All Japan Pro Wrestling on NTV

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ALL JAPAN ON NTV

July 16, 1983 TV (Taped on 7/12, Sapporo)

The show begins with an opening montage of different wrestlers holding up titles including Inoue and Hara winning the All Japan tag titles, Jumbo winning the NWA International Heavyweight Title, Baba And Jumbo holding up the NWA International belts, Baba winning the NWA title from Harley Race and finally a picture of Baba holding up the PWF Title.

 

The announcers discuss two new phenomenal wrestlers who are on the rise, Misawa and Kawada. They show a clip of one of their matches…

 

Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (Finish Only)

After a couple of minutes of back and forth action, Kawada nails Misawa with a spinning heel kick to score the pin

 

WINNER: Toshiaki Kawada via spinning heel kick

 

After the match, we are shown a video package with Gerry Morrow highlights from Portland hitting football tackles and press slams. The montage cuts to Jerry Oates in Georgia using the Spinning Toe Hold and pinning opponents with his flip pin. This leads to …

 

Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue © vs. Jerry Oates & Gerry Morrow – All Asia Tag Title Match (Finish Only)

Hara and Inoue are defending the All Asia tag titles. Morrow hits a football tackle that knocks Inoue into the corner. Morrow tags in Oates but neither man saw Inoue knocked into Hara for the tag. Oates tries to to use the spinning toe hold –pin on Inoue but he is not the legal man. After talking to the referee, Oates turns around and is nailed with a brainbuster for the pin

 

WINNERS: Inoue & Hara by pinfall

 

After Inoue and Hara raise their hands, we go back to the announcer. With excitement in his voice, he introduces the next match…

Umanoseke Ueda, Tiger Jeet Singh & Alexis Smirnoff vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Giant Baba & Akio Sato

The match is joined in progress with Ueda, Singh and Tenryu covered in blood. Akio Sato is on the floor knocked out. Baba ends up in the ring with Ueda and hits the Big Boot, knocking Ueda out. Smirnoff comes into the ring and Baba hits the Big Boot on him. Singh, recognizing that the situation is critical for his team grabs his sword and attacks Baba but Tenryu runs in and intercepts the ambush. Baba and Tenryu clear the ring as the villains retreat to the back. Tenryu picks Sato up and the three heroes raise their hands in victory

 

WINNERS: Baba, Tenryu and Sato by disqualification

 

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Nick Bockwinkel vs. Terry Funk*

Early on, both men are tentative but lock up and counter each other’s early attempts at an advantage. Eventually, both men would trade holds with Terry focusing on the neck and Bockwinkel focused on Funk’s knee. Bockwinkel would take potshots at Funk’s knee and Terry desperately tried to escape the torture. Terry breaks free and both men begin brawling on the mat. Terry;s leg is raw meat by this time and Bock hooks in a figure four to inflict more damage. Terry escapes but can’t capitalize for long. He nails Bock with a Russian leg sweep and then attempts a suplex but collapses from the pain. Bock sees blood and attacks the knee even more. Eventually, Funk is able to get on the apron and injure Bock,sending him outside. Outside the ring, Bock continues to attack the knee but as they hit the apron, Funk is able to knock Bock off the apron and win via countout. Funk took a beating here and is barely able to stand. Bockwinkel, in pure frustration starts destroying the ringside area, realizing he lost a match that was in his grasp.

 

WINNER: Terry Funk via count out

 

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Billy Robinson vs. Jumbo Tsuruta © – NWA International Heavyweight Title Match

Jumbo and Billy start off slowly having wrestled each other many times in the past. They both approach it like a chess match. Early on, Robinson stuns Jumbo with some European uppercuts, allowing him to hit a backdrop backbreaker. Robinson focuses on the back as he hooks on an abdominal stretch. Jumbo fights out of the ab stretch but Robinson hits multiple forearms into the ribs and reapplies it. Jumbo eventually hip tosses Robinson and escapes the hold but his ribs are damaged. Billy kicks Jumbo but Jumbo doesn’t go down and hits an enziguiri out of nowhere to knock Billy silly. Billy tries to shake off the impact but isn’t able to see Jumbo running and nailing a patented Jumping Knee. Billy stumbles on the ropes and Jumbo runs and nails another Jumping Knee sending Billy to the outside. Outside, Jumbo slams Billy into the guard rail and into the ring post. Billy is bleeding and Jumbo attacks his cut with vicious punches. He tosses Billy inside the ring. Billy is reeling and Jumbo smells the blood pouring from Billy’s face and plans to end the match with another Jumping Knee. However, by instinct, Billy senses Jumbo running and holds on to the knee, holds Jumbo in the air and hot shots him throat first over the top rope. Jumbo is gasping for air, remembering how this very move cost him a chance at the NWA world title in 1976 against Terry Funk. Billy staggers and sees Jumbo gasping for air. He quickly grabs Jumbo’s head and nails him repeatedly with European uppercuts to the throat. Billy attempts a running uppercut but Jumbo ducks, hooks Billy from behind and nails his Backdrop suplex. He covers Billy but he kicks out at two. Jumbo grabs Billy’s bloody head of hair and punches him three or four times for good measure. Jumbo attempts a Northern Lights suplex but Billy counters and nails his patented swinging neckbreaker. Billy covers Jumbo weakly as the announcer counts down from ten. The referee counts one and two but Jumbo puts his leg over the bottom rope. Billy pulls Jumbo to the middle of the ring but as the referee strikes the mat, the bell rings and he comes up short in his quest for the NWA International heavyweight Title

 

WINNER: The match ends in a draw at 30 minutes

 

[Crazymax Jack]

Robinson and Jumbo, Funk vs. Bock, even a nod to the youngster Misawa vs. Kawada. How can you go wrong with this TV? Good stuff!

[Beast]

With all the footage Will has gone through and the podcasts he's recorded, it's real interesting to see him write out imaginary matches.

 

Top notch.

