DVDVR '80s Projects Ballots


DVDVR Texas’80s Set:
This is my ballot for the DVDVR World Class 1980s Set. 150 Matches.
 
  1. Terry Gordy vs. Killer Khan (Texas Death Match; Special Guest Referee, Kerry Von Erich) (11/22/84)
  2. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Badstreet Match) (2/12/88)
  3. Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich (2/3 falls) (8/15/82)
  4. Jimmy Garvin vs. Chris Adams (Cage Match) (1/30/84)
  5. Kerry Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes (Loser Leaves Town Cage Match) (11/24/83)
  6. Jimmy Garvin vs. Kevin Von Erich (7/18/83)
  7. The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs (7/4/83)
  8. Ric Flair vs. Kevin Von Erich (4/1/83)
  9. Ric Flair vs. David Von Erich (10/11/82)
  10. Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich (Cage Match) (12/25/82)
  11. The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs (9/5/83)
  12. The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs (Bunkhouse Elimination Cage Match) (9/3/84)
  13. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (Cage Match) (11/25/88)
  14. Chris Adams, Steve Simpson & Kevin Von Erich vs. Terry Gordy, Iceman Parsons & Buddy Roberts (Cage Match) (12/25/87)
  15. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (7/4/85)
  16. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Hair vs. Hair Match) (10/6/85)
  17. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Texas Tornado Cage Match) (11/28/85)
  18. Terry Gordy vs. Botswana Beast (9/23/88)
  19. Terry Gordy & Shaun Simpson vs. John Tatum & Jack Victory (5/13/88)
  20. Michael Hayes vs. Buddy Roberts (5/13/88)
  21. Kevin Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/5/85)
  22. Kamala & Botswana Beast vs. Samoan Swat Team (12/18/88)
  23. Eric Embry & Mil Mascaras vs. Buddy Roberts & Super Zodiac (Baseball Bat On A Pole) (5/5/89)
  24. Jimmy Garvin & Terry Gordy vs. David & Kevin Von Erich (2/3 Falls) (8/15/83)
  25. The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs (8/12/83)
  26. Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Country Whipping Match) (11/4/83)
  27. Ric Flair vs. Chris Adams (2/3/84)
  28. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Lumberjack Match) (2/22/85)
  29. Terry Gordy vs. Kerry Von Erich (World Title Match) (5/7/84)
  30. Eric Embry vs. Gary Young (Thunderdome Cage Match) (6/9/89)
  31. Eric Embry vs. Gary Young (Loser Leaves Town Match) (2/10/89)
  32. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (9/23/88)
  33. Harley Race vs. Kevin Von Erich (6/17/83)
  34. Rick Rude vs. Iceman King Parsons (2/3 Falls) (11/4/85)
  35. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (12/25/85)
  36. Steve Regal & Jack Victory vs. The Fantastics (2/3 Falls) (3/3/86)
  37. Rick Rude vs. Kerry Von Erich (3/7/86)
  38. Iceman King Parsons vs. Buddy Roberts (2/3 Falls) (8/8/83)
  39. Terry Gordy vs. David Von Erich (2/3 Falls) (9/5/83)
  40. Abdullah the Butcher vs. Kevin Von Erich (7/25/86)
  41. Abdullah the Butcher vs. Bruiser Brody (8/4/86)
  42. Gary Young vs. Bill Dundee (Texas Death Match) (6/23/89)
  43. Eric Embry & Chris Adams vs. PY Chu-Hi & Gary Young (8/11/89)
  44. Eric Embry vs. PY Chu-Hi (Cage Match) (8/4/89)
  45. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich vs. Samoan Swat Team (8/12/88)
  46. Jimmy Garvin vs. David Von Erich (6/17/83)
  47. Iceman King Parsons vs. Harley Race (10/7/83)
  48. The Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs (Six-man Elimination) (11/21/83)
  49. Chris Adams vs. Kevin Von Erich (7/13/85)
  50. Chris Adams vs. The Great Kabuki (7/8/85)
  51. Chris Adams vs. Dutch Mantell (6/16/89)
  52. Chris Adams vs. Gary Young (7/21/89)
  53. Chris Adams & Brian Adias vs. Buzz Sawyer & Matt Borne (7/11/86)
  54. Chris Adams vs. Buzz Sawyer (6/16/86)
  55. Terry Gordy vs. Chris Adams (2/3 Falls) (11/12/83)
  56. Jimmy Garvin vs. Chris Adams (4/2/84)
  57. Jimmy Garvin & Terry Gordy vs. Kerry Von Erich & Chris Adams (2/3 Falls) (11/28/83)
  58. Jimmy Garvin vs. David Von Erich (5/27/83)
  59. The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs (Lumberjack Match) (2/18/83)
  60. Michael Hayes vs. Kerry Von Erich (2/7/83)
  61. Iceman King Parsons & Brian Adias vs. Super Destroyers (2/3 Falls) (1/30/84)
  62. Jimmy Garvin vs. Chris Adams (4/15/84)
  63. The Fabulous Freebirds vs. Kevin, Mike & Fritz Von Erich (Badstreet Match) (5/6/84)
  64. Chris Adams vs. Cactus Jack (7/14/89)
  65. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (12/25/84)
  66. The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs (Badstreet Match) (7/4/84)
  67. Kerry Von Erich vs. Terry Gordy (Lumberjack Match) (8/17/84)
  68. Iceman King Parsons vs. Chris Adams (10/8/84)
  69. Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich (5/6/84)
  70. Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich (5/11/84)
  71. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (1/11/85)
  72. Iceman King Parsons vs. One Man Gang (Taped Fist Match) (10/6/85)
  73. Chris Adams vs. John Tatum (5/16/86)
  74. Chris Adams vs. The Great Kabuki (7/4/85)
  75. Kerry Von Erich vs. One Man Gang (11/15/85)
  76. Iceman King Parsons vs. Kerry Von Erich (No DQ Last Man Standing Match) (5/13/88)
  77. Jimmy Jack Funk, John Tatum & Jack Victory vs. Terry Gordy, Shaun & Steve Simpson (Texas Tornado Match) (8/26/88)
