at the time, NOAH was going towards more realistic finishes, as mid 90s All Japan never saw a submission or knock out win in major matches. Eventually, they ditched this though, which i think is dumb. Condition the fans to not know an ending is the best policy to me.
awesome ending... the ref doing the cpr was a nice touch.
HannaBarbaric 4 years ago
What was the Date on this match?
sullivangate 4 years ago
i love the way the japenese refs count and get a 2 count
dylanrangers3 5 years ago
A very good match, firt time i saw a japanese match end in a knockout, still kobashi and akiyama were great as always.
manjiimortal 5 years ago
kobashi! kobashi! kobashi!
this wrestler will live forever in my blood.
tomer4ik 5 years ago
It looked to me like Kobashi wasn't going to be able to finish and the ref just called it.
SirPromenade 5 years ago
at the time, NOAH was going towards more realistic finishes, as mid 90s All Japan never saw a submission or knock out win in major matches. Eventually, they ditched this though, which i think is dumb. Condition the fans to not know an ending is the best policy to me.
PhenomAJ 5 years ago
two of the best wrestlers in the world
Shaydee478 5 years ago 2
This Video is cool !!!
But who is Kneta Kobashi and who's Jun Akiyama ?!
ds91 5 years ago
Very unexpected, but another classic between these two
Sepulcrum632 5 years ago