This match I'd say is one of the most important and pivotal matches in not just NJPW history but likely also puroresu history because New Japan could've had this match end in a DQ or count-out finish but instead they gave Choshu the clean win, and this win arguably solidified him as an equal to Fujinami, and thus turned one of the first true native vs native feuds into something even more hotter than it already was.
It goes without question that this feud and Ishin Gundan vs NJPW feud is influential in many ways because it's one of the first true male native vs native and as well, internal faction vs internal faction feuds (I think AJW was doing something similar as well) and you can tell how groundbreaking it is.
u/Careless-Butterfly64 — 10 days ago