All Japan Diaries: Match #69
Match #69: Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (4/19/86) Jumbo is pretty indestructible at this point in his career, and Hansen is pretty much the same, so this is going to be a battle of heavyweight titans.
Match #69: Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (4/19/86) Jumbo is pretty indestructible at this point in his career, and Hansen is pretty much the same, so this is going to be a battle of heavyweight titans.
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…
Friday, May 27, 2011
Match #58: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen & Ted Dibiase (8/31/85) Hansen has adopted Dibiase into his circle, and now they have a big show showdown with the great Jumbo Tsuruta and his number two, Tenryu.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Match #57: Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (8/23/85) Terry Funk is (shocker) out of retirement, and he’s taking on an old nemesis from Texas.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Match #48: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (7/31/84) These two have pulled out some surprisingly good, semi-sprint title matches, especially given how hit and miss Baba can be. I’m up for another PWF Heavyweight Title match.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Match #43: Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (4/28/84) The new ace of All Japan and the next big star team to take on the dreaded foreigners and resident bullies, Hansen and Brody. I could get used to this Tenryu/Jumbo pairing.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Match #42: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (3/24/84) Hansen has brought out the best in Baba on this set. Let’s see if they come together and catch fire again in a match for Hansen’s PWF championship belt.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Match #36: Dory and Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (8/31/83) Gordy makes his Debut on the All Japan Diaries, forming a super badass team with Hansen as they face old foes, the Funks. I’m salivating over Gordy beating on Terry Funk, and those Funk comebacks. Oh yeah, this is also Terry Funk’s [...]
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Match #31: Dory and Terry Funk vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen (4/20/83) Coming a week after Hansen’s brutal beating of Terry Funk, the brothers look for revenge.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Match #30: Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen (4/14/83) A lot of great Funk signs in the audience as Japan is hot for their favorite adopted son’s rematch with Hansen from the excellent 9/11 non-finish match.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Match #27: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen (12/9/82) Some Real World Tag Team stuff going on here, as the natives take on the top gaijin monsters.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Match #24: Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk (9/11/82) All Japan’s top Americans take to the ring for a brawl.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Match #19: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (4/22/82) The rematch of the excellent title match from 2/4/82.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Match #17: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (2/4/82) Stan Hansen makes his match debut on the set in a big main event with native legend, Giant Baba.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Match #17: Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (2/4/82) Stan Hansen makes his match debut on the set in a big main event with native legend, Giant Baba.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Match # 19: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (4/23/81) Not sure how I feel about another go ‘round from the chin and the Lariat, but it’s on the set, so I’m watching it.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Match # 15: Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen (9/30/80) Finally, a match where I have a rooting interest. I like Hansen. He’s tough and bad ass, and is style works for me. Backlund is a total goof who comes out here waving to the crowd like a geeky Howdy Doody. I* hope Hansen destroys Backlund, [...]
Friday, December 18, 2009
Match # 10: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (9/11/80) The fourth and final from the first set between these two. A good man and member of the committee that selected the matches for this set told me to hold on. He said that last one was his least favorite, but this one had something special. [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Match # 8: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (5/9/80) Inoki won the belt last time, beating Hansen cleanly, but the monster didn’t stay down long. Here’s their third match on the first disk, with another on the way.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Match # 6: Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (4/3/80) Inoki and Hansen go at it again coming off Inoki’s count out loss and Hansen’s bad ass post-match promo.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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