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I want to have a place to focus on AJPW of the 1980's and provide a good launch pad for people who are interested in checking this decade out. I didn't see a thread in the Microscope so I thought I would start one. 

I've watched a bunch of 1984 & 85 and am working my way through 86. I've seen some matches from the early 80's (80-83) which I will post in this first one. I am also trying to watch my way through the 80's. I plan to update along the way. 

My plan isn't really to put full reviews here so it doesn't get too wordy & bogged down. Click the underlined matches. They are links to the full reviews with pics when applicable 🙂

1980

1981

1982

  • Dory Funk Jr. vs Bruiser Brody - 04/21/82 - Great, simple yet primal
  • Funk Bros. vs Brody & Snuka - 04/22/82 - Good-Very Good, more of an angle than a match
  • Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat - 06/04/82 - Great, athletic bout
  • Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen - 09/11/82 - VG-Great, chaotic w/ a sense of violence throughout
  • Funk Bros vs Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood - 12/02/82 - Near classic, very exciting stuff
  • Giant Baba vs Umanosuke Ueda - 12/07/82 - Fun brawl

 

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1984

Click the underlined matches. They are links to the full reviews with pics when applicable 🙂

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1985

Damn, that's a lot of 1985! I'll put the 2nd half of '85 in a new post so it's easier to locate stuff.

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1985 cont...Click the underlined matches. They are links to the full reviews with pics when applicable 🙂

October '85 - Will just link the month since all below are in the same post. So click the month 🙂

  • Riki Choshu vs Ashura Hara (10/04): Fun, full speed ahead ass kicking. 
  • Dory and Terry Funk v. Road Warriors (10/19): Fun
  • Ric Flair v. Jumbo Tsuruta (10/19): Great, technical and hard hitting 
  • Shoehi Baba/Takashi Ishikawa/Mighty Inoue v. Ashura Hara/Rusher Kimura/Goro Tsurumi (10/21):  Really fun 
  • Kabuki v. Killer Khan (10/21): Good brawl but short
  • Dory and Terry Funk/Tiger Mask v. Billy Robinson/Terry Gordy/Chavo Guerrero (10/21): Fun  
  • Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Road Warriors (10/21): VG heavyweight fireworks 
  • Ric Flair v. Rick Martel (10/21): Classic match
  • Dory and Terry Funk v. Terry Gordy/Art Crews (10/22): Good stuff
  • Mil Mascaras v. Norio Honaga (10/22): Quick fun match. 
  • Ric Flair/Rick Martel v. Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru (10/22): Great, dream match

November '85

  • Riki Choshu vs Jumbo Tsuruta (11/04) VG - Great looking, long didn't watch in full
  • Stan Hansen/Ted Dibiase v. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith (11/23): Great, fast paced, all action 
  • Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Nick Bockwinkle/Curt Hennig (11/23): Great
  • Shoehi Baba/Dory Funk Jr. v. Harley Race/Jesse Barr (11/27): Long match but a really good one.
  • Tiger Mask v. Dynamite Kid (11/27): VG
  • Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Rusher Kimura/Goro Tsurumi (11/27): Good match with a really good final third
  • Stan Hansen v. Ashura Hara (11/27): Good, wish was longer but violent bout
  • Stan Hansen/Ted Dibiase v. Harley Race/Jesse Barr (11/30): VG- Great, fast paced and move heavy. 
  • Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith v. Tiger Mask/Mighty Inoue (11/30): Great all action match.
  • Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu (11/30): Classic

December '85

  • Stan Hansen/Ted Dibiase v. Nick Bockwinkle/Curt Hennig (12/07): Very fun, great showing from Curt
  • Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru v. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith (12/07): VG match
  • Harley Race/Jesse Barr v. Dynamite Kid/Davey Boy Smith (12/12):  Great! Perhaps the best Race match of '85 
  • Shoehi Baba/Dory Funk Jr v. Jumbo Tsuruta/Tenyru (12/12): Near classic-classic, excellent pacing and layout 
  • Stan Hansen/Ted DiBiase vs Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu (Real World Tag League Finals) (12/12): jip by 14 minutes, great, maybe a classic in full?
  • Rick Martel v. Stan Hansen (AWA Title, 12/29): AWA match but Very good - great match one of the most psychologically strong matches of '85
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1986

Click the match titles, they're links to my blog posts with more details and pics 👍

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