[goodhelmet]

If it has an asterisk beside it, it is an actual match! On one of the Fujinami-Choshu matches, I actually used my buddy Childs play by play. i am trying to tell stories in the ring and it is becoming a pain in the ass when you hit the 3rd or 4th match in a series.

[Flyin' Brian]

I know what you mean. I've been looking for real world examples of matches too to base stuff on, but some are hard or impossible to find. You're writeups are great though.

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ALL JAPAN ON NTV

July 23, 1983 TV (Taped on 7/17, Sendai)

Opening Montage

 

The announcer discusses the double main event as a result of last week’s matches. As a result of his win over Nick Bockwinkel in last week’s match, Terry Funk will get a title shot at Jumbo’s NWA International Heavyweight Title. Billy Robinson went thirty minutes with Jumbo last week and will get another title shot, facing Giant Baba for the PWF Heavyweight Title

 

Backstage Interview: Tenryu announces that he will debut a new move on his opponent tonight and that it is guaranteed to knock any man out. He calls the move the Deadly Drop Trap or Desudoropputorappu. The interviewer gives him a puzzled look and Tenryu walks away and heads toward the ring.

 

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shiro Koshinaka

Tenryu abuses Koshinaka early on, slapping him in the chest and using his sumo slaps to back him in the corner. Several forearms to the neck leave Koshinaka in a heap. Tenryu motions for Kosh to stand up like a man but as he grabs the rope to pull himself up, Tenryu rams him in the face with a big knee. Tenryu continues to dish out the punishment, whips Kosh into the ropes and lays him out with a brutal lariat. He immediately follows with a big elbow drop and twists Koshinaka’s arms behind his torso and slaps him on the chest, alternating with elbows to the neck as Kosh is helpless with his arms hooked behind his back. Kosh has blood trickling down his nose and his chest is raw flesh. Tenryu pulls him up, whips him to the ropes, Kosh ducks a lariat and responds with the flying hip attack. The force of the bump throws Tenryu to the mat. A dazed Kosh recognizes the situation and runs with a dropkick to Tenryu on the ground. Koshinaka responds with a running senton and a one count. He climbs the turnbuckle and waits for Tenryu to get up so he can nail a missile dropkick. He gets a two count and the crowd urges him on, sensing they may see an upset. This time, Kosh whips Tenryu into the ropes and attempts another hip attack. However, Tenryu catches him in mid-air and gives him a delayed release German suplex. Tenryu grabs him by the hair, hooks his head under the arm and drops him face first to the mat before pinning him. After the match, Tenryu picks Koshinaka to his feet and raises his arm for showing his fighting spirit.

 

WINNER: Genichiro Tenryu in 8:13 after the Death Drop Trap

 

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Jumbo Tsuruta © vs. Terry Funk - NWA International Heavyweight Title
These two are no strangers to each other. Funk and Jumbo exchange holds early on but it doesn’t take long before a collar and elbow lock up leads both men over the top rope and onto the floor. Funk rams Jumbo’s shoulder into the ringpost. He follows up by grabbing Jumbo’s arm and ramming it into the guardrail. Funk attempts to piledrive Jumbo on the floor but Jumbo gives him a backdrop onto the floor. Jumbo beats the referee count and recovers as Funk stumbles and barely beats the clock. Jumbo is shaking his arm but still attacks Funk in the ring. He tries to bodyslam Funk but his shoulder won’t allow him to pick him up. Funk recognizes the damage to Jumbo’s arm and takes a page out of Dick Murdoch’s book and rams the arm into the mat with a jumping knee. He picks Jumbo off the mat and is able to hit the piledriver he couldn’t hit earlier on. He gets a two count and argues with the ref. Funk punches Jumbo to keep him dazed and starts tugging Jumbo’s arm using over the shoulder arm breakers to render his arm useless. Funk whips Jumbo into the ropes and Jumbo nails Funk with the big Jumping Knee. Funk’s legs turn into noodles and jumbo responds with a lariat with his good arm. Funk is dazed but he has the sense to grab Jumbo’s bad arm and ram his shoulder into the turnbuckle. Funk unloads his punching combos on Jumbo and the title is moments away from being Funk’s. Funk attempts another piledriver but Jumbo drops to one knee and Funk cannot lift him to execute another. Jumbo escapes the piledriver attempt and begins to elbow Funk on the side of his head. His arm is hanging, a dead useless limb. Funk swings and misses. Jumbo lifts him and gives him a one-armed atomic drop. Funk sells the damage, his legs barely holding him up, but he is dazed long enough for Jumbo to lift him with his good arm and fall back with a backdrop driver. Jumbo crawls over Funk for a lucky three count that thankfully ends the match for Jumbo. He escapes with his title.

 

WINNER: Jumbo pins Funk with the Backdrop Suplex at 22:31

 

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Giant Baba © vs. Billy Robinson – PWF Heavyweight Title

Baba comes out firing with overhead chops. Robinson tries to block the chops but the force of the Hands of Steel are too much for Billy to take so he escapes outside to regroup. Robinson stalls before entering the ring and refuses to engage Baba. Baba finally hooks in a headlock and they take it to the mat, Robinson attempts counters and pin attempts while being hooked in a headlock and even scores a couple of 2 counts. Baba lets go of the headlock but Robinson strikes quickly with a knee to the back of Baba’s head. Now, Robinson hooks on a headlock and it is Baba’s turn to attempt counters and quick pins. Baba is able to get to his feet, push Robinson off to the ropes and as Robinson rebounds off the ropes, he is met with a Giant Boot to the face that sends him to the mat and he desperately rolls outside. Baba follows outside and goes on the offensive, whipping Robinson into the rails. Baba attempts a running Big Boot but Robinson moves and Baba slams his leg into the railing. Baba’s leg is now damaged and Robinson smells blood. Inside the ring, Robinson twists and stretches Baba’s leg in 30 different directions, torturing the legend but unable to get him to surrender. In one display of power, Robinson takes the injured leg, wraps it around his neck and lifts up with Baba on the ground and the leg being extended around his neck. Unfortunately for Robinson, Baba kicks him in the face with his good foot and Robinson drops Baba as he falls to the ground. Both men are damaged but Baba is having difficulty standing after the leg attacks. Eventually, both men are up and as Baba starts chopping Robinson, Robinson sweeps Baba’s leg and Baba rolls to the outside unable to stand. Robinson regains his senses and follows him outside. Outside, Robinson grabs a chair and in order to block the swing, Baba lifts up the Big Boot, smashing the chair in Billy’s face. Baba hurts his leg and falls down. Both men are down and Robinson is now bleeding from the chair to the face. Both men recover and as the referee tries to get both men back in the ring, Baba flings him to the side into the rail. As the referee recovers, Robinson flings him again and he calls for the bell, ruling the match a No Contest, disqualifying both men. Robinson and Baba continue to fight through the aisles, with the audience scrambling to avoid the two legends. Eventually, both men disappear into the locker room

