Posted February 23, 200817 yr comment_5428468 Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (AWA v. Int'l Title, 7/31/86) (21:52) - Early on, this reminded me of Hansen-Tenryu except Jumbo was the one who took control early and Hansen had to fight back to get in the match. Jumbo does some nice stuff like his jumping armbars. Great sequence as Jumbo his Hansen with a Lariat outside and gives him firm control of the match. Jumbo is tired of waiting inside the ring so he goes outside and misses Hansen this time and hits the ringpost. At this point, it becomes a battle of who can do the most damage to the other guy’s arm. In the end, Hansen rolls up Jumbo in the middle of the ring for a clean pin. This might not rank high but it was solid enough for a nomination. (AJC 135)
April 26, 201015 yr comment_5449999 I appreciated the simplicity of this match. Could Hansen destroy Jumbo's right arm before Jumbo used that arm to wreck Hansen's ribs and kidneys? I especially liked Jumbo's body work. Not enough of that in wrestling. They got away from the central dynamic down the stretch, and I found it strange that Hansen got in so little offense before winning with a roll-up. But I liked body of the match well enough to move it forward.
September 8, 201015 yr comment_5455447 AWA World Heavyweight Title vs. NWA International Heavyweight Title: Stan "The Lariat" Hansen © vs. Jumbo Tsuruta © (7/31/86) Jumbo works the arm hard here like Tenryu did days earlier and Hansen works headlocks and chinlocks like he did himself against Tenryu days earlier so there is some overlap here in that department but there are some differences as they are doing more especially Hansen who is coming off the ropes with reverse kneedrops plus Jumbo works over Hansen's back even using a lariat on it. Jumbo would go for the lariat again but this time hit all ringpost so now both men are going hard after the others lariat arm. DiBiase would come down to ringside as Jumbo is getting the best of Hansen to root him on but it isn't helping as Jumbo is on fire here until he hits his high knee on Hansen's back and both men tumble to the floor but they get back in the ring as Sumo Hall erupts. Hansen would get back in and got Jumbo in an O'Connor Roll to retain his title pulling that out of his ass in desperation. This was really damn good and moves forward easily.
