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Click over on TAJIRI You Might Have Missed #3 for more reviews and pics 🙂 Great Muta/TAJIRI vs Gold Dustin/Hakushi (AJPW 02/17/07) - Hahaha! Yeah this match is great fun! This kinda reminds me of when they did NWO in WWE. Like, let's just not give a crap and just have some schlocky fun. Muto has it right by just doing one match instead of a whole program. If this was a PPV, it's getting the old fans to tune in. They do comedy, tease some moves, actually get some wrestling in there & generally provide entertainment. It's memorable and certainly interesting.

Tenryu & Tsuruta vs Choshu & Yatsu (02/05) - Great, hard fought match! Choshu & Yatsu assault Jumbo at the outset. Tenryu is the guy you want to make a hot tag to! At one point I thought he & Yatsu were going to go at it for real. They get back in the groove. Damn near everyone gets worked over at some point. It's a real physical affair - the stuff you typically associate with Hansen...just violence at every opportunity. All that said, it doesn't seem to have big peaks and valleys in the story or excitement level. It's peak actually is at the beginning. Just straight upwards and then keeps that level until the finish. It's a heck of a neat finish too! Great match Tiger Mask & Mighty Inoue vs Ashura Hara & Great Kabuki (02/22) - This was a very good tag match! Wow, this was really enjoyable. There was plenty of action in the beginning. They slowed it down in the middle with some leg locks. Finally, the brought it back up for an exciting final third. The finish was great too. I think what I enjoyed was the contrast of the junior style (Tiger & Inoue) with the more rough & tumble style. March Jumbo Tsuruta vs Animal Hamaguchi (03/13/86) - This was a sick match! 😋 Animal jumps Jumbo at the bell...he's crazy! There's a lil down time where Animal works the arm but after that this cooks. Animal is out ranked big time but dammit, he's fierce. He pisses the All Japan ace off. Jumbo pulls Hamaguchi up a couple times from his own pin in order to punish his foe some more. This backfires as Animal doesn't know the meaning of quit. And he's got moves and takes some crazy bumps...which makes this quite exciting. This was a very good match. If you've wanted to see an Animal Hamaguchi match, this is one to try! Harley Race & Jerry Blackwell vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & One Man Gang (03/13/86) - This is one I'm watching because it's part of my AJPW Samurai Classics DVD collection. I would have skipped it otherwise. It's fun though 🙂 We get Blackwell vs O.M.G executing fat guy moves on each other. Both dudes are pretty fantastic for their size. Then Harley & Tiger Jeet take over. It's typical stuff from Tiger trying to attack with the spike and we get a DQ. Still, you're not watching these to see who wins. These are meant as pure fun and it accomplished that goal. Stan Hansen vs Jumbo Tsuruta (03/29) - You're always going to get a quality match with these two. They will lay in some meaty shots and get physical at the very least. And that's really what most of the match was - Stan & Jumbo rough & tumble wrestling. Stan locks on a chin lock here and there but his main weapon is dropping knees on Jumbo's head. Tsuruta is a little more technical going for arm breakers in between clubbing blows & jumping knees. It's not beyond their standard match except the rather hazardous finish. That was quite memorable. So if you're going through 1985 AJPW then it's definitely worth your time. It's very good because it's Jumbo & Hansen in their prime. +Plus+ There's some really fun matches from the 03/15 TV show that are edited down. Fuyuki vs Kurisu & Kobayashi vs Ishikawa get the most time. Both were excellent from what was shown. Glad I found these even if in edited format. Mighty Inoue vs Killer Khan is there but doesn't get as much time. The full matches (or fuller) are Jumbo vs Animal Hamaguchi and Choshu vs Tiger Mask. Jumbo vs Animal is above. Riki vs Tiger sounds cool.