  78. Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams (10/27/84)
  79. Al Perez vs. Kerry Von Erich (3/6/88)
  80. Rick Rude vs. Kerry Von Erich (12/13/85)
  81. Iceman King Parsons vs. John Tatum (2/17/86)
  82. Eric Embry vs. Jerry Lawler (9/8/89)
  83. Eric Embry & Bill Dundee vs. Gary Young & Billy Joe Travis (11/3/89)
  84. Eric Embry & Chris Adams vs. Gary Young & Billy Joe Travis (12/1/89)
  85. Gino Hernandez, Chris Adams & Jake the Snake vs. The Von Erichs (12/31/84)
  86. Ric Flair vs. Terry Gordy (1/11/85)
  87. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Texas Tornado Match) (7/26/85)
  88. Chris Adams vs. Kevin Von Erich (No DQ) (9/2/85)
  89. Chris Adams, Kevin & Lance Von Erich vs. One Man Gang, The Great Kabuki & Rick Rude (5/26/86)
  90. Chris Adams vs. Kerry Von Erich (1/11/85)
  91. Chris Adams, Kevin & Lance Von Erich vs. Blackjack Mulligan, The Great Kabuki & Rick Rude (6/13/86)
  92. Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Kabuki vs. Bruiser Brody, Kevin & Lance Von Erich (4/7/86)
  93. Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (Title vs. Title) (12/15/89)
  94. Dynamic Duo, Kamala, Rip Oliver, One Man Gang & Dr. Death vs. The Fabulous Freebirds & The Von Erichs (3/5 Falls) (5/5/85)
  95. Gino Hernandez, Chris Adams & Jake the Snake vs. Bobby Fulton, Mike & Kerry Von Erich (10/27/84)
  96. Kamala, The Missing Link & Super Destroyer #2 vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (3/30/84)
  97. Iceman King Parsons vs. Buddy Roberts (12/12/83)
  98. Matt Borne vs. Terry Taylor (2/26/88)
  99. Michael Hayes & Jeff Jarrett vs. Samoan Swat Team (11/25/88)
  100. Kerry Von Erich & Bruiser Brody vs. Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (4/4/86)
  101. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (2/21/86)
  102. Chris Adams vs. Gino Hernandez (Hair vs. Hair) (1/27/86)
  103. Chavo Guerrero, Iceman King Parsons & Kerry Von Erich vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (Penalty Box Match) (4/29/83)
  104. Terry Gordy vs. Chris Adams (7/15/83)
  105. Jimmy Garvin vs. Kevin Von Erich (7/25/83)
  106. Iceman King Parsons, Kevin & David Von Erich vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (5/13/83)
  107. Jimmy Garvin vs. Chris Adams (8/26/83)
  108. Terry Gordy vs. Kerry Von Erich (No DQ) (6/10/83)
  109. Ric Flair vs. Terry Gordy (2/4/83)
  110. Buddy Roberts vs. David Von Erich (3/18/83)
  111. Kevin Von Erich vs. King Kong Bundy (5/30/82)
  112. Jimmy Garvin vs. Chris Adams (9/12/83)
  113. Kevin Von Erich vs. Terry Gordy (10/21/83)
  114. Terry Gordy & Killer Khan vs. Chris Adams & Iceman King Parsons (5/18/84)
  115. Terry Gordy & Killer Khan vs. Kevin Von Erich & Chris Adams (7/6/84)
  116. Iceman King Parsons vs. Gino Hernandez (7/6/84)
  117. Chris Adams & Stella Mae French vs. Jimmy Garvin & Precious (Losers Leaves Town Cage Match) (7/4/84)
  118. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (3/8/85)
  119. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Texas Tornado Match) (3/22/85)
  120. John Tatum vs. Scott Casey (9/2/85)
  121. John Tatum vs. Scott Casey (9/16/85)
  122. Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry Von Erich & Kabuki (6/14/85)
  123. Chris Adams vs. The Great Kabuki (6/28/85)
  124. Chris Adams vs. Kerry Von Erich (2/8/85)
  125. Rip Oliver vs. The Great Kabuki (2/3 Falls) (6/24/85)
  126. Chris Adams, Iceman King Parsons & David Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes, Kamala & The Mongol (10/3/83)
  127. Black Bart vs. Scott Casey (Texas Bullrope Match) (12/1/86)
  128. Chris Adams vs. Jake The Snake (9/3/84)
  129. The Fabulous Freebirds & Jimmy Garvin vs. The Von Erichs & Iceman King Parsons (Elimination Match) (5/27/83)
  130. Terry Gordy vs. Kevin Von Erich (1/10/83)
  131. Gino Hernandez vs. Kevin Von Erich (8/17/84)
  132. Eric Embry & Brickhouse Brown vs. Iceman Parsons & Gary Young (1/6/89)
  133. Checkmate & Magic Dragon vs. Jose Lothario & Al Madril (10/12/82)
  134. Michael Hayes vs. Kerry Von Erich (Country Whipping Match) (9/5/83)
  135. Gino Hernandez vs. Kerry Von Erich (7/20/84)
  136. Michael Hayes, Buddy Roberts, Jimmy Garvin & Killer Khan vs. Kevin Von Erich, Junkyard Dog, Chris Adams & Jules Strongbow (5/28/84)
  137. Jimmy Garvin vs. Johnny Mantel (10/31/83)
  138. Jimmy Garvin vs. Chris Adams (10/24/83)
  139. Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy vs. Kamala & Missing Link (3/16/84)
  140. David Von Erich, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy vs. The Sharpe Brothers & Tom Steele (12/25/82)
  141. Checkmate & Magic Dragon vs. Al Madril & Bugsy McGraw (10/26/82)
  142. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Mike Von Erich & Chris Adams (7/20/84)
  143. Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Mike Von Erich & Chris Adams (Penalty Box Match) (4/16/84)
  144. Iceman King Parsons & Skip Young vs. Pretty Young Things (8/17/84)
  145. Iceman King Parsons & Chris Adams vs. Jimmy Garvin & Missing Link (3/2/84)
  146. Al Perez vs. Michael Hayes (2/26/88)
  147. Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes vs. Kerry Von Erich & Chris Adams (10/31/83)
  148. Little Mr. T vs. Little Tokyo (3/21/86)
  149. Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy vs. Kerry Von Erich & Johnny Mantel (10/17/83)
  150. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Lance Von Erich & Brickhouse Brown (3/21/86)

