Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

[7.0] "Not as good as their 2002 match but still it was a good match that I think would have benefitted from getting a bit more time. Takayama targeted misawas arm and legs but it sort of went nowhere. Their strikes like always were very impactful.***/75."

[10.0] "Man I wish we got to see more of Misawa working with the UWF(i) guys because it was so cool seeing Misawa having to go even harder than normal against a monster like Takayama who can hit like a train. Maybe the hardest elbow strikes I've ever seen out of Misawa."

[8.0] "Akiyama is the absolute best, his offence looks so brutal, he reminds me of WALTER. Misawa looked pretty good here too."

[9.0] "My favorite of the Misawa vs. Takayama matches. Severely underrated in my opinion. Some minutes in Takayama is in a hold and for some reason gets pissed off. From then on the heat is turned up in this match. You can see Misawa hit a rare running jumping elbow in this one."

[6.0] "Takayama's breakout after many years of being a tag team player alongside Omori. Misawa is still the "Man" despite being surpassed by Kawada and Kobashi, and Yoshihiro knows that he has to throw away all of his best to put him down for good. The nice starting point for their future epic clashes. ***"