Rewatching and first time viewing

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New matches in blue. Matches watched (or re-watched) in purple.

January:
Bull Nakano vs Mitsuko Nishiwaki (AJW 01/04/90)
Brian Pillman vs Cactus Jack (NWA Worldwide 01/06/90)
Ric Flair vs Bobby Eaton (NWA Main Event 01/07/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta, Tiger Mask & Kabuki vs Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (AJPW 01/11/90)
The Rockers vs Powers of Pain (WWF MSG 01/15/90)
Kazuo Yamazaki vs Yoji Anjoh (UWF 01/16/90)
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Tatsuo Nakano (UWF 01/16/90)
Tiger Mask & Kenta Kobashi vs Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith (AJPW 01/20/90)
Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Isao Takagi (AJPW 01/20/90)
Ron Garvin vs Greg Valentine (WWF Royal Rumble 01/21/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta, Kabuki & Mighty Inoue vs Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (AJPW 01/25/90)
Jushin Liger vs Akira Nogami (NJPW 01/25/90)
Ric Flair, Arn Anderson & Sting vs Buzz Sawyer, Dragon Master & Great Muta (NWA Power Hour 01/26/90)
Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki vs Giant Baba, Tiger Mask & Isao Takagi (AJPW 01/27/90)
Genichiro Tenryu vs Isao Takagi (AJPW 01/28/90)
Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano (NJPW 01/31/90)

February:
Los Brazos vs Pierroth Jr., Ulises & Gran Markus Jr. (EMLL 02/02/90)
Arn Anderson vs Bobby Eaton (NWA Main Event 02/04/90)
Akira Maeda vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (UWF 02/09/90)
Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kabuki & Mighty Inoue (AJPW 02/24/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta, Kabuki & Mighty Inoue vs Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (AJPW 02/24/90)
Midnight Express vs Rock & Roll Express (NWA Wrestle War 02/25/90)
Ric Flair vs Lex Luger (NWA Wrestle War 02/25/90)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (UWF 02/27/90)

March:
Yoshinari Asai, Super Astro & Kendo vs Negro Casas, Shu El Guerrero & Espanto Jr. (Hamada's UWF 03/01/90)
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (AJPW 03/02/90)
Xochitl Hamada & Kaoru Maeda vs Aja Kong & Bison Kimura (Hamada's UWF 03/05/90)
Super Astro & Lizmark vs Negro Casas & Espanto Jr. (Hamada's UWF 03/05/90)
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (AJPW 03/06/90)
Ric Flair vs Tommy Rich (NWA Power Hour 03/09/90)
Jushin Liger & Hiroshi Hase vs Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga (NJPW 03/15/90)
Jushin Liger vs. Pegasus Kid (NJPW 03/19/90)
Jerry Estrada vs El Satanico (EMLL 03/23/90)
Eddie Gilbert vs Cactus Jack (NWA Power Hour 03/23/90)
Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton (NWA World Wide Wrestling 03/24/90)
Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki vs Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (AJPW 03/27/90)
Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi (AJPW 03/31/90)

April:
Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs Masanobu Kurisu & Dragon Master (FMW 04/01/90)
Road Warrior Hawk vs Butch Reed (NWA Main Event 04/01/90, No DQ)
Rick Martel vs Tito Santana (WWF Hottest Matches 04/04/90)
Ryuma Go vs Masaji Aoyagi (Pioneer 04/05/90)
Big Boss Man vs Jake Roberts (WWF/AJPW/NJPW Summit 04/13/90)
Hulk Hogan vs Stan Hansen (WWF/AJPW Tokyo Dome 04/13/90)
Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Kazuo Yamazaki (UWF Fighting Area 04/15/90)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoji Anjo (UWF Fighting Area 04/15/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta & Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (AJPW 04/17/90)
Devil Masami vs Cutie Suzuki (JWP 04/20/90)
Pirata Morgan, Jerry Estrada & Emilio Charles Jr vs Atlantis & Angel Azteca (EMLL 04/20/90)
Midnight Express vs Rock & Roll Express (NWA Main Event 04/22/90)
Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito vs Keiji Muto & Masa Chono (NJPW 04/27/90)
Lightning Kid vs Jerry Lynn (PWA 04/90)