I definitely think he entered pro wrestling a little too late. That's to say, I think he would have been a great player in mid to late 80's AJPW with the sumo background. Wajima wasn't a very good wrestler but had very good matches with Hansen because of the raw physicality of his style. Tadao Yasuda definitely would have benefited from that style more than the 90-00 style allowed. I think the matches he is best in tap into this instead of the shoot wrestler he was molded into. Just a "what if..." thought.

Punk vs Bryan Danielson (Dangerous Intentions 2005) - Great match. Punk loves working the crowd early on in FIP. There's like 20-30 fans at these shows so, good on him for engaging the crowd and getting some good heat. The fans in the audience love hating on him 😄 Anyhow, this was an intense match and the best bout thus far. Danielson always brings it and Punk is game. This is a long match in a good way. We get a cheap win but, it doesn't sour my opinion of the fight. And it works out...

1986 Nikita Koloff/Krusher Kruschev vs Yoshiaki Yatsu/Isamu Teranishi (01/01/86) - Squash match Tiger Mask vs Mil Mascaras (01/02) - OK Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Nikita Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev (01/02) - Good tag match, worked smart and told a nice story Mil Mascaras vs Takashi Ishikawa (01/11/86) - Good Jumbo Tsuruta & Samson Fuyuki vs Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda (01/11) - Fun all action match. Mil Mascaras vs Kuniaki Kobayashi (01/28) - Really good junior technical wrestling Tiger Mask vs Great Kabuki (01/28/86) - Near classic Tenryu & Tsuruta vs Choshu & Yatsu (02/05) - Great, hard fought match! Tiger Mask & Mighty Inoue vs Ashura Hara & Great Kabuki (02/22) - Very good tag match! Really enjoyable. Terry Gordy vs Jumbo Tsuruta (03/10) - VG, scientific match Jumbo Tsuruta vs Animal Hamaguchi (03/13/86) - VG, exciting Harley Race & Jerry Blackwell vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & One Man Gang (03/13/86) - Fun Stan Hansen vs Jumbo Tsuruta (03/29) - VG Tenyru vs Ole Anderson (04/05) - Fun, needs more time Stan Hansen vs. Riki Choshu (04/05) - Good Kuniaki Kobayashi vs Masa Fuchi (04/06) - VG, brawl Shohei Baba, Ricky Fuyuki & Takashi Ishikawa vs Rusher Kimura, Ashura Hara & Goro Tsurumi (04/06) - VG 6 man Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Ted Dibiase & Ron Bass (04/19) - VG Genichiro Tenyru vs Ted Dibiase (UN Title, 04/26) - Great fierce title fight!

The more Rusher that I watch, the more I like. Not enough to put him in my top 100 (yet?). I haven't seen his IWE work so thanks for these links. I was having a hard time finding the Gypsy Joe one especially. Definitely going to have to watch more IWE.

