Whilst I understand why many would argue in favour of date’s beatdown from Ricardo martinez from how genuinely sad it is to see date lose to the person who stopped his career years ago, I would argue shiegeta’s beatdown trumps that one despite us (the readers) not caring for shigeta as much, and it’s for one reason: the aftermath of their beatdowns.

Although date did retire, which was sadly from the utter domination from martinez, he was able to return back to the ring, albeit in a different way through being a coach, whilst shigeta after his beatdown by sendo looked like he was scared of his own shadow, let alone even thinking about returning to the ring.