 

WINNER: The match ends in a Double Disqualification

 

Before signing off, next week’s main event is announced for the NWA International Tag Team Titles…

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Terry Funk & Billy Robinson

 

 

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ALL JAPAN ON NTV

July 30, 1983 TV (Taped on 7/26, Fukuoka)

 

Opening Montage

 

Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Nobuyoshi Sugawara & Ultra Seven (Highlights Only)

Highlights include Kawada and Misawa doing double team moves like a double suplex, Kawada hitting an enziguiri on Sugawara with Misawa holding his arms, and Misawa being launched by Kawada through the air to nail a flying knee drop. The match ends when Misawa whips Ultra Seven into Kawada’s Jumping Spinning Heel Kick.

 

WINNERS: Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa

 

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki & Great Kojika (Highlights Only)

Singh is shown chasing the crowd with his sword. Cut to Ueda hitting Fuyuki with a chair and busting him open. Beak to Singh hitting Fuyuki over the head with his sword as Ueda is choking Kojika in the background. Finally, a clip is shown of the referee trying to separate Singh and Kojika, who are fighting over a chair. In the meantime, Ueda hits a fireball and burns Fuyuki in the face. Fuyuki goes down screaming and Ueda gets the easy pin. Doctors are shown attending to Fuyuki after the match

 

WINNERS: Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanoseke Ueda

 

Jerry Oates & Gerry Morrow vs. Yoshihiro Momota & Mitsuo Momota (Highlights Only)

Morrow accidentally hits Oates with a football tackle after MItsuo sidesteps, sending Oates crashing off the apron. Mitsuo is shown hitting a flying clothesline from the top rope on Morrow for a nearfall. Yoshihiro is shown charging the corner and ramming his leg into the turnbuckle. Oates hooks on his Stepover Toe Hold Flip Pin for a nearfall. Oates is shown whipping Yoshihiro into the ropes, Oates drops down, and Morrow comes in and nails a running Yoshihiro with a Football Tackle for the pin.

 

WINNERS: Jerry Oates & Gerry Morrow

 

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Mighty Inoue vs. Takashi Ishikawa

Inoue comes out running and attempts a couple of shoulder blocks on Ishikawa to no avail. Ishikawa responds with sumo slaps backing Inoue into the corner. He pulls Inoue into the middle of the ring and hooks an abdominal stretch. Inoue eventually escapes and tries to use his speed to evade Ishikawa. Unfortunately, Ishikawa catches him with a knee lift sending him face first to the mat. Ishikawa hooks on an STF, torturing Inoue who finally makes the ropes. Ishikawa whips Inoue to the ropes so he can execute a sumo tackle but Inoue leaps onto his shoulders, hooks a head scissors and take s him to the mat. With the had scissors intact, Ishikawa works to escape as Inoue fights to keep Ishikawa locked. Eventually, Ishikawa is able to maneuver on top of Inoue for a nearfall and Inoue has to abandon the plan. Inoue charges once Ishikawa is up but is nailed with a Sumo Tackle. He staggers up and ends up hooked from behind as Ishikawa nails the German Suplex for the pin.

 

WINNER: Takashi Ishikawa with the German Suplex in 8:11

 

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Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ashura Hara

The two friends out of the ring come charging at each other, exchanging move for move… Tenryu chops, Hara chops. Tenryu attempts an enziguiri but misses. Hara responds with the same result. Both men end up exchanging punches, neither giving any ground. However, Hara ends up ending the stalemate with his patented headbutts. Tenryu falls to one knee and Hara continues to headbutt him to the mat. Hara hooks on a chinlock and they stay on the mat. Tenryu regroups, forces his way up and shoots Hara to the ropes. Tenryu hits his enziguiri and Hara just drops to the mat. Tenryu smells blood and grabs Hara and hits a suplex. He hooks him under his arm, and nails a swinging neck breaker, instead of the DDT. He gets a nearfall. He picks Hara up by his permed hair and begins smacking him across the face. Hara is awakened and fights back with headbutts. Hara attempts an enziguiri of his own, Tenryu sidesteps and

Allows Hara to fall to the ground. Tenryu falls on him with three back elbows. Tenryu picks Hara up by the hair, hooks his head and nails the DDT for the pin.

 

WINNER: Genichiro Tenryu after the DDT in 13:48

 

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Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Terry Funk & Billy Robinson - Double DQ