1985 cont...Click the underlined matches. They are links to the full reviews with pics when applicable 🙂 Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa & Haru Sonada vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi (07/08) - Great, excellent finish Ashura Hara vs Masanobu Kurisu (07/12) Fun Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu/Takashi Ishikawa vs Riki Choshu/Killer Khan/Animal Hamaguchi (07/12) - Great Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato vs. Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi (07/18): Great All Asia tag match Mighty Inoue/Tarzan Goto vs Kuniaki Kobayashi/Norio Honaga (07/28) - Very good action Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Norio Honaga (07/30) - OK, good start though Stan Hansen v. Shoehi Baba (07/30): VG Riki Choshu/Killer Khan vs Genichiro Tenryu/Jumbo Tsuruta (08/02) - Great Terry Funk v. Stan Hansen (08/23): Great, wild match! Dory and Terry Funk v. Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (08/29): VG Kuniaki Kobayashi vs Tiger Mask (08/31): Classic, close to Kings Road Stan Hansen/Ted DiBiase vs Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu (08/31) finish was cut from my vers. Near classic Tiger Mask vs Marty Jannetty (09/05): jip. fun Tiger Mask/Takashi Ishikawa vs Norio Honaga/Kuniaki Kobayashi (09/09): VG, exciting Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Yoshiaki Yatsu/Killer Khan (09/14/85): VG-Great, Yatsu is impressive Jumbo Tsuruta v. Harley Race (09/19): VG-Great, more deliberate pace but hard hitting October '85 - Will just link the month since all below are in the same post. So click the month 🙂 Riki Choshu vs Ashura Hara (10/04): Fun, full speed ahead ass kicking. Dory and Terry Funk v. Road Warriors (10/19): Fun Ric Flair v. Jumbo Tsuruta (10/19): Great, technical and hard hitting Shoehi Baba/Takashi Ishikawa/Mighty Inoue v. Ashura Hara/Rusher Kimura/Goro Tsurumi (10/21): Really fun Kabuki v. Killer Khan (10/21): Good brawl but short Dory and Terry Funk/Tiger Mask v. Billy Robinson/Terry Gordy/Chavo Guerrero (10/21): Fun Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Road Warriors (10/21): VG heavyweight fireworks Ric Flair v. Rick Martel (10/21): Classic match Dory and Terry Funk v. Terry Gordy/Art Crews (10/22): Good stuff Mil Mascaras v. Norio Honaga (10/22): Quick fun match. Ric Flair/Rick Martel v. Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru (10/22): Great, dream match November '85 Riki Choshu vs Jumbo Tsuruta (11/04) VG - Great looking, long didn't watch in full Stan Hansen/Ted Dibiase v. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith (11/23): Great, fast paced, all action Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Nick Bockwinkle/Curt Hennig (11/23): Great Shoehi Baba/Dory Funk Jr. v. Harley Race/Jesse Barr (11/27): Long match but a really good one. Tiger Mask v. Dynamite Kid (11/27): VG Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Rusher Kimura/Goro Tsurumi (11/27): Good match with a really good final third Stan Hansen v. Ashura Hara (11/27): Good, wish was longer but violent bout Stan Hansen/Ted Dibiase v. Harley Race/Jesse Barr (11/30): VG- Great, fast paced and move heavy. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith v. Tiger Mask/Mighty Inoue (11/30): Great all action match. Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu (11/30): Classic December '85 Stan Hansen/Ted Dibiase v. Nick Bockwinkle/Curt Hennig (12/07): Very fun, great showing from Curt Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith (12/07): VG match Harley Race/Jesse Barr v. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith (12/12): Great! Perhaps the best Race match of '85 Shoehi Baba/Dory Funk Jr v. Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru (12/12): Near classic-classic, excellent pacing and layout Stan Hansen/Ted DiBiase vs Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu (Real World Tag League Finals) (12/12): jip by 14 minutes, great, maybe a classic in full? Rick Martel v. Stan Hansen (AWA Title, 12/29): AWA match but Very good - great match one of the most psychologically strong matches of '85

Cool! yeah the other ones I remember from '85 were a Road Warriors squash and a joined in progress 6 man when he's on the same team as Tiger Mask Misawa but Goto gets in a beefy power slam & backdrop suplex. Definitely hope more quality mid 80's Tarzan Goto sees the light of day someday

Have you seen Mighty Inoue/Tarzan Goto vs Kuniaki Kobayashi/Norio Honaga (07/28/85) in All Japan? That's a really good all action match. I wouldn't say he's the Goto we know and love yet but, I was happy to see it.

