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[1994-10-30-Michinoku Pro] Atsushi Onita vs Great Sasuke (No Rope Barbed Wire Exploding Landmine Double Hell Death)


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Am I the only one who thinks the 10/30/94 Sasuke vs. Onita match from Michinoku Pro is worth watching? If yes, I think it's probably the most underrated match ever. The wrestling itself isn't anything special (especially for the high 1994 standards), but... come on... it's Sasuke and Onita~! Both men try to avoid hitting the barbed wire. The suspense is great. The Michinoku Pro crowd is going nuts whenever they tease a big bump is about to happen. The finish is dramatic with Onita trying to protect both his opponent Sasuke and referee Ted Tanabe. Maybe I'm just a huge mark for Sasuke and Onita. After the match, Jinsei Shinzaki shows up to carry Sasuke to the back. Is it just me who likes this match? Perhaps it's just a nostalgic thing? Any opinions on this match?

 

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I’m totally on board for that fight as worth watching for 1994. Onita and Sasuke were both quite fresh phenoms of the indies. FMW basically went from small quiet crowd with karatekas facing pro wrestlers to those graphic absurd scenes before hot crowds in 2 years. Onita even went on winning a tag match with Tarzan Goto against Tenryu & Arah (in an awesome match btw), when Onita pinned Mr Pro Wrestling. Now he’s no longer a crazy dude, he’s a badass with limitation but such a will to find a way. Sasuke and M pro became a thing in 1993, Sasuke being the fresh new star; an underground ninja, a new tiger mask type sensation.

The fight is very nicely put together, it feels like what pro wrestling would be if you had to watch out for the ropes as your first priority. Both ended up in the explosives and the barbed wires, and without the countdown this time, we have once again the final explosion with unreal shots of a ring covered in smoke, the weird overdub music as we see Onita coming back to life, the screams and the tears, with one unique thing this time though: Onita carrying Sasuke to the back until Jinzei steps on his way and grabs the body of his fellow M-Pro friend.

Definitely the kind of stuff that is more tasty when you can suspend your disbelief to the point of feeling the set and age and what it was like at the time. Really cool and memorable fight.

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