All four men begin to fight and the action spills outside. Funk is swinging chairs around, not worrying about who he hits. Robinson and Baba fight through the entrance walk. Jumbo intercepts a chair from Funk and smashes it over Funk’s head. Funk begins to immediately bleed as he rises from the ground. Jumbo grabs Funk by the head and throws him inside. Jumbo attacks the forehead with elbow spikes and punches. He rams Terry’s head into the turnbuckle. Terry does his comedic jelly-leg selling. Baba is tagged in and Jumbo whips Funk into the ropes and Baba nails Funk with the Big Boot. Baba sits down in a headlock and Funk is powerless. Funk tries to escape but Baba uses his super strength in his long muscular arms to hook in the hold and leave Terry in pain. Eventually, Robinson comes in and unloads some forearms into Baba’s head to force a release. Both Baba and Funk tag out. Billy catches Jumbo with a back breaker after Jumbo charged with reckless abandon. Now Jumbo is in trouble, Billy twists and turns plenty of submissions hurting Jumbo’s back. He even uses an abdominal stretch, reaching out for Terry’s hand to gain more leverage. Terry tags back in, blood caked onto his face and he drives Jumbo to the mat, driving his knees repeatedly into the ribs. Terry sits Jumbo in a Boston Crab but Jumbo powers out. Baba and Billy get the hot tags and Baba drops his monster chops on Billy’s forehead. Billy tries to hook Baba’s arm but Baba Is relentless with the chops. Billy unable to escape Baba’s wrath forces both of them out of the ring, off the apron and onto the floor. Both men eventually fall over the rail and Terry and Jumbo go after them and brawl outside. All four men continue to brawl outside and through the crowd. At one point, Billy tosses Jumbo into an entire row of chairs. Baba grabs Terry by the hair and whips him into the back wall of the arena. The referee knows he has lost control of the match and it is thrown out with all men being disqualified.

 

WINNER: Both teams have been disqualified

 

Before signing off, next week’s main event is announced for the NWA International Tag Team Titles…

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Billy Robinson

[Grimmas]

You said earlier some of this was real matches mixed in? That's a cool concept that I would I could do.

 

I am looking forward to where this is headed and when it starts to veer off real life more.

[goodhelmet]

If it has an asterisk by it, it is a real match recap.

[dawho5]

I like Jumbo and Baba getting in on the brawling in 83.

[goodhelmet]

ALL JAPAN ON NTV

August 6, 1983 TV (Taped on 8/1, Tokyo)

 

Opening Montage

 

Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (Highlights Only)

Kawada nails Misawa with his spinning heel kick but Misawa kicks out at two. We cut to Misawa nailing a plancha to the outside sending Kawada into the rail. We cut to Kawada hooking in a Dragon Sleeper but Misawa flips up and over Kawada, hooks him with a German Suplex for a close two count. We cut to Kawada charging for a big running kick but hitting the turnbuckle when Misawa moves. Misawa leaps up to the top and flies down with a Flying Splash for the three ocunt

 

Winner: Mitsuharu Misawa after a Flying Body Splash

 

Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Alexis Smirnoff

Smirnoff and Singh brawl through the crowd for several minutes before the belle rings. Inside, Singh chokes Smirnoff for a few minutes before hooking a nerve hold for another couple of minutes. Smirnoff fights back with some weak kicks and slaps. He attempts a Russian Sickle but Singh ducks and pokes him in the eyes. Singh has Ueda distract the referee as he hits Smirnoff with his sword and then pins him in a horrible match.

 

WINNER: Tiger Jeet Singh in 6:33 after hitting Smirnoff with a sword

 

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Terry Funk vs. Genichiro Tenryu

Funk and Tenryu trade blows early on and Funk stuns Tenryu with his Texas jabs. Tenryu staggers and Funk takes him down to the mat and they work a long headlock segment. Tenryu attempts to escape and counter but Funk uses his experience to prevent Tenryu from escaping. After several minutes, Tenryu is able to lift himself to his feet and take Funk out with a backdrop Suplex. Both men are down and eventually Tenryu gets up and hits Funk with a running knee to the head. Tenryu nails Funk with some patented straight punches that drop Terry on his ass. Tenryu picks Terry up and hits an enziguiri. Terry is ripe for the picking but Tenryu only gets a two count. Tenryu hoists Funk over his shoulder and begins to carry him to the turnbuckle but Funk slides out and sunset pins Tenryu for a nearfall. Tenryu is pissed and busts Terry in the head with some nasty kicks and another running knee. Terry is damaged and Tenryu is finally able to put Funk on the turnbuckle. Tenryu climbs the rope, and in a move never before seen, he leaps up, hooks Funk’s head with his feet while upside down and flips Funk off of the turnbuckle. The crowd roars in approval, seeing a move that might never be duplicated. Tenryu stays hooked on the turnbuckle, climbs up and falls back with a devastating back elbow drop. He get a two count because Funk had the awareness to drape his foot over the bottom rope. Tenryu is enraged. He picks Funk up and throws him out of the ring. When Funk stands up, Tenryu tries a suicide dive out of the ring but Funk moves and Tenryu goes crashing into the barrier. Funk rolls into the ring to recover. As Tenryu makes his way into the ring, Funk grabs Tenryu and nails him with his Piledriver. He grabs him a second time and hooks a second Piledriver for good measure. Funk survives the assault from his former pupil but is a damaged man.

 

WINNER: Terry Funk in 16:55 after Funk executes a Piledriver on Tenryu

 

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Billy Robinson & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba © - NWA International Tag Title Match

Jumbo and Robinson square off and they both take their time, feeling out the opponent. After some back and forth holds, they both tag out and Baba faces off with Bock. Bock tries to take Baba down but Baba fight shim off. Eventually Baba hooks Bock in a headlock and holds Bock stationary on the mat. Eventually, after several minutes of working in and out of the headlock, Bock gets Baba up, shoot shim off the ropes and a shoulder block knocks Bock down. Bock tries another shoulder block and he gets knocked on his ass. Bock is pissed. He goes to regroup with Billy and is able to get Baba down with a leg takedown. Bock works a leglock on Baba and eventually hooks on a figure four. Baba is struggling to make the ropes, Jumbo gets upset and just stomps Bock in the face to get the hold to break. Billy tags in and he continues to keep Baba grounded. After working over the leg, Billy springs of fthe ropes for a running knee drop but Baba moves. Billy is holding his knee in pain. Jumbo tags in and starts lifting Billy up for several shin breakers. Jumbo nails a Suplex and he hooks a figure four on Billy. Bock comes in to stomp Jumbo’s face but Jumbo grabs Bock’s foot. Baba comes in and hits the running Big Boot to bock’s face. Jumbo breaks the figure four and is able to connect with a bodyslam and knee drop for a pin attempt. Jumbo goes for a backdrop Suplex but Billy flips out of it and on one leg, tags Bock as he falls into the corner. Bock and Jumbo start punching each other and Bock throws Jumbo out of the ring and rams him into the ring post. Jumbo is bleeding but Bock gets him in the ring and hooks on a sleeper. Jubmo fights out and nails the Backdrop Driver as both men are down. Baba and Billy tag in and they start wailing away… Huge Chops from Baba and European Uppercuts from Billy. Both men aren’t backing down and Billy gets Baba in his corner. Bock tags in and he hooks a sleeper on Baba. Baba fights out and shoots Bock to the ropes. Bock ducks the Big Boot but Baba nails him with a back bodydrop. Baba tags Jumbo in and he starts punching Bock furiously. Bock escapes with a poke in the eyes and hits a running knee to Jumbo, shooting him into the corner. Bock charges and Jumbo dodges, allowing Jumbo to schoolboy pin Bock for a nearfall. After reversing an Irish Whip, Billy nails Jumbo in the back of the head from the outside, Bock hooks a small package on the dazed Jumbo and we have new NWA International Tag Team Champions! Billy and Bock celebrate as Baba and Jumbo just shake their heads.

