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[1980-05-23-NJPW] Hulk Hogan vs Antonio Inoki


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1980-05-23
NJPW
Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki
Civic Gymnasium, Hasama, Miyagi, Japan
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It was very interesting to see how Inoki tried to tackle this giant. Hulk had the better of the early stages using his raw strength and power advantage, manhandling Inoki around the ring. Everything was pretty rudimental but it bluntly got across the intended effect. Eventually Inoki unloaded some stiff leg kicks to get the big man off his feet and Hulk was reeling. 
Before they could really get going though Hogan ran Inoki halfway across the arena towards a lurking Hansen and they went ahead and double team posted him with a ball shot. Dusty ran down to chase Hansen and Hogan off before he and Inoki shook hands.
I was into how they worked the first five or so minutes but this just didn’t have enough meat before the shmozz took over and we got the DQ. 

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