All Japan Diaries: Match #82
Match #82: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2/5/87) With four matches in my top 12, we say goodbye to this series with one last gasp of (hopefully) greatness.
Match #82: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2/5/87) With four matches in my top 12, we say goodbye to this series with one last gasp of (hopefully) greatness.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Match #81: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (1/24/87) Familiar foes that have produced great matches (like my current #1) face off. This rivalry continues.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Match #80: Riki Choshu vs. Rick Martel (12/29/86) A rematch from one of the better 15 minute draws I’ve seen.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Match #78: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (12/6/86) Wow. A really odd match to judge, as the first twenty minutes is exceptional, quick, tight work that’s amazing to see in execution, but feels aimless. No pin attempts, no focused body work, no clear control over time, etc. It’s both [...]
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Match #75: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu (9/3/86) A great match up with some hate added in.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Match #74: Genichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (8/25/86) It will be interesting to see what Tenryu produces from this match without Jumbo on his team to face the very good Choshu’s Army squad.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Match #72: Riki Choshu vs. Killer Khan (7/31/86) Killer Khan and Choshu used to be in a faction together. Pals. Now… not so much.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Match #64: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2/5/86) The rematch to the epic 22 minute tag from the week before that placed as my new #1.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Match #63: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (1/28/86) The first of two straight tag matches form these teams, and word is this one is a great one.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Match # 62: Ted Dibiase & Stan Hansen vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (12/12/85) Choshu’s Army in a position as the native heroes? Interesting…
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Match #61: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (11/30/85) A showdown is brewing as the world is too small to contain Choshu and his Army The ever-growing meanness of Jumbo.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Match #59: Riki Choshu vs. Rick Martel (10/19/85) AWA champion Rick Martel brings his title to Japan to defend against the man with The Army, Riki Choshu
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Match #56: Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Killer Khan & Riki Choshu (8/2/85) The Tenryu/Choshu feud continues, with the added bonus of my new (old) favorite, Jumbo, along with everyone’s new darling, Killer Khan. I’ll be shocked if this doesn’t end up in the top 25.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Match #55: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu (6/22/85) It’s about to go down, as the feud heats up between these to top level guys that we saw escalate in a six man two matches before.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Match #53: Genichiro Tenryu, Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi (1/10/85) Choshu’s Army comes to All Japan, and its Tenryu and friends defending the turf.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Choshu versus a Russian wrestler, Vader against the same heavyweight Russian, a primer for Liger vs Sano greatness, and Fujiwara tangles with Maeda. First up on my DVD player…
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
I’m thinking of posting the NJ Diaries I did do (before I quit halfway through the process) as an exercise in writing/editing, so look for a few to go up over the next month (probably one or two today). In the mean time, I’m doing these shorter “Rewinds” to cover anything new I watch from [...]
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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