Loss Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Backlund heels it up and it's awesome. This is over before it starts, but the 1:15 it lasts is really fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Obviously a big letdown, as Backlund unleashes some awesome forearms and a back suplex before sustaining an injury when Takada kicks him in the gut and the match comes to an end. Past history and Backlund's opening flurry suggest this really could have gone somwhere special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Out of curiosity was this intended to be so short? There felt like no build up to this sudden finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Nothing as we get a minute of action with Backlund showing aggression then suffering an ill-fated injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 On the earlier question, it appears to have been the plan, as Backlund came back in November which Kevin eventually got to: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/18853-nobuhiko-takada-vs-bob-backlund-uwfi-moving-on-110791 Less sure on *why* they chose to be goofy here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 What a letdown! I would have thought that Japanese shootstyle would have been something Backlund could really get into. Good to know there's a rematch coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR Ackermann Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 This was looking like it could have been great before the injury. Backlund looked really good mixing in his pro-style moves into the shoot environment. Too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 I think this was done the way it was to present Backlund as someone who was foolish to try shoot-style since he had no background in it. There isn't an American equivalent to this, because in America the untrained combatants end up going over more often than not, mostly as faces to boot. I'm surprised one kick was all it took, though; you'd think Takada would have at least wanted to show off a few of his moves and strikes before putting the invader away. I can't believe that anyone wanted to see Backlund try this again, but since they obviously did I'd like to see what he can do in this style when he's given a real chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Backlund had already wrestled longer shoot-style matches with Takada in 1988 and Masa Funaki in 1989. This wasn't his first go-round with the style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Come to think of it, I remember reading about those matches in PWI. Thanks for the correction, Jingus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 His match with Takada from '88 was one of the best from the second run of UWF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Not sure why this was so short, but ti was really fun while it lasted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkix Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Not much else to add here. Backlund's little rush in the corner with forearms and backdrop was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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