Nikita Koloff/Krusher Kruschev vs Yoshiaki Yatsu/Isamu Teranishi (01/01/86) - A squash match which is kinda a waste of Yatsu & Teranishi. Koloff & Krusher had some nice offensive moves. Tiger Mask vs Mil Mascaras (01/02) - Good on paper but bad in reality. That badness is due to Mil. If Misawa had a tell-all book, he would have a story about this match. It reminded me of Mick Foley's recounting of his match with Mil. No it's not the worst thing but it ambles, Mil doesn't seem to know what's up, and he couldn't care less. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Nikita Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev (01/02) - Yeah, Krusher Khrushchev is Barry Darsow. I thought so 😁 Good tag match in the sense that they worked smart and told a nice story by working Jumbo's back. The "Russian" team wrestled more like how I wish the Roid Warriors worked. The looked strong but Jumbo & Tenryu were competitive. This was enjoyable stuff & put a smile on my face. Mil Mascaras vs Takashi Ishikawa (01/11/86) - A little slower version of the Kobayashi match. Still it sucked me in. It was technical and competitive but very old school for '86. Most of the match consisted of stretches leveraged into pin attempts. Hey! I'm a fan. You might not be. Then the finishing segment was a play on the finishes of the previous Mil matches but with surprises. I liked this. I'm not going to overdo it. I thought it was a good match. Jumbo Tsuruta & Samson Fuyuki vs Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda (01/11) - These four guys in '86? Yes please. This is a really fun all action match. Nothing fancy or complex but they keep the energy up. And that's what you want in a tag match like this. I don't think I'll see anymore Windham or Rotunda here but this is a good match for a project like this. Mil Mascaras vs Kuniaki Kobayashi (01/28) - Now this is what I'm talking about! Mil came to wrestle. Really good junior technical wrestling punctuated by Kobayashi & his temper. He turns this into a brawl and The Man of a Thousand Masks is down to fight. Personally I'd prefer the technical wrestling from Mil but it keeps the intensity up and isn't much of the match (*cough it sets up the finish *cough). Skip the Tiger Mask match and watch this one. Tiger Mask vs Great Kabuki (01/28/86) - Kabuki wrestled a technical match. He kept Tiger under control with arm bars for much of the early portion of the bout. Thankfully, they knew how to keep wrestling while working the arm. This would have been pretty bland otherwise. Eventually, our masked hero snaps and attacks Kabuki with a chair! Whoa!! The Great One is bleeding buckets. Everyone is fully invested now. This is beyond what folks saw coming. Before you know it, things get out of hand...and then they get really out of hand! This is wild actually! The match itself is really smart and a great one overall. The whole segment is a near classic. I'm not sure if we get an explanation in the booking later on in the year. I'm not sure a non Japanese speaker can exactly make 100% sense but, dang it! That's pro wrestling for ya! 😄

Great big time match! The storytelling was excellent. Bret & Roddy are a great pairing where they just worked really well together. The finish was a little too quick after the bell part BUT in a way goes back to earlier when Bret was faking the injury... He was smart and using any opportunity that Piper would give him. There's probably too much punching as I prefer a little more variety but that's minimal. I don't think this is on the same level as the Valentine matches but THIS is how to do a match in a this setting/venue. It is big, grand melodrama with the in ring action to back it up.

