Jumbo and Hansen came out trading bombs, but Brody and Hansen gained an early advantage by targeting Jumbo's back. They controlled him for an unusually long stretch to start the match, but Jumbo showed a lot of fight trying to get away. The crowd popped huge when he finally tagged Baba, who floored both monsters with chops and kicks. But the roller coaster continued when Hansen and Brody mauled the boss with some sick kicks and flying knees. Jumbo took an awesome hot tag late in the match, going nuts with the high knees and such. He put Hansen in an abdominal stretch until Brody came flying off the top with a double axehandle. That set up a shockingly clean finish with Hansen taking Jumbo's head off via vintage lariat. Non-stop action here with a hot crowd and Brody and Hansen looking like the most dominant tag team ever. Solid nomination.

 

I just realized this is the match from Classics 87 that you both rejected.

 

Raijin E 13-2

Bruiser Brody & Stan Hanson vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (4/28/83)

- The story here is that Jumbo works most of the early match, getting abused by both Hansen and Brody. And typical of most Brody/Hansen matches, they don’t give the opposition much shine. One nice spot has Hansen applying the bearhug with Brody running and giving Jumbo a jumping knee. When Baba gets the hot tag, he doesn’t get much offense in either but his selling isn’t nearly as convincing as Jumbo’s. The end run was pretty hot with Hansen pinning Jumbo clean after the Lariat. This is a decent match but not a nomination from me.