 

WINNERS: Nick Bockwinkel & Billy Robinson win the NWA International Tag Titles in 19:35 after Bockwinkel pinned Jumbo with a small package

 

Baba gets on the microphone and makes an announcement…

Giant Baba: 氏Bockwinkel 、氏ロビンソンは、チャンピオンシップで快適得ることはありません。来週は、我々が再戦を持っており、雷が二回打つことができるかどうかを確認します。

 

The crowd roars in approval as Baba drops the microphone

 

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[goodhelmet]

ALL JAPAN ON NTV – 2 Hour Special!!!

August 13, 1983 TV (Taped on 8/4, Tokyo)

 

Opening Montage

 

Footage is shown of Misawa & Kawada’s recent trip to the United States. Footage is shown of Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen attacking the natives and beating them to a bloody pulp. The announcers make a big deal of Hansen & Brody coming over for future tours this year!

 

Mighty Inoue & Ashura Hara © vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa – All Asia Tag Title

Hara and Kawada start off and Hara quickly gains control after nailing Kawada with his patented headbutts. Hara hooks Kawada and elbows the back of his head. He quickly tags in to Inoue who nails his European uppercuts and hits Kawada with a judo throw to take him to the mat. He hooks in a head scissors and Kawada attempts his headstands to escape. Eventually, Kawada escapes and anisla standing dropkick to the face of Inoue and is able to tag in Misawa. Misawa comes flying in with a flying clothesline. He hits the ropes and executes a flying body press on Inoue for a two count. Snap Suplex from Misawa sets up a flying elbow drop from the 2nd rope for another nearfall. Misawa stretches Inoue on the ground with a knee in the back and his arms tied around his neck. Inoue eventually is able to stand and escapes with a judo throw. He tags in Hara who hits Misawa with his headbutts. In the corner, Hara and Inoue double team Misawa and the youngster can’t protect himself from the onslaught of strikes. Inoue holds Misawa’s arms and Hara charges with a Lariat but he nails Inoue who crashes to the ground. Misawa runs to tag Kawada who charge Hara with a running face kick to the corner. Kawada hears it from the crowd and he goes up top and comes down with a flying headbutt. He gets a two count. He whips Hara to the ropes and attempts his spinning heel kick but Hara holds on to the ropes and Kawada crashes to the mat. Hara picks Kawada up and nails him with an enziguiri. Inoue is recovered and he runs and knocks Misawa off the apron as Hara winds up and hits his running Lariat for the pin.

 

WINNERS: Mighty Inoue & Ashura Hara in 14:21 after Hara hit Kawada with a Running Lariat

 

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Shiro Koshinaka vs. Umanoseke Ueda

Ueda immediately starts choking Koshinaka after taking advantage of a low blow. Ueda uses the middle rope to choke Koshinaka even more. After using the rope, Ueda has Kosh’s head dangling over the apron and sticks his foot on Koshinaka’s throat. The referee is trying to get control but Ueda is ignoring him. Koshinaka tumbles outside and Ueda looks for fan support that isn’t there. Outside, Ueda chokes Kosh on the barricade. He takes some rope and is trying t hang him over the ring ropes. Koshinaka is dangling there and Ueda is dangerously close to lynching a man. The referee gets the rope away from Ueda. When Ueda retrieves Koshinaka on the outside, Koshinaka whips him into the barricade. He charges and spikes Ueda with the running hip attack. Koshinaka is trying to recover while Ueda lays on the ground. When Ueda is able to stand, Koshinaka flies from the apron and nails him with another hip attack and tosses Ueda into the ring. Koshinaka bodyslams Ueda to the mat and is able to hit the Whoopie Cushion from the top rope for a nearfall. Koshinaka stomps on Ueda telling him to stay down. Koshinaka attempts a running leg drop but Ueda moves. Tiger Jeet Singh, Ueda’s partner runs down to the ring and distracts the referee. Ueda reaches down and ignites a fireball but Koshinaka ducks and kicks Ueda with a throat thrust. Koshinaka digs into his tights, lights a fireball and throws it into Ueda’s face. Koshinaka rolls him up with an Oklahoma Roll. Singh, seeing the fireball, stops distracting the referee who counts to three, giving Koshinaka his victory.

 

WINNER: Shiro Koshinaka in 10:10 via fireball

 

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Yoshihiro Momota & Mitsuo Momota vs. Jerry Oates & Gerry Morrow

Oates begins the match with Mitsuo. Mitsuo uses his speed to keep Oates off balance and eventually gets the big man down with a head scissors and controls him on the mat in a head scissors. Morrow eventually comes in and hits a big splash on Mitsuo to break the hold. Oates grabs Mitsuo and hits a Piledriver and tags in Morrow. Morrow lifts him up and drops him with a Gorilla Press Slam. He pins him for a two count. After an Irish Whip, Morrow hooks him in a bearhug. Mitsuo is about to pass out but Yoshihiro runs in and tackles Morrow. All four men are in the ring and Yoshihiro is fighting both foreigners off as Mitsuo is a crumpled mess on the mat. Eventually, they overpower Yoshihiro and Morrow throws him out of the ring. Oates goes to the top of the turnbuckle as Morrow is holding Mitsuo. Oates leaps for a flying clothesline but hits Morrow instead of Mitsuo. Momota gets a two count. He reaches his corner and tries to tag Yoshihiro but he is outside on the floor. Mitsuo turns around and Morrow nails him with a football tackle. He tags in Oates who hooks the spinning toe hold flip pin and gets the win.