1985 Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu & Takeshi Ishikawa vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu & Isamu Teranishi (01/06): Great, exciting stuff Tiger Mask/Magic Dragon vs Kuniaki Kobayashi/Isao Takagi (01/26): Joined in progress. Great action Choshu, Masa Saito & Killer Khan vs Jumbo, Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa (01/26): Violent, intense stuff - great match! Jumbo & Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (02/01): Great Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu/Masa Saito (02/05): Great match with four legends. Giant Baba vs Tiger Jeet Singh (02/05) - skipped. British Bulldogs vs Animal Hamaguchi & Kuniaki Kobayashi (02/09) - Fun stuff, lots a cool moves Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu/Takashi Ishikawa vs Riki Choshu/Masanobu Kurisu/Yoshiaki Yatsu (02/28): VG extremely enjoyable Harley Race & Klaus Wallas vs Killer Khan & Mananobu Kurisu (03/09): Fun Tiger Mask II vs Kuniaki Kobayashi (03/09) - Fun Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs Road Warriors (03/09): OK Road Warriors vs. Riki Choshu & Killer Khan (03/14) OK Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (04/21) : Great well paced and hard fought match. Riki Choshu/Animal Hamaguchi vs Genichiro Tenryu/Takashi Ishikawa (04/21) - Great action Ric Flair v. Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA Title, 04/24/85): Long match, great fight between two of the very best. Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu/Animal Hamaguchi (05/17): Very good match Shoehi Baba/Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenryu v. Tiger Jeet Singh/Terry Gordy/Mario Milano (05/31/85): Fun match Road Warriors v. Takashi Ishikawa & Tarzan Goto (05/31/85): Too short to rate Road Warriors v. Killer Khan/Masanobu Kurisu (06/02/85): Too short to rate Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith v. Tiger Mask/Magic Dragon (06/02/85): Excellent Bulldogs match! exciting Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu/Animal Hamaguchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu/Motoshi Okuma (06/02): Great, absolutely crazy match Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith v. Kuniaki Kobayashi/Shinichi Nakano (06/04/85): Another really good Bulldogs match! Jumbo Tsuruta v. Terry Gordy (06/04): Great match around 20 minutes. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith vs Tiger Mask/Toshiaki Kawada (06/05): jip Fun stuff Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Magic Dragon (Mask vs Hair) (06/05): jip, good, good stuff. Giant Baba v. Rusher Kimura (06/05): Good pace is quicker Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Road Warriors (06/05): VG Ashura Hara v. Haru Sonada (06/21): Quick match Kuniaki Kobayashi v. Tiger Mask (06/21): Classic match Jumbo Tsuruta/Takashi Ishikawa v. Yoshiaki Yatsu/Animal Hamaguchi (06/21): Excellent pacing, excellent action & smart finish. Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenryu (06/21): Near classic - classic Damn, that's a lot of 1985! I'll put the 2nd half of '85 in a new post so it's easier to locate stuff.

1984 Jumbo & Baba vs Gordy & Hayes (01/20) - Fun Jumbo & Kabuki vs Gordy & Hayes (01/22) - Fun-good, cool finish Bockwinkel vs Jumbo (02/23) - Great, slow burn title fight Bockwinkel vs Jumbo (02/26) - Great compliment to previous match Chavo Guerrero vs Mighty Inoue (02/26) - VG technical match Jumbo vs Black Jack Lanza (03/04) - Good, AWA bout Billy Robinson vs Jumbo Tsuruta (03/11) - VG title fight, AWA bout Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jim Brunzell (03/15) - Good-VG, AWA Baba vs Stan Hansen (03/24) - Great match because of the story Jumbo vs Greg Gagne (04/19) - Great, tech. & athletic Gagne performance High Flyers vs Dory Jr. & Kerry von Erich (04/24) - Great, exciting spots, excellent wrestling Brody & Hansen vs Jumbo & Tenryu (04/24) - Great big time tag match Brody & Hansen vs Baba & Dory Jr. (04/25) - VG, fast paced Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jim Brunzell (04/26) - VG-Great, excellent pace Dory Funk Jr. vs Stan Hansen (04/26) - Great, authentic feeling w/ little things done right Rick Martel vs Jumbo Tsuruta (05/13) VG-Great, AWA Harley Race vs Ric Flair (05/22) - Great, steady pace w/ plenty of surprises Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kerry von Erich (05/22) - Classic, best singles bout of AJPW '84 Baba vs Stan Hansen (07/31) - Great, intense w/ a great post match Tiger Mask II vs La Fiera (08/26) - Fun, top notch sequences and moves for '84 Brody & Hansen vs Baba & Dory Jr. (08/26) - Classic, all time perhaps? Furious pace, stiff w/ great post match Onita & Fuchi vs Hector & Chavo Guerrero (09/03) - Great Jr. tag action + comedy Jumbo & Tenryu vs Brody & Blackwell (09/03) - Great, excellent pacing & sense of doubt in the outcome Hamada & Mighty Inoue vs Hector & Chavo Guerrero (09/12) - VG, great lucha bits Jumbo & Ishikawa vs Brody & Moon Dog Moretti (09/12) - VG Tiger Mask II vs Jerry Estrada (10/05) - Fun, nice moves Rick Martel vs Ashura Hara (10/05) - VG, wish match was longer Rick Martel vs Jumbo Tsuruta (10/11) - VG, emphasis on parity Jumbo & Tenryu vs Gordy & Hayes (10/16) - Good Jumbo Tsuruta vs Terry Gordy (10/29) - VG once Jumbo starts bleeding Kabuki & Tiger Mask II vs Buzz Sawyer & Fiera (11/03) - Fun, great moves Funk Bros vs Jumbo & Tenryu (11/28) jip, great, hard shots, blood, well paced Bockwinkel & Race vs Ishikawa & Inoue (12/08) - Exciting, all action at junior pace Tiger Mask II vs Pirata Morgan (12/08) - Great, dazzling moves Brody & Hansen vs Funk Bros (12/08) - All time classic, peak chaos & animosity Funk Bros vs Bockwinkel & Race (12/12) - jip, only half shown but great stuff shown Jumbo & Tenryu vs Brody & Hansen (12/12) - All time classic, fast paced, intense fight Click the underlined matches. They are links to the full reviews with pics when applicable 🙂

