1/4/92 IWA World Title: Kyoko Inoue (champion) vs Akira Hokuto
An excellent match and in some ways similar to their Dream Rush Match, but this effort was better with more action and stronger pacing. The two traded the advantage early in simple spots designed
to display their athleticism. Hokuto backdropped Kyoko out of the ring and gave her a plancha. Hokuto focused her attack on Kyoko's leg and gave her a piledriver for a near fall at 4:28. Kyoko dropkicked
Hokuto and dominated her for the next couple minutes using submission holds such as a camel clutch and a dragon sleeper. Hokuto turned the tables, gained a near fall, and applied a dragon sleeper
of her own on Kyoko. Kyoko gained a near fall with a suplex and applied a cross armbreaker. Hokuto piledrove Kyoko but Kyoko reversed a flying bodypress attempt for a near fall. Kyoko gave Hokuto
a fallaway slam out of the ring and dove backwards off the middle rope onto Hokuto. Kyoko hit her running top rope elbow on Hokuto and gained a near fall. She then hooked Hokuto in a sharpshooter
at 12:35. Hokuto fought back and gained a near fall after two spin kicks. Hokuto gained another near fall after two top rope dropkicks. Hokuto worked on Kyoko's arms for a couple minutes. Kyoko jumped
off the middle rope with a dropkick on Hokuto but missed her runnning top rope elbow. Kyoko recovered and gave Hokuto a giant swing for a near fall. Hokuto German suplexed Kyoko for a near fall at
19:50. Hokuto nailed Kyoko with her flip plancha seconds later. Kyoko gave Hokuto a springboard clothesline for a near fall and gained another near fall with a German suplex. Hokuto gave Kyoko an
overhead double arm suplex for a near fall at 22:15. Hokuto then gave Kyoko a tiger driver for a heated near fall and gained another with a powerbomb. At 23:38 Hokuto tiger suplexed Kyoko for a near
fall and followed up with a somersault dive off the top rope. Kyoko sidestepped a second flip dive and gave Hokuto a giant swing with her legs in a Texas cloverleaf lock. Kyoko then powerbombed
Hokuto and scored the pin at 24:56 to retain the title. A better organized match than the previous match. ****3/4
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