CIMA vs. Masato Yoshino

[7.0] "A fine series of basic grappling and high-flying exchanges made up the majority of the start. It felt a bit like filler for a while, but it was never too slow, and both guys showed great technique the entire time. Cima eventually progressed towards targeting Yoshino's left arm. The pace picked up as both guys started running around hitting more high-impact attacks and trading back and forth. Yoshino did a good job as he continued to sell his arm all throughout these exchanges. He sadly dropped it as both guys became more focussed on trading big moves, but I didn't mind at that point because the new in-ring work was so good, plus it felt believable that Yoshino would drop the selling to coincide with Cima's declining focus on the arm. Cima's power moves all looked great, and Yoshino was bumping hard to add to them. Yoshino's clear desperation to put Cima away was very compelling, and the crowd was fully behind him. I really enjoyed Cima deciding to steal a bunch of Yoshino's moves towards the end as a means to basically add insult in injury. I especially enjoyed how he switched from the Sol Naciente to a sort of double armbar targeting Yoshino's previously worked over left arm, which eventually led to Doi throwing in the towel as Yoshino likewise submitted. Like most Dream Gate title matches in this period, this was very good, but just lacking that extra 'bit' needed to be great. ***3/4"