Jeff Bowdren's Top Matches of the '80s list

[goodhelmet]

Go to toa and look at Mike's Tiger Mask thread. I believe my thoughts on the match are there.

[Kain]

On 1/6/2008 at 5:10 AM, floyd said:

Just curious from all you wrestling guru's who's likely seen tons of stuff from the 80's then me. Any matches you think really should've made this list? What's your #1 match or top matches from the 80's? Just curious!

Masami vs. Nagayo from August 22 1985 (the same Show as the Jaguar/Lioness-Match) has ever been the most glaring ommission to me.

[David Mantell]

On 1/6/2008 at 2:53 AM, Bix said:

Owen Hart vs Keichi Yamada (6/10/88, Hiroshima, Japan) This was during Hart s brief tour as IWGP Jr. Champ. Hart was defending the title in Yamada s hometown, which added to the heat. Hart tried to wrestle a Flair like style of making his opponent look good, combined with his normal acrobatic style.

They were on opposite sides of a tag match in 1987 with Owen partnering Rollerball Rocco (as himself, not as Black Tiger).  This was an extension of Rocco and Yamada's UK feud over the Mountevans World Heavy Middleweight Championship.

 

 

[donsem43]

On 10/2/2025 at 12:37 AM, Kain said:

Masami vs. Nagayo from August 22 1985 (the same Show as the Jaguar/Lioness-Match) has ever been the most glaring ommission to me.

When this list was made this match was only available in short highlight form, about 30 seconds. It wasn't until the early 00's that this match was available in full.

Jaguar/Lioness inclusion, along with Meltzer's rating of it, were mocked because they both based it on a 5+ minute clip of the match.