May:
Kazuo Yamazaki vs Tatsuo Nakano (UWF 05/04/90)
Super Muneco, Cachorro Mendoza & Blue Demon Jr vs Bestia Salvaje, Tony Arce & Vulcano (EMLL 05/04/90)
Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Chono (NJPW 05/05/90)
Solar I & II vs El Supremo & Hombre Bala (EMLL 05/11/90)
El Dandy, El Satanico & Emilio Charles Jr. vs Atlantis, Javier Cruz & Angel Azteca (EMLL 05/11/90)
Madusa Miceli vs Aja Kong (AJW 05/13/90)
Manami Toyota vs Etsuko Mita (AJW 05/13/90)
Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Kabuki (AJPW 05/17/90)
Hiroshi Hase vs Norio Honaga (NJPW 05/24/90)
Riki Choshu vs Keiji Muto (NJPW 05/24/90)
Toshiaki Kawada & Shinichi Nakano vs Ricky Fuyuki & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (AJPW 05/26/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Kabuki & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 05/26/90)

June:
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Kabuki (AJPW 06/01/90)
Yoshihiro Asai & Kendo & El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas & Fuerza Guerrera & Cuchillo (Hamada's UWF 06/01/90)
El Dandy vs Angel Azteca (EMLL 06/01/90)
Aja Kong, Grizzly Iwamoto & Bison Kimura vs Manami Toyota, Mika Takahashi & Kaoru Maeda (Hamada's UWF 06/04/90)
Kenta Kobashi vs Bam Bam Bigelow (AJPW 06/05/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kabuki & Ricky Fuyuki (AJPW 06/05/90)
Gran Hamada, Perro Aguayo & Kendo vs Missionairies (Hamada's UWF 06/07/90)
Negro Casas vs Yoshinari Asai (Hamada's UWF 06/07/90)
Toshiaki Kawada vs Bam Bam Bigelow (AJPW 06/08/90)
Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 06/08/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW 06/08/90)
Arn Anderson vs Paul Orndorff (NWA Clash of the Champions XI 06/13/90)
Manami Toyota vs Yumiko Hotta (AJW Grand Prix 06/17/90)
Jushin Liger vs. Pegasus Kid (NJPW 06/18/90)
Yoji Anjo vs. Minoru Suzuki (UWF 06/21/90)
Akira Maeda vs Nobuhiko Takada (UWF 06/21/90)
Perro Aguayo, Ken Timbs & Villano III vs. Ringo Mendoza, Cien Caras & Sangre Chicana (EMLL 06/22/90)
Steve Williams vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (NJPW 06/26/90)
Riki Choshu, Kantaro Hoshino, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka vs Animal Hamaguchi, Super Strong Machine, Tarzan Goto, Hiro Saito & Masanobu Kurisu (NJPW 06/26/90)
Perro Aguayo vs. Ringo Mendoza (EMLL 06/29/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Akira Taue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Masa Fuchi & Kabuki (AJPW 06/30/90)

July:
Midnight Express vs Southern Boys (NWA Great American Bash 07/07/90)
Steve Williams, Terry Gordy & Johnny Ace vs Stan Hansen, Dan Spivey & Joel Deaton (AJPW Brody Memorial 07/12/90)
Masa Fuchi vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (AJPW Brody Memorial 07/12/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Great Kabuki & Mighty Inoue (AJPW Brody Memorial 07/12/90)
El Hijo del Santo, Octagon & Astro de Oro vs Pirata Morgan, Espectro & Espectro de Ultratumba (EMLL 07/13/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Akira Taue & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Kabuki & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 07/17/90)
Stan Hansen vs. Terry Gordy (AJPW 07/17/90)
Midnight Express vs Tommy Rich & Tim Horner (NWA Power Hour 07/27/90)
Steve Williams vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 07/28/90)
Rick Martel vs Ron Garvin (WWF Prime Time Wrestling 07/30/90)

August:
Manami Toyota vs. Megumi Kudo (FMW Summer Spectacular 08/04/90)
Big Boss Man vs. Ted DiBiase (WWF Supertape 3 08/08/90)
Jushin Liger, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Super Strong Machine, Tatsu Goto & Pegasus Kid (NJPW 08/16/90)
Kenta Kobashi vs Dan Kroffat (AJPW 08/18/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 08/18/90)
Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Bull Nakano & Grizzly Iwamoto (AJW 08/19/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Akira Taue, Masa Fuchi & Mighty Inoue (AJPW 08/31/90)
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 08/31/90)

