the bush. He's here for a good time not a long time, he doesn't get paid by the hour, etc. Ikeda is Ikeda, though. There's probably only a handful of wrestlers in history who can endure a more hellish beating than him and less than a handful who can dish it out even worse in return. So Ikeda survives the onslaught and just fucks Ono in the face with a headbutt. Ikeda's riposte is truly harrowing and yet Ono won't stop coming forward. The bit where Ikeda over-commits and Ono full force knees him in the back of the head is legit one of the most truculent things I've seen in a wrestling match. I've referenced this a few times as the bar for sub-five minute matches and every re-watch of it still leaves me sort of stunned.
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Post by microstatistics on Apr 10, 2018 18:05:40 GMT -5
Third. Definite contender for best <5 minutes match ever. Ridiculous violence coupled with story of Ikeda trying to overcome the ultra aggressive striker + great transitions, sense of struggle and selling.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Jul 31, 2018 16:15:31 GMT -5
The grindcore of pro wrestling!
Daisuke Ikeda vs Takeshi Ono - FUTEN 9/26/10
This reminded me a lot of Lucha Underground/Final Deletion in its production and the way they did the cuts. It felt like you were watching a movie. In terms of sub-5 minute explosive action I have this right there with Dungeon Match between Owen Hart vs Shamrock. Ikeda is a shoot style legend. Ono I have no clue who he is. I find out that he just throws punches with reckless abandon and really never stops moving forward. He really takes the fight to the superior Ikeda. Ikeda plays counterpuncher the whole match, first it is with headbutts that rock Ono, but Ono is like a Soviet at Stalingrad, he is still coming forward. He gets a double chickenwing and then just throws Ikeda with a Tiger suplex. He goes full mount reigning punches down but Ikeda always the counterwrestler in this match sees the opening in Ono's carelessness and makes him pay with an armbar. Simple story: Ono is going to crash through Ikeda and leaves himself open to counterpunching. Ikeda the veteran bides his time and ends up winning the match. Hard-hitting, good storytelling, unique production. ****
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Post by elliott on Oct 2, 2023 22:58:23 GMT -5
It's very stiff!
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