El Lindaman defeats Zenshi

El Lindaman defeats Zenshi: MLW Fusion March 21

Result: Zenshi defeats El Lindaman

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Match: Lindaman and Zenshi began the match with a series of evasions. After flipping Lindaman face first into the canvas, Zeshi followed through with a standing moonsault and a snap suplex. As Zenshi chased Lindaman to the outside, Lindaman popped back in the ring and hit a running tope con hilo.

This gave Lindaman the advantage as he began focusing on the right arm of Zenshi. Eventually Zenshi got away from Lindaman and began to hit some offense of his own including a slingshot cutter from the apron into the ring. As Zenshi came at him, El Lindaman grabbed an arm and cinched in the cross arm-breaker. Luckily for Zenshi, he made it to the ropes.

Lindeman began to turn up the heat with a northern light suplex into the turnbuckle and a German suplex for a near fall. Lindeman ended up with the pinfall victory using the tiger suplex.

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Match Ratings

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4. Stakes – Did the match matter?
5. Finish– Did the match end in a satisfying manner?
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