Posted August 16, 200520 yr comment_3186962 Use this thread to nominate matches you've seen that you think are good that would fit in this category. We'll keep this and all other topics open for the remainder of the year so you can add matches anytime you come across something you see that you like.
August 16, 200520 yr Author comment_3188948 Mil Mascaras v The Destroyer (AJPW 07/25/74) Jumbo Tsuruta v Terry Funk (AJPW 06/11/76) Bob Backlund v Antonio Inoki (NJPW 11/30/79)
August 16, 200520 yr comment_3189081 Destroyer vs. Giant Baba (3/5/69 - JWA) As an aside, Frank Jewett has started to run down the recent "Puroresu Digest DVD's" that he has made at tOA (otherarena.com). Good resource material for this section.
August 17, 200520 yr Author comment_3195340 08/07/68 - Bruno Sammartino v Giant Baba 10/09/73 - Mil Mascaras v The Destroyer 01/27/74 - Dory Funk Jr v Jack Brisco 01/30/74 - Jack Brisco v Jumbo Tsuruta 08/29/74 - Dory Funk Jr v Jumbo Tsuruta 12/02/74 - Giant Baba v Jack Brisco 12/05/74 - Giant Baba v Jack Brisco 03/13/75 - Dory & Terry Funk v Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba 04/10/75 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Bob Orton Jr 07/25/75 - Giant Baba v Fritz Von Erich 10/03/75 - Stan Hansen v The Destroyer 12/06/75 - Harley Race v Dusty Rhodes 12/09/75 - Harley Race v Giant Baba 12/13/75 - The Destroyer v Don Leo Jonathan 12/15/75 - Antonio Inoki v Billy Robinson 12/15/75 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Giant Baba 03/28/76 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Rusher Kimura 05/01/76 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Giant Baba 07/24/76 - Giant Baba v Billy Robinson 03/05/77 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Billy Robinson 03/11/77 - The Destroyer v Mil Mascaras 03/11/77 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Billy Robinson 03/23/77 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Billy Robinson 06/11/77 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Harley Race 08/05/77 - Jumbo Tsuruta v Mil Mascaras 12/14/77 - Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba v Dory & Terry Funk 12/15/77 - Dory & Terry Funk v Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik 01/20/78 - Harley Race v Jumbo Tsuruta 07/27/78 - Antonio Inoki v Bob Backlund 08/24/78 - Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba v Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras 12/05/78 - Dory & Terry Funk v Nick Bockwinkel & Blackjack Lanza 12/09/78 - Dory & Terry Funk v Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik 12/15/78 - Dory & Terry Funk v Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta 10/31/79 - Harley Race v Giant Baba 11/07/79 - Harley Race v Giant Baba 11/30/79 - Dory & Terry Funk v Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba 12/06/79 - Antonio Inoki v Bob Backlund 12/13/79 - Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta v Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras 12/13/79 - Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba v Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik Can't vouch for all of these, but all have gotten varying degrees of praise and deserve a place here.
August 17, 200520 yr Author comment_3197267 08/24/73 - Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi v Johnny Powers & Pat Patterson 10/14/73 - Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi v Lou Thesz & Karl Gotch 12/12/74 - Antonio Inoki v Shozo Kobayashi 10/09/75 - Antonio Inoki v Lou Thesz 07/27/78 - Tatsumi Fujinami v Ryuma Go 12/14/78 - Bob Backlund v Antonio Inoki 04/05/79 - Gran Hamada v Babyface 05/10/79 - Antonio Inoki v Jack Brisco 06/07/79 - Tatsumi Fujinami v El Canek 10/02/79 - Tatsumi Fujinami v Ryuma Go 11/01/79 - Antonio Inoki v Dusty Rhodes 11/08/79 - Antonio Inoki v Dusty Rhodes
August 17, 200520 yr comment_3197563 12/02/74 - Giant Baba v Jack Brisco Can't vouch for all of these, but all have gotten varying degrees of praise and deserve a place here. That match definitely deserves a place here.
