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I agree that the Dave-Peyton Royce interaction itself was what should happen in cases like this. He said something hurtful and offensive, the person hurt confronted him, and he issued a public apology. (He admittedly bungled that by calling her attractive again. Then he apologized again.) But now it's turning into something where Prichard, Russo, and Bischoff cultists, WWE apologists who don't like that he likes NJPW matches better, and more general Twitter trolls are using it for their own gain, and WWE wrestlers are piling on to get brownie points with company management and make it seem like they don't talk to him even though they do. (Charlotte in particular has probably known Dave Meltzer since she was a little girl, so she's not fooling anyone.) The reason I'm likely to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one (while also thinking this hopefully puts an end to Dave's cheap Twitter gimmick) is that this is a guy who has championed women's wrestling for more than thirty years. Joshi was sort of viewed as this Harlem Globetrotters wrestling-like thing by Western fans (and wrestlers) until Dave started praising the athletes as being better than the men. His coverage of it affected the way that men worked. Before all of this surfaced, he was asked about why Aja Kong didn't work out in the WWF and pointed to her working style scaring old white men stuck in their ways. I'm not sure there's anyone else who has spoken out more about the treatment of women in wrestling than Dave Meltzer, although no, that doesn't give him a license to just say what he wants. Some people are worth our contempt. Dave, as much as he deserves this public smack down in some ways, as it's the unavoidable end result of a Twitter gimmick that's beneath him, doesn't. Wrestlers are as spineless as ever when they go overboard to join the Dave pile-on and won't dare say anything critical of their own company's business practices in public. I used to sympathize with their position in that sense, but now I don't.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired March 30, 1997 No review yet. Dusty Rhodes vs Hiro Matsuda (December 9, 1975; Fukuoka, Japan) Dick Murdoch vs Anton Geesink (December 9, 1975; Fukuoka, Japan) Destroyer vs Great Kusatsu (December 9, 1975; Fukuoka, Japan) U.S. Heavyweight Title: Abdullah the Butcher (c) vs Jumbo Tsuruta (October 30, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired March 23, 1997 No review yet. Mr. Wrestling vs Mighty Inoue (December 6, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) Shohei Baba vs Baron Von Raschke (December 6, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) Dory Funk Jr. vs Abdullah the Butcher (December 6, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Horst Hoffman (December 9, 1975; Fukuoka, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired March 16, 1997 No review yet. Stan Hansen vs Destroyer (October 30, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) Jumbo Tsuruta & Anton Geesink vs Bobby Duncum & Bob Remus (July 25, 1975) NWA World Title: Jack Brisco (c) vs Bobo Brazil (March 13, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) Shohei Baba vs Kintaro Oki (October 30, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired March 7, 1997 No review yet. AWA World Title: Nick Bockwinkel (c) vs Jumbo Tsuruta (July 13, 1983; Chitose, Japan) NWA International Tag Team Titles: Shohei Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (c) vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda (July 26, 1983; Fukuoka, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired March 9, 1997 No review yet. Killer Kowalski & Mr. Wrestling vs Destroyer & Samson Kutsuwada (April 10, 1975; Sendai, Japan) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bob Orton Jr. (April 10, 1975, Sendai, Japan) Shohei Baba & Destroyer vs Dick Slater & Killer Karl Kox (August 29, 1974; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired March 3, 1997 No review yet. NWA International Tag Team Titles: Shohei Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (c) vs Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (March 13, 1975; Tokyo, Japan) PWF Heavyweight Title: Shohei Baba (c) vs Dick the Bruiser (April 10, 1975; Sendai, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired February 24, 1997 No review yet. Spirit vs Samson Kutsuwada (July 19, 1975) NWA World Tag Team Titles: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (c) vs Shohei Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (PNW February 5, 1975; Portland, Oregon) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired February 17, 1997 (Taped December 5, 1974) Tokyo, Japan No review yet. NWA Junior Heavyweight Title: Ken Mantell (c) vs Jumbo Tsuruta NWA World Title: Shohei Baba (c) vs Jack Brisco Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired February 10, 1997 No review yet. NWA World Title: Jack Brisco (c) vs Shohei Baba (December 2, 1974; Kagoshima, Japan) Shohei Baba vs Fritz Von Erich (July 25, 1975) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired February 2, 1997 No review yet. Chavo Guerrero vs Anton Geesink (July 19, 1975) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Fritz Von Erich (July 19, 1975) Shohei Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bruno Sammartino & Calypso Hurricane (November 24, 1973; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired January 26, 1997 (Taped June 13, 1974) Tokyo, Japan No review yet. Gorilla Monsoon vs Anton Geesink Jumbo Tsuruta & Destroyer vs Kevin Sullivan & Johnny Rodz PWF Heavyweight Title: Shohei Baba (c) vs Pedro Morales Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired January 19, 1997 No review yet. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mickey Doyle (November 24, 1973; Tokyo, Japan) U.S. Heavyweight Title: Destroyer (c) vs Abdullah the Butcher (April 27, 1974) 2/3 Falls: Dory Funk Jr. vs Jumbo Tsuruta (August 29, 1974; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired January 24, 1997 No review yet. AWA World Tag Team Titles: Ken Patera & Crusher Blackwell (c) vs Crusher & Greg Gagne (AWA March 15, 1984; Minneapolis, MN) AWA World Title: Jumbo Tsuruta (c) vs Nick Bockwinkel (March 24, 1984; Tokyo, Japan) PWF Heavyweight Title: Stan Hansen (c) vs Shohei Baba (March 24, 1984; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired January 10, 1997 No review yet. Tiger Mask vs La Fiera (August 26, 1984; Tokyo, Japan) NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title: Mighty Inoue (c) vs Atsushi Onita (August 26, 1984; Tokyo, Japan) AWA World Title: Jumbo Tsuruta (c) vs Greg Gagne (April 19, 1984; Koriyama, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired December 1996 No review yet. Hiro Matsuda & Thunder Sugiyama vs Tony Parisi & King Curtis (April 28, 1973; Tokyo, Japan) U.S. Heavyweight Title: Destroyer (c) vs Mil Mascaras (July 25, 1974; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired December 1996 No review yet. Shohei Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bob Backlund & Bob Roop (July 25, 1974; Tokyo, Japan) NWA World Title: Jack Brisco (c) vs Jumbo Tsuruta (January 30, 1974; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired December 1996 No review yet. Thunder Sugiyama vs George Steele (July 25, 1974; Tokyo, Japan) U.S. Heavyweight Title: Destroyer (c) vs Mil Mascaras (October 9, 1973; Tokyo, Japan) PWF Heavyweight Title: Shohei Baba (c) vs Sheik (April 28, 1973; Tokyo, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Classics on Samurai TV Aired December 1996 No review yet. NWA United National Title: Genichiro Tenryu vs Ricky Steamboat (February 23, 1984; Tokyo, Japan) AWA World Title: Jumbo Tsuruta (c) vs Nick Bockwinkel (February 26, 1984; Osaka, Japan) Bold matches are PWO recommended.