September:
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW 09/01/90)
Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa vs Yoshiaki Yatsu & Isao Takagi (SWS 09/09/90)
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (NJPW 09/14/90)
Great Muta vs Hiroshi Hase (NJPW 09/14/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 09/30/90)

October:
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 10/04/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (AJPW 10/07/90)
Bill Dundee vs. Mark Callous (USWA Unified World Title Tournament 10/08/90)
Eddie Gilbert vs Austin Idol (USWA Unified World Title Tournament 10/08/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Mighty Inoue (AJPW 10/10/90)
Genichiro Tenryu vs George Takano (SWS 10/11/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 10/19/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Mighty Inoue (AJPW 10/21/90)
Keiji Muto vs. Hiroshi Hase (NJPW 10/25/90)
Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara (UWF 10/25/90)
Akira Maeda vs Masakatsu Funaki (UWF 10/25/90)
El Dandy vs El Satanico (EMLL 10/26/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Mighty Inoue (AJPW 10/27/90)
Rick & Scott Steiner vs Nasty Boys (NWA Halloween Havoc 10/27/90)
Lex Luger vs Stan Hansen (NWA Halloween Havoc 10/27/90)
Lightning Kid vs Jerry Lynn (PWA 10/90)

November:
Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW 11/01/90)
Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 11/01/90)
Jerry Lawler vs Eddie Gilbert (WWA 11/09/90)
Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi vs Xochitl Hamada & Esther Moreno (Hamada's UWF 11/10/90)
Bobby Eaton vs Tracy Smothers (NWA Main Event 11/11/90)
Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi vs Xochitl Hamada & Esther Moreno (Hamada's UWF 11/12/90)
Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi vs Xochitl Hamada & Esther Moreno (Hamada's UWF 11/14/90)
Hyper Cat, La Diabolica, Miori Kamiya & Mayumi Yamamoto vs Esther Moreno, Xochitl Hamada, Takako Inoue & Noriyo Tateno (Hamada's UWF 11/14/90)
Los Brazos vs Gran Hamada, Kendo & Yoshihiro Asai (Hamada's UWF 11/14/90)
Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano (AJW Wrestlemarinepiad 11/14/90)
El Dandy, Ringo Mendoza & Sangre Chicana vs El Satanico, MS-1 & Ken Timbs (EMLL 11/16/90)
Pirata Morgan vs El Faraon (EMLL 11/16/90)
Aja Kong, Bison Kimura, Madusa Miceli, Tarantula & Xochilt Hamada vs Manami Toyota, Mariko Yoshida, Kaoru Maeda, Mika Takahashi & Esther Moreno (Hamada's UWF 11/17/90)
Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs. Doom (NWA 11/17/90, Cage match)
Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (AJPW Real World Tag League 11/21/90)
Demolition vs. The Rockers (WWF MSG Network 11/24/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (AJPW Real World Tag League 11/25/90)
Lightning Kid vs Wellington Wilkins Jr. (PWA 11/90)

December:
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (AJPW Real World Tag League 12/01/90)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 12/07/90)
Keiji Muto vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (NJPW 12/11/90)
Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Tayayuki Iizuka (NJPW 12/13/90)
El Dandy vs El Satanico (EMLL 12/14/90)
Barry Windham & Arn Anderson vs Doom (NWA Starrcade 12/16/90)
Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW 12/26/90)

Date Unknown:
El Hijo del Santo, Yoshinari Asai & Gran Hamada vs Negro Casas, Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera (WWA 1990)

[soup23]

Good to see a lot of interesting looking stuff was actually left on the cutting room floor.

 

The other thing I wanted to ask Loss was what is your criteria for what makes this list. As we go along chronologically I will want to revisit some stuff in 1994 but don't know if I want to sift through everything again around a year after I watched it originally.

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At this point, anything I originally thought was **** or better, anything that I didn't like where a lot of people disagreed with me, or anything that I want to revisit just because is my list.

[FLIK]

Dunno if it would be easier to have a seperate "Other Matches from 1990 worth watching" thread but for now i'll put this here.