 

WINNERS: Jerry Oates and Gerry Morrow in 11:01 when Oates pinned Mitsuo Momota with a Spinning Toe Hold Flip Pin

 

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Tiger Jeet Singh vs. Alexis Smirnoff

Smirnoff enters the ring first and insists that they play the Russian National Anthem. In the middle of the Anthem, Singh comes charging out from the back, chasing fans with his sword, turning chairs over. Smirnoff gets out of the ring and they brawl throughout the crowd. Inside the ring, Smirnoff charges at Singh in the corner but hits the turnbuckle. Singh hooks on the nerve hold and holds it on Smirnoff for about 4 minutes. Smirnoff shouts in pain but is paralyzed by the vice grip of Singh. Singh starts biting Smirnoff but Smirnoff is able to lift Singh up and bodyslam him. Smirnoff hooks Singh in a chinlock and holds it for about 3 minutes. He releases the chinlock and irsh whips Singh into the ropes, misses a Russian Sickle and Singh nails Smirnoff with a high knee lift. Singh goes outside and grabs a chair. Smirnoff rolls outside and attacks Singh. Singh ignores Smirnoff’s attack and smashes him with a chair. The referee tries to get control but gets knocked down during the fight. Singh grabs his sword ans as Smirnoff enters the ring, Singh jabs the sword into Smirnoff’s face and blood goes flying as Smirnoff goes down grabbing his bloody face. Singh rolls Smirnoff up and the referee counts to three.

 

WINNER: Tiger Jeet Singh in 9:44 after stabbing Smirnoff in the face with his sword

 

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We come back from commercial break with an in depth promotion look at the next tour…

 

SUPER POWER SERIES!!!

 

Clips are shown of the following wrestlers…

Ricky Steamboat

Brad Rheingans

Buzz Tyler

Tor Kamata

Masa Fuchi

Chavo Guerrero

Ricky Harris

Stan Hansen

Manny Fernandez

Gerry Morrow

Terry Funk

Dory Funk Jr.

Terry Gordy

 

Pre-recorded interview with several wrestlers are shown…

Ricky Steamboat: All Japan… I can’t wait to see all of the fans in the Land of the Rising Sun! I hope you cheer me on as I fight the best that Japan has to offer. I want to thank Baba-san for the opportunity and I can’t wait to prove myself when I get in the ring with the best wrestlers in the world.

 

Ricky Harris: My daddy always said that if you want to be a man, you have to fight men, not little boys. My daddy started whipping me when I was two and by the time I was 12, I was whipping my daddy’s butt. When I get to Japan, you best believe I will be whipping somebody’s butt. Get ready for a whipping, you yellow cowards.

 

Manny Fernandez: All Japan… there’s no one like you baby, and I can’t wait for the night with you daddy. I know Japanese wrestlers like to hit hard but nobody hits harder than me when I go flying through the air and my forearm connects with your face. When I hit you it is going to hurt so good. Sometimes it don’t feel like it should but you will be rocked! And if you think the Ragin’ Bull is going to lay down, you’ve got another thing coming because out there is a fortune waiting to be had and if you think I’ll let it go, you’re mad! The Ragin’ Bull is coming daddy and I am going to Rock This Town, rock it inside out…. YEAH!

 

Dory Funk Jr. (in a high pitched monotone): Giant Baba is a good friend of mine. (Long Pause) Baba welcomed me and my brother to Japan and I want to thank him for having us. (Long pause, Dory gives a blank stare and suddenly snaps out of his stupor) I will fight hard and I will wrestle matches. (Long Pause) I like to wrestle and I like wrestling with my brother. (Awkward pause as the camera fades)

 

Terry Gordy: If there’s one thing I can’t stand more than the blacks and the A-rabs, it’s the Japs. Boy, I don’t like me no yellow skinned scaredy cat, crazy Japs. I hate your food, I hate your eyes, I hate your face boy. Freebird Fantasia is coming to Japan and ya’ll don’t deserve it because ya’ll are no good rotten Japs.

 

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We have a pre-recorded interview with Genichiro Tenryu discussing his obsession with creating new moves….

 

Interviewer: あなたは最近、二つの新しい武器...デス·ドロップトラップとハリケーン·ホイップデビュー。他にどのような武器は、あなたが私たちを表示するために必要がありますか？

 

Tenryu: これらの動きは、負傷して相手に衝撃を与えるように設計されています。私は理由もなく新たな武器を作成しないでください。私は試合に勝つために、それらを作成します。私は別のものを作成した場合、それはそう、私は私の相手を倒すことができますです。

 

Interviewer: あなたの次の対戦相手は、テリーファンクです。どのようにファンクのような伝説の準備をしますか？

 

Tenryu: 私はテリー·ファンクのための多くの尊敬しています。私はまた伝説であることができることを証明しなければなりません。それは彼の首をホイップしたり、彼の顔を壊し意味ならば、それは私が何をするかです。彼は私が誰を忘れてはなりません。私は彼が私についての悪夢を持っている点に彼を傷つけなければなりません。

 

