[1975-06-26-NJPW] Antonio Inoki vs Tiger Jeet Singh

[Jetlag]

Long 2/3 falls match. Unusual beginning as Singh breaks clean and wants to wrestle! It doesn't go well for him though and so he ends up doing the same old cheating tactics like in every other Tiger Jeet Singh match before Inoki catches him with a quick pin combo. The 2nd and 3rd have Singh working over a bloody Inoki with nasty looking finger to the throath chokes and Inoki firing back with his awesome punches. Do yourself a favour and skip the first fall if you wanna get to the bloody meat.

[Superstar Sleeze]

NWF World Heavyweight Champion Tiger Jeer Singh vs Antonio Inoki - NJPW 6/26/75

One wrestler we don’t have to worry about making my 100 Greatest Wrestler Ever list is Tiger Jeet Singh But still I have him a fair shake. I think there’s one of these matches I liked but this was good but not great. First fall was incredibly boring just skip that.

First Fall: Lots of lock ups, not a lot of struggle or effort. Singh takes most of the fall surprisingly with a leg lace and a head scissors. Works a strangle. Throws him out. Thought it was going to be a brawl but nah. Inoki dropkick. I feel a fall. Inoki bridging O’Connor Roll to go up 1-0.

Second Fall: Singh works the strangle again But this time really jabbing it into his throat Inoki comes up bleeding from the throat. DID THAT MADMAN BLADE HIS NECK? Inoki is INSANE~! Singh wins the fall with a Torture Rack. You have my attention!

Third Fall: Inoki tries to mount a comeback by Singh stays on the throat. In a very weird but 1975 move he hits a pair of vertical suplexes for near falls to 2026 eyes this tampers the heat. Inoki Back Suplex and CLOBBERS him with a dropkick! BACK SUPLEX WINS IT AND HE REGAINS THE NWF WORLD TITLE!

Second and third fall were fun especially the bloody neck but the first fall sucked. ***