DVDVR NJPW’80s Set:
This is my ballot for the DVDVR New Japan Pro Wrestling 1980s Set. 15 discs. 175 Matches. I watched the entire set twice, and a few matches more than twice.

1. Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito (4/27/87)...2nd time around and this was perhaps the most important re-watch for me as I had a visceral reaction the first time I saw it. After the first time I thought this was my #1. Then I read some of the other reaction to it and few seemed to enjoy it as much as I did, so I second guessed myself. 2nd time around and it holds up. Maybe it wont be my #1, but it's going to finish VERY high for me. I think a lot should be said for matches that you will remember. There are a bunch of GREAT matches that I can't remember immediately when glancing at my rankings. This is a match that I'll never forget and for positive reasons. Inoki is out wrestled by Saito for the bulk of the 1st half, but despite this domination, Saito elects to start abusing Inoki repeatedly on the ropes. Inoki eventually suggests, "F this noise; i'm the BOSS. Apparently just wrestling isn't good enough for you. That's fine by me.....take the ropes off!" Me, you, the crowd, and Saito all say, "Um, O-K. Fine. You're weird, but F-it. Take the ropes off. Whatever. I'll mess you up anyway." Then Inoki kills him. Slowly, however, as Saito is a beast and wont fall to one move. First he's bludgeoned and as he's bleeding buckets in the center of the ring Inoki just goes to town with forearms. The key for this to me is that Inoki's offense actually looks good at a time when it must. His enzuigiris actually look good here as they connect to Saito's dome rather than glancing the hair as they do many opponents. It helps that I imagine Saito is double tough and has no problem with the abuse. And while the match stands on it's own in my eyes, it's helped by a RED HOT angle afterwards with Choshu and company returning to NJPW and threatening to jump the guardrail and bum-rush Inoki for his crimes.

2. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki (3/26/86)....The only problem I have with this match is the finish w/ Kido as the sole remaining member of Team Maeda. That took away from what was otherwise among the hottest (and best) matches I’ve ever seen.

3. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid (2/5/80)…2nd time around, Dynamite is one nasty mother. His punches & headbutt attacks are great as he busts open Fujinami’s head. Later, after busting him open, Dynamite bites at the opened up area to get it flowing again. Also, his heel gestures to the crowd are top notch such as the casual walking away to avoid a highspot. He does that spot twice and it really gets the crowd going. Fujinami is great as the face in peril, but his comebacks tend to be poorly structured. When he sticks to just trying to strike and dropkick his way back into the match it’s great and the crowd gets behind him. Other times he hits a suplex after the 1st couple strikes in the comeback and the suplex gets no pop. Those comebacks make the match seem more 50/50, which is unfortunate as among the qualities that make this great are that Dynamite dominated the last 2/3rds of it and Fujinami’s sudden pinfall victory is such a great surprise. Plus, it’s great evidence of less is more. A couple chops and a dropkick really get the fans behind you. A couple chops and then a gut-wrench suplex just didn’t click the same. OK, that aside, this is a classic.

4. Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen (9/23/81)
5. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito vs. George Takano & Super Strong Machine (3/16/89) ....This really did come out of nowhere the first time I watched it as I was actually dreading it as it started since Machine & Takano were nothing special to me going in. As the 1st half unfolded it was actually above average tag work for the set as Takano & Machine have their working boots on. Then IT happened. IT refers to the following chain of events:
a. Takano tags in and is almost immediately Saito suplexed.
b. Takano then suffers a double team w/ saito hitting another suplex as Choshu
tags in and drops a knee from the top spiking Takano on the way down.
c. Takano is then given a vertical suplex by Choshu
d. After Takano has the audacity to kick out of these three moves Choshu decides to
discipline him by sending his head into an exposed turnbuckle
e. Choshu & Saito then deliver a double suplex.
f. repeat step 'd' 3 times, but this time by Saito.
g. Saito bites at the would caused by the turnbuckle
h. Choshu's back in and hits a lariat while Saito holds up a limp Takano.
i. Takano is a bloody mess
THEN they go to work on him. The remainder is pro wrestling magic unfolding on my screen. A long, heated, blood, control spot. A save followed by a hot tag by Super Strong Machine with the crowd behind him. Does this lead to the finish? No. Instead, Machine's fiery hot tag slowly flames out as he surely can't take down the freakin' gods of wrestling that are Saito & Choshu and HE becomes the victim of double teaming for a bit. Then it's a bloody mess of a TAKANO that makes the hot tag. Unfortunately for him he's half blinded by the blood and takes a spill to the floor. Then Machine pulls a Human Tornado and suddenly flies into my TV screen enter stage right with a dive to the floor. Soon after Takano and Machine get lucky and slide in for a count out win.