Terry Funk vs. Genichiro Tenryu

The match begins at a slow pace as both men feel each other out. Eventually, Funk starts to unload on Tenryu with his Texas jabs. Funk whips him to the ropes and ducks to nail him with a backdrop but Tenryu hooks Terry’s head under his arm and drops him with a Death Drop Trap. Funk bounces off the mat and rolls outside the ring. Tenryu raises his arms in victory as Funk struggles to regain his bearings. He barely beats the twenty count and Tenryu unloads big move after big move trying to put Funk away early. Funk is damaged and Tenryu’s attack is relentless. Tenryu sumo slaps Funk to the corner, whips him to the ropes and as he tries to hit a backdrop, Funk counters and hits Tenryu with a desperate Piledriver. Tenryu rolls out of the ring this time and Funk falls back into the corner to regroup. Now, both men are damaged and Funk grounds Tenryu and tries to apply a spinning toe hold. Tenryu fights the hold off and they struggle for a couple of minutes and Funk finally spins as Tenryu flings himself wildly to escape but he is hooked, After the third spin, Tenryu hooks Funk into a small package for a nearfall. Tenryu reverses a whip into the corner and he nails Funk with a running clothesline in the corner. Funk kicks Tenryu in the knee and Tenryu falls to the ground. Funk decodes he is going to climb the turnbuckle but Tenryu falls on the ropes and Funk is crotched on the top turnbuckle. Tenryu fallows with a straight punch to Funk’s jaw and Funk nearly falls backward onto the floor from the top. Tenryu gathers energy and nails Funk with the Hurricane Whip and nearly gets the pinfall. Tenryu pounds the mat in frustration and gets Funk up and nearly hits his Brainbuster but Funk blocks and hits a Suplex. Funk hooks on a figure four and Tenryu is in pain. After almost getting pinned, Tenryu fights through the pain and turns over and reverses the figure four. Funk now frantically reaches for the ropes and after the break, both men lay on the ground beaten and battered. Tenryu tries for another Brainbuster but his leg gives out on him. Funk tries to hit another Piledriver but Tenryu flips him over and gets a two count. Tenryu tries for another Brainbuster but his leg won’t let him lift Funk. Funk counters with a small package and gets the three count. Funk helps Tenryu up and raises his hand. Both men hug after the match and the legend has defeated the pupil a second week in a row.

 

WINNER: Terry Funk in 19:39 with a small package

 

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Before the main event, the announcers discuss the title change from last week when Robinson & Bockwinkel defeated the former champions. They show clips of the title switch and the celebration after the match. Finally, they show Giant Baba’s challenge that ended last week’s show…

 

Billy Robinson & Nick Bockwinkel © vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba - NWA International Tag Title Match

All four men start off as the natives charge the new champions. Bockwinkel and Baba exchange blows and Bock wobbles as the full force of Baba’s monster hands come crashing down. Jumbo slaps Billy who responds with European uppercuts. Baba whips Bock into the rope inadvertently crashing into Billy and the gaigin regroup outside the ring. Back in the ring, Jumbo and Bockwinkel lock up and Bock gets bodyslammed for his effort. He stand sand gets slammed again and then Jumbo hooks him in a back breaker hold and forces Bock over his knee. Bock tries to escape, whipping Jumbo to the ropes and they fight over an abdominal stretch and Jumbo hooks it in. Bock reaches out for Billy but he is too far away. Jumbo pulls him over and Baba tags in with a big kick to the ribs. Baba whips Bock to the ropes but Billy tags in as Baba connects with the Big Boot on Bock. He pins Bock but Billy smashes him from behind and hooks on a sitting hammerlock. Billy works over Baba’s arm, keeping the giant grounded. Billy lifts Baba up and comes down with a back breaker. He pins Baba for a one count but quickly hooks his arms and starts sending knees to Baba’s arms. Billy tags in Bock who continues dropping knees on his arms and Bock hooks Baba into a standing armbar. Baba tries to fight out but Bock has a counter for everything. Eventually Baba gets loose and as Bock charges at him, both men throw simultaneous clotheslines and knock each other out. The referee counts but both Billy and Jumbo tag in and start fighting. Billy connects with a shoulder breaker but when he tries a back breaker lift, Jumbo slams him into the corner and connects with a jumping knee. Jumbo tries a running knee drop but Billy dodges and nails Jumbo with a running forearm. Jumbo springs back and hits Billy with another running knee for a near two count. Bockwinkel comes in to break the pin but Baba also runs in. Bockwinkel hits Jumbo with an elbow smash but gets knocked out of the ring by a Baba Big Boot. Billy tries to connect a swinging neck breaker on Jumbo but Baba bounces off the ropes and nails Billy with another Big Boot. Billy staggers and this gives Jumbo enough time to hook Billy from behind for the Backdrop Driver and the three count. Baba and Jumbo have regained the NWA International Tag Titles. Bockwinkel and Robinson are pissed. They storm off as Baba and Jumbo raise their titles.

 

WINNERS: Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba in 20:04 after Jumbo executed a Backdrop Driver on Robinson

 

 

The All Japan theme music plays as clips are shown of the different matches that have been shown during the Grand Champion Carnival. The end shot has Baba and Jumbo raising the tag titles in victory

 

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[goc]

Dory isn't a very charismatic promo.

 

I wonder how much of Gordy's interview was actually translated properly when it aired.

[goodhelmet]

I have some great Dory promos in the tank. Exciting stuff. For Gordy, I was trying to continue his Blacks and Arabs promo from Ft. Worth.... a true wtf wrestling moment.

[Flyin' Brian]

Really glad to read these shows. Lol at the Manny Fernandez, Dory, and Terry Gordy promos

[goodhelmet]

Thanks for paying attention!!! Anyone who heard a Manny interview in 1987 knows this was his interview style.

[dawho5]

I laughed at the Dory promo. Terry building Tenryu up is a nice touch. I hope Mighty Inoue continues to get screen time because I am a Mighty fan even when he shows up in the early 90s. Misawa and Kawada are super ahead of schedule, but I think that's happening across the board on personal favorites.

[goodhelmet]

ALL JAPAN ON NTV

August 20, 1983 TV (Taped on 8/19, Koshigaya)

 

Opening Montage

 

Announcers welcome us to the opening of the Super Power Series!!!

