Koki
Kitahara vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi, WAR 3/7/1993 - GREAT
Another heated, violent explosion between these two. Man Kitahara may have been Kobayashis best opponent, he really brings out his psycho asskicker more than any guy in a Tiger Mask ever did. There were lot of stiff strikes as you expect, but also an air of palpable hatred between them. Lots of guys spitting on the other, daring to hit each other, going for weapons etc. Eventually Kitahara just claws Kobayashis forehead open, bloodying him and following up by kicking him in the face. This was one of those WAR shows with a ton of NJPW fans in attendance so they get behind Kobayashi huge. Hot finish with a bleeding Kobayashi trying to comeback only to get his lights turned out. Kitahara was cold as hell in this feud.
Koki
Kitahara & Nobukazu Hirai vs. Kunaki Kobayashi & Masashi
Aoyagi, WAR 3/5/1993 - GREAT
Another pretty underrated/overlooked tag from this epic feud. As always the shear FIGHT was turned up to 11 here, everything looked super uncooperative and unpredictable, even things like guys getting thrown into a corner or being cut off. Hirai was pretty low ranked at this point and he was great here taking a violent beatdown from two badass building up to the eventual explosions between Kitahara and Kobayashi. Aoyagi also looked damn good busting out cool kick variations. The moments where Hirai is able to get in some surprise offense are great, too. It builds to a more elaborate finish than you expect, and it‘s pretty crazy that they kept up the insane heat the whole match. I mean the match starts crazy and heated with guys eating nasty kicks, getting thrown around and hitting baseballs slides across the ring. You‘d think it ends up being a sprint but instead they work a near 20 minute match, and they keep it at that level. Pretty amazing when you think about it.
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