 

AJPW 1/20/1990 Tiger Mask II & Kenta Kobashi vs Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith

 

Comparing this to the Fantastics vs Footloose tag from earlier in the month that made the set as far as random mid card work rate tags go I like this one a lot more. Dynamite was still mobile, Davey was awesome, Misawa looked better here then he does in a lot of other matches in the early part of the yearbook & Kobashi is fine as Bulldog whiping boy. Came away really wanting to see a Tiger vs Davey Boy singles match or even just more tags with them opposite each other.

[Loss]

This is the thread to post those things for sure. I will edit this in.

[FLIK]

Some AJW recomendations, not stuff I felt strongly enough about to push for the set but I think makes good supplimental viewing

 

5/13/1990 (Kickboxing) Madusa vs Aja Kong

 

Pretty clearly a work and thankfully it's aired in full. Atleast I think it's a work, I mean you can't work side headlocks, step up enzugiris, atomic drops and back suplexes in a real fight rite....RITE???? OK then. Anyways, for a fake fight they still threw some real ass punches and kicks, Aja goes most of the way with hugely bloody nose. They jump each other before the bell even rings and it's a non stop hate fest till the end so good stuff. They go the distance and Madusa ends up winning via judges decision which Aja takes none too kindly and all hell breaks loose post match, ending with her getting drug to the back kicking & screaming.

 

11/14/1990 (Lucha Libre Rules Elimination Match) Hyper Cat, La Diabolica, Miori Kamiya & Mayumi Yamamoto vs Esther Moreno, Xochitl Hamada, Takako Inoue & Noriyo Tateno

 

Essentially just one giant long fast paced high spot which is fine if done well and this was great. Doesn't go super long but they pack enough in that you don't even notice and nothing feels overly rushed or anything. Comes down to Kamiya vs Tateno for the finish at which point things switch from being a lucha sprint to a joshi sprint but it still fits well with the rest of the match. Kamiya gets the big win after 12-13 mins. This was my 2nd favorite match on the show originally and while I wouldn't call it that anymore it still holds up really well.

 

11/14/1990 Los Brazos vs Gran Hamada, Kendo & Yoshihiro Asai

 

Lucha invasion continues. Gran Hamada was awesome, Ultimo was really good and Oro & El Brazo were fine too but this match was the fucking Super Porky & Kendo show. Kendo was allready like the most over guy going into the match and is one of the most spectacular wrestlers i've ever seen and by the end Porky won them over huge as well with his fat guy flying. Still blown away by some of the stuff they manage to pull off here, perfect blend of comedy & serious action and a great match period.

 

And from Hamada's UWF

 

3/5/90 - Xochitl Hamada & Kaoru Maeda vs Aja Kong & Bison Kimura

 

Starts out a little bit similar to the 3/1 tag. Kaoru & Hamada get in bigger stretches of offense then Mika & Hamada did but the early going is still largely heel dominated. Hamada & Bison really clicked here for the 1st time and had some great exchanges and a nutty Flair/Garvin level chop war. Ending comes when all 4 get in the ring and they go for one of those complicated lucha sequences whear everyone's doing mirror spots at opposite ends of the ring and there's a bunch of heel miscomunicaion stuff. Sorta falls apart a little at this stage but they recover nicely and bodies go flying all over in a cool dive train. Back inside Kaoru & Hamada score the win with tandem roll ups on their opponents. Overall a damn good match and the 1st to really show off how good the AJW girls could be.

 

11/9/90 Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi vs Xochitl Hamada & Esther Moreno

 

More Esther Moreno is always great in my book. Somewhear along the way Honey wings seemed to have developed some bad blood with the luchadoras as they rush the ring and attack before the intros even start then throw their oppenents out into the crowd. Back inside both Kaoru & Takahashi run through some cool highspots with Moreno before things slow down and the Moreno/Hamada team gains controll. Only last a couple mins as they go right back to fast more fast paced back & forth action. After a couple double teams including a pretty sweet stereo elbow drop on Moreno, Kaoru gets the win over her with a german. Damn good match, whole thing only last maybe 10 mins but they packed a lot in. Excited to see the 2 rematches they have a couple days after this. Kaoru & Takahashi get in a few exsta punts to Moreno's head as they leave just because. Moreno & Hamada give ref Yamaguchi a giant back body drop before making their exit...just because

 

11/10/1990 - Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi vs Xochitl Hamada & Esther Moreno

 

Bit of a weak follow up to the match the day before. More just a standard tag match with Moreno & Hamada going for fast paced flippy stuff and the Honey Wings slowing it down with mat work. Near the end team luchadora have a bit of miscomunication and get in a shoving match after accidenly hitting each other. Kaoru & Takahashi take advantage and are able to finish off Xochitl pretty easyily after isolating her. Takahashi gets the W with a big superplex.

