The Rock & Roll Express/Jeff Jarrett/Ricky Rice/John Paul v Badd Company/Cactus Jack/The Rock & Roll RPMs

 

This was a real Pat Tanaka show here. He was in for the bulk of the match and was just on fire. He moved lightning fast the whole time, almost doing the old Fit Finlay "I challenge you to fuck this leapfrog spot up, so I can punch your throat". He really pushes Jarrett here, and Jarrett looks great because of it. Tanaka throws some great punches and really snaps HARD to bump for everybody. It goes about 11 or 12 minutes, and it's all action (as a 10 man tag really should be) and is just all fun. NOMINATE!

 

AWA on ESPN Classic 6/21/08, All-Star Wrestling 1988

Foley's selling of the little things early and running right though a Gibson dropkick was really good stuff that got this off on the right foot. Man the heels are fun flying around in this. Tanaka takes an insane @#!*% bump off of a clothesline and then off of an enziguri. God @#!*% Tanaka and Jarrett have a great rope running spot that ends with Tanaka running straight through an uppercut from Jarrett. Jesus Diamond comes in and takes a huge and entertaining asskicking too. Diamond and Tanaka almost kill each other on a heel misdirection spot that was great. Jean Paul ends up taking a knee to the back and then a huge back body drop going FIP. This is a pretty @#!*% fun face in peril segment with Jean Paul playing a good victim, some good hope spots and the heels really looking good on offense. Paul heats a sweeping punch on Tanaka and then leaps free from one of the RPM's trying to cling to his trunks and tags in Gibson. Gibson misses a dropkick though and gets nailed with a huge flying forearm from Tanaka for a near fall with all @#!*% breaking loose. Tanaka gets tripped off of a quick rope running spot and Gibson pins him as the brawl goes on on the floor. This was about as action packed as you can get. Pat Tanaka looked like a contender for top five in the World in this.

Again Memphis tapings.