Here were my thoughts after the 1st time I saw it:

The 1st half was garden variety tag action and I was wondering why it was on the set as while I have nothing against Takano/SSM, they don’t light my world on fire. Choshu/Saito is one badass team though, so I was intrigued. The 2nd portion of the match starts with Takano’s face being turned into the crimson mask and then shit is ON. Takano takes a beating leading to a hot tag to SSM. He does his best, but eventually has to tag out himself leading to a red hot tag to Takano as the crowd goes nuts for the fighting spirit of a bludgeoned Takano going for broke. Then….Takano & SSM freakin’ win and take the tag titles! WTF…this match came out of nowhere. Greatness.

All i wanted when this started was for Saito & Choshu to hit a couple dozen suplexs and lariats and leave these two laying. By half way through I was super amped for the match and so pulling for Takano and Machine to pull off the miracle upset. On 2nd viewing it proved no fluke as all of my thoughts held up.

6. Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiichi Yamada, Shiro Koshinaka, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs. Hiroshi Saito, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Super Strong Machine, Masa Saito & Riki Choshu (9/12/88)....Sadly Yamada is the 1st to be eliminated but it’s not for a while and he’s in it for a lot and does a ton of stuff prior to his elimination. An awesome war that comes down to Fujinami v. Masa and Masa is a bloody mess and sells it great. The 1st 3/4 of the match was GREAT, but the final portion with Fujinami vs. the bloody Saito was just off the charts great. Of course, I’m a sucker for blood and this sure delivers, but the work put in is great. Several of the finishes were just guys being thrown to the floor as that was clearly a stip elimination for this match.

7. 5-on-5 Gauntlet (4/19/84)
8. Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (4/21/83)
9. Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch (6/19/86)
10. Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (11/4/82)
11. Tatsumi Fujinami & Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis (12/7/84)
12. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Victor Zangiev (4/24/89)
13. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Vader (4/24/89)....2nd time around and I'm compelled to point out that this may have my favorite non-wrestling moment of the set. Vader is SO into his helmet gimmick that he celebrates like a spoiled brat of a kid showing off his expensive new toy while it poofs out it's smoke. Cut to Hashimoto's reaction and he's just standing there in his corner, arms crossed, with a 'what a dickhead' look on his face. My thoughts exactly Hash, my thoughts exactly. Oh and the match is ridiculous too.

14. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn (2/3 Falls) (2/1/80)...OK, I loved the opening chapter with all the mat work. Primarily due to it being a GREAT example of how amateur moves, rope running, and submission holds can all be strung together believably. One of my many pet peeves today are those sequences in matches where guys do a few seconds of amateur or hold exchanges and reversals just to show that they can do it, not because it means squat to the rest of the match. Here, it was believable, it worked, and it was dramatic sport. Then the next chapter is great as Keirn heels up for all the right reasons. He’s annoyed and pissed that this kid is hanging with him and he believes that he can end this whenever he wants. He brings the hate and it makes sense. I just wish he had complained a bit more when he was disqualified. The finish was perfect. Great storytelling. Great everything. This was the 2nd match on the disc and I can’t believe there are 173 more matches following this in the realm of this quality.

15. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (2/5/87)....This is the ‘fingers’ match. Takada seems to have injured fingers going in. He beats the tar out of Koshinaka for the bulk of the match with Koshinaka’s comebacks being brief. Finally, a frustrated Koshinaka decided to try and break Takada’s fingers to gain an edge. Fantastic psychology and work here as you can see Takada’s shock at Koshinaka resorting to such underhanded tactics. Koshinaka gets the submission victory due to working the fingers. A Classic.

16. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch (7/6/82)
17. Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Scott Hall, Bob Orton & Dick Murdoch (11/17/88)
18. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (2/8/80)....I love how both just know how to work a main event heavyweight title match. It’s fine that the junior heavyweights were tearing it up, because you could believe that they had to do more to finish the other. It’s the same principles we see on display in the shoot world such as UFC & WEC. Everyone will be on the edge of his or her seat during Lesner-Carwin because we know it’s super important and it can end in the blink of an eye. That’s how Inoki & Hansen work these matches. They try to dodge the slightest punch or kick because they know their opponent can put them away with one shot. Meanwhile, the junior heavyweights are like the guys in WEC. The smaller weight guys often have far more exciting and fast paced fights as their assault often inflicts less damage, so it takes more to put the opponent away. That’s among the reasons why junior heavyweight styles has problem on the big stage in WWE. How do you sell the greatness of two guys around 180 going at it 100 miles per hour if two jacked up 250 pounders are going to go at the same pace in the main event? It can be done, but it’s a hell of a lot easier in NJPW in 1980 with this booking of styles. 2nd viewing. What a great finish that is as Hansen & the lariat get over as threats to Inoki and the title without hurting Inoki. It’s a lariat while Inoki is standing on the apron and Stan is in the ring. It sends Inoki flipping to the floor. Perfect set up for a rematch.

19. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura (9/25/80)…Much of the widespread praise for this is quite justified. Among the best qualities is that it feels uncooperative. The cooperation of matches is something that really bothers me and it’s in the vast majority of matches. Here, everything is earned. I’d say it may be better than the Dynamite-Fujinami match on Disc #1, but I still enjoyed that much more.

20. Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/9/87)....just a straight up fight. Fujiwara Armbar v. Choshu Lariat. Fujiwara is bludgeoned.

21. Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen (9/30/80)
22. Dick Murdoch vs. Bruiser Brody (11/22/85)
23. Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (8/5/82)
24. 5-on-5 Gauntlet (5/1/86)
25. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (4/3/80)...These two are the pro wrestling equivalent of Brock Lesner v. Randy Couture. The big dominating ass kicker and the smart underdog veteran babyface. This was a little less impressive on 2nd viewing. It’s GREAT, but it’s simple and perhaps that simplicity was more impressive the 1st time. Inoki attacks the arm a bit to try and neutralize the lariat. Later, they play off the finish of their 1st match on the set when Hansen goes to hit the lariat while Inoki is on the apron, and Inoki sends him flying to the floor. The finishing sequence is a bit on the spectacular side but sort of comes out of nowhere.

26. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (4/3/83)....I definitely need to watch this again because it may have been near perfect. What a spectacular way to kick start a rivalry. It was heated, physical, and just looked like it was two guys who were familiar with each other and had been secretly telling themselves, 'I can take him', and now they're given the opportunity to find out. They're beyond excited to get the opportunity then a bit thrown aback when they realize it wont be as easy as they had imagined.

27. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (4/21/83)....Beautiful match. Fujinami comes into it with an injured knee and that’s the focus of a majority of the match. We had a heated opening then some great legwork. They conveyed that when they’re both healthy they’re pretty much even, but that with a bum knee Fujinami was going to have a tough time getting by. Sure enough, he couldn’t handle a bum knee AND Choshu’s power. I like the 1st one a bit more, but they’re both exceptional and I imagine will rank highly with me.

28. Tiger Mask vs. Steven Wright (4/1/82)
29. Riki Choshu, Jushin Liger & Kengo Kimura vs. Big Van Vader, Manny Fernandez & Buzz Sawyer (8/3/89)....A favorite of mine. Anytime a debate is raised about great David v. Goliath examples in wrestling I always reference this match for the Liger-Vader exchanges. They’re among the best David-Goliath spots ever. Beyond that you’ve got forgettable performances from Kimura and Manny, which is unfortunate, as I love me some Raging Bull. However, you DO have Buzz Sawyer who is awesome here, particularly in his exchanges with Liger. Based upon their exchange here that’s a match I would have loved to have seen with some serious time given to it.

30. Gran Hamada, Kantaro Hoshino & Tiger Mask vs. Missionaries De La Muerte (1/14/83)....Missionaries De La Muerte take turns with their coordinated gear and double & triple team maneuvers looking like Kaientai forerunner’s versus 3 rented donkeys. Then Sulu proves to be their kryptonite as he comes in for 30-second bursts at a time and just unleashes hell before tagging out again. Yes, the pacing was odd and that made it enjoyable. They start to get to Sulu and we get some close ups and it’s not Sulu but El Gran Hamada, a ringer. The realization is enough to distract Missionaries De La Muerte and Sulu picks up a sudden victory. Can you tell that I had fun watching this?

31. Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (1/6/83)....Some fantastic mat-work early. I loved that TM fought Kobayashi’s drop-toe hold for a second before succumbing to the leverage and falling to the mat. It’s the little things sometimes. Moments later the mat-work is more suspect as Kobayashi puzzles me as he abandons a hammerlock for a head-scissors, then soon after abandons the head scissors for a half crab. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t have a problem with working multiple body parts. It was just inexplicable why he changed as he was in the dominant position each time. So, the absence of some logic keeps this from being an all-time classic. Instead, it’s just REALLY great and in my top tier of matches on the set so far. The leg-sweep spot was highlight reel worthy.

32. Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (2/6/86)....OK, this is the goods. I still didn’t watch it closely, but it’s two masters at work and the fans throw in the pillows as appreciation.

33. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (8/5/86)
34. Jushin Liger & Akira Nogami vs. Kantaro Hoshino & Naoki Sano (8/8/89) ....This one is pretty physical and heated. Most of the 1st 2/3rds of the match is Sano & Hoshino working over Liger and trying to wear him down. Nogami eventually gets a hot tag, but just can’t answer the onslaught that Hoshino & Sano are bringing here. Soon after, Nogami figures he can out fly these guys and takes a dive to the floor onto one of them and eats the guardrail. This was among the sickest bumps on the set and its shows as Nogami’s face is a bloody mess following it so he must have busted something open on that guardrail. He keeps fighting though and any signs of him firing back get some cheers. Hoshino-Liger-Southern tag wrestling…yeah this is good.

35. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (8/10/89)....The story here is that Liger does one of the best sell jobs I’ve ever seen as he sells the arm for almost the entire match. Seriously. Sano puts on an armbar early and Liger sells that arm from then on as if it was legitimately injured. Classic.

36. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka (3/20/87)
37. Kengo Kimura vs. Masa Saito (6/10/87)
38. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura (1/2/87)....violent fight as Kimura goes after his former partner before the bell with a closed taped fist. He beats Fujinami until a great comeback and then it is ON.

39. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda (6/12/86)....Fujinami bleeding like crazy raises this above many comparable matches.

40. Antonio Inoki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Seiji Sakaguchi, Kantaro Hoshino & Keiji Mutoh vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda & Super Strong Machine (8/19/87)
41. Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (8/29/87)
42. Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda & Super Strong Machine vs. Antonio Inoki, Dick Murdoch, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi (9/17/87)
43. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito (12/7/87)
44. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiroshi Hase (3/11/88)
45. Tiger Mask & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Gran Hamada (2/10/83) ....Balls to the wall action with a FANTASTIC finish. I suspect that those who didn’t enjoy the DK-TM matches as much as me and were under whelmed by Bret Hart and Black Tiger may have had their enjoyment of the jrs. restored with the last two matches.

46. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (8/4/83)
47. Tatsumi Fujinami, Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Higo Hamaguchi (3/22/84)
48. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (9/19/86)
49. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Antonio Inoki vs. Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami (9/7/87)
50. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Kantaro Hoshino, George Takano & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki (9/16/86)
51. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (7/7/83)....Choshu doesn’t have the best entrance music of all time (that’s Terry Funk w/ Ennio Morricone’s ‘Man With A Harmonica’), but it’s up there. Anyhow, this was fantastic. I don’t think I enjoy it start to finish as much as the previous two, but the finish really helps set it at par with its predecessors.

52. Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (1/28/82)
53. Tiger Mask, Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Baby Face, Dynamite Kid & Abdullah the Butcher (1/8/82)
54. Chavo Guerrero vs. Kengo Kimura (11/3/80)
55. Antonio Inoki & Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr. (3/4/83) ....YES! Adrian Adonis has arrived. I was excited when we saw him earlier in the disc, but it turned out to just be a bonus clip of Andre & Hogan going at it, which was disappointing. Now we get Adonis and fellow super underrated 1980s mid-carder Bob Orton, Jr. on a team together. Slap Adonis’s regular partner Murdoch in there and give them the theme from Deliverance as their entrance music and you have the most frightening trio of all time. 2 great heels here and 2 great babyfaces result in great chemistry and it’s no surprise that this was damn good.

56. Antonio Inoki, Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi, (2/9/84)
57. Jushin Liger vs. Kantaro Hoshino (8/5/89)
58. Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda vs. Riki Choshu & Higo Hamaguchi (12/2/83)
59. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (9/21/83)
60. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (4/23/81)
61. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chavo Guerrero (5/9/80)....Chavo does some little things that are great such as hitting a backfist while upside down in a surfboard in order to get out of the hold. Between the New Japan and Watts sets Chavo should be seen as one of the more underrated workers of the ‘80s.

62. Dick Murdoch vs. Abdullah the Butcher (7/7/83)....It’s Abby v. Dicky and I love wrestling. Here we get Abby at what he does best with a short violent brawl. Well, aside from that attempted 2nd rope headbutt deal we get what Abby does best. While I’m a gigantic Murdoch fan I found it a bit odd that he kept looking at the referee for permission to throw closed fists, only to be bouncing a chair off of Abby’s head a couple minutes later. Oh well, they bled, it’s short, and he drops Abby on his head so I can’t complain. Good stuff.

63. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis (5/24/85)
64. Tatsumi Fujinami, Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Chono vs. Tracy Smothers, Steve Armstrong & George Takano (11/11/88)....Tracy Smothers’ shots all sound like they kill the opponent, and they don’t so that’s impressive. Good fire with youngsters Chono & Hashimoto vs. the Southern Boys and who would have imagined that would’ve been a great tag match. Another thing I liked was how the fans were really impressed by the Southern Boys and their great double teams. It’s frustrating seeing how great they were and how underutilized they were back home in the States outside of that all-time classic tag against the MNX at GAB’90. There’s a GREAT random slap exchange between Takano and Hashimoto when Hash isn’t even the legal man.

65. Tatsutoshi Goto, Masa Saito, Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Scott Hall, Bob Orton & Dick Murdoch (12/7/88)....The highlight of the 1st ½ is an exchange between Saito-Murdoch. The crowd eats it up and that’s a great match up with Murdoch’s all-time great punches to Saito’s face who sells great as he tries to withstand the blow. Saito is so good in his role as he convinces you that if his opponent brought a gun to the ring that only then it might be a fair fight. He’s just such a freakin’ machine. Anyhow, the eliminations come pretty fast here and it comes down to Murdoch v. Goto for the 2nd ½. Murdoch is brilliant here selling the near elimination via fall to the floor.

66. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura vs. El Bello Greco & Sergio El Hermoso (2/3/89)....I enjoyed the Luchador duo’s antics much more in this one as they had Fujiwara to play off of and the result was some pretty spectacular comedy. Fujiwara is such a diverse performer as he’s a willing participant in the comedy here. For example, when kissed by one he rolls to the floor to take a break and swigs some water and spits it out. Later, they return the favor by selling his headbutt like it’s death. Just a fun time that would totally fit today in a company like PWG or Dragon Gate that is smart enough to have these great top-to-bottom cards that often feature some comedy match on the undercard that is often the most memorable of the show.

67. Buzz Sawyer vs. Victor Zangiev (8/5/89)....from the same house show footage as the Hoshino-Liger match. It’s fun that the same fan that was trying so hard to get the fans behind Hoshino in that match does the same for Sawyer here. This is the shortest match on the set. If I were structuring a major show as a booker, this is as perfect an example as I can think of as a match I’d want on early. They work in near amateur style so they’re not doing tons of highspots, but that doesn’t mean it’s not exciting as it’s almost entirely throws, selling and holds. Sawyer is one of those guys I could watch all day. Great heat for that finish.

68. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (9/11/80)....Here, the mat work that starts is great. From there the structure is simple as Hansen just beats the dog crap out of Inoki for days. Holds, strikes, etc. Inoki’s comebacks are from kicks as expected, and then he works the leg. That doesn’t work, as Inoki isn’t strong enough to keep the big man down. More dominating by Hansen until Inoki makes an inspired comeback, this time in the form of a diving shoulder block through the ropes as he’s coming back into the ring at one time. Again, Inoki survives more so than wins, and Hansen makes him pay for it.

