All Japan Diaries: Match #135
Match #135: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (8/29/89) There first two matches of the year are both in my top 40, the 2/23/89 match in my top ten. They hook up one more time. Next.
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All Japan Diaries: Match #134
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Match #134: Joe Malenko vs. Masa Fuchi (7/28/89) Joe knows mat holds. Fuchi is one of the best mid card juniors from 80s All Japan. They hook it up and I watch.
All Japan Diaries: Match #133
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Match #133: Jumbo Tsuruta & Kenta Kobashi vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (7/15/89) A young Kobashi, future legend of the 90s, is thrown into a tag with the All Japan 80s legends.
All Japan Diaries: Match #132
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Match #132: Joe & Dean Malenko vs. Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers (7/15/89) A bit of American flavor hits Japan as the technical wizards of the Malenko family take on Southern tag team the Fantastics.
All Japan Diaries: Match #131
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Match #131: Joe Malenko vs. Dean Malenko (7/11/89) Brother versus brother in a technical bout.
All Japan Diaries: Ballot After 12 Disks
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Bockwinkel vs Robinson got bumped up several slots after I realized I slightly under-rated it. Ballot After 12 Disks 1. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu Yoshiaki Yatsu (1/28/86) 4 ¾ stars and 9.6/10 2. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ric Flair (6/8/83) 4 ¾ stars and 9.5/10 3. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs. [...]
All Japan Diaries: Disk 12 Rankings
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Disk 12 Rankings 1. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (6/5/89) 4 ½ stars and 8.7/10 2. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (2/23/89) 4 ¼ stars and 8.5/10 3. Yoshiaki Yatsu & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Genichiro Tenryu (1/22/89 TV) 3 ½ stars and 7.3/10 4. Masa Fuchi [...]
All Japan Diaries: Match #130
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #130: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Stan Hansen & Toshiaki Kawada (6/8/89) Fun little match as Hansen has the unlikely partner in Kawada to take on the established Jumbo/Yatsu team.
All Japan Diaries: Match #129
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #129: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (6/5/89) This is the match that was pegged as the consensus favorite to take #1 going into the decade review. Lets see if this holds up to that standard.
All Japan Diaries: Match #128
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #128: Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (6/5/89) After the previous six man, Footloose takes on Furnas/Kroffat in a straight up tag affair.
All Japan Diaries: Match #127
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #127: Dan Spivey, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (5/21/89) The Revolution crew takes on Spivey and the Canadians.
All Japan Diaries: Match #126
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #126: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (5/20/89) We’re in for a war, and I’ll give you a penny if you can figure out which team is going to be selling for most of this.
All Japan Diaries: Match #125
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #125: Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (4/16/89) Their 4/86 match was a disappointing double countout. Hansen too the 7/86 match in an improvement that still didn’t blow me away. 10/86 they really hit their stride, as Jumbo beat Hansen in twenty minutes. Now they meet again in 1989, older, wiser, and meaner. Oh yeah, [...]
All Japan Diaries: Match #124
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #124: Masa Fuchi vs. Mitsuo Momota (3/29/89) A change of pace again, as the passionate Fuchi shows up again in our series.
All Japan Diaries: Match #123
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #123: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (2/23/89) The rematch. Let’s see if young Kawada has learned his lesson from the last time. Jumbo/Tenryu have tag belts, and Tenryu/Kawada want them.
All Japan Diaries: Match #122
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #122: Yoshiaki Yatsu & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Genichiro Tenryu (1/22/89 TV) A rivalry is renewed, with Kawada taking the slot of Hara. Our first of two straight tags with these two teams.
All Japan Diaries: Match #121
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Match #121: Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs. John Tenta & Shunji Takano (1/5/89 TV) Tenta, a bigger belly than before, makes his second appearance on the set in a tag with the tall Takano. I can see this really working with the smaller Kawada. Bring on the Tenryu chops.
All Japan Diaries: Match #120
Friday, October 14, 2011
Match #120: Joe & Dean Malenko vs. Masa Fuchi & Great Kabuki (1/5/89 TV) The Malenko brothers debut in the Diaries series, a team I’ve always enjoyed for their technical skill and pace.
All Japan Diaries: Ballot After 11 Disks
Friday, October 14, 2011
Star ratings in the top ten got bumped up for several matches as I reassessed them. Also, I bumped up Bock vs Robinson several spots because that match has been in the back of my mind as something I felt I under-rated. It still might move up again, but it’s really hard with the top [...]
All Japan Diaries: Disk 11 Rankings
Friday, October 14, 2011
Disk 11 Rankings 1. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (12/16/88) 4 ¾ stars and 9.5/10 2. Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki vs. Shunji Takano & Shinichi Nakano (7/19/88) 4 stars and 8.2/10 3. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (8/30/88) 3 ¾ stars and [...]
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