(BIG JAPAN) The slow walk to victory: close up with Takuya Nomura

Weekly Pro
June 9th 2019 

Now, the progressive card that is raising expectations in Big Japan, is the 21st July Takuya Nomura vs Yuji Okabayashi BJW certified World Strong Heavyweight battle.
Nomura had made his challenge to Okabayashi after his first defense in Nagoya on the 20th May. The champion accepted, and a few days later, the stage for the match was decided as Osaka. The title match was two months away, but the pre-match started from the next day. Although it was good that his challenge was accepted, as a result Nomura lost directly to Okabayashi in six pre-matches until the 28th June in Sapporo. About this, the strength of the champion stands out, and an overwhelming difference is felt. Despite the slow progress, it has been packed with violence.
In each pre-match, the challenger has made a thoroughly concentrated attack on Okabayashi's left arm. Not only that, it was a filled with fearlessly provocative behavior, the fighting style is more to the physical metaphysical properties of the current champion.
Okabayashi might be offended by me writing this, but against Nomura, who has surpassed the limits, it would be impossible to now bring out the metaphysical under these circumstances which the fight was raised on.

It was on the 30th June, the 2nd day of Sapporo, when this impression became stronger. Looking back on it, it was probably more than on the 23rd June at Korakuen, when Nomura was fighting to make the fans think that "Okabayashi will not win".
Still, he won.
On the 2nd, Nomura launched a more aggressive attack and provocation than that of the opening night, and he pushed it to an even more "possible win situation" than the night before. For these two, the pre-match had passed the limit of just another stage of Nomura fighting Okabayashi. It is an unprecedented fight. It is like what Stan Hansen once was.
The brake was broken. I felt the madness.
Therefore, I was forced to think personally, "oh, today the champion has won..."
That is the amazing part of Nomura.

Time and time again, I have seen the hardworking Okabayashi over and over again, but for the champion on the 30th June in Sapporo, the limit was considered to be the "end here" moment when Nomura was beaten with the Argentina Backbreaker.
Thereafter, Nomura will aim to use armlock, and he pulls Okayabashi up to lift him, pulling the body up, he stretches out the arm, exerts pressure, and Okabayashi taps in the blink of an eye. Even monsters will be defeated when the joint lock is decided upon.
It had to be done.
In addition, the heat in the venue that Okabayashi had created at the defensive stage, rose to a boiling point into mayhem.
Finally, when Nomira won, there was a large applause.
Loss, loss and continuing loss, the long span of two months until the title match, makes Nomura's convincing victory in attacking the left arm, showing progress without wavering. The feeling that "it will not be a surprise if Nomura beats Okabayashi" has run through the daily battles.
This is the case, but if you look at it from another prospective, it is also true that if he did not keep attacking the arm until he reached Sapporo, it was not necessary for Nomura and Okabayashi at that time (rough).
Ideally they will continue the battle beyond the limits of the pre-matches to the decisive battle, a strong champion and a strong challenger, who has exposed his "face" as a wrestler not seen before.
I wonder what kind of strong BJ will be proved in Osaka on the 21st July? 

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