69. Riki Choshu vs. Big Van Vader (6/27/89)
70. Tiger Mask vs. Gran Hamada (11/6/81)
71. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader (4/24/89)
72. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Isamu Teranishi (10/8/81)
73. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen (5/9/80)
74. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch (12/8/84)
75. Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Tatsutoshi Goto, Masa Saito & Seiji Sakaguchi (12/5/88)
76. Keiichi Yamada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Perro Aguayo & El Canek (10/10/88) ....Perro Aguayo is GREAT here. I need to see more of him. Yamada continues to impress. So much in fact that it’s actually a bit surprising at this point that he did the Lyger gimmick. I mean it was for the best as he drew a ton, but it’s not like he was a guy in NEED of a gimmick. Anyhow, back to the match, this was great as the Luchadors worked heel and were fantastic in the role, especially Aguayo who is a great dickhead heel. Their great heel works leads to some attempts by Koshinaka to answer their antics with some chair shots of his own. Great, great jrs. tag match.

77. Chavo Guerrero vs. Kengo Kimura (9/30/80)
78. Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto (12/7/89)
79. Tatsumi Fujinami, Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura vs. Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Animal Hamaguchi (12/8/83)
80. Tiger Mask & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Pete Roberts & El Solitario (9/4/81)
81. Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Negro Navarro & El Signo (10/30/81)
82. Riki Choshu, Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido & Nobuhiko Takada (6/12/87)
83. Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/29/87)
84. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki (5/25/87)
85. Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/12/86)....The final stage was awesome w/ Fujiwara bleeding, but the 1st 2/3rds were just typically good mat-work from these two.
86. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (6/24/88)
87. Jushin Liger vs. Black Tiger (European Rounds) (7/12/89)
88. Riki Choshu vs. Salman Hashimikov (7/12/89)
89. Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody (10/31/85)
90. Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (1/10/86)
91. Kengo Kimura vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (5/16/86)
92. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dick Murdoch (7/23/82)
93. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki (9/1/87)
94. Dick Murdoch & Antonio Inoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Masa Saito (12/4/87)
95. Keiichi Yamada vs. Shunji Kosugi (4/18/85)
96. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka (3/26/87)
97. Akira Maeda vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (2/5/86)
98. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka (12/8/86)
99. Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu (5/18/84)
100. Hulk Hogan vs. Abdullah the Butcher (5/26/82)
101. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Dynamite Kid & Steve Keirn (1/18/80)....Add me to the list of people whose jaw dropped at the monkey flip/body scissors spot during the 1st fall as well as the Fujinami suicide dive. Dynamite-Fujinami had some great chemistry and that’s no surprise. There were some fuzzy moments toward the end of the 1st fall following the hot tag to Fujinami as that was followed by Dynamite making a quick tag out seemingly to avoid dealing with ‘house of fire’ Fujinami. Then Keirn does next to nothing before tagging Dynamite back in. Later, Keirn seemed damn near timid about blocking Hoshino from breaking up what was the 1st pinfall. That type of stuff always drives me nuts. It seems simple to me really. If you know when the fall is, you know when you should either block the guy making the save, or fall short of blocking him and let him make the save. The worst is when the save is suppose to be blocked and it isn’t, causing the guy making the block to either maintain believability and ruin the planned finish, OR straight up stop himself from making the save for no reason. It was pretty smooth sailing after that and just a great tag match. I’m not familiar with Hoshino, but he impressed me here. Perhaps at some point during this set I’ll see why some are talking down Dynamite, but based upon this I still think he’s a deity of pro wrestling. The missed diving headbutt bump at the end of the 2nd fall was ridiculous. 2nd time around: It’s funny seeing me mention being impressed by Hoshino after having never seen him before. Now, after having finished the set once, it’s seemingly been a near consensus that he was among the great discoveries of the set. I think I’ll consistently overrate this because it’s the 1st match on the set and I was just so excited to sit-down and watch it. Because of that I now already have a nostalgic attachment to it.

102. The Cobra vs. Don Arakawa (8/1/85)
103. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader (4/27/88)
104. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu (5/27/88)
105. Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu (2/4/88)
106. Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen (7/29/88)
107. Akira Nogami, Tatsutoshi Goto, Keiichi Yamada, Kantaro Hoshino & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hase, Hiroshi Saito, Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki (4/27/88)
108. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (7/13/89)
109. Shiro Koshinaka vs. Hiroshi Hase (3/16/89)
110. Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka (11/24/86)
111. Tatsumi Fujinami & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda (2/2/87)
112. Akira Nogami vs. Naoki Sano (8/31/89)
113. Antonio Inoki vs. Vader (7/29/88)....Big Match feel here and it delivers. What’s particularly good here is Vader’s selling. It’s believable, but not too over the top considering Inoki is smaller. Crowd REALLY gets behind Inoki as they often do. There’s a segment where Vader has Inoki in a sort of seated abdominal stretch and with Inoki’s arms incapacitated Vader nails him with a few palm thrusts to the face. There’s a great close-up shot of this and Vader delivers them dramatically and Inoki sells them like he’s been KO’d. Great stuff. Good finish too as the crowd is in awe as Vader goes to the top rope, but he’s caught in an arm submission as he comes down. 2nd viewing. All of the above is true, but I no longer care for the Vader bloody arm deal that leads to the submission loss. It’s a bad finish as it makes Inoki look like a heel for having to resort to using a hammer to bludgeon Vader’s arm in order to gain an edge. Simultaneously, it makes Vader look like a paper giant as he’s vanquished due to a small cut on his arm.

114. Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka vs. Super Strong Machine & George Takano (7/13/89)
115. Antonio Inoki vs. Riki Choshu (2/22/89)
116. Keiichi Yamada vs. Hiroshi Hase (2/4/88)
117. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vader (6/26/88)
118. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (12/27/87)
119. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (8/20/87)
120. Antonio Inoki, Riki Choshu & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kengo Kimura & Osamu Kido (11/11/88)
121. Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen (10/9/86)
122. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Masked Superstar & Dick Murdoch (11/29/85)
123. Antonio Inoki vs. Dick Murdoch (12/10/85)
124. Keiichi Yamada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (1/25/88)
125. Shiro Koshinaka & Antonio Inoki vs. Hiroshi Hase & Riki Choshu (4/11/88)
126. Keiji Mutoh & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Akira Maeda (2/5/87)
127. Big Van Vader vs. Salman Hashimikov (7/13/89)
128. Keiichi Yamada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (12/9/88)
129. Masaharu Funaki & Akira Nogami vs. Yoji Anjo & Tatsuo Nakano (7/18/87)
130. Keiichi Yamada vs. Masakazu Funaki (12/27/87)
131. Hiroshi Hase & Takayuki Iizuka vs. Naoki Sano & Akira Nogami (8/3/89)
132. Hiroshi Hase vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (12/27/87)
133. Naoki Sano & Osamu Matsuda vs. El Bello Greco & Sergio El Hermoso (1/6/89)
134. Jushin Liger, Kengo Kimura & Riki Choshu vs. Pat Tanaka, Owen Hart & Bam Bam Bigelow (8/31/89)
135. Akira Maeda vs. Super Strong Machine (8/20/87)
136. Bob Backlund vs. Riki Choshu (8/24/84)
137. Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Akira Maeda, Nobuhiko Takada, & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (3/7/86)
138. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (12/6/85)
139. Tiger Mask vs. Black Tiger (5/26/82)
140. Tiger Mask & Kengo Kimura vs. Bret Hart & Dynamite Kid (7/16/82)
141. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis (3/29/85)
142. Antonio Inoki & Keiichi Yamada vs. Nobuhiko Takada & Osamu Kido (2/5/86)
143. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Kengo Kimura (1/14/87)
144. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi (12/12/85)
145. Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki (IWGP League Final) (6/2/83)....This may not be the best Hogan match I've ever seen, but it's up there. Furthermore, if it weren’t for the aforementioned phantom dropkick knock me to the floor spot, it probably would be the least offensive Hogan match I’ve seen. So yeah, this was damn good and had great ‘big match’ atmosphere. It reminded me of the Hansen-Inoki matches, but instead Inoki gave a lot more to make a far inferior opponent look like a bigger threat. The aftermath made me a bit uncomfortable though as I just couldn’t not think of Misawa.

146. Gran Hamada vs. Babyface (4/3/80)
147. Nobuhiko Takada & Akira Maeda vs. Super Strong Machine & Kuniaki Kobayashi (8/2/87)
148. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Andre the Giant & Rene Goulet (12/10/81)
149. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Steve Keirn (11/6/80)
150. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Rocco (9/11/80)
151. Andre the Giant & Tony St. Clair vs. Seiji Sakaguchi & Kantaro Hoshino (6/13/85)
152. Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (4/23/81)
153. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ron Starr (9/30/80)
154. Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan (4/1/82)
155. Hulk Hogan vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (2/5/85)
156. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hiroshi Hamaguchi (9/24/82)
157. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (3/9/84)
158. Nobuhiko Takada vs. The Cobra (6/17/86)
159. The Cobra vs. Hiroshi Saito (11/9/84)
160. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Bad News Allen & Steve Williams (7/25/86)
161. Tiger Mask vs. Bret Hart (2/5/82)
162. George Takano vs. Stan Lane (7/24/81)
163. Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada (1/3/86)
164. Keiji Mutoh, Keiichi Yamada & Kengo Kimura vs. Shinya Hashimoto, Shunji Kosugi & Kantaro Hoshino (9/13/85)
165. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Killer Khan (11/3/83)
166. Keiichi Yamada & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Mark Rocco & Owen Hart (9/7/87)
167. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. The Grappler (12/5/88)
168. Antonio Inoki vs. Billy Crusher (9/17/84)
169. Antonio Inoki vs. Andre the Giant (6/11/84)
170. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jerry Lawler (3/16/89)
171. Riki Choshu vs. Greg Valentine (9/7/84)
172. Tiger Mask vs. El Canek (12/8/81)
173. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Tony Londos (9/19/80)
174. Akira Maeda vs. Killer Khan (5/17/83)
175. Andre the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan (12/9/82)....Eh, not so much here as we get typical WWF-style slow plodding. If you’re going to work a match primarily around holds it helps if both of the performers know their wrist locks from their wristwatches. Andre is fine as he even goes so far as to bust out a cravate. Hogan, on the other hand, is typical Hogan here and none of that, “He was a great wrestler for a hand-full of matches in Japan” argument is here. Don’t get me wrong, I know he was damn good in a few matches, but I don’t think this was 1 of them. The Axe-Bomber here looks like it might break an egg, which makes Hansen’s Lariat look like Albert Pujols swinging a 2x4. I also hated the bodyslam after the match. Why give that spot away? This match would have been considerably better if he hit the bodyslam just before they go to the floor. Then, recognizing Hogan’s power is what causes a frustrated Andre to go for the timekeeper’s bell and the cheap shot leading to the count out victory. That would have helped.
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