I want to have a place to focus on AJPW of the 1980's and provide a good launch pad for people who are interested in checking this decade out. I didn't see a thread in the Microscope so I thought I would start one. I've watched a bunch of 1984 & 85 and am working my way through 86. I've seen some matches from the early 80's (80-83) which I will post in this first one. I am also trying to watch my way through the 80's. I plan to update along the way. My plan isn't really to put full reviews here so it doesn't get too wordy & bogged down. Click the underlined matches. They are links to the full reviews with pics when applicable 🙂 1980 Bruiser Brody & Angelo Mosca vs Rocky Hata & Tiger Toguchi - 01/08/80 - Fun Giant Baba vs Angelo Mosca - 01/18/80 - Fun Abdullah the Butcher vs. The Sheik - 12/01/80 - Classic, an amazing spectacle/aura Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkle - 12/11/80 - Classic match w/ sense of struggle, excellent selling and pacing Harley Race & Larry Hennig vs. The Sheik & Mark Lewin -12/11/80 - OK short brawl Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda - 12/11/80 - Great brawl 1981 Giant Baba vs Killer Karl Kox - 03/03/81 - Fun 2/3 falls Funk Brothers vs. Umanoseke Ueda & Buck Robley - 10/06/81 - Great esp. with the brawl at the end. Dory Funk Jr. vs. Terry Funk (04/30/81) Great, 50 min technical match wrestled in the NWA style 1982 Dory Funk Jr. vs Bruiser Brody - 04/21/82 - Great, simple yet primal Funk Bros. vs Brody & Snuka - 04/22/82 - Good-Very Good, more of an angle than a match Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat - 06/04/82 - Great, athletic bout Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen - 09/11/82 - VG-Great, chaotic w/ a sense of violence throughout Funk Bros vs Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood - 12/02/82 - Near classic, very exciting stuff Giant Baba vs Umanosuke Ueda - 12/07/82 - Fun brawl 1983 Jumbo Tsuruta vs Nick Bockwinkel (07/13) - VG technical match 30 min Baba & Jumbo vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda (07/26) - Fun Funk Bros & Baba vs Brody, Hansen & Gordy (08/30) - Great, feverish action Chavo Guerrero vs Masa Fuchi (08/31) - Great, technical wrestling Bruiser Brody vs Jumbo Tsuruta (08/31) - Great, bloody dramatic title fight Funk Bros vs Hansen & Gordy (08/31) - Great stuff, a spectacle Baba vs Stan Hansen (09/08) - Good-VG, Baba pushed himself Bruiser Brody vs Jumbo Tsuruta (10/14) - VG, Brody was technical, double blood Stan Hansen vs Dory Funk Jr. (11/28) - Great, timeless stuff Tiger Jeet Singh vs Dory Funk Jr. (12/05) - VG Baba & Dory Jr. vs Brody & Hansen (12/10) - Classic intense sprint Ric Flair vs Great Kabuki (12/12) - Fun title match