Daisuke Ikeda vs Takeshi Ono-FUTEN 26.9.2010.

Third time I've watched this match and it only gets better. Ono taking it to Ikeda with brutal punches rules, but there are a couple of other things I've picked up as well. Ikeda firing back with shoot headbutts ruled and there was a moment where Ikeda was just starring at Ono and Ono was desperately punching away at Ikeda trying to knock him down and in those few seconds in which they battled over whether Ikeda was going to headbutt Ono or not I realised I truly do enjoy life and professional wrestling. Ikeda did Headbutt Ono, symbolically showing there is no escaping some things in life. Like the god damn Ankle Lock counter to the kick I've seen a million times in Battlarts matches. But Ono bravely fought back and only got Ankle Locked later in the match with a different set-up. And holy shit that knee to the back of the head. There's a reason PRIDE didn't allow those things. Then you have Ikeda doing a flip senton and an elbow drop for no reason, this just might be the most FUTEN-ish match of them all, and it rules so much. ****