Kenta Kobashi x Yoshihiro Takayama. Straight up FIGHT for the GHC Heavyweight title. (4.25.2004) ☠️

@vintagepuro Scrolling past really quickly I thought it was Buddy Landell.

@vintagepuro I love Kenta’s little shoulder tap at 0:20. Just a little “hey, turn around, I’m going to do a spinning back chop knock your head off”

@vintagepuro This match is insane. It’s one thing when you fully appreciate how big a man Kobashi is, but then his girth gets DWARFED by Takayama and you almost worry that Kobashi just can’t cut him down. Start to finish an absolute banger, 10/10 do strongly recommend

@vintagepuro One of my all time favourite matches. A war.

@vintagepuro @Facelessart305 Iconic. One of the greatest matches I have ever seen. The imagery of Takayama dragging a desperate Kobashi off the apron for that INSANE German Suplex might be my favorite spot ever.