 

11/12/1990 - Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi vs Xochitl Hamada & Esther Moreno

 

A mix between their previous two matches. Like the first match it starts pretty hot with Kaoru & Mika again running out to jump them then when things settle down we get a long matwork section. Bit hard to focus at times due to the camera angle but this is a 21 year old fan cam so beggers can't be choosers. Moreno & Mika are really good during this part. The action picks back up once the lucha girls get in a big series of highspots , they miss a pair of dives outside which leads to some pretty nice brawling around the building for a while. Back inside we get a little more matwork before going into the finish which is a bit of a repeat of the last match only this time it's Moreno eating a giant double superplex. Post match Hamada goes nuts on Moreno beating her down with a chair, the Honey Wings leave at first not caring but Hamada keeps beating her down, including giving Moreno a tombstone on the chair until finally Kaoru & Mika begrudgingly make the save. Damn good match, bit of a toss up between for which is better, this or the first but I slightly lean towards 11/9 however. Sadly there's no footage of any Hamada vs Moreno singles matches that may have come out of this as i'm sure that'd be a great pairing opposite each other.

[Ditch]

Tenryu & Kawada vs Kabuki & Mighty Inoue from February 21st seems much more worthy of inclusion/viewing than the assorted mediore Jumbo vs Tenryu 6-mans. Kabuki and Mighty are a really fun underdog team, hucking punches with abandon, and Korakuen LOVES them. The restholds take it down a peg, but between the heat, the action, the length, and the finish (which is more of a clean southern tag ending than an All Japan '90s ending), it seems worthwhile.

[Loss]

Bull Nakano vs Mitsuko Nishiwaki (AJW 01/04/90)

 

This isn't a bad match, but it's also not one that really did anything for me. I don't think the yearbook missed anything by not having this. Very much Bull going through the motions against an opponent that doesn't do much for me.

[Loss]

Brian Pillman vs Cactus Jack (NWA Worldwide 01/06/90)

 

Another match that just didn't do much for me. Cactus took a few nice bumps and Pillman was a good opponent to start getting him over, but there's nothing special about this. More interesting than good.

[Loss]

Ric Flair vs Bobby Eaton (NWA Main Event 01/07/90)

 

Click here for my thoughts.

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Jumbo Tsuruta, Tiger Mask & Kabuki vs Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (AJPW 01/11/90)

 

I think I liked this better than either of the Jumbo/Tenryu tags from January that made the set. Cool to see Tenryu and Kabuki throw stiff shots at each other, and also to see a primitive version of Misawa vs Kawada in the context of the Jumbo/Tenryu feud. The 1990 tags really made this feud seem passé, but it's a lot more relevant here. It's not really a great match, but it has the excitement, energy, stiffness and heat you want from this feud.

[Loss]

Dunno if it would be easier to have a seperate "Other Matches from 1990 worth watching" thread but for now i'll put this here.

 

AJPW 1/20/1990 Tiger Mask II & Kenta Kobashi vs Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith

 

Comparing this to the Fantastics vs Footloose tag from earlier in the month that made the set as far as random mid card work rate tags go I like this one a lot more. Dynamite was still mobile, Davey was awesome, Misawa looked better here then he does in a lot of other matches in the early part of the yearbook & Kobashi is fine as Bulldog whiping boy. Came away really wanting to see a Tiger vs Davey Boy singles match or even just more tags with them opposite each other.

I actually thought Davey Boy was the weakest guy in this match. He just went from move to move and didn't sell much when he was hit with something and was physically awkward in a way he normally isn't. I enjoyed Kobashi more than anyone else in this one.

[Ditch]

Jumbo/Fuchi vs Misawa/Kawada handheld from August was recently added to my AJ site and deserves a look.