 

A video clip is shown of the foreigners that will appear on the tour with footage from around the world… Ricky Harris, Masa Fuchi, Manny Fernandez, Brad Rhenigans, Ricky steamboat & Stan Hansen.

 

A recap video is then shown of Baba & Jumbo winning the tag titles from Billy Robinson & Nick Bockwinkel last week.

 

Takashi Ishikawa & Mighty Inoue vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa(Highlights)

Ishikawa gives Kawada a shoulder block followed up with a German Suplex. Misawa is shown hitting Inoue with a Flying Frog Splash but it is broken up by Ishikawa. Kawada is shown hitting Ishikawa with a Running Boot in the corner. Ishikawa is shown nailing Kawada with a Lariat for the pin.

 

Ricky Harris vs. Umanoseke Ueda (Highlights)

Ueda is shown trying to light a fireball but it misses. Harris hits a cannonball form the top rope but Ueda gets his foot draped across the bottom rope. Harris and Ueda are shown brawling on the floor and both men end up getting counted out.

 

Chavo Guerrero © vs. Masa Fuchi - NWA Junior Heavyweight Title (Highlights)

Fuchi is shown rolling up Chavo for a pin but it is reversed for a nearfall. Chavo misses a body press and Fuchi does an Oklahoma Roll for a nearfall. Fuchi hits Chavo with a neckbreaker for a nearfall. Fuchi misses a leg drop and Chavo goes to the top and nails a Moonsault for the pin.

 

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Manny Fernandez vs. Ashura Hara

Fernandez and Hara tie up but neither wants to make the first mistake. Manny wrestles Hara to the ground and hooks on a hammerlock, working the hold and driving his knee into the arm. After several minutes, Hara is able to get up and shoot Manny to the ropes, nailing a powerslam to take control. He hooks in a Boston Crab and Manny struggles but eventually fights to the ropes. Hara continues attacking the back and Manny is in trouble. Manny nails Hara with some backfists and puts him down with a bodyslam. He hits the running elbow drop and gets a nearfall on a spinning back slam. Hara starts fighting back hitting his Samoan Drop. After trading big bone breaking moves, Manny dodges a lariat, shoots off the ropes and nails the Flying Forearm, knocking Hara senseless and he gets the pin.

WINNER: Manny Fernandez in 10:15 after a Flying Forearm

 

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Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Brad Rheingans & Ricky Steamboat

All four men shake hands before the match. Jumbo and Steamboat square off and trade locks and submissions. Steamboat focuses on the arm, taking Jumbo down with arm drags and head scissor takeovers. Jumbo focuses on the neck and controls with headlocks. Eventually, after they cross each other on the ropes, Steamboat hits Jumbo with a running body press for a near fall. Both men tag out and Tenryu and Rheingans end up in a test of strength. Rheingans takes Tenryu down with an amateur takedown and starts riding the former sumo. Jumbo escapes and nails Rheingans in the jaw with a straight punch. Rheingans gets pissed and they start trading strikes. Eventually Tenryu takes over with his hard chops and Rheingans backs into the corner. Several back elbows put Brad on the ground and Tenryu nails him with a running knee in the corner. He tags to Jumbo and Jumbo hits big moves for nearfalls but Rheingans escapes. Jumbo tries a Piledriver but Rheingans reverses into a bridge pin for two. Rheingans hits Jumbo with a fallaway German and gets the hot tag to Steamboat. Steamboat continues with his patented chops and gets Jumbo up for his elevated double chickenwing. Jumbo is trapped but Tenryu breaks it up with a hard kick to the back. Steamboat tags in Rheingans and he attempts his Bridging Cradle Suplex. Jumbo counters and hits a desperation enziguiri. Jumbo makes the hot tag to Tenryu who whips Brad into the corner and charges with a running boot to the face. He lifts him to the top of the ropes and hits the Hurricane Whip. Steamboat breaks up the fall and all four men are in the ring. Steamboat cleans house and Rheingans hits a front Suplex but Jumbo breaks up the fall. Steamboat tries a flying body press on Jumbo but Jumbo moves and he hits Rheingans. Jumbo follows up and nails Steamboat with a Running Jumping Knee and Steamboat goes flying out of the ring. Tenryu grabs Rheingans, hooks him under his arm and hits the Death Drop Trap for the pin. All four men shake hands after the match and raise their hands to the crowd.

 

WINNERS: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu in 16:22 after Tenryu pins Rheingans

 

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Giant Baba © vs. Stan Hansen – PWF Heavyweight Title Match

Hansen and Baba immediately start brawling and it ends up on the outside really quickly. Hansen whips Baba into the ring post and smashes him with a chair. Baba is bleeding less than a minute into the match. Hansen goes for a lariat but Baba moves and Hansen rams his arm into the ring post. Back in the ring, Baba gives his monster chops to Hansen and Hansen backs off. Baba hooks Hansen’s arm and spends several minutes controlling the Texan’s arm. Every time Hansen tries to counter, Baba hooks the arm and nearly yanks it out of its socket. Baba is still bleeding and Hansen is able to whip him into the corner and nail him with a corner lariat. Baba falls to the outside but Hansen’s arm is in pain. Outside, Baba pulls Hansen over the top rope to the floor by the bad arm and Hansen is howling in pain. Baba hits a Big Boot on Hansen outside and rolls inside. Hansen recovers and breaks the count but nails Baba in the face with a Big Boot of his own. Hansen, with his good fist, keeps pounding on Baba’s head. The referee tries to break it up but Hansen refuses to break. After several times of trying to get Hansen off Baba, Hansen turns to the referee and nails him with a punch. The referee is knocked down briefly and Hansen goes back to attack mode on Baba and his bloody face. The referee is able to regain his senses and disqualifies Hansen. Several natives including Hara & Ishikawa run down to save Baba. Eventually, after running through the crowd, Hansen disappears and Baba makes his way to this feet.

 

WINNER: Giant Baba in 12:18 by Disqualification

 

[Beast]

Guess I missed the last update because just noticed how amazing those promos are. The Dory one in particular is awesome.