Posted July 5, 201015 yr comment_5452729 Real World Tag League: Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Ted DiBiase & Stan "The Lariat" Hansen (11/28/86) DiBiase got worked over at the start with the Japanese going after his left leg but Hansen would soon get the tag and he went on offense eventually working over Choshu's left arm with DiBiase following up. Choshu would catch DiBiase in the running lights though allowing him to tag in Yatsu who was fired up even getting a sweet bulldog on DiBiase but again the gaijin would take control. Yatsu was FIP here taking some punishment until DiBiase missed his ode to Michael Hayes diving back elbow off the top rope allowing him to get the hot tag to Choshu who hit a lariat immediately then went for the sasorigatame. Choshu & Yatsu would then hit the Double Impact on DiBiase but Choshu made a mistake allowing DiBiase & Hansen to work on his legs. Yatsu would soon get back in though and after a double shoulderblock the match went to the floor. DiBiase would use a chair on Choshu's left leg but after Hansen would hit DiBiase by mistake, Yatsu rolled in the ring to win by countout. This was similiar to the RWTL Final of 86 with Jumbo & Tenryu and the gaijin and while not as good as that one, this one was still very good and I think it should go on the block.
July 5, 201015 yr comment_5452752 I didn't think much of this the first time I saw it but rewatched it after Kris nominated it. I liked Hansen and Dibiase's work on Choshu's arm and the intensity of Choshu's fight to get away from them. But I wasn't into the Yatsu peril section, which was supposed to be the fulcrum of the match. Hansen and Dibiase just didn't deliver a lot of imagination or violence in going after him. My interest returned when Choshu came back in with the lariat and scorpion and they went after his legs. But the match ended pretty quickly after that with the countout, which at least allowed Yatsu to look resourceful. It was a fine match, but it only went 11 minutes and didn't deliver wild intensity or a moment that I'll be talking about in two months. We have so much better stuff from the key players. No vote.
October 20, 201014 yr comment_5457458 Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Ted Dibiase & Stan Hansen, 11/28/86 (11/22 - 11/29/86 TV) - I like how the match starts out fast anf furious and once it settles down, the gaijin focus relentlessly on Choshu’s lariat arm. Good stuff. Choshu and Yatsu lay in a good amount of double teams and Dibiase looks strong enough that you don’t automatically assume he’ll take the fall. I didn’t like the ending and I don’t know if the early arm work really played enough of a role to make this a serious contender for the set.
