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Tuesday, October 17

JMOTM: Mistuhiro Matsunaga vs. Osamu Namiguchi - 06/30/05 Zero1-Max

I have probably seen far more Matsunaga matches in my limited viewing than Zero1 matches. In fact, don't know that I've ever seen them in action, but what's not to love about Mr. Danger? The guy is a legend. You have so many death match workers over the years in garbage American promotions, and so many of them are just blood for blood's sake, lacking the unteachable or bladeable charisma that just comes from Mr. Danger. (This is also why Necro Butcher stood out so much, because he just had something extra about him that made you not yawn and think, "God, another fuckwad getting ten light tubes stapled to his back for a powerbomb through a cactus plant into a swimming pool full of rubbing alcohol.")
Namiguchi is young and spry and ripe for the bludgeoning. He gets jiu-jitsued by Matsunaga early on, then pushed him out and errantly goes for a dive to the outside. Do not willingly go outside the ring against Mr. Danger, because he's got a weapon to dig the blood from your forehead with, to be sure. He hides his weapon from the ref, pretending this is a real sport for a while, but eventually just starts stabbing young Namiguchi in the face center-ring, and as the ref pulls and tugs for the foreign object (or is that object native to Japan? I'm not sure, I'm only speaking from American point of view), he gets pushed aside because Mr. Danger does not give a fuck about his weak authority. Official in suit comes in and gets stabbed right smartly upside his face as well, and in a strange turn of events, Namiguchi slaps on a single-leg crab on Matsunaga, original ref comes back in the ring, and Mr. Danger creepy crawls his way to the ropes for a break, weapon in hand. I am guessing the "Max" part of the promotional name means hardcore stylee. But it's obviously not native to Zero1 because after the kid gets hit with a light tube, the ref is super-concerned, like Namiguchi might be brain damaged or something. A shard of glass dug into the face and Mr. Danger gets your pinfall victory.

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