Posted August 10, 201015 yr comment_5454282 46 1. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - NWA World Title Match (6/4/82) - Reviwed on Samurai. 2. Genichiro Tenryu/Dick Slater vs. Stan Hansen/Umanoseke Ueda (6/8/82) - Slater and Hansen chopped the shit out of each other to start. The basic story was that Slater and Tenryu handled Ueda pretty easily but couldn't keep Hansen out of the ring or on the defensive. I enjoyed the finish; Tenryu finally took it to Hansen a bit only to eat a vicious lariat out of nowhere. But aside from the novelty of early Hansen vs. Tenryu, it wasn't a standout match. 3. Greg Gagne/Jim Brunzell vs. Ricky Steamboat/Atsushi Onita - AWA World Tag Team Title Match (6/8/82) - I enjoyed this a good bit. Gagne looked less like a wrestler than almost anyone you could imagine, but he really had some spring in his legs and executed his stuff sharply. Athletic, young Onita was also something to see. I wouldn't say the match had a theme per se; it was more just athletic young guys trading the advantage and doing neat stuff. Unfortunately, Onita missed on a dive to the outside and damn near killed himself. So they had to improvise a quick finish. 4. Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta - NWA World Title Match (6/8/82) - Reviewed on Samurai. 5. Giant Baba vs. Tiger Jeet Singh (6/8/82